Disney's Chilling, Thrilling Sounds Of The Haunted House

Disney's "Chilling, Thrilling Sounds Of The Haunted House" is the standard when it comes to Halloween recordings to set the tone for a holiday that is favorite of kids of all ages all around the world. I couldn't think of a more perfect post for this day than the entire collection of these wonderful pieces in MP3 format. For a much higher quality, please check out iTunes.

John Frost wrote the following in The Disney Blog: "In 1964 the facade of what would become Disneyland’s famous Haunted Mansion sat empty, unoccupied by any of its future ghostly residents, waiting for Imagineers to return from other projects to finish the attraction. But that same year, perhaps to remind the public that the Haunted Mansion would be opening some time in the future, Disneyland Records and the Walt Disney Sound Effects Group released the classic sound effects record ..."

And so, here are the recordings. Happy Halloween!

"Side 1 contains ten stories in sound in which the narrator sets up the situation and the sound effects take over and tell the story."
The Haunted House
The Very Long Fuse
The Dogs
Timber
Your Pet Cat
Shipwreck
The Unsafe Bridge
Chinese Water Torture
The Birds
The Martian Monsters

"Side 2 is a collection of sound effects grouped by category. these may be used to create your own stories in sound.
Screams and Groans
Thunder, Lightning and Rain
Cat Fight
Dogs
A Collection of Creaks
Fuses and Explosions
A Collection of Crashes
Birds
Drips and Splashes
Things in Space



"You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hilltop near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One night, a light appears in the topmost window in a tower of the old house. You decide to investigate. And you never return..."