EPISODE · Jul 11, 2026 · 27 MIN
The Station That Never Signed Off
from Strangely Odd · host Double Secret Labs
In 1987, a small AM station in Harlan's Creek, Missouri, went dark when its owner died at the board on Halloween night. The transmitter was disconnected, the building padlocked, the license lapsed. But the signal kept coming back — the same rotation of country and gospel, the same weather reports for a flooding town, and sometimes a voice saying goodnight to people driving away. Sterling Gray talks with Dr. Nora Callahan, a signal anomaly researcher who has spent seventeen years chasing WKRD 1190 across spectrum analyzers, FCC records, and empty Missouri highways. The physics don't explain it. Neither does she. Tonight's Numbers Station Puzzler: crack the broadcast, then email your answer and the episode number (episode 60) to [email protected] for a shot at a secret line to the show. Presented by Double Secret Labs — we do science so you don't have to. Find Strangely Odd on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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