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EPISODE · Mar 11, 2026 · 19 MIN

Secret Iranian Numbers station is broadcasting! #176 Jack Murphy Podcast

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Iran has been sending a mystery signal across the UK – and it started when Ayatollah Khamenei was killed. Radio enthusiasts and shortwave listeners across the country have reported a chilling new development on the airwaves: a mysterious "numbers station" . Numbers stations have been documented since at least World War I and reached peak activity during the Cold War. Several espionage prosecutions have confirmed the practice: the conviction of the Cuban Five in the United States in 2001, and the arrest of members of the Russian Illegals Program in 2010, both involved the use of shortwave number broadcasts to transmit instructions to agents. People are going to College and seem to be getting dumber. It's Ranch day!

Iran has been sending a mystery signal across the UK – and it started when Ayatollah Khamenei was killed. Radio enthusiasts and shortwave listeners across the country have reported a chilling new development on the airwaves: a mysterious "numbers station" . Numbers stations have been documented since at least World War I and reached peak activity during the Cold War. Several espionage prosecutions have confirmed the practice: the conviction of the Cuban Five in the United States in 2001, and the arrest of members of the Russian Illegals Program in 2010, both involved the use of shortwave number broadcasts to transmit instructions to agents. People are going to College and seem to be getting dumber. It's Ranch day!

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