Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Shriek (Noun)
A shriek, as of a soul in Hades.
—Anonymous
Shriek … such as might have risen only out of hell.
—Edgar Allan Poe
Shrieks like mandrakes’ torn out of the earth.
—William Shakespeare
A shriek and a yell
Like the devils of hell.
—William Makepeace Thackeray