July 29, 1996: Telephone Hacking - John "Captain Crunch" Draper

John Draper, the legendary phone hacker known as Captain Crunch, joins Art Bell from a payphone in the wilderness to recount his infamous exploits inside the Bell telephone system. Draper explains how a toy whistle from a cereal box produced the exact 2,600 hertz tone needed to hijack long-distance trunks, and how he and fellow phone phreaks built blue boxes to exploit the system's in-band signaling flaws. The conversation traces Draper's journey from curious tinkerer to FBI target, including… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/july-29-1996-telephone-hacking-john-captain-crunch-draper