# Where does this creepy laugh clip come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-creepy-laugh-clip-come-from/663739 "2013-07-17T09:17:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-creepy-laugh-clip-come-from/663739/1 "2013-07-17T09:17:03Z")
Specifically, [this wav](http://home.comcast.net/~Ranchoth/mumylaff.wav), which I’ve had for a few years, inherited from my old online MST-ing group. A particular favorite of mine, but I don’t know the source. It would have come from a movie (probably, but not necessarily a “bad” one), and is named “mumylaff,” which might mean it was from a Mummy movie, or possibly was a guy named Mumy laughing, but I don’t know for sure. That’s all I got…can anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-creepy-laugh-clip-come-from/663739/2 "2013-07-17T17:11:00Z")
Maybe it’s Billy Mumy laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-creepy-laugh-clip-come-from/663739/3 "2013-07-17T17:54:33Z")
It’s from an old horror movie, but I can’t recall which one. Or maybe it’s a stock “I’ve gone insane” laugh track inserted into horror movies. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-creepy-laugh-clip-come-from/663739/4 "2013-07-17T22:30:26Z")
I think it’s Bramwell Fletcher losing it when he sees Karloff at the beginning of The Mummy, but youtube doesn’t seem to have a clip to confirm. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-creepy-laugh-clip-come-from/663739/5 "2013-07-17T22:33:11Z")
Sounds a lot like Gene Wilder’s Dr Frankenstein. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-creepy-laugh-clip-come-from/663739/6 "2013-07-17T22:39:03Z")
[Yep I think this is it.](http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/517365/Mummy-The-Movie-Clip-He-Went-For-A-Little-Walk.html) Starts at 2:31. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-creepy-laugh-clip-come-from/663739/7 "2013-07-17T22:57:24Z")
Damn, I was betting on it being Nicholas Cage ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-creepy-laugh-clip-come-from/663739/8 "2013-07-18T04:41:05Z")
_Awesome_—thank you!