
Collected Sounds
Collected Sounds Media

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Collected Sounds was founded as a music blog in 1999. Life got in the way, along with burnout and the need for a "real" job and the blogger lifestyle had to go. Since the Pandemic I decided to bring it back, and add a podcast feature to the brand. The vision of this podcast is dynamic and I'm open to suggestions.
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Introducing: The Activity Continues
Collected Sounds
06/01/23 • 1 min
Trailer Season Four
The Activity Continues is a podcast where soul sisters, Amy and Megan chat about the TV show, The Dead Files. Our other soul sister Amy (AP) keeps us in check with facts, figures, and other fun things. Each week we dissect an episode but we also talk about pets, true crime, ghost stories, haunts, dreams, and other creepy paranormal shit.
So, grab your beverage of choice, hop in the Cadillac, don’t worry, Steve’s driving, and join us when... The Activity Continues.
This trailer was recorded on May 30, 2023 and released on May 31, 2023.
Video Versions:
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iLoAqG
YouTube: https://bit.ly/TAC_videos
MERCH!
Our T-shirt Store, Bonfire: https://www.bonfire.com/store/collected-sounds-merch/
Other stuff, Red Bubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/theactivitycont/explore?asc=u
Zazzle: https://www.zazzle.com/store/tac_store
Support your hosts
Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinues
Megan’s Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftJewelerybyMegan
Amy’s Podcast Production page: http://www.collectedsounds.com/
Affiliate
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Disclaimer
This podcast is in no way affiliated with the Travel Channel, Painless TV, or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just a couple of fans that love the show and want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing the episodes and similar content.
Content Warning
This is a general content warning, many of the episodes of the TV show talk about murders, some even involving children. So that may come up in our conversation as well. So please proceed with that in mind. But if you already watch The Dead Files you’ll be prepared.
Also, while Amy and Steve's swears are bleeped on TV, ours are not.
Credits
Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg and Megan Simmons
Fact-Checker: Amy Piersak
Production, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC.
Theme song. “Ghost Story” and segment music by Cannelle https://melissaoliveri.com/
Socials
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theactivitycontinues
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theactivitycontinues/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheActivityCont
Other
Website: https://bit.ly/TACOfficial
YouTube: https://bit.ly/TAC_videos
Newsletter sign-up: http://eepurl.com/hWnBLL
Say hello at
Email: [email protected]
Leave your paranormal story here: 612-424-1684 and maybe it will be played on the show!
Send us cool stuff at
Collected Sounds Media, LLC
8014 Olson Memorial Hwy 55 Suite 240
Golden Valley, MN 55427-4712
Thank you for listening, take care of yourselves. We’ll see you next week!

Year End 2021 Update
Collected Sounds
12/15/21 • 6 min
This episode is an update on what’s happening in the Collected Sounds Podcast Universe.
· Volsteadland is on break until season two (probably in February, but may be sooner)
· Tales from the Shift is looking for guests! It could be you! (see link below)
· Amy’s podcast recommendations, all spooky ones this time.
· Amy is available to be your Podcast Producer!
00:00:41 Hello
00:00:49 Volsteadland
00:01:49 Collected Sounds
00:02:04 Tales from the Shift
00:02:56 Podcast Recs
00:04:32 News
00:05:05 Podcast Production
Credits:
Host: Amy Lotsberg
“Collected Sounds Theme Song” is by Cannelle https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri
“The Velvets” song is by Cannelle https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri
“Breaking News” sound from Sound Effects Factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtn_hy6BHhk
Be like Gary! Become a Patreon of Volsteadland: https://www.patreon.com/join/volsteadland
Important Links:
Collected Sounds: https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/ feel free to suggest public domain stories for me to read.
Volsteadland: http://www.volsteadland.com – new episodes coming soon!
Tales from the Shift: Become a guest! https://www.podpage.com/tales-from-the-shift/guests/intake/
Podcast Production by Amy Lotsberg:
Call me at 612-484-1684 (leave a message)
Email me at: [email protected]
Visit my site: http://amylotsberg.com/podcast-production/
My intake form:

04/18/22 • 69 min
Introducing: The Activity Continues: The Villisca Ax Murder House.
This week I’m bringing to you, an episode of my other podcast, The Activity Continues.
The Activity Continues is a podcast where a couple of dorks (Amy & Megan) chat about the TV show, The Dead Files and other creepy shit. Each week we each choose an episode to dissect and chat about.
This is our 13th episode, but not to worry, they are not linear and you don’t have to listen to any others before this one to get what the show is about. This episode was recorded on April 10, 2022 and aired on The Activity Continues feed on April 15, 2022.
Please give it a listen and I hope you enjoy it. If you’re interested in more, such as hearing part two, follow us on any podcast app https://pod.link/1605227442 or on the podcast’s website: https://www.podpage.com/the-activity-continues/
**content warning this episode is full of discussions of some really yucky stuff: Child murder, sexual acts, and brutal murder. Proceed at your own discretion**.
Wow, this episode was a doozy.
You will hear us reference a listener story in the intro, but we ended up cutting the episode into two parts. So that part will be in Part 2. The next one will be out next week.
So grab your hankies, hop in the Cadillac, and meet us in the Murder House where... The Activity Continues.
Stuff we talked about in this episode:
· Our promo partner podcasts this month are
o “Haunted UK”: https://www.instagram.com/hauntedukpodcast/
o “Shittin’ Bricks”: https://shittin-bricks.captivate.fm/
· Movie: “There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane” https://amzn.to/3jCyKH5
· Book: “The Man from the Train” https://amzn.to/3uEbPkZ
· The Villisca Ax Murder House website: http://www.villiscaiowa.com/index.php
· Amy’s sources: https://www.podpage.com/the-activity-continues/blog/sources-for-episode-13-the-villisca-ax-murder-house-part-1
See our socials (links below) or our blog for extras.
If you’d prefer to watch the video version please subscribe to our YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVV6T7fLheh4BqGIP_FF5wg
Disclaimer:
This podcast is in no way affiliated with the Travel Channel or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just a couple of fans that love the show and want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing the episodes.
Content Warning:
This is a general content warning, many of the episodes of the TV show talk about murders, some even involving children. So that may come up in our conversation as well. So please proceed with that in mind. But if you already watch The Dead Files you’ll be prepared.
Also, while Amy and Steve's swears are bleeped on TV, ours are not.
Credits:
Hosted by Amy and Megan
Produced by Amy at Collected Sounds Media, LLC.
Theme song “Ghost Story” and segment music by Cannelle http://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri
Socials:
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theactivitycontinues
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theactivitycontinues/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheActivityCont
Other:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinues
Website: https://www.podpage.com/the-activity-continues/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVV6T7fLheh4BqGIP_FF5wg
Newsletter sign up: http://eepurl.com/hWnBLL

The Dead Smile #3
Collected Sounds
04/28/21 • 15 min
For this series I am reading to you the short story The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford. This story was written in 1911. With a ghastly banshee, a cadaver that's won’t stay put, and an infectious and sinister smile, this eerie novel is a masterpiece of the macabre. This is chapter three.
Host: Amy Elle
Produced by: Whimsical Productions and Collected Sounds
Story: The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford (public domain).
Theme music by Cannelle Elanian, written especially for Collected Sounds. http://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri
Story background music is Bach’s Book1: Prelude and Fugue No 8 in E Flat Minor. By Carlos Gardels
Scent of the Day: No Power in the Verse by https://sucreabeille.com/
Other books by this author at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1316
If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at [email protected] or leave voice or text message at https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/

The Dead Smile #2
Collected Sounds
04/21/21 • 16 min
For this series, I am reading to you the short story The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford. This story was written in 1911. With a ghastly banshee, a cadaver that's won’t stay put, and an infectious and sinister smile, this eerie novel is a masterpiece of the macabre. This is chapter two.
Host: Amy Elle
Produced by: Whimsical Productions and Collected Sounds
Story: The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford (public domain).
Theme music by Cannelle Elanian, written especially for Collected Sounds. http://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri
Story background music is Bach’s Book1: Prelude and Fugue No 8 in E Flat Minor. Performed by Carlos Gardels
Scent of the Day: You Caught me Monologuing by https://sucreabeille.com/
Information on F. Marion Crawford
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion_Crawford
Other books by this author at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1316
If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at [email protected] or leave voice or text message at https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/

Afterward: Chapter 1
Collected Sounds
10/20/21 • 21 min
For this series I am reading to you the short story “Afterward” by Edith Wharton. This story was written in 1910. It was first published in the 1910 edition of The Century Magazine. It is an ironic ghost story about greed and retribution. This is my favorite so far of the ones I’ve done.
This is Chapter 1
Happy Spooky Season!
Credits
Host: Amy Elle
This independent podcast is produced by: Amy at Collected Sounds Productions
Story: “Afterward” by Edith Wharton (public domain).
Theme music by Cannelle, written especially for Collected Sounds. https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri
Story background music is Beethoven’s Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1 - I. Andante. The artist is Daniel Veesey and I got it from the Free Music Archive.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/collectedsounds
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedsounds/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedsounds/
If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at [email protected] or at 612-424-1684 (leave voice or text message). Or you can visit our website and leave a voice or text message there. https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/
Thank you for listening.

Tales from the Shift: Announcement
Collected Sounds
06/19/21 • 1 min
This is a call for stories!
The next podcast in the Collected Sounds network is called Tales from the Shift, and it is all about our fellow humans and what they do every day. We’ll be talking to nurses, a sex worker, an office manager, a jail guard, and probably a lot I haven’t even thought of.
This is where YOU come in. Do you have interesting, funny, sad, hopeful, scary...stories about work?
If so please hit me up at 612-424-1684 It’s just a message line, don’t worry I don’t answer it. OR email me at [email protected]
Or leave me a message or voicemail at https://www.podpage.com/tales-from-the-shift/
I really hope to hear from you soon!
Host: Amy Elle
A production of Collected Sounds Productions.

Volsteadland: Teaser trailer
Collected Sounds
05/21/21 • 1 min
This is the trailer for my new podcast series, Volsteadland.
Volsteadland is a new podcast about the seedy underworld of the 1920s and 30s in Minneapolis, focusing on notorious mobster Kid Cann. Launching June 2021.
Please subscribe! If you don't find it, use the RSS feed: https://feeds.redcircle.com/c3c784fc-1d5d-4d9e-9488-314dea1dd91a
Website: http://volsteadland.collectedsounds.com/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/volsteadland
Theme music by Paolo Forli https://soundcloud.com/paolo-for-lee

The Dead Smile #4 (final)
Collected Sounds
05/05/21 • 17 min
For this series, I am reading to you the short story The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford. This story was written in 1911. With a ghastly banshee, a cadaver that's won’t stay put, and an infectious and sinister smile, this eerie novel is a masterpiece of the macabre. This is chapter four, the final chapter.
Host: Amy Elle
Produced by: Amy for Collected Sounds
Story: The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford (public domain).
Theme music by Cannelle Elanian, written especially for Collected Sounds. http://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri
Story background music is Bach’s Book1: Prelude and Fugue No 8 in E Flat Minor. By Carlos Gardels
Scent of the Day: Jaime (a nod to you Game 0f Thrones fans) by https://sucreabeille.com/
Information on F. Marion Crawford
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion_Crawford
Other books by this author at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1316
If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at [email protected] or leave voice or text message at https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedsounds/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedsounds/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/collectedsounds

The Dead Smile #1
Collected Sounds
04/14/21 • 14 min
For this series I am reading to you the short story The Dead Smile by f. Marion Crawford. This story was written in 1911. With a ghastly banshee, a cadaver that's won’t stay put, and an infectious and sinister smile, this eerie novel is a masterpiece of the macabre. This is chapter one.
Credits
Host: Amy Elle
Produced by: Amy for Collected Sounds
Story: The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford (public domain).
Theme music by Cannelle Elanian, written especially for Collected Sounds. https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri
Story background music is Bach’s Book1: Prelude and Fugue No 8 in E Flat Minor. By Carlos Gardels http://www.carlosgardels.com/
Scent of the Day: Smoke and Decay by https://sucreabeille.com/
Information on F. Marion Crawford
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion_Crawford
Other books by this author at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1316
If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at [email protected] or you can leave a message or a voice mail at https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/
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FAQ
How many episodes does Collected Sounds have?
Collected Sounds currently has 17 episodes available.
What topics does Collected Sounds cover?
The podcast is about Music, Podcasts, Books and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on Collected Sounds?
The episode title 'Afterward: Chapter 1' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Collected Sounds?
The average episode length on Collected Sounds is 14 minutes.
How often are episodes of Collected Sounds released?
Episodes of Collected Sounds are typically released every 25 days.
When was the first episode of Collected Sounds?
The first episode of Collected Sounds was released on Sep 29, 2020.
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