Spooky Bioacoustics

Halloween 2025

At K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation bioacoustics we get to listen to many different sounds from across the world. Many of these sounds are filled with spooky vibes. Here is a set of 10 sound from our collection that might be fitting to the Halloween spirits . Some of these sounds are slightly modified to tip the spooky scale. Take a listen and see which one of these sounds feels the spookiest to you.

Spooky Sound One (played at normal speed)

Spooky Sound Two (human made sound, played at normal speed)

Spooky Sound Three (played at 0.3 of normal speed)

Spooky Sound Four (played at 0.5 of normal speed)

Spooky Sound Five (played at 0.4 of normal speed)

Spooky Sound Six (played at 0.5 of normal speed)

Spooky Sound Seven (pitch shifted and modified from natural sound)

Spooky Sound Eight (played at 0.3 of normal speed)

Spooky Sound Nine (played at 0.5 of normal speed)

Spooky Sound Ten (musically inspired human made sound, played at normal speed)

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