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Death Phone: a converted vintage payphone with chrome faceplate and black handset
Death Phone: a converted vintage payphone with chrome faceplate and black handset
Death Phone: a vintage coin-operated payphone

Death Phone, 2026

Jordan Schwartz

Vintage coin-operated payphone, Arduino Nano, Raspberry Pi, ElevenLabs voice agents.

A payphone converted for Time Warp, a pinball bar in Seattle. Pick up the handset, dial any number, and you’ll reach Marlene, a clerk at Death Incorporated, who will look up the date (and means) of your death.