# "sounds of hell" urban myth **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 27, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875 "2003-02-27T14:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lekatt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lekatt/32/7269_2.png) [@lekatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lekatt)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/21 "2003-02-27T19:47:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WRENCHEAD \* > \*\*I’m sure if this story was beneficial for evolutionist it would be welcomed with open arms and confirmed many times over by scientist. \*\* Absolutely! Some of the things they call science are just as nonsensical. It really depends on your belief system. P.S. I don’t believe anything I can’t experience. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/22 "2003-02-27T19:50:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WRENCHEAD \* > \*\*I’m sure if this story was beneficial for evolutionist it would be welcomed with open arms and confirmed many times over by scientist. \*\* 😃 Many good point, **WRENCHEAD**! Beneficial evolutionist story much loved by scientist! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/23 "2003-02-27T19:50:49Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m sure if this story was beneficial for evolutionist it would be welcomed with open arms and confirmed many times over by scientist. Certainly. Because us evilutionists wake up each morning and think up new ways to perpetuate the horror of the conecpt natural selection. :rolleyes: on you. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/24 "2003-02-27T20:01:45Z")
Besides, there is no way Hell is 9 miles under the Earth in Siberia. Everyone knows it’s in Texas. It’s called Houston. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/25 "2003-02-27T21:07:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WRENCHEAD \* > \*\*I’m sure if this story was beneficial for evolutionist it would be welcomed with open arms and confirmed many times over by scientist. \*\* Oh, please. Have you no knowledge of how scientific theories are developed? It may be fun and comforting to think of scientists engaged in an evil conspiracy to decieve the people, but it has no basis in reality. - Posted by lekatt \* > [@](#): > > \*\* Some of the things they call science are just as nonsensical. \*\* Only if you are insuffeciently educated, or chose to ignore the findings. > [@](#): > > \*\* P.S. I don’t believe anything I can’t experience. \*\* This has to be one of the saddest statements I have ever read. ---
**Author:** ![Mothchunks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Mothchunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothchunks)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/26 "2003-02-27T21:38:11Z")
[http://greymatter.org/satanichamsterdance/](http://greymatter.org/satanichamsterdance/) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/27 "2003-02-27T23:56:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > \*\*Here is Cecil’s column on the “missing day.” > > As to the “hell sounds,” I remember hearing that story at least 15 years ago, maybe twenty. \*\* It was popular then. Brunvand debunked it in one of his books (which was how things got debunked before snopes) About 6 or 7 years ago Art Bell recycled it when some cheesey fan pasted together some rollercoaster and horror movie scream and sent them in as the actual recording from “the Well to Hell”. [His “serious warning”](http://www.av1611.org/sound/misc/dighell.ram) about such a cheesy clip is quite laughable. (Warning link is a sound clip) Many audio experts recognized parts of sounds that were tossed in there. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/28 "2003-02-28T00:05:12Z")
Oh my God – [Wilhelm](http://www.wnyc.org/onthemedia/transcripts_020901_wilhelm.html)’s in Hell! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/29 "2003-02-28T00:06:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lekatt \* > \*\*Absolutely! > > Some of the things they call science are just as nonsensical. > > It really depends on your belief system. > P.S. I don’t believe anything I can’t experience. \*\* So…you don’t believe we went to the moon? You don’t believe there were dinosaurs? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Experience is important in life, but in science, evidence is everything, and this story is just an urban legend. No truth to it at all. Once again, Here is the snopes story on this one. You might try reading it Lekatt. Reading is, after all, an experience. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/30 "2003-02-28T00:30:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lekatt \* > \*\*P.S. I don’t believe anything I can’t experience. \*\* You’re a male, right? I guess you don’t believe in menstruation or childbirth. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/31 "2003-02-28T01:35:02Z")
I’m kind of curious to hear examples of things scientists believe that are as nonsensical as the Well to Hell. ---
**Author:** ![Donovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@Donovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donovan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/32 "2003-02-28T01:52:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by WRENCHEAD > I’m sure if this story was beneficial for evolutionist it would be welcomed with open arms and confirmed many times over by scientist. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DanielWithrow \* > \*\*😃 > > Many good point, **WRENCHEAD**! Beneficial evolutionist story much loved by scientist! > > Daniel \*\* FYI, that was the funniest thing I heard/read all week, Daniel. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/33 "2003-02-28T04:00:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*All the churches I’ve been to not only believe this stuff, they also believe the lost day theory.:dubious: \*\* All the churches? Every single one has spoken on both of those issues? Interesting, 'cuz I don’t know a single one that has actually endorsed those viewpoints. ---
**Author:** ![Phoenix\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Phoenix\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phoenix_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/34 "2003-02-28T06:17:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WRENCHEAD \* > \*\*I’m sure if this story was beneficial for evolutionist it would be welcomed with open arms and confirmed many times over by scientist. \*\* Okay… Wrenchead? Lekat? You’re wrong. As evidence of this, I will point to the various hoaxes some individuals set up about certain pre-homo-sapien ancestors (Piltdown man was one, wasn’t it? Can’t remember the names right now) which were soundly refuted by the vast majority of evolutionary scientists. Your proposal here is unsupported by fact, and in fact, clashes rather strongly with them. Though, I doubt you much care about the facts… ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/35 "2003-02-28T06:33:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sofa King \* > \*\*We must be increasingly on the alert to prevent the Russians from taking over other mineshaft space, in order to breed undead hellspawn more prodigiously than we do, thus, knocking us out with superior numbers when we die! > > Mister President, we must not allow… _hellspawn gap!_ \*\* If I go to hell, I want Vera Lynn to cue my entrance with “We’ll Meet Again” right about…there. ---
**Author:** ![silentmikew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@silentmikew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silentmikew)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/36 "2003-02-28T11:18:47Z")
I first heard that clip on that art bell show. is this show all bullshit? ---
**Author:** ![silentmikew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@silentmikew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silentmikew)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/37 "2003-02-28T11:21:33Z")
doh! sorry bout the swear word. tried to fix that but i cant erase it now. damn! oh sorry again. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/38 "2003-02-28T11:28:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by silentmikew \* > doh! sorry bout the swear word. tried to fix that but i cant erase it now. damn! oh sorry again. I’m sorry, it’s too late. You’re definitely going to hell now. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/39 "2003-02-28T11:29:53Z")
I wouldn’t like to invoke a ‘poison well’ fallacy, but I would recommend seeking corroboration of any amazing facts you hear on it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875/40 "2003-02-28T11:30:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MEBuckner \* > \*\*You’re definitely going to hell now. \*\* Send us a tape [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-of-hell-urban-myth/157875.md?page=3)