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The Ghost In My Machine

Stories of the Strange and Unusual

11 Creepy Phone Numbers To Call That Actually Work

October 15, 2018 by Lucia

Fact: I hate the telephone. I have trouble talking to people when I can’t see who I’m talking to; I’d much rather either speak face-to-face or converse in a text-base medium. (I am a writer, after all.) But I’m willing to make an exception for… shall we say, special cases: I am more than willing to call spooky, haunted, cursed, real creepy phone numbers that actually work.

[Looking for more scary numbers? Head here for an updated list of scary phone numbers that work, or here for our ultimate list of 40+ scary, creepy, haunted phone numbers! ]

It helps, of course, that most of these real scary phone numbers don’t require that you actually speak with anyone; when you dial them, you almost always reach a voicemail box set to play a spooky recording to anyone who rings. Still, though — I will happily set aside my phone phobia in pursuit of that delightful frisson one gets from a brush with the unknown. Especially around Halloween.

A black rotary telephone hanging on a brick wall

Novelty hotlines are nothing new; indeed, I would argue that their heyday occurred during the ‘80s and ‘90s, at which time you could call everyone from Freddy Krueger to the Ninja Turtles. Their popularity began to wane during the 2000s — but interestingly, we’ve seen them evolve in the years since, too. Thanks to free, online tools like Google Voice, pretty much anyone with internet access can set up a weird novelty number with ease. What’s more, the draw of a novelty phone number might even be stronger than ever — possibly because we so rarely use our phones these days to actually, y’know, make calls. Distance makes the heart grow fonder and all.

[Like what you read? Check out Dangerous Games To Play In The Dark, available from Chronicle Books now!]

Sadly, a good deal of formerly wonderful creepy phone numbers are no longer in service (RIP, Call Carrie White) — but I can attest to the fact that the numbers seen here are in working order. I know, because I called every single one of them myself. I am also, you might note, still alive and well, so it’s… shall we say, unlikely that any of these numbers is actually “cursed,” “haunted,” or otherwise dangerous to call. They are, however, all based in the United States, so you might want to be wary of long-distance charges if you’re calling from somewhere else. Phone bills can quickly become one of the most frightening things of all.

So, if you’re feeling brave this Halloween season — or any other time of year — try giving these numbers a ring.

Who knows? Maybe you’ll get lucky.

Maybe one of them will call you back.

951-572-2602

Status: As of January 2023, this phone number is no longer in service. However, you can still hear what used to play when you called it by clicking the link below.

Remember the SCP Foundation? This phone number was a fun little Easter egg pegged to the fictional organization. It was basically a tip line: Upon calling, you’ll be greeted with a recorded message informing you that you’d reached the Southern California, Division 19 branch of the Foundation and asking you to leave the date, time, location, and description of an “incident” you may have witnessed — an incident which you believed required the Foundation’s… unique skill set. The number is based in Banning, Calif., which is located in Riverside County just south of the San Bernardino National Forest.

I don’t know if they called you back, though; I never left a message. The strangest thing I’ve witnessed so far today has been my cat running around the house like a maniac for about 20 minutes before engaging in a sudden and abrupt nap — which is perfectly normal behavior for her and therefore did not require SCP Foundation intervention.

Listen here.

408-634-2806

Status: As of April 2022, this phone number is no longer in service. However, you can still hear what used to play when you called it by clicking the link below.

A lot of rumors surround this number, the freakiest of which insists that it’s a so-called “red room number” — a number which can allegedly be used to track down the physical location of people who either call the number themselves or answer calls they receive from it, after which they are kidnapped, brought to a “red room,” and tortured, killed, or both. These alleged torture sessions/murders are said to be broadcast live over the deep web.

I can assure you, however, that 408-634-2806 is not a red room number. As far as I know, red room numbers don’t even exist; they’re just an urban legend — a legend which, notably, forms the premise of the of the video game series Welcome to the Game. Indeed, it’s not even totally clear how the number 408-634-2806 gained a reputation for being a red room number in the first place; the clearest link I’ve been able to find is still tenuous: YouTube channel MKP Studios’ video on 408-634-2806 starts out by likening it to an alleged red room number they had previously called, but fails to actually connect the two numbers in any meaningful way.

So: If 408-634-2806 was not a red room number, what the heck was it? Because it was still really weird-sounding; when you called it, you hear a recording of demonic voices, someone saying “All’s well that ends well,” and a spooky music box. It’s got to be connected to something, right?

The answer is yes. It was connected to the iOS game Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, which was released by Capybara Games in 2011. At the end of the game, you’re given a number that turns out to be this phone number. It may have been part of an ARG attached to the game that never quite took off, or it may not have been; I don’t know that the meaning of the message you heard when you called the number has ever been “solved.”

Then again, maybe it doesn’t have to be. Also, it’s worth noting that the message reportedly changed a few times. Just, y’know… FYI.

Listen here.

828-756-0109

Status: As of April 2022, this phone number is no longer in service. However, you can still hear what used to play when you called it by clicking the link below.

[NOTE: If you try this one, make sure you dial it correctly. It’s 828-756-0109. A common misdial for this one goes to a real person’s phone number. If you hear anything other than the message heard in the video here, you’ve misdialed. Don’t bug the person, and don’t be rude or obscene. But, again, ideally, check to make sure you’ve entered the number correctly BEFORE you hit the “call” button so as to avoid that whole situation in the first place. Also, as of April 2022, I received only a busy signal when I called, so it may or may not still be in service. You can still hear what used to play when you called by clicking the link below, though.]

This number is a true mystery. I can tell you where it’s based (Marion, North Carolina, in McDowell County about 85 miles west and slightly north of Charlotte); I can tell you what you heard when you call it (some earsplitting noises and a man’s voice frantically relaying what sounds like a message coded in binary); I can even tell you what the binary said when converted into text (“death”); but I can’t tell you anything else. I have no idea who made it, what it meant, or what it may or may not have been connected to.

It’s super weird, though.

Listen here.

407-734-0254

Status: Still operational as of January 2023.

If you call what is possibly my favorite find from the research process for this post, you’ll reach a clown named Wrinkles who lives in Naples, Fla. and will, according to the Washington Post, “make an appearance at your party or gathering, prank your friend, or even scare your misbehaving kid straight” for the low, low price of a few hundred bucks. Very little is known about the man behind Wrinkles; he’s in his 60s, retired, and originally from Rhode Island, but that’s all he’ll say to reporters. He’s definitely got the evil clown market cornered, though — and if you call this creepy phone number, you’ll get his voicemail. Leave him a message and he’ll call you back.

Update, 11/11/19: More on Wrinkles here.

Listen here.

270-301-5797

Status: No longer operational as of November 2023.

Technically this one was a video game tie-in, but as one Metafilter user put it, “You don’t have to know anything about the game to appreciate the sheer oddity and scope of what there is to listen to on this phone number.” That game is Kentucky Route Zero, a magical realist point-and-click adventure that released episodically between 2013 and 2020. It’s delightful — as were the auxiliary experiences developers Jake Elliott and Tamas Kemenczy released between episodes.

This phone number was one of those auxiliary experiences. Called Here and There Along the Echo, the phone tree you’d reach if you dialed 207-301-5797 purported to be “a guide to the Echo River for drifters and pilgrims” provided by “the Bureau of Secret Tourism.” It was weird and surreal, yet also wonderfully serene — and there was plenty to explore as you dialed your way through the various menus to which it gave you access. My personal favorite way to start was with the option you reached by dialing number 5.

If you’re into Welcome to Night Vale or the works of David Lynch, you’ll probably dig Kentucky Route Zero. Here And There Along The Echo isn’t up anymore, but you can hear the opening of the phone tree below.

Listen here.

“You Have Reached A WRONG NUMBER“

Status: As of April 2022, this phone number is no longer in service. The number also appears to belong to someone else now, so do NOT attempt to call it. However, you can still hear what used to play when you called it by clicking the link below.

I’ll confess that I didn’t enjoy the actual gameplay of Hotline Miami that much — I’m kind of, uh, not great at top-down shooters — but the story and storytelling are both A-plus; I’m also a sucker for interesting marketing, and, well… this phone number and the message that was placed on its answering machine in advance of the release of Hotline Miami 2 definitely tick all those boxes. Bonus points for the fact that this creepy phone number is actually a Miami-based number.

The 786-519-3708 phone number wasn’t new for Hotline Miami 2; indeed, the Hotline Miami Twitter account had been tweeting the number since 2012, prior to the original game’s release in October of that year. But in February of 2015, the number appeared with some new context on the series’ Twitter feed: This time, it included an extension number. What’s more, when fans dialed the number, they found that a new message recorded—the message that’s still there today. When properly analyzed, the message combined with the extension number (10) provided a full title and release date for the second game in the series: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, to be released on March 10, 2015. And that’s exactly what happened.

The voicemail message is short, but it’s still pretty freaky to listen to. Hear what used to play below.

Listen here.

858-651-5050

Status: As of January 2023, this phone number is no longer in service. However, you can still hear what used to play when you called it by clicking the link below.

“Fishing in a mountain stream is my idea of a good time.”

“There was water in the cellar after the heavy rain.”

“Smoke poured out of every crack.”

“Those words were the cue for the actor to leave.”

These are the kinds of sentences you’d hear if you dialed 858-651-5050. They were spoken by two people — one with a male-sounding voice and one with a female-sounding voice — who just sat there, intoning these poetic yet meaningless messages for as long as you chose to stay on the line.

However, there’s a perfectly rational explanation behind this creepy phone number: It was a phone testing tool. The sentences, known as Harvard sentences, were chosen for their phonetic balance — that is, “the frequency of sounds in these lists [match] that of natural language,” as Sarah Zhang put it at Gizmodo in 2015; they “hit all the noises a person would typically hear in a conversation.” According to Ernie Smith writing at Motherboard, calling this number allows phone companies to “ensure the signal quality is strong” — that is, it’s the “can you hear me now?” of phone tests.

It was still weird, though. It’s the lack of context that made what you heard when you called the number kind of unsettling.

Listen here.

630-296-7536

Status: Still operational as of January 2023.

An oldie but goodie: 630-296-7536 is the original Boothworld Industries phone number. To read the story that launched a thousand phone calls, head here.

Listen here.

801-820-0263

Status: As of January 2023, this phone number is no longer in service. However, you can still hear what used to play when you called it by clicking the link below

Aaaand here’s the second Boothworld Industries phone number. We’ve covered this one in depth before — check it out here.

Listen here.

701-347-1936

Status: As of January 2021, this phone number is no longer in service. However, you can still hear what used to play when you called it by clicking the link below

Like several other creepy phone numbers on this list, this one was a video game tie-in — this time for the infamous Five Nights At Freddy’s series. It’s not clear whether the number was canon or whether it was fan-made; either way, though, it was pretty unmistakably FNaf-related to those familiar with the games: The voice we heard seems to have been a garbled version of Phone Guy, and about 32 seconds in, the aria “Votre toast, je peux vous le render” from the opera Carmen — colloquially known as the Toreador Song — which signifies the approach of the Freddy Fazbear animatronic in the game kicked in.

It is not, as some YouTube videos featuring the phone number have suggested, a “cursed phone number” that will make you behave erratically and/or kill you “within 24 hours of calling it.”

Whether or not you know the source material, though, it’s still pretty spooky to listen to. Check out what used to play when you dialed it below.

Listen here.

978-435-0163

Status: As of April 2022, this phone number is no longer in service. However, you can still hear what used to play when you called it by clicking the link below

Perhaps the only one of this list’s creepy phone numbers that’s more cryptic than the one featuring binary code that translates to “death” is this one. If you called 978-435-0163, you’d hear a looped message of a man sobbing. He sounded like he was maybe in a cave or a sewer; there was a lot of echo and reverb, and it sounded kind of like something was dripping somewhere in the background. Oh, and periodically, you’d hear something screech — something that sounded decidedly not human.

It’s a Massachusetts number — as a Massachusetts native, I recognized that right off the bat — and it turns out it’s registered in Billerica, a town not too far away from where I grew up. But other than that, I know nothing about this number — not who owned it, not what the bigger story might have been, not even exactly what was going on in it.

And that, I think, is the creepiest thing of all.

Listen here.

Oh, hey — gotta run. My phone is ringing.

Even though I’m, uh… not actually expecting any calls.

It’s probably fine.

Right?

Right.

Hang tight, okay? I’ll be right back.

…I hope.

***

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Comments

  1. Utomo says

    April 19, 2021 at 12:03 am

    I called 858-651-5050 this evening and it appears to still be working.

    Reply
    • Lucia says

      June 16, 2021 at 10:37 am

      Ah, yes, it does seem to be back in service now. Thanks for letting me know!

      Reply
  2. alaina says

    March 16, 2021 at 3:11 pm

    the one that freaked me out the most was the one with the guy in the cave or whatever

    Reply
    • Annabelle says

      March 24, 2021 at 7:44 am

      The one with the nice peace full music said “ I am coming to kill you “ and that was creepy me and my friend said to shut up

      Reply
    • Sarah Haines says

      April 2, 2021 at 8:22 am

      I called the FNAF one and started laughing so hard cuz of the demented phone guy

      Reply
  3. Cali says

    February 18, 2021 at 8:27 am

    DO NOT call these numbers. It is very scary and weird. I tried it with my friend and it was so weird. Don’t call them.

    Reply
    • Thunder says

      March 24, 2021 at 7:47 am

      I love love love the wrinkles the clown one and I left a message so I hope he calls me back ❤️❤️😜😜😜😀😀

      Reply
  4. Malory says

    February 8, 2021 at 6:56 pm

    Very creepy. Thanks for the info original poster and those who posted some suggestions.
    Anyone who calls, you might be too impressionable (or superstitious, or young) for this or for horror movies. You’ll be fine except for maybe some nightmares.

    Awesome.

    Reply
    • Satan says

      April 1, 2021 at 3:01 pm

      Most people have demons…..I own em

      Reply
  5. look for me says

    February 8, 2021 at 11:11 am

    they aren’t that bad once you get to know them

    Reply
  6. Tahleia Mccloud says

    January 29, 2021 at 4:44 pm

    I almost tried every number and at least 9/11, someone picked up. I hope I don’t die. 🥺😰😖

    Reply
  7. Meat pie says

    January 29, 2021 at 12:48 am

    Too many people blew up Wrinkles’ phone, it no longer goes through

    Reply
    • Lucia says

      March 2, 2021 at 3:01 pm

      It still works as of March 2021 – it goes to his voicemail. Try again; you may have dialed incorrectly.

      Reply
  8. Gab says

    January 3, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    I called the last number, with the dude weeping in a cave/sewer, and a there was the screech at one point. Not gonna lie, freakin me out. Has anyone figured out the history behind this?

    Reply
  9. Analasia says

    October 9, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    I don’t like this at all but I have to do this and so yeah and it’s going to be scary if I do this on Halloween night

    Reply
  10. Lolford says

    August 2, 2020 at 11:38 pm

    “I called this and I hope I don’t die now.”

    All of those comments keep reminding me of the Darwin Awards. 😛

    Reply
  11. Corah says

    May 22, 2020 at 2:39 pm

    Omg, I just left a voice mail to the clown thing saying”I Um would like to set up a party” and I’m so scared if it will call me back. Idk if it will acc call me back.😭😭😭

    Reply
  12. Toxicbomber_ says

    April 18, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    Does anyone know any other scary phone numbers to share?

    Reply
  13. Katie says

    March 31, 2020 at 4:50 am

    I’m in Australia! Lucky me, so these don’t work for me.
    Anyone know any cursed numbers you can dial in Australia?

    Reply
    • Meat pies says

      January 29, 2021 at 12:47 am

      All I did was just put +1 at the start

      Reply
  14. George says

    March 20, 2020 at 9:17 pm

    I did the 2703015797 one and wrote down the numbers. In code, it says A greenish sphere appears. Do you think the person was going to get attacked. That would explain why at the end he was trying to hurry up and finish the numbers.

    Reply
  15. Damian says

    March 10, 2020 at 12:20 am

    I called the UFO Hotline and it did its usual voicemail thingamajig. The second time I called it, someone picked up and said “Hello” and I straightly hung up quickly.

    Reply
  16. Aimee says

    February 22, 2020 at 6:57 am

    I called 222 and all I heard was ….
    I will find you
    Heheheheheh
    Hope I don’t die……..

    Reply
  17. Oof says

    February 8, 2020 at 9:21 am

    Call 419-351-3019 I called and it sounded like someone was dying

    Reply
    • Mad says

      February 5, 2021 at 11:36 am

      oh wow.

      Reply
  18. GW says

    February 7, 2020 at 7:35 am

    If y’all did not know this but boothworld industries has another phone number!?!?!?!

    It’s 630-296-7540

    Reply
  19. Tyler says

    January 26, 2020 at 5:42 am

    I called 888 and some weird music started playing.

    Reply
  20. Cat says

    January 17, 2020 at 8:20 pm

    These work they are the scariest numbers ever (that we know of) My friend and I tried these numbers and scared us half to death! (even by watching the videos scared us really badly!) Now we are scared to sleep!

    Reply
  21. Sammie says

    January 4, 2020 at 5:11 pm

    I turned off my caller ID and called the red room number and I heard “I will track you down” and then I heard a scream. It was creepy!!

    Reply
  22. K says

    December 29, 2019 at 8:58 pm

    It’s actually funny, not scary😂 all you hear is the voicemail and creepy laughter.

    Reply
  23. Bree says

    November 11, 2019 at 11:42 pm

    NOTE: use no caller ID
    Unless you want them to keep your number and be able to call it back… or even worse

    Reply
  24. Joey says

    November 2, 2019 at 3:51 pm

    I called the 801 number it’s the same sound

    Reply
  25. JJ says

    October 29, 2019 at 11:04 pm

    I called the red room one 😭 I’m scared af now

    Reply
  26. Dillon says

    October 5, 2019 at 3:34 pm

    My door slammed in my house and heard creepy noises in my house and I was getting messages from my friends from hours ago.

    Reply
  27. Brianna says

    August 13, 2019 at 2:07 pm

    This was the most scariest thing ever…

    Reply
    • Thomas says

      October 24, 2019 at 4:41 am

      This was really fun and me and my cousin called all of them and we got nightmares I got in trouble but it was worth it it was funny when my mom yells at me for this kind of stuff and my dad doesn’t really care thank you 🤪🤪🤪😎😎😂😂😊

      Reply
  28. Billy Bob says

    July 25, 2019 at 8:19 pm

    I’ve tried all these phone numbers, some of them didn’t work! I checked the phone numbers again, found out I was dialing the wrong number. Dialing the correct number I got better results.

    Reply
  29. vincy says

    June 25, 2019 at 4:41 am

    oh my god! i called 978!!! i heard someone crying and getting tortured!!! pls nevwer try it!!!!

    Reply
  30. Jiya says

    June 24, 2019 at 7:15 pm

    This is so creepy. I called boothworld industries and they fucking said “your number has been locked and traced. You have a marvelous day” I have them a fake name so now I feel better.

    Reply
  31. *V*I*A* says

    May 29, 2019 at 5:33 pm

    OhMehGosh…..

    Needless to say, they work. Or at least, most of them do… the last one killed me… It was fuckin creepy.

    Reply
  32. Ksenia Dubych says

    May 26, 2019 at 2:15 pm

    I called Carrie (1 207 404 2604) and I could hear someone hanging the phone up but then it just kept saying 604 338 three times and then it started beeping so I called 604 338 and it didn’t ring for like half a minute and then I could hear someone hanging up but then it didn’t work and so I called 1 604 338 and the same thing happened. I also called the rest of the numbers and for the wrinkles the clown number I gave him a fake address and told him to scare my kids to death. Then for Boothworld, I told them my name and set the day for today. Wish me luck! Also Wrinkles the clown has a twitter profile @yaboiwrinkles.

    Reply
  33. Little one says

    May 24, 2019 at 7:05 am

    I honestly can’t wait to call these numbers because I love horror things

    Reply
  34. Ashley says

    May 20, 2019 at 3:34 am

    OMG!!!! It’s 1:30 AM and I just called the 4:08 number and it worked! First I heard creepy music playing, then I heard a creepy man’s voice say “all’s well that ends well” and I couldn’t understand the rest of it but it sounded like it said “see you in the python”. Now I’m scared to go to sleep!😭

    Reply
    • vincy says

      June 25, 2019 at 4:42 am

      yep!!!

      Reply
      • Sana says

        April 30, 2020 at 3:22 pm

        if you guys don’t want to die from these numbers, i suggest you add *67 at the beginning of the number so it hides your phone number when you call it

        Reply
  35. Spencer says

    May 18, 2019 at 10:01 pm

    My friend called the number (she called on her phone, I’m on my laptop) and when she hung up the man sobbing transferred to my laptop!

    Reply
  36. Savage Wolf says

    May 5, 2019 at 8:58 pm

    IT FREAKING WORKS OMG I TRIED ALL OF THEM WITH MY FRIEND THEY WORK OMGGGGG 😢😢

    Reply
  37. Annonymous says

    April 28, 2019 at 8:59 am

    I looked the number 801-820-0263 up a few times the first time it said it was the warranty center then the next time the ghost hotline. I called it it said 117 then rahhhhh.

    Reply
  38. Ashley says

    April 23, 2019 at 2:51 am

    Do these numbers work in Canada?

    Reply
    • Ksenia Dubych says

      May 26, 2019 at 2:18 pm

      Yeah, you just need to put a 1 before the number.

      Reply
  39. Ashley says

    April 22, 2019 at 2:05 am

    Will these numbers work if I’m dialing from a Canada number?

    Reply
  40. Kristina says

    April 19, 2019 at 8:04 pm

    I am not dead thankfully. But these 11 creepy numbers scared the living hell out of me. Unless you want to be horrified then call every single one these numbers. If not the DON’T call these numbers!!!!!

    Reply
  41. Lucas says

    April 18, 2019 at 1:01 pm

    What one was the scp foundation?

    Reply
    • Rayne says

      May 29, 2019 at 5:31 pm

      The all worked
      It was creepy
      And it was scaring me

      Reply
      • Isaiah says

        October 1, 2019 at 12:40 am

        It just hung up on me I am kinda scared right now

        Reply
  42. Joline says

    April 14, 2019 at 3:44 am

    I called all the numbers I hope I don’t die 😭

    Reply
  43. Jenaynay says

    April 9, 2019 at 7:48 am

    I called the 409 one and I’m so scared Right now!

    Reply
  44. Noah says

    April 7, 2019 at 1:42 am

    OMG

    Reply
    • Lucas says

      April 18, 2019 at 1:07 pm

      What is the scariest one?

      Reply
  45. Galixykity says

    April 3, 2019 at 9:22 pm

    They all work the red room one terrified me and I got tears in my eyes
    All the numbers work
    I hope I don’t die…

    Reply
  46. Oscar says

    March 30, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    All I got was: “Calls to this number are barred”

    Reply
    • Galixykity says

      April 3, 2019 at 9:23 pm

      Try again

      Reply
  47. Dank says

    March 26, 2019 at 2:22 pm

    978 is creepy. I hear a guy/girl cry/laugh and I’m scared

    Reply
  48. Brennan says

    March 24, 2019 at 1:49 pm

    1-(646)-868-1844 can be pretty creepy. I called it last night and got totally spooked.

    Reply
    • Aubrey says

      April 28, 2019 at 1:52 pm

      Dude it sent me a text. A poem. It was freaking AF.

      Reply
      • Kade says

        May 11, 2019 at 11:19 am

        Oh no it’s Monika from doki doki literature club!!!😱😱😱😱

        Reply
      • PrettyScaredRN132 says

        October 9, 2019 at 4:57 pm

        Yeah I called it too, it was chanting some kind of saying and then when it went silent I hung up. It sent me a poem and I typed out the lyrics to the filthy frank outro, then blocked it. I’ll reply again if I live past next Monday.

        Reply
    • Patricia Garcia says

      May 9, 2019 at 4:47 pm

      did you get a message from them? cause i did it’s kinda creepy

      Reply
    • Bob says

      May 16, 2019 at 1:12 am

      I got a message from this one that reads (chapter too parties its letter no. Cheerful but whatever ladyship disposed yet judgement. Lasted answer oppose us months no esteem ) any one make sense of that?

      Reply
      • Andi says

        June 10, 2019 at 5:14 pm

        I just got that exact text message. Creepy and makes no sense but maybe there’s something encrypted in it? 🤷🏻‍♀️

        Reply
      • Lance says

        July 14, 2019 at 4:58 am

        I googled it and found the rest of the poem. I replied with the rest of that paragraph. No reply yet.

        Reply
  49. Gotti_gurl says

    March 18, 2019 at 1:35 pm

    I just dialed the phone number with the man sobbing and after the screech I stayed on the line and then it beeped but still kept going….weird

    Reply
  50. Kaydence says

    March 17, 2019 at 7:06 pm

    I called the 978 number and it just hangs up right away.

    Reply
  51. Dakota says

    March 16, 2019 at 3:45 pm

    Why? Like what’s the point In calling the police?

    Reply
  52. Fnaf fan says

    March 9, 2019 at 10:17 pm

    I called the fnaf one! It just said something about a google subscriber!

    Reply
  53. jess says

    March 8, 2019 at 6:09 pm

    anyone have momo’s number?

    Reply
    • Momo/the real one says

      May 6, 2019 at 2:24 pm

      Yea it’s me

      Reply
    • heavyn says

      May 8, 2019 at 11:18 am

      momo’s phone number is 801-820-0263

      Reply
  54. Olivia says

    March 4, 2019 at 11:40 am

    I’m scared to call them because idk if it’ll actually work.

    Reply
  55. Krazonix says

    March 1, 2019 at 1:16 pm

    I will be calling all these numbers live on an app called live.me! Check it out 10PM (EST), Mar. 1 2019.

    Reply
    • Addi Manning says

      January 11, 2020 at 7:57 pm

      When I said I called the first one I meant the second one

      Reply
  56. alyssa says

    February 26, 2019 at 6:17 pm

    so I called all the numbers and the 701 went out of signal coincidence????

    Reply
  57. Creepy says

    February 16, 2019 at 6:48 pm

    the number 828b755 0109: the binary code spells out death.

    Reply
    • Lilli says

      August 30, 2020 at 5:27 am

      Not from what I heard, and what I translated it to. It literally was aldoue or something Chinese or Japanese

      Reply
  58. Creepykid says

    February 16, 2019 at 6:18 pm

    We are cracking the code for 828-756-0109 right now, tell you what happens.

    Reply
    • Pookie says

      May 23, 2020 at 1:05 am

      I’m nervous to call

      Reply
  59. Andrew says

    February 5, 2019 at 6:37 pm

    One of these numbers somehow gets redirected to my business phone. I’ve received a few calls from people saying they got my number from this website. My number is not listed here and I called all of them and non seem to redirect to me. Every time I answer the people on the other end are freaked out which is kind of funny but I still have no idea why I am receiving calls from people on this website.

    Reply
    • Lucia says

      February 8, 2019 at 4:58 pm

      Hi! I’m so sorry about that! I just called all the numbers again to confirm that they were all accurate, and they all connected me with the various recordings they were supposed (that is, NOT to your business phone!) — maybe people are misdialing one of the numbers here?

      Everyone else, here’s your reminder to check to make sure you’ve inputted the correct number before you call!

      Reply
  60. kayleigh says

    February 3, 2019 at 4:48 pm

    No numbers worked for me.

    Reply
    • Lucia says

      February 8, 2019 at 5:04 pm

      They’re all still operational — I just double checked them. Not sure where you’re dialing from, but they ARE all U.S.-based, in case you’re calling from elsewhere.

      Reply
      • Eric says

        September 7, 2020 at 7:23 pm

        Worked for me.

        Reply
      • ShadowDamage says

        December 11, 2020 at 12:13 pm

        I’m from Saskatchewan!

        Reply
    • Biwly says

      April 20, 2019 at 9:49 am

      All of them worked for me

      Reply
  61. Brad says

    February 2, 2019 at 10:10 am

    This one freaks me out even more:
    (323) 999-6616
    It’s like a Halloween haunted house with 100 rooms!

    Reply
  62. dae says

    February 2, 2019 at 6:08 am

    HOLY SH*T. I called the 407 number and I thought I heard my last name. It’s scary. :”'(

    Reply
    • Lea L says

      April 12, 2019 at 5:41 pm

      You’re mistaking it for another word, I’m guessing, bc when I called, I didn’t hear my name or last name once.

      Reply
  63. Erin says

    January 28, 2019 at 5:03 pm

    Phone numbers that worked for me: 408-634-2806, 828-756-0109, 786-519-3708, 858-651-5050, and 978-435-0163.

    Reply
    • Christian says

      March 10, 2019 at 5:07 am

      I heard the 408 one say, “see you in the python”

      Reply
  64. John Dung says

    January 27, 2019 at 2:24 pm

    I just cannot understand why in the love of god you have disabled copypaste on this page when people want to call these numbers for themselves.

    Reply
    • Lucia says

      February 8, 2019 at 5:16 pm

      Sorry. We’ve had a lot of issues with our content getting straight-up stolen and republished elsewhere, word for word, without permission or credit, so copy-paste has been disabled across the entire site in an effort to curb the problem somewhat.

      Reply
  65. Prankster says

    January 26, 2019 at 2:29 am

    A guy asked for my number and I gave him the demon number lol

    Reply
  66. arina says

    January 2, 2019 at 11:10 am

    I always get a “user busy” message when I try calling the last one.

    Reply
    • Brad says

      March 1, 2019 at 12:19 pm

      Works for me. Creepy.

      Reply
  67. Frannie says

    December 29, 2018 at 2:41 pm

    We’ll all I’ve got to say is that on one number a male picked up and started saying all is well but me and my cousin freaked out and we hung up real quick💯🙏💀😭😑

    Reply
  68. Arraya says

    December 17, 2018 at 5:19 pm

    I’ll call ALL of the numbers! I have them written down!

    Reply
    • Carrick Knarr says

      February 4, 2019 at 5:27 pm

      The fnaf does not work.

      Reply
      • Lucia says

        February 8, 2019 at 5:02 pm

        It works — I just double checked it. Some of the numbers here ring for a while before the recordings they connect to play, so you might just have to stay on the line a little longer.

        Reply
        • Rose says

          February 15, 2019 at 8:14 pm

          I know that some of this are recordings on these things it does not sound real and if it is I am creeped out but somehow I call the police because I think the police took over the number! 😐

          Reply
          • Lucia says

            February 22, 2019 at 4:53 pm

            You may have just misdialed — I wouldn’t worry too much!

      • Christian says

        March 10, 2019 at 5:04 am

        Yes it does, you have to wait

        Reply
      • allison thocker says

        January 21, 2021 at 12:47 pm

        I called fnaf and it worked

        Reply
  69. Casity says

    December 8, 2018 at 1:11 pm

    Dude I called one and it was a really deep male voice I couldn’t make out what it was saying but I did hear see you again in the red room and now I’m freaked out.

    Reply
    • Wen hou says

      December 17, 2018 at 1:47 am

      Please don’t call these numbers because is very scary and you never know what noise you will hear from call 088_0888_08888 so don’t call 666_666_6666 and so don’t 1_666_666_66666 and so don’t call 1_00000000
      And so don’t call 999_999_9999 and so don’t call 666 and so don’t call 1_0888_0888_08888

      Reply
      • Brad says

        March 1, 2019 at 12:15 pm

        (323) 999-6616 is also very creepy. Like a secret government thing – deep state ghouls!

        Reply
        • Jess says

          March 16, 2019 at 6:35 pm

          I went through the menu on this number and chose a class 3 violation and IT TOOK ME BACK TO THE ECHO PHONE NUMBER

          Reply
        • Destinee says

          April 18, 2019 at 11:52 am

          I didn’t hear anything 😑🤔

          Reply
        • Kaylee says

          June 26, 2019 at 10:01 am

          I just called that number and 2 seconds later someone hung up, I am now super freaked.

          Reply
      • james queen says

        March 1, 2019 at 1:02 pm

        Do these phone numbers actually go through?

        Reply
    • Cheyenne says

      January 5, 2019 at 9:01 pm

      Are you Alive and ok still?

      Reply
      • Maria says

        April 19, 2019 at 5:27 pm

        Yes.

        Reply
  70. Paige says

    December 3, 2018 at 4:24 pm

    Those phone numbers are literally super scary. You should call them!!🙊🙈

    Reply
  71. Damon Major says

    November 20, 2018 at 12:48 pm

    I almost cried when the SCP Foundation answered the first number.

    Reply
    • Amara says

      April 15, 2019 at 9:59 pm

      Omg me too

      Reply
      • Addi Manning says

        January 11, 2020 at 7:49 pm

        Omg I just called the first one and it said all that’s well ends well all thats not well does not end well and it started screeching and making weird noises and it scares me

        Reply
  72. Feste says

    November 3, 2018 at 12:56 pm

    Have you heard of Zioptis? It’s a bit of an old mystery, but their phone number is fun for the sheer oddity and variety of the messages:
    (313) 274-1111
    Their website purports to be a hotline for haunted attractions…but nothing on their hotline has anything to do with haunted houses.
    http://www.zioptis.com

    Reply
    • Lucia says

      November 12, 2018 at 9:24 am

      I’ll have to check that one out — thanks for the recommendation!

      Reply
      • camrin says

        August 17, 2019 at 2:54 am

        I’m scared to call the clown 🤡 but I want to know if he knows penny wise 😂

        Reply
        • joe mama says

          October 8, 2019 at 8:05 pm

          it’s pretty chill, never called me back tho

          Reply
        • Maibella Gomez says

          February 23, 2020 at 11:28 am

          I’ve called the clown one, it just goes straight to voice mail, not scary at all

          Reply
        • Iwilleaturfamily says

          February 8, 2021 at 5:58 pm

          Wrinkles the clown is amazing. he has the most beautiful laugh.

          Reply
    • Addison Greear says

      December 31, 2018 at 6:12 pm

      That 313 number rang for 2 minutes. Not joking. It rang and rang and rang, nobody answered, but nobody hung up. Strange..

      Reply
      • Trinity says

        March 12, 2019 at 1:08 pm

        Yeah. The same thing happened to me.

        Reply
      • Already Tracer says

        April 7, 2019 at 9:52 am

        Ya it did. I just did it and I am freaking out.

        Reply
      • Cash says

        November 1, 2019 at 6:42 pm

        I called it and it answered but hang up immediately

        Reply
    • H1PP1E says

      August 24, 2020 at 5:14 pm

      I have another creepy number for you:
      248-434-5508

      Reply
  73. Lenora Parchman says

    October 24, 2018 at 1:02 pm

    These numbers are interesting. I’ll call them. Hope I’m not cursed.

    Reply
    • Meg says

      May 4, 2019 at 2:50 pm

      I called all of them, they’re pretty cool.

      Reply
      • William Hutton says

        July 23, 2019 at 10:14 pm

        But are you ok

        Reply
      • dhshshdbwh says

        January 4, 2020 at 11:25 pm

        are you alive still ?

        Reply
    • Creppedoutlots says

      July 3, 2019 at 4:24 pm

      I called the boothworld numbers and they BOTH called me back. Luckily i didnt say anyones real name. Was creepy though, it seemed that when i was called back the reseptionist knew that i didnt say anyones real name. ANYONE ELSE TRIED IT?

      Reply
      • .... says

        January 13, 2020 at 5:28 pm

        I tried it and I instantly hung up because it said it was tracking my phone number and someone was gonna come get me. It reminded me of the Red Room one but I didn’t call that one.

        Reply
  74. Haunting says

    October 17, 2018 at 7:08 pm

    I’ll probably call them, thanks for the update! Creepy as always.

    Reply
    • Anaiah says

      February 16, 2019 at 7:04 pm

      Guys I’m scared to death because I called the 978 number and it picked up. I heard like sobbing and stuff and like sewers dripping and I hung up I hope I don’t die…😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

      Reply
      • I cried says

        February 27, 2019 at 3:27 pm

        Did you die ??….

        Reply
        • Oof says

          May 3, 2019 at 8:10 pm

          Yes

          Reply
        • V says

          September 29, 2019 at 2:31 pm

          And the person writing this was never to be seen again….

          Reply
        • YEET Im scared says

          October 22, 2019 at 2:10 pm

          Omg are you ok??

          Reply
        • Jsdujsbs says

          November 4, 2019 at 10:23 am

          Yes.

          Reply
      • Hi says

        March 1, 2019 at 9:21 am

        Wow😭😭😭😭

        Reply
      • Sjsjsk says

        March 24, 2019 at 12:48 am

        Are you dead??

        Reply
      • Xenny says

        May 18, 2019 at 9:11 pm

        Don’t worry, it’s just a voice mail. Nothing will really happen, you will probably just have nightmares

        Reply
        • Yahita says

          October 22, 2019 at 2:11 pm

          Phew

          Reply
        • Gisele says

          November 15, 2019 at 4:32 pm

          Uh, So did anybody call Boothworld and the person they asked to assassinate actually die? I wanna be sure if it’s actually real. Probably not but still.

          Reply
      • Pee says

        May 19, 2019 at 8:27 am

        You dead?

        Reply
      • Kiara says

        May 21, 2019 at 8:06 am

        I called that one too!!! We listened to the whole thing and then a huge beep went off and we jumped off out chairs!!!

        Reply
        • Addi Manning says

          January 11, 2020 at 7:52 pm

          😂

          Reply
      • muhamed says

        May 21, 2019 at 9:20 am

        did u die?

        Reply
        • Poop Man says

          September 21, 2020 at 7:41 am

          BRO I called the scp number and it answered but it said “please say your name after you hear the beep” and I immediately hung up and it still kept going, it said “Welcome To the SCP Foundation” and it just stopped and I literally felt like passing out when it still kept going even tho I hung up.

          Reply
      • Nevaeh says

        June 19, 2019 at 3:49 pm

        I called all these numbers at 3 am and I heard a bunch of noises in my house

        Reply
        • its probably a squirel says

          August 17, 2019 at 1:14 am

          probably a squirrel

          Reply
          • Digi says

            November 12, 2019 at 7:35 pm

            Are you sure about that?

        • beep sheep says

          December 26, 2019 at 8:40 pm

          that sounds absolutely terrifying

          Reply
        • presley says

          February 10, 2020 at 7:16 pm

          my friend called it and now she is shaking

          Reply
          • Kaiden Davis says

            October 4, 2020 at 3:10 pm

            God I’m going to die I hear breathing outside my door 😮😮😮

      • Bob says

        June 29, 2019 at 2:57 pm

        But did you die?!?!?

        Reply
      • Everyday_teen says

        June 30, 2019 at 1:55 pm

        You won’t you need dark web murders

        Reply
      • Memphis says

        July 3, 2019 at 12:37 pm

        I called the first number and it said welcome to hell in it I’m scared outa my mind rn

        Reply
      • Tannyfatmicstuffin says

        July 12, 2019 at 2:58 pm

        So did I. that was creepy as hell.

        Reply
        • Lily says

          July 19, 2020 at 1:13 am

          Anyway, all of these numbers mentioned are still creepy, especially the stories behind them. I’m surprised that they didn’t feature the phone number 666-666-6666! That is a lot of sixes!

          Reply
      • Brian Crowley says

        July 25, 2019 at 3:21 am

        Did you die?

        Reply
      • Hannah says

        August 20, 2019 at 11:37 am

        Are you ok?

        Reply
      • Jack says

        October 27, 2019 at 12:51 pm

        I texted booth world and they answered my text

        Reply
      • Ur mom Gae says

        November 16, 2019 at 2:59 pm

        Mine says line busy and stopped the call

        Reply
      • Regan says

        November 27, 2019 at 11:48 am

        Hi Anaiah i can tell you that there is not a thing to worry about

        Reply
      • Big gurl says

        November 27, 2019 at 9:16 pm

        You are fine, i hope o – o

        Reply
      • Aubrianna says

        December 7, 2019 at 9:23 pm

        I had my best friend call one of the numbers and it picked up, there was only silence. Then she hung up the phone. She tend to get a call back.. I told her to block the number. So your not the only one scared..

        Reply
      • #SHIT says

        December 27, 2019 at 2:52 am

        Me too

        Reply
      • Axel Rios says

        December 29, 2019 at 12:36 am

        Same here. I hope I don’t die.

        Reply
      • Katie Leonard says

        May 16, 2020 at 12:22 am

        Are ya still alive? It’s 2020 now 😂😂

        Reply
      • Sakshi says

        July 28, 2020 at 3:34 am

        I called on each and every number but nothing happened. 😅

        Reply
      • Isaac Bermudez says

        September 25, 2020 at 11:15 am

        I heard the same thing before hearing footsteps outside my door. Like someone was running really fast and bunny hopping at the same time.

        Reply
      • me says

        February 1, 2021 at 6:13 pm

        are u ok? you wrote this two years ago O_O

        Reply
      • Amelia says

        February 2, 2021 at 7:14 pm

        you probably won’t – those are probably pre-recorded.

        Reply
      • anonymous says

        February 13, 2021 at 6:44 pm

        I also called that number and I heard the same thing. If you wait and listen all the way through there is a terrified scream that echos like it’s in a sewer and then the crying starts all over again, and it is obvious that it is a recording.

        Reply
      • Avah Bloch says

        February 15, 2021 at 3:57 pm

        I was listening and the guys stopped, then I think a woman screamed! He stated crying again, and then it ended.

        Reply
      • Zachy says

        February 21, 2021 at 4:42 am

        If you wait there’s a weird scream

        Reply
    • Baej says

      February 27, 2019 at 7:17 pm

      Imma call the police on you.

      Reply
      • yeet says

        June 29, 2019 at 2:09 pm

        lmao

        Reply
        • Aidiana says

          October 21, 2019 at 1:36 pm

          I’ve heard about the crooked man and they played about him in the conjuring 2 (check it out if you haven’t already) plus if your scared don’t worry I got you

          Reply
    • emma says

      June 3, 2019 at 4:08 pm

      Have you heard of the crooked man

      Reply
      • mia says

        August 31, 2019 at 7:54 pm

        I have lmao

        Reply
      • Booty eater 200 says

        October 6, 2019 at 7:35 pm

        Yes that was one of the scariest movies I’ve seen in my life

        Reply
    • Brian Crowley says

      July 25, 2019 at 3:24 am

      Bruh I’m from Billerica Mass so that 978 number was like wtf

      Reply
    • EmoEmo says

      July 30, 2019 at 11:21 am

      Its weird. I called red room and it said ‘See you at 5:00’

      Reply
      • Ally says

        October 10, 2019 at 11:24 am

        But did you live?

        Reply
      • Cool child says

        November 27, 2019 at 9:14 pm

        Yep, makes sense

        Reply
    • Whatever says

      January 19, 2020 at 9:54 am

      Yo… I called the second booth world number, and it asked for my name, and told me to stay on the line. Is that suppose to happen?

      Reply
      • corey says

        July 30, 2020 at 2:09 pm

        Yes I was doing research on this number and it will tell you that your call has been traced and then transfer you to someone named samantha and when she asks for your name give her your real name not a fake one you don’t want to do that, that’s what I read anyways

        Reply
        • serenity says

          February 13, 2021 at 2:36 am

          wtf as soon as I read this comment, I got a call saying that my number has been logged and traced by some fucking corporation. Hell to the no

          Reply
    • ally says

      May 1, 2020 at 11:33 pm

      lol

      Reply
    • Richard lopez says

      May 21, 2020 at 4:46 am

      I gotten a call from the red room one and go to find out it’s a prank it’s not real. But good one who ever called me some people need to go up.

      Reply
    • 666-666-6666 ruined my life says

      October 20, 2020 at 7:52 pm

      I like your style just don’t call 666-666-6666

      Reply

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