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Developer recreates creepy Cold War numbers stations using just 1KB of code

Developer recreates creepy Cold War numbers stations using just 1KB of code

Ellsworth Toohey
Jul 25, 2025
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Terence Eden's Numbers Stations program

Developer Terence Eden created an eerie digital version of Cold War-era numbers stations using nothing but built-in browser features and 1KB of JavaScript code. His creation speaks random numbers and words in various languages with unsettling pitch and speed variations.

The project, built for the js1024 "Creepy" com…

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