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Aztec Death Whistle - The Scariest Sound You've Ever Heard

The Aztec Death Whistle. If hell has a sound, I bet it sounds alot like the Aztec Death Whistle. The Aztec Death Whistle sounds like a shriek of death mixed with howling wind. It's so unnerving, that ...

Ancient Aztec death whistle still terrifies people today, study finds — and you can listen if you’re brave enough

Its fear-splitting screech reverberates throughout space and time. Swiss and Norwegian neuroscientists have discovered that ...
New York Post

This is ‘the most terrifying sound in the world’ — hear the Aztec Death Whistle

For those who want to celebrate Halloween like it’s 1399: Scientists are sending shivers down the internet’s collective spine by recreating an ancient “Aztec Death Whistle” that’s said to emit the ...
Kansas City Star

‘Death whistles’ signaled doom for Aztec sacrifice victims. Hear the ‘screeching’

When the Aztecs dominated central Mexico, a blood-curdling sound like a human scream played through a small whistle. Luis Aceves via Unsplash In cultures around the world, instruments have brought ...
Popular Mechanics

This Aztec Death Whistle Will Chill You to the Bone—and Mess With Your Mind

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The Aztec death whistle is a mesoamerican instrument designed to imitate a human ...
Live Science

Aztec 'death whistles,' used to prepare sacrifice victims to descend to the underworld, scramble your brain, scans reveal

Brain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice victims for their journey to the underworld. When you purchase through links on ...