This is a rooster teeth production.

Since World War I, there have existed shortwave radio stations that send out strange communications,

usually vocalized numbers.

Their purpose remains unclear, though it is widely believed that governments use them to

communicate with undercover spies.

Today we dive into the fact and fiction that surround the enigmatic existence of the

numbers stations.

This is Redweb.

Welcome back Task Force to another episode of Redweb, the show talking about all sorts

of unsolved mysteries, true crime, cryptids.

And today, all one of my favorites, it's the number stations.

I'm your resident radio enthusiast, Trevor Collins, joining me, hearing this for the

very first time with that gut check, Alfredo Diaz.

So you're telling me there's a bunch of stations since World War I that were used to communicate

with each other.

Absolutely.

And they're still used to communicate today.

Oh yeah, and we have examples for your listening enjoyment.

And I mean, most likely then they're up great over time.

No, honestly, when you listen to these, it sounds kind of like the same as ever.

I would be deeply fascinating to hear your first, so you've never heard of number stations.

No, I've heard of numbers though.

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