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Dark Histories

Transmissions from nowhere: Numbers Stations

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

History

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Starting off in 1890, we take a look back at the history of secret radio transmissions, leading up until today and unravel some of the mystery, whilst uncovering some new oddities, of what are known as 'Numbers Stations'. For extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/6f7e2pt Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi guys, before we start the show I just want to throw out a couple of ways that you can support us and help to keep the podcast sustainable.

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com forward slash Dark Histories, and you get a free month including one free book of your

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choice. Alternatively, you can support us directly. We have a Patreon at

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Patreon.com forward slash Dark Histories. you can support us directly we have a patron at patreon.

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com forward slash dark histories and over there you can get bonus

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episodes early access to the show access to our discord and access to all my

0:31.3

research notes all those links will be in the show notes or over at the support page at darkhistories.

0:37.0

If times are tight and you're a bit hard up and I think we can all appreciate that, it's no worries.

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You can support the show by just sharing it around

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on social media with your family, friends and all those other good people.

0:48.9

All right, let's crack on with the show. Cheers. Oh, oh, still down, four, and two,

1:15.0

four, and six seven.

1:18.0

And, the other, and the other, and the other, and, oh, oh, oh. Oh, uh, what?

1:24.0

I don't know is a guy, four,

1:30.0

uh, legs, uh, one, Shortwave radio broadcasts,

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... Shortwave radio broadcasts originating from unknown locations, intended for unknown persons,

1:49.0

yet easily accessible by anyone.

1:51.5

These signals contain encoded messages are intrigued for decades.

1:55.0

What are they for? Who is listening? And why, in the modern age, is such an archaic form

2:01.2

of communications still being used.

2:04.4

Mysterious, nonsensical, garbled and yet somehow beautiful.

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