'Night Vale' Radio Equipment

2012
In 2012, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor decided to create a podcast where a radio that resembled a cross between 'Lake Wobegon told by Stephan King'. Joseph Fink said that he "came up with this idea of a town in that desert where all conspiracy theories were real, and we would just go from there with that understood."

It is theorized that the immense fan popularity imbued the radio station, causing that when used, a version of Night Vale materializes, complete with unusual going-ons. Unsuspecting people who wander into the town are typically never seen again...

Today
A massive Ping fired off "somewhere in the Southwestern United States". Sending most of the Warehouse's staff, they stumbled into a real creation of Night Vale. Confusing the agents and consultants due to the regular artifact-like activities in town.

It wasn't until one of the agents turned on the radio and heard the intro to the podcast that triggered the knowledge of H.A.R.P's pop-culture database Consultant Lepido realized what was going on.