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Ep. 22 The Wilhelm Scream and Why We All Scream


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Have you ever been watching a movie and a character suffers a tragic or hilarious fall yet the scream sounds exactly the same? Why are movie studios using the same person to make all their screams?
And why do we even bother screaming in the first place? I scream, you scream, we all scream... but why?

Find out this and more on today's episode of Facts-Chology on The Wilhelm Scream and Why We All Scream!

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Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming

https://time.com/3956127/scream-screaming/

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)00737-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS096098221500737X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60236/where-did-wilhelm-scream-come-and-why-do-so-many-filmmakers-use-it

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=wilhelm-scream

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream

https://theswaddle.com/why-do-you-scream-in-fear/#:~:text=A%20scream%20goes%20straight%20from,into%20increased%20alertness%20and%20analysis.

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