About this episode
For more than seventy years now, filmmakers have been using and reusing a particular scream. Without a doubt, this is Hollywood’s most famous sound effect. Many people even know it by name. But despite how widely-known this sound is, lots of people still don’t know its surprising origin story. To set the record straight, we’ve remixed one of our classic, early episodes. Featuring Steve Lee , sound designer, film historian, and creator of the Hollywood Sound Museum . Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by Defacto Sound . Subscribe on YouTube to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org . Support the show and get ad-free episodes at 20k.org/plus . Follow Dallas on Instagram , TikTok , Facebook , and LinkedIn . Join our community on Reddit . Download BandLab for free at bandlab.com/download . Get 15% off an annual MasterClass subscription at masterclass.com/20k . Get 20% off everything at liquidiv.com by using promo code 20k at checkout. Support us by supporting our sponsors at 20k.org/sponsors . Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/wilhelmscreamix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices