Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What are numbers stations? Numbers stations are mysterious, unsettling, and one of the strangest things you'll ever hear. They're ...

For more than a hundred years, innocent radio operators have occasionally stumbled upon a seemingly sinister secret: Radio stations set up by spy agencies. These stations, known as “numbers stations,” ...

What it’s about: Some time after World War II (if not earlier), shortwave radio broadcasts started appearing with no obvious purpose. A synthesized voice, usually female-sounding, would read out a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For as long as I can remember, I have been interested in radio. My earliest experiences were nighttime AM radio adventures, ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — “6-7-9-2-6. 5-6-9-9-0.” Tune across the shortwave bands (above AM/MW), and chances are you will come across a “numbers station.” There’s no programming to speak of; just a mechanical ...

Grab a shortwave radio, go up on your roof at night, turn on the radio, and if the ionosphere is just right, you’ll be able to tune into some very, very strange radio stations. Some of these stations ...

Number stations are, apparently, shortwave radio stations that intermittently broadcast random series of numbers: a Cold War communication system that still lingers. Number Stations is an album by ...

We’ve talked before about number stations — mysterious shortwave transmitters repeating numbers, presumably for clandestine purposes. But, of course, the mere fact that they are unusual makes them ...