| Oliver S. Garretson's Tea Cup | |
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Origin |
Oliver S. Garretson |
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Type |
Tea Cup |
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Effects |
Smashing the cup will cause it to let off Wilhelm screams until all the pieces are brought together |
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Downsides |
Each piece lets off it's own scream |
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Activation |
Breaking |
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Collected by |
Mark Monroe |
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Section |
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Aisle |
2303-1004 |
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Shelf |
6129-5153-3667 |
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Date of Collection |
2016 |
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Origin
Oliver S. Garretson was a sound editor who worked on 89 projects, film and televsion, between 1929 and 1961. Some of his notable works include Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder and John Huston's The Maltese Falcon. Another infamous movie he worked on the sound for was Raoul Walsh's Distant Drums, which is mostly known for the earliest use of the Wilhelm scream stock sound effect. The scream is thought to have been recorded by musician Sheb Wooley, and was added by Garretson to mimic a man being eaten by an alligator.
Effects[]
Smashing the tea cup, whether on purpose or by accident, will cause the the tea cup to let off Wilhelm screams every so often, mimicking it's initial use as a sound effect for a man being torn apart by an alligator. However, each piece broken off will let off it's own scream, so more pieces means more incessant screaming. When all the pieces are brought together, the cup reforms itself and stops screaming. Pieces cannot be neutralised separately.
Collection[]
In 2016, the warehouse was noted of an old woman in Fayetteville, Arkansas claiming that her house was haunted by incessant screaming. Apprentice field agent Mark Monroe was sent with senior agent Claudia Donovan, as the case seemed relatively simple to get Mark's feet wet. Upon entering the old woman's house, all they could hear was constant Wilhelm screams. After a short questioning session and search, Mark came across the broken tea cup in the woman's kitchen, and noticed the screams were coming from the collected pieces. After doing their best to mute the found pieces, they tracked the noise to the rest of the pieces, bringing them all together and reforming the cup for neutralisation.