Its time to return to a classic kind of scary video.
Its not gonna be anything complex or something youve never heard of - its going to be primitive
- its the scary sound of someones voice.
As you probably know from any good horror movie, the power of scary voice can send chills
up your spine - even a single word can turn the most harmless situation into your worst
nightmare.
Ive been looking around online and Ive found the best examples there is to offer.
Seriously, I was glad I was in a room with other people when I listened to these voices,
if youre alone or if youre watching this at night before you go to bed.
You have been warned.
Maybe go and watch a Dumbest Tweets video right after this if you want to cheer yourself
up.
My name is Danny Burke and this is the Top 10 Scary Voices That Will Keep You Up At Night.
Starting off at number 10 we have The Weepy Voiced Killer[a].
Paul Michael Stephani was an American serial killer who was convicted on 3 counts of murder
which all took place in the early 80s.
For the most part, his name might have been forgotten in the list of serial killer were
it not for one thing - his calls to the police.
After some of his murders, he would call the police to report the attack.
He would usually sound erratic, apologising profusely for what he had done and begging
the police to stop him.
Thats the context of the story - now lets hear
the voice.
CLIP.
Stephani was eventually caught and given 58 years for the 3 murders and 3 attempted murders.
In 1997, while in prison, he was diagnosed with skin cancer and confessed to the murders
- he died the following year.
Moving on to number 9 now we have Kevin Cosgrove[b].
Thats the name of this businessman who was on the 105th floor of the South Tower during
the attacks on the World Trade Centre in 2001.
Like many of the people who were trapped on the upper floors, Kevin called the emergency
services.
They were recording every call, including Kevins.
An operator was taking down information from Kevin about the whereabouts of his group within
the tower when - to the shock of the world - the tower collapses.
This is the chilling recording from Kevins call of those final moments.
Next up at number 8 we have The Oldest Voice[c].
Did you know that the oldest recording we have of a human voice dates back to 1860 - thats
159 years ago - thats before the light bulb was even invented.
Back then though, a man called Eduoard Leon Scott recorded himself singing the French
song -Au Clair de la lune- … he recorded it using a phonautograph and it sounds very
creepy.
Its not because he's trying to be creepy, its not because the song itself is creepy
- I think its the strange quality to it that makes it sound like its underwater - and also
the fact that its so old.
As far as we know, there is no audio of a human voice that is older than this - and
here it is for you now … CLIP.
Moving on to number 7 we have Anneliese Michel[d].
She was a German woman who was exorcised by Catholic priests between 1975 and 1976.
They believed that she was possessed by a demon.
Eventually, after 67 exorcism sessions, one or two a week, Anneliese died in her home
from malnutrition and dehydration.
Her parents and the two priests were found guilty of negligent homicide and sentenced
to six months in jail.
The Catholic Church later admitted that Anneliese was mentally ill and suffering from psychosis.
Sadly, its a story that has been repeated throughout history - but what makes this case
so famous is that the audio from some of the exorcisms has been shared.
These are very disturbing.
CLIP.
Its not just shocking, its also very tragic to hear.
Anneliese passed at away at the age of just 23.
Her story was the inspiration for a number of movies including The Exorcism of Emily
Rose, Requiem and Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes.
Moving on to number 6 we have Area 51[e].
It wouldnt be a scary video if I didnt mention Area 51 - the US military base - which conspiracy
theorists say holds the remains of the crashed UFO at Roswell - and perhaps even its galactic
pilots.
In 1997, the legend took a turn when a man called the Art Bell talk show claiming to
have worked in Area 51 - he said that everything people said about Area 51 was true.
From the phone call, you can tell that he wanted to go into more detail but he sounded
terrified - he kept telling Art that -they- were going to find him - whoever they were.
When he finally plucks up the courage to share the details, the radio stations power cuts
out - when they manage to get things going again - the caller has mysteriously gone.
Take a listen and see what you guys think of it …
Moving on to number 5 we have Jake Evans[f].
Thats the name of the teenager who, in 2012, shot and killed his mother and sister in Texas.
The 17 year old called police to report the murders and sounded eerily calm.
People later speculated that it was almost as if he had cognitive dissonance - it was
clearly not the voice of a person who was mentally sound.
When police later interviewed Jake, he told them that he hated the feeling of killing
people but that he had been planning on killing his mother and sister for a while because
he felt they were suffocating him …
Coming in at number 4 now we have the Creepy Voice Mail[g].
This one came from a YouTuber called Hell Singer 85.
He uploaded it to YouTube in 2009 with the description -A weird voice mail I got in the
mail, supposedly part of my investigation into the weirdness going on in my hometown
of Amory Missouri.
It may be real, or it may just be someone playing with me.
You listen and decide for yourself.
If anyone who hears this happens to know anything about it, please contact me at my email hellsinger85@yahoo.com
or visit my website- … they then put a link to their website which I went to but it says
its been frozen.
Quite strange.
That means all weve got to go on with this story is the audio recording itself.
The recording starts off with a pretty normal message from AT&T - but if you skip forward
- this is what you hear.
CLIP.
Theres been no further information on this case or any videos from Hellsinger for almost
7 years …
Moving on to number 3 we have The Night Stalker[h].
Richard Ramirez was an American serial killer, rapist and burglar in the San Francisco area
who committed at least 13 murders and over 50 rapes from 1974 to 1976.
While his crimes are shocking enough in themself - the story gets worse for those who want
to know more.
On at least one occasion, Ramirez left a voice recording on the answering machine of a victim.
The recording speaks for itself.
CLIP.
Fortunately, Ramirez was eventually caught and brought to justice.
In 1989, he was convicted of all charges and sentenced to death - however - due to Californias
lengthy appeal process, Ramirez remained on death row for 23 years before dying from lymphoma
in 2013.
Moving on to number 2 we have Operation Wandering Soul[i].
During the Vietnam war, the US was looking for ways to beat the Viet Cong who were putting
up fierce resistance to America.
The US military decided to use the Vietnamese culture against them.
For many Vietnamese, they believed that if a person dies - they must be buried in their
homeland.
If they are not buried properly, their soul may wander through hell for eternity.
The Americans made fake recordings of Vietnamese voices pretending to be dead soldiers who
were trapped in hell after not being buried properly.
They then played these voices over the battlefield in the hopes that the soldiers would put down
their weapons and cease all fighting.
Whether or not it worked is anyones guess, but the voices remain terrifying to this day
…
And finally at number 1 we have the Castrato[j].
Alessandro Moreschi was born in modern day Italy in 1858.
He was castrated as a small child as a treament for a hernia - a treament that is soundly
rejected in modern medicine.
With the loss of his testicles, Alessandro never reached sexual maturity, and his voice
remained unusually high as an adult.
He eventually became a -Castrato- - a classical male singer - usually for religious choires.
The practice of castration was banned by the end of that century - as such - there are
very few recordings of Castrato singing.
One recording of Alessandro survived though - its of him singing Ave Maria.
Some pople describe it as hauntingly beautiful, others just leave out the beautiful part …
Well, that was intense.
Can we do a more light hearted one next time?
Please?
I should do a funny one - sometimes we should all take a break from the scary - what do
you think?
Thanks for watching as always guys, my name is Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the
next video!