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Category: Sound Effects Theatre

Sound Effects Theater 12/14

Crazy, true crime stories and crazier, really bad sound effects!

How Many Christmas Cards Is Too Many?

Luke and Jeriney have VERY different opinions on how many Christmas Cards are too many!

Sound Effects Theater 12/07

Real, true crime stories with real, bad sound effects! That’s Sound Effects Theater!!!

Sound Effects Theater 11/30

You see these crazy, true crime stories all the time but we figure we can make them better…with really bad sound effects!

Sound Effects Theater 11/02

Real news stories and really bad sound effects make Sound Effects Theater a whole lot of fun!

Sound Effects Theater 10/26

The stories are real but the sound effects are REAL BAD!

Sound Effects Theater 10/19

The sound effects are very, very fake but the stories are very, very real!

Sound Effects Theater 10/12

True crime stories and truly terrible sound effects!

Sound Effects Theater 10/05

Crazy, true news stories with crazy, terrible sound effects!!

Sound Effects Theater 9/21

There are lots of crazy news stories that we make so much better with terrible sound effects!

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