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You should clarify what you mean by "haunted houses." You seem to be using the term "haunted houses," to mean "houses where people have experienced spooky things." If that is all you mean by the phrase "haunted houses," then your belief in them is not unusual in any sense. I believe that many people have had spooky-house experiences that they don't know how to explain.
A sensible way to react to this is to assume that "hauntings" have a variety of causes. One haunted person was hallucinating, one person was being pranked by someone, another had someone secretly living in her root cellar, etc. It seems like you are arguing that "haunted houses" exist as a phenomenon with a common cause (as yet unknown, possibly EMFs). That is an unreasonable way to react.
Also, please post a photo of the alien-geometry room, and tell us what you did with the ultrasound photos.