THE MAX HEADROOM INTRUSION: SOMEONE HIJACKED LIVE TELEVISION AND WAS NEVER CAUGHT
Episode 138 | History's Mysteries — Mysterious Events
In this Mystery episode we focus on the Max Headroom signal intrusion of November 22nd, 1987 — the night someone with broadcast-level technical knowledge overpowered the signals of two Chicago television stations, transmitted 90 seconds of bizarre costumed footage on live TV, and disappeared without a trace that the FCC or FBI was ever able to follow.
This episode covers who Max Headroom was and why someone chose that mask, how broadcast signal intrusion works technically and why it required serious equipment and expertise, what the masked…
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