Dr Adequate has a great site for you to check out.
SkepticWiki
Sounds and emotional responses can easily be explained by the house itself.
Our brains organize stimuli based upon prior experiences and also tries to organize the stimuli in a more understandable way. Therefore, random sounds can sound like voices or footsteps. In my bedroom I occasionally hear rappings on my headboard. By rationally investigating I can tell it is caused by mice in the walls and when they do certain things it sounds like it is rapping on the headboard.
I have a related problem with visual stimuli. There are times when I cannot see something that is right in front of me. My brain seems to see in archetypes more than most people. If the TV remote is directly in my view there are times I can not see it. It seems my brain looks for the archetype it has for the remote and if it is up side down or at a strange angle it is hard for me to see. Though the image of it is hitting my eyes my brain does not interpret it as the remote. The most noticeable time this happens to me is looking for planes in the sky.
Your brain is constantly interpreting stimuli. Not always correctly. Research info on the ghost hunting hoaxers. Also, pick up some copies of the skeptic magazines out there. They do a great job explaining how the paranormal can be explained by natural causes.
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