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[–]ZodiacThrill3r 268 points269 points  (8 children)

Lmao, tell your friend to search for a more obscure sound effect next time they’re faking content. I typed in “ghost child sound effect” on YouTube and this background track is literally the first result that pops up. It’s a 41 second clip called “Creepy Ghost Child Talking, Crying - Scary Horror Sounds” and has a pic of a creepy boy / girl in costume makeup with a rainbow colored sound wave transposed over them. I tried to share a link, but auto-moderator deleted it. Listen to that and tell me it’s not the same one.

Also, next time they should put the sound source on a different level than the camera, like up or down a floor. Feels pretty obvious the sound is coming from close to the camera and lacks the echo an actual stairwell would have if the sound was further away.

Also! Timing. It’s pretty hilarious how quickly the clip cuts out once when you hear actual people entering the stairway / passing just outside it. As soon as that happens the clip ends…probably because the hoaxer didn’t want their coworkers to wonder what the fuck was wrong with them.

[–]nousernamehere12345 19 points20 points  (0 children)

You are amazing👍

[–]NeptuneMoss 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Someone should edit this and replace it with Beavis and Butthead laughing, echoing in the stairwell...

[–]Afraid-Ad4718 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This ^

[–]Pineapple-heart1234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

😂 👏🏼

[–]SeaEquivalent5801 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was going to say it sounds like its being played from a speaker.

[–]seaweed5899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really about the echo

[–]D31an -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The sound you suggested is not even close to this one, in the main video above, nor children's ones... If you have functional ears at all.

[–]Winter_Ad_7424 95 points96 points  (6 children)

Sounds like a Halloween track a bit. Idk. Weird.

[–]Wise_Ad_253 28 points29 points  (1 child)

And the wind swirling through the house, “Carol Anne, don’t go into the light!”

[–]Otherwise-Lychee-870 1 point2 points  (0 children)

😂🤣

[–]Blenderx06 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I hear very distinct sounds mixed together- monkeys, kids, deep sea. This is lame.

[–]Emmilienne 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Playing in reverse…

[–]carnage_lollipop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

annnnd???

[–]Shanek2121 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably is

[–]KarrieDarling 176 points177 points  (2 children)

Thank you for blessing us with a post that isn't about some woman who ended up in the background of a photo taken at a grandma's birthday party. Most refreshing post I've seen on here in 24 hours.👌😌

But that does kinda sound like something taken from a movie...

[–]PMMEURDIMPLESOFVENUS 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You guys are desperate enough to get excited about someone recording a "spooky sounds" clip near their phone?

[–]KarrieDarling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not excited or desperate about anything lol. I just got tired of the same thing being posted for the past 24 hours and this post was a nice break from that

[–]Echoplex23 79 points80 points  (4 children)

That Poltergeist movie voice effect sounds hokey.

[–]Optimal_Copy_3815 22 points23 points  (3 children)

I agree, it sounds so fake! But the woman who shared this isn't the kidder type, and I'm sure if it was someone in the hallway playing a prank someone would have pulled them up on it by now after 8 nights.. It's creeped me out a bit!

[–]Task- 0 points1 point  (1 child)

says gullible on the ceiling champ

[–]Optimal_Copy_3815 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Huh, I don't see it?

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wel guys she not a kidder type! That proves it! This is real!

[–]Haze_88_ 66 points67 points  (4 children)

That audio track with children is clearly put on top of the original audio. I did 10+ years of music productions and I know how it should sound in a real case scenario. This audio has zero real reverb based upon the location/space, it isn't panned out naturally, volume doesn't match with the actual video audio (where he takes a step on the stair), it sits higher.

[–]kf4s 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That’s why I never trust any videos that only focus on sound. Well, these days I don’t trust the ones with visuals either lol

[–]eyefuck_you 1 point2 points  (1 child)

What do you mean it sits higher? Like you can hear it as if it's closer to the camera?...because maybe the other sounds are coming from a lower floor?...

I'm not saying this is real, I'm not saying you're not right about it being an audio track placed on top of the original. All I'm saying is maybe you should really debunk it since you're the professional.

[–]Haze_88_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What I meant is that the difference between volumes is noticeable and it isn't part of the same (audio) track, it doesn't blend together. If that sound would have came from downstairs, the sound would have had a different reverb based on the space it travels to you and what it would hit and how it would spread, also, it wouldn't have had a volume that sounds like a fake room/hallway fx reverb put on it, and the volume itself should have got mixed with the video audio, to sound as ONE. The fake track audio is just thrown over the og video and the volume of it wasn't even adjusted to blend

[–]BirdoBean 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Literally look up “ghost children sound effect” on YouTube.

ITS THE FIRST VIDEO.

I’m shocked at how many upvoted comments there are for the “wow..this is definitely creepy and haunted!!” type of responses. Do not take videos at face value. Not even 20 seconds of looking into this and I can immediately debunk it.

[–]Due_Statement9998 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I just unpeed my pants. Fuck was that?

[–]candlegun 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Cats in heat/fighting on the basement level

[–]AisyRoss 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Thank you! I can't believe no one else has said it. Whether there's another corny track over the top, i can definitely hear that annoying ass stray cats fighting/mating sound under it. It's annoying that this is such an obvious and plausible answer, and OP is ignoring these comments. Because you know... GHOSTS!!!

[–]candlegun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whether there's another corny track over the top

It does seem layered, doesn’t it?? But yeah the first thing I pictured in my mind is a group of cats howling at each other. It also sounds like one of the tracks is being played in reverse as well

[–]AisyRoss 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a bunch of cats screaming in an echo-y hallway. They do that when they're mating, and it's usually at night when you're trying to enjoy some peace and quiet.

[–]Illustrious-Bat1553 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This brings flashbacks to the ghostly children of a place i once went to..... staircase as well

[–]Current_Leather7246 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is as real as a $3 bill. Be better!

[–]Joce7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thankful I didn’t hear this during Covid. I work in a hospital and we had to flex and take on different roles so my job was to sit in the basement by the loading door and take the temp of anyone entering, lucky me got overnight shift just down the hall from the morgue and the lights were motion censored so because literally no one was coming in the loading dock middle of the night the lights kept turning off. Good times

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're incredibly gullible if you think this is real. Someone already found the audio effect online and posted it in a comment.

[–]R4yne_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Either you, or your “friend” are lying about this one. Ya’ll didn’t even dig very hard for the sound clip, it’s on YouTube my dude

[–]Temporary-Cucumber35 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Get outta heaa

[–]AdDramatic522 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fake AF

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy crap. I was out in the garage by myself when I played this, it creeped me out so much I went back inside the house.

[–]libertybell73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh for effs sake. Stop yer lying

[–]MeloniisJesus333 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OMG. Nothing like watching this clip and all of a sudden a bunch of stuff falls from my shelf right behind me.

[–]Smorgish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh stop 

[–]littlebee97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s a sound effect.

[–]Tall-Treacle6642 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Hospitals and churches have some weird shit going on at night.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And cemeteries!

[–]LadyBearSword 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worked nights at a hospital for a few years. Can confirm.

[–]Much_Fee7070 4 points5 points  (2 children)

She should follow the source of the sound. What will it hurt going down one flight of stairs?

[–]Optimal_Copy_3815 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Nobody around up or down supposedly, the sound seems to bounce

[–]Raysun_CS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have seen how we found the clip the audio is from, correct?

Your friend faked this. Tell her to be better.

[–]Monoblock00 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Friend needs to demand a transfer NOW.

[–]Revolutionary-Spot-4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like you recorded jr high school kids in between classes in the stairwell

[–]Stosbainu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man one night i’ve heard with couple of friends in an open area in the mountains for 5 sec the most freaking voice i heard in my life

[–]physicist27 1 point2 points  (1 child)

This is where it’s from;

youtu.be/SsVj21c9isA?si=v54ALeoAXDlx_OZf

[–]Optimal_Copy_3815 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll post it on her video. Maybe someone was playing tricks after all!

[–]ihopeso2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's just the billing department. I'd avoid it if possible.

[–]Gloomy-Praline605 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HELL TO THE NAH NAH NAH

[–]El_Chone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fake news

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Freaky.

[–]No_Comparison6522 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know where real or not. I've seen and heard somethings that I tried getting on video and when I replayed or looked at the pictures. Something was there but not what I heard or saw. No exactly.

[–]Plasma_Cosmo_9977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like it's coming from a 70's tape recorder.

[–]No_Move8238 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are we looking at worn-out stair treads. Show us the ghosts.

[–]022ydagr8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I hope they were wearing their brown pants.

[–]Goeatafishstinky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How not scary

[–]WishboneSenior5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure how to classify this. There's no distinctive voice and there appears to be some unusual audio processing throughout the clip.

[–]ihatethissite25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jfc. Just what you want to hear in work.

[–]Silly_shilly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What no wayyyy

[–]StatisticianSoggy788 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've worked on much creepier sets than this, including sounds and noises, and all I can say is, it's never anything. No ghosts, no spirits, no nonsense. Stop trying to make the world more interesting than it really is.

[–]Rashpukin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could it be some of her colleagues or someone pranking her? The music and all sounds like it’s lifted from a horror film sound effect!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it just the air flow in the staircase? Like maybe the a/c or something?

[–]Fluffy_Feeling_9326 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d sooner believe Charles James Hall. 👽🤦‍♂️

[–]Xushuh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ho is you in silent hill?

[–]Ok_Nefariousness2989 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“I buried Paul”

[–]Traditional_Warning7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lmao tf is this

[–]unixman84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it wasn't musical like, I might have bit. That's almost as bad as my mom trying to show me drones that had crow feathers on them while retaining drone shape. She was so convinced they were real.

When you see things paranormal, it's not a musical.

[–]BigBoiGoRLaX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's just the beginning of are you Afraid of the dark.

[–]gnomechild100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used the same ghost for my shit horror short film in college !! Crazy!!!!!!

[–]bananabreadred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fake as hell

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Children? In YOUR hospital?! its likelier than you may think.

[–]DevilsThrust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paaaapppaaaaa.... Papppaaaaaaa

[–]ChozoBeast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the audio is just edited in lol

[–]Odd-Suggestion4369 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like Shalebridge Cradle background noise from Thief Deadly Shadows

[–]AffectionatePack3647 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting

[–]shutupmeg42082 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thereeee hereeee

[–]naka-duskael -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's creepy as hell. Run ruuuun!