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On a fall night in 1998, a woman walked into her kitchen after being out all day and tossed her keys onto the counter.

She glanced over at her answering machine and saw there was a light blinking, which meant she had a message.

She walked over and pressed the button, and as the message played, at first it just sounded like static noise,

or maybe somebody breathing heavily into the receiver.

And for a second, the woman thought maybe this was a prank call or maybe somebody had dialed her number by accident.

But then, right as she was about to turn off the message, she heard screaming and crying,

and then it all just went silent, and the message ended.

For a moment, the woman just stood there, shocked by what she had just heard.

She tried calling the number back who had left this message, but it went straight to voicemail.

And so out of fear that this message she had gotten was the sound of someone actually being

hurt, the woman picked up the phone and called 911.

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today's story. Redacted Declassified Mysteries is a new podcast hosted by me, Luke Lamana.

Each week I dive into the hidden truths behind the world's most powerful institutions.

From covert government experiments to bizarre assassination attempts,

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