Hijacked: The Max Headroom Broadcast Intrusion

On November 22, 1987, something bizarre interrupted Chicago’s television airwaves. A masked figure—mimicking the digital persona Max Headroom—commandeered two separate TV broadcasts with cryptic, unsettling footage. Who was behind the intrusion? How did they pull off such a technically advanced stunt? And why has no one ever been caught? In this chilling episode, host Matt Wilson investigates one of broadcasting’s creepiest unsolved mysteries. Was it a prank, a protest, or something far stranger? Plus, Juniper Ravenwood shares your eerie theories and feedback in the Mailbag segment.

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