The Disturbing Mystery of the Sudbrink Phone Calls

it was early in 1992 and Steven subrick was driving alone on his way to Long Island New York today was a big day and Steven was lost in his own thoughts this was a lifechanging morning he was driving to his wedding a mixture of excitement and nerve surged through his body as he got closer and closer to the venue he was snapped out of his Pleasant daydreaming State though when he noticed the car in his rearview mirror a twinge of recognition spread across his face suddenly the car behind sped up pulling alongside Steven he was

sure of it now it was his older brother Gary's car he was a little surprised to see him driving Gary lived in Texas and Steven had assumed he would be flying in for the wedding but this was the first of his family he had seen that day and the excitement hit him yet again Steven smiled and waved at his brother as he kept speed alongside him he could see his brother sitting alone in the driver's seat he wasn't even looking at the road just staring at Steven this made Steven feel a little uneasy and then

Gary just started pulling strange faces Steven would never really explain what he meant by this just strange but regardless he just assumed his brother was goofing around suddenly Gary sped up and disappeared off into the distance at an alarming rate Steven put it out of his mind it was strange behavior for his brother but the excitement of the day had likely got to him too Steven enjoyed his wedding Day celebrating with friends and family alike later he was alone with Gary and decided to ask him about earlier questioning why he was messing around on the

road like that pulling stupid faces at him Gary looked perplexed he asked Steven what he meant Steven repeated it telling Gary that he had pulled up alongside him on the road and had been staring at him from his car Gary just laughed thinking Steven was messing with him this frustrated Steven and he asked Gary again what was he playing at was he trying to pull some sort of prank on him it wasn't n something that either of the brothers would normally do that's when Gary told him he never saw him before the wedding Gary had

arrived a day prior in fact he had flown the car in question was sitting in his garage in San Antonio Texas both brothers left a conversation with differing views about what had taken place Gary simply assumed Steven had seen a similar car and being mistaken Steven was 100% convinced he saw Gary in the car and that his brother was just playing a strange joke on him neither one of them gave it much thought until one year later when a strange man would approach Gary at the airport welcome to the tape library and if you're watching

this on release day then a happy Halloween to you all I'm really excited to bring you this strange little story tonight you may have heard some of the phone calls that Gary subr would go on to receive they've been doing the rounds on the internet for a few years now but I think it's all the little detail surrounding the calls that make them so damn unsettling a simple prank an attempt to getting attention or is something else going on here if your phone rings during this episode maybe think twice about answering it okay let's get

into this get yourself a warm drink dim the lights and get comfortable it's time to delve into the disturbing mystery of the SBR phone calls Gary SBR was a member of the Air Force in the early 1990s working as a pharmacist at a base in San Antonio Texas he looked at his rotor for the month of February and realized the first weekend of the month he would actually have three days off in a row he was supposed to let his superiors know if he was planning to leave the area and would be forced to use

it as leave but knowing that he was unlikely to be called in at the last minute Gary decided to keep quiet take the 3 days off and head to New York to visit his family he hadn't had the chance to get back there often since his brother's wedding and was Keen to catch up with his friends as well as talk to his father about a strange experience that he had recently had that afternoon Gary was alone in his home packing his bags when he suddenly heard a loud noise from outside his apartment Gary walked through

the sliding doors out onto the balcony he saw just past the fence of his apartment a helicopter hovering just 20 ft off the ground facing Gary's property this was unusual Gary rushed back inside to grab his glasses so he could see the details of the helicopter better but before he could get back the helicopter quickly increased its altitude Gary made it back to his balcony just in time to see it speeding off into the distance Gary wondered why it was there had it landed in the field opposite his home he simply Shrugged it off and

went back to packing later that day he was stood at the airport terminal his flight to New York was beginning to bought waiting for his road to be called out when he was approached by a slim man with brown hair and wearing an Overcoat the man said hello to Gary and Gary politely responded he began asking Gary where he was going and he told him he was heading off to see friend friends and family in New York for a few days he informed the man that he worked at the nearby Air Force Base Gary then

noticed that the man had a small notebook in his hand the man asked Gary's name Gary told him but then the man started pressing for Gary's full name this obviously weirded him out a little Gary was in uniform and was wearing his name badge but his surname was covered by his jacket it was at this point that Gary realized this wasn't just some sort of polite conversation from a man trying to pass the time he was noting down information about Gary as they spoke the man claimed to be starting up some sort of small business

and seemingly was conducting a survey in the airport but Gary hadn't noticed him talking to any of the other passengers the man then seemed to really start to push for Gary's full name when Gary asked why he needed it the Man simply told Gary don't worry you won't get into trouble this was enough for Gary he wanted out of this strange interaction and luckily his row was cool at that moment Gary grabbed his F and said goodbye to the stranger pleased to be finally boarding his flight Gary took his seat on the flight and a

man with long hair and glasses sat down next to him this man also striked up a conversation with Gary it seemed totally normal and the pair engaged in small talk for a while that was until another passenger came to their row ticket in hand telling this man that he was in the wrong seat the man stood up to allow the other passenger to take his seat the man then moved across the aisle and sat next to Gary on the other side he continued asking Gary questions where was he going when would he be returning to

Texas soon as stuides approached and told the man that he was in the wrong seat the man stood up again this time instead of taking his seat he stood by the emergency exit just one row away the man suddenly realizing that he wouldn't be able to stay there for long began bombarding Gary with questions how did he spell his last name how long would he be away Gary refused to answer and eventually the stewardess forced the man to take his actual seat which was much further back on the plane Gary didn't see the man again

after that but understandably these two interactions creeped him out as soon as he landed did Gary made a phone call to his land lady he was really concerned by these two interactions and over the course of the flight he had gotten paranoid and believed that these men were trying to get information out of him because they were planning to Rob his property he asked the land lady to keep an eye on it before hopping into a cab and heading to his parents' place now I found conflicting stories on the events that took place upon Gary's

arrival in New York we will stick with the more widely reported account first but I will get into the apparent trip Gary initially took with his father later there is one detail that is important to mention now as it plays a significant part in the calls that you'll hear Gary's father and uncle had both claimed to have seen a UFO several weeks prior during a trip to West Virginia in fact the pair were heavily interested in the topic of UFOs although Gary himself says that he has never seen anything in either version of the story

The End events were much the same during a conversation with his father that evening Gary told him about the helicopter that been hovering around outside his property his father noted that it was a strange coincidence earlier that day a helicopter had been hovering just over their home Gary had decided that he would also try to catch up with his old friend Mike that weekend so once he was settled in he gave Mike a quick call Mike answered the phone and sounded surprised that it was Gary calling him hey you sound better already Mike said to

Gary a comment that confused Gary a little but he ignored it telling his friend he was in town Mike chuckled saying he knows they had just spoken on the phone 20 minutes prior Gary was very confused at this point he hadn't called Mike in fact prior to him turning up at his parents' door literally no one knew Gary was planning to come to New York that weekend Mike explained to Gary that he had received a call just 20 minutes ago from someone who sounded exactly like Gary telling him he was in town and wanted to

meet up Mike said it sounded a little weird like Gary had a cold and the line was crackly but it was definitely him there was one strange detail though the initial call that Mike had received had told him that Gary had flown into a different Airport than the one he had actually arrived in Gary had no idea what was going on all these strange events were taking place but none of them seemed to make any sense what was happening here it was then that he heard a beeping on the phone signaling that there was another

call coming in it was 10:30 at night that Gary assumed it was something important he told Mike you would calling back and answered the call it didn't take more than a minute before Gary realized he needed to record what was happening on the phone he hit record on the answering machine and captured what would be the first of a series of strange phone calls to the sub Brink home that night yes I'll tell you who it is yeah do you want to speak to him there yeah who's this stepen are you playing games with me

or what huh Stephen if you're playing games they're going to kick your ass so how long are you going to be back from Texas huh you're being impersonated by the other voice yeah this is you Stephen you idiot you're pissing me off jerk I'm going to get you on let's see what it says review one new call out of area is Stephen out of the area going to be back from Texas wait say that again you're being impersonated by the other voice wait hold on is Stephen out of the calling area or what I know

what do you mean you don't know he's in Queens who are you talking I don't know who the [ __ ] hello hello break there who is this sound like a fre robot long are you going to be back from Texas what was that again sir you being impersonated by the other voice oh be quiet off sorry would you see that again hello being impersonated by what voice hello yeah hello there yeah hold on a second yeah what is your question I'll answer it so how long are you going to be back from Texas how

long you being impersonated by the other voice right when am I coming back is that your question okay it was a break hold on you want to know when I'm coming back to Texas oh is that your question so how long are you going to be back from Texas how long am I going to be back from Texas that question doesn't make any sense the other voice okay I'll be coming back eventually um I can't tell you when you should know that question answer to the question because you seem to know more about me than

I do you know what I'm saying are you a Intergalactic person are you a space alien sounds like you hung up I can't believe this it's he hung up Gary see if he comes back all right I'll hang up oh my God initially it's clear that Gary believes this is his brother Steven messing with him but as the call goes on with a strange voice voice it seems he grows more and more concerned the phrasing of the words is strange the voice seems to slow at times almost like it's running out of steam it's hard

not to notice that the voice sounds like a recording phrases are repeated over and over like someone is using a soundboard to produce the lines it keeps asking him so how long are you going to be back from Texas and more disturbingly you are being impersonated by the other voice Gary said years later that while it felt like at times the voice was just being played to him not responding to his words other times it seemed more interactive as though it actually were a person and not a recording he quickly called Mike back seemingly to

tell him what had just happened and to try and get more information about the call that Mike had received earlier that evening but just 40 minutes later the phone rang again what is your question yes uh speaking yes could I answer you any questions for you back fromex um not back yet no let me ask first you tell me where are you calling from yeah why don't you tell me where you're calling from who is this what do you mean who is you should know who it is it's me Gary uh wait let me let

me ask you this question where are you calling from okay I'll be back excuse me I can't hear Too Well full yeah it is a full moon out that's true could you identify yourself identify yourself why are you calling me excuse me I cannot hear to well hold on let me switch phones okay okay hold on now who are you keep an eye in the sky he said keep an eye in the sky yeah okay hold on say repeat that again please repeat okay near Orion tonight or one the full moon repeat okay repeat last

word I'm hearing static like he hung up he h up hello this time the voice seemed even less clear it makes references to watching the skies and specifically aionion this obviously Sparks the interest of Gary's UFO obsessed father who seems to quickly become convinced this isn't actually about Gary at all and is may be linked to his prior experience with seeing something in the skies above West Virginia at 11:38 p.m. a third phone call is received okay yeah it's taking time from the talk who is this Stephen I'm G you're this is not funny you

know Brian it's not Stephen what do you mean Brian I mean uh Gary how do I know it's not Stephen it's not Stephen hello I had a uh UFO experience in West Virginia Which you probably know and I know that you're inter an Intergalactic person can you speak a little louder sir can you speak a little louder louder let me speak to him dad I guess I don't know all right I'll hang up so you can talk to me he wants to talk to you okay hello can I help you hello yes yes that's me

yes could you please identify yourself identify yeah I'm back I'm in Texas right now oh he asked me a question no I'm in New York right now you know that why are you asking me such a question yes Stephen if this is you I'm I swear to God I'm going to be pissed huh I'm trying to listen to him who are excuse me okay eventually I'll be back from Texas uh could you speak more please speak more I guess it's not Stephen I believe it because I'm getting static people will not three times let me

go on this phone because I can never hear on this phone hold on okay okay please speak hello keep an ey on okay should I go out right now right now okay see I'm not sure where Orion is now but we'll go outside it we show double from me repeat that again Gary still seems to be running with the thought that this is Steven messing with him although at this point I think he is merely saying this to save face if it does turn out to be a prank I think he sounds more audibly shaken

as each call comes in by this point parts of the voice are barely audible the family were using two phones with Gary's dad listening in on the upper line this would be the last contct the family would have that night Gary went to bed confused and a little scared unsure who it was that was calling him and what connection it had if any to the men at the airport he also questioned would this person have even contacted him if Mike hadn't revealed to him about the fake Gary phoning him the call came right after discovering

this information almost as though the person was listening to his conversation with Mike the the following day passed without event until 10:21 p.m. the quiet night was punctuated by the shrill ringing of the phone once again yes this is me can I speak to can I ask why your yes can I ask why you're calling can I please yes this is yes that is me to be within this ploted say that again we I'm staying right here beIN this planet is this a joke or what to be contact the same um I have to think

about that I'd like to see you to be contact as the same with you hey let me tell you something I've been listening to you and I've had contacts with you government interference government interference you have please explain what type of interference okay interference hesitations to be disrupted by them dark some will rise the Dark Side of the Moon okay um what branch of the government what uh what should I do government interference visitations to be disrupted by them okay is that good for me or bad they hung up yeah with the exception of the

now familiar question of is Gary sink there the rest of the comments made by the voice on this call seem to be different from the previous ones it talks about government interference about the fact that it came to be within the planet as well as more references to the Moon none of the comments fully make sense on their own but it seems impossible not to connect them to Gary's family strong belief in UFOs if this is a a person pranking them that person knew a lot about them and knew how to play on their fears

extremely well this would be the last time the voice would contact any of the sub rink family Gary would never see the men he met at the airport again and seemingly nothing had happened to his apartment while he was away Gary would only ever speak about the events to a handful of other people but his interest in subjects like UFOs only grew after the events of February 1993 Gary has said that while has not had an experience like that again he has experienced other strange events some that he would describe as Poltergeist like activity although

to my knowledge he has never spoken about this at length I mentioned early on that there were two different versions of the story out there about what Gary did after arriving in New York the most commonly reported version is he got to his parents' place and phoned Mike almost straight away after arriving but another version seems to exist that suggests that Gary had arrived in New York and then gone with his father to meet a prominent expert in the UFO field about the experience he had in West Virginia the call had happened just a couple

of hours after arriving back home from that conversation which if true maybe gives more reason why Gary's father jumped straight into the thought that the voice he was speaking to wasn't human although I am unsure which version of events is the real one several weeks before Gary's father and uncle had decided to travel to West Virginia to visit the green Bank telescope the giant telescope had collapsed back in 1988 and rumors at the time had spread that it had been attacked by a UFO ever since the telescope has been a favorite haunt for UFO Hunters

the older subrings had gone there one evening and claimed that they did in fact see an unidentified flying object hovering over the observatory interestingly The Observatory would later become a key part of the Breakthrough listen project and has been used to try and scan for radio signals that may suggest the existence of alien life it also has been instrumental in a number of discoveries including a large coil-shaped magnetic field and a gas bubble both around Orion so what really happened let's talk about the obvious first the voice is almost certainly a tape recording not some

kind of robot it appears someone is playing their voice through a tape recorder and slowing it down during the phone call it's worth noting that just months prior home alone too had come out and with it came the release of the most popular Christmas gift of the time the talk boy in the movie the device is used to fake voices numerous times by slowing down recorded voices it even has speed control hi kids we're home early [Music] hi kids we're home early and many have pointed out that the talk boy could be being used here

in recent years people have sped up the recordings and sure enough you get what sounds like a regular person's voice you being impersonated by the other voice some have suggested that the voice sounds a lot like Gary but I personally don't think they sound that alike myself obviously it is difficult to be 100% sure though with the recording quality and there is a worring sound that can be heard at times on the calls that could be the tape being rewound and fast forwarded this has led many people to call the entire thing either a hoax

on the part of the subrings or a simple prank call both of those are very likely outcomes here but Gary takes issue with the talk booy theory he states that while interesting it completely ignores all the other strange events around his visit the peculiar men at the airport and on the plane the fake Gary calling Mike and even Steven spotting someone who resembled Gary on route to the wedding the year prior it's hard not to connect that event when you hear the words you are being impersonated by the other voice no one knew Gary was

coming to New York so who could have planned out this strange prank and if the men at the airport were not connected at all it was a weird event that unexpectedly gave the prankster a Gary that was already on edge seemingly no one has come forward to Gary to claim responsibility for the prank Eva there is of course the idea that Gary just faked the conversations and made the whole story up but you have to question why he would do this Gary does not appear to have contacted many people to talk about the topic he

never wrote a book or did interviews for the most part no one knew about this incident until Gary approached a woman named Sue swch who had given a talk about the Men in Black at a UFO conference Gary attended Gary handed se's CD and told her to listen to it on the CD was the recordings he had made back in 1993 she would later tell Gary's story at another conference in 2006 which as far as I could tell was the main source for Gary's story even being present on the internet along with an article for

the website normal paranormal meaning for over a decade he had just sat on those recordings without going public Gary certainly isn't the first person to have received calls like this plenty of stories exist such as the accounts of Preston Dennett who claimed to receive phone calls like this back in the 1950s and as Gary himself points out John kill claims to have received similar calls during his investigation into the muffman case although in that event some claim that the calls kill received were actually just drunken phone calls from fellow investigator gray Barker the reason for

Gary approaching Sue swch all those years later seemingly was due to her sharing stories of encounters with the fabled Men in Black some theorized that the Men in Black are government agents used to discourage people from speaking about encounters with UFOs but others believe they are something else those who have spoken about them have often stated they talk with a weird syntax and at times sound almost like they are running out of energy to communicate normally leading to them abruptly leaving as their speech become slow and slurred much like those phone calls the subrings received

that night while it seems they never experienced anything like it again there is a brief account that Gary has mentioned in an interview he gave to the podcast mysterious bruise just a few years ago he says that in 2001 his mother was receiving can a treatment while speaking with the doctors at the hospital one day they mentioned that Gary's sister had called up to ask about her mother's results what was strange about that is that Gary only had two brothers a simple mistake right the doctor has simply mixed up his patients but what if it

wasn't just a coincidence and there is someone or something still out there pretending to be a sub Brink that's all for this entry into the tape Library I've wanted to do this one for a few months now and I just thought those phone calls had such a creepy uncanniness to them that they made for some perfect Halloween listening as always please do let me know what you think of this case was it just a prank and a series of strange coincidences a totally madeup Story by Gary and his family or is there something more to

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