![]() ![]() Today, I’ll be covering one of television broadcasting’s most indelible mysteries: the Max Headroom signal hijacking incident. I think of this episode as a bit of a sister to our “Hollywood Horrors” 2-parter way back near the beginning of this podcast. Hunt a Killer - Receive 20% off your first Hunt a Killer subscription box at with the code SCARYSQUAD at checkout! This week, Carrie takes us through the nitty-gritty of late 80s pop culture, broadcasting technology, and Reddit-based speculation, along with the strange stories of two other signal hijackings: the Captain Midnight broadcast signal intrusion and the Southern Television broadcast interruption - the latter of which may possibly have come from a place beyond our galaxy!įacebook: Twitter: _īetterHelp - Special offer for Ain’t it Scary? listeners: Get 10% off your first month at Audible - Get a FREE audiobook and 30-Day Free Trial at BarkBox - Enjoy a FREE month of BarkBox on us when you sign up for a 6 or 12-month BarkBox subscription! Visit for more details To this day, no one knows who was behind the Max Headroom Incident.but that's where the mystery really begins. Initially, on WGN, the masked marauder was only able to cut in for about 30 seconds before the transmission was re-seized by network engineers.but on WTTW, which was airing an innocuous Doctor Who rerun, the signal hijacking would last an entire minute and a half and include a garbled, manic tirade involving Chicago sportscasters, obscure local children's shows, New Coke, and, uh, spanking. That night a mysterious figure wearing a full-head "Max Headroom" mask invaded the broadcasts of local Chicago TV stations WGN and WTTW. In November 1987, one of the weirdest moments of TV history happened right underneath the noses of the Chicago viewing public. ![]()
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