Numbers Station - References in Mass Media

References in Mass Media

  • A key part of the 1950 film adaptation of the myth of Orpheus by Jean Cocteau is a mysterious radio station broadcasting random phrases (in fact transmitted by Cégeste on the orders of Death).
  • The series Fringe, has an episode based on numbers stations (Season 3, Episode 6)

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