Category: Sound Effects Theatre

Sound Effects Theater

Real news stories with fake sound effects…what could go wrong?

Sound Effects Theater 3/09

The stories are real and the sound effects are real…bad. It’s Sound Effects Theater!

Sound Effects Theater 3/02

Real true crime stories with really bad sound effects….yep! That’s Sound Effects Theater!

Sound Effects Theater 2/23

The criminals are dumb and so are the sound effects!

Sound Effects Theater 2/16

The stories today are especially dumb, but not nearly as dumb as the sound effects! Seriously, listen for Luke’s crickets….

Sound Effects Theater 1/12

When you find a crazy news story do you make sound effects to yourself in your head to go along with it? No? Just us? Well, that’s why we now do it outloud!

Sound Effects Theater (Christmas Edition) 12/22

To celebrate the holiday we decided to make Sound Effects Theater a little more festive!

Sound Effects Theater 12/15

When you take real life, dumb criminal stories and add your own sound effects, things get good!

Sound Effects Theater 12/08

The news stories are real and the sound effects are real….bad!

Sound Effects Theater 12/01

What happens when you take real, dumb criminal stories and add real dumb sound effects? Sound Effect Theater, of course!

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