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Haunted Podcast · October 1 · 29 min

Max Headroom hijack

The 1987 Max Headroom signal hijackings are famous unsolved television intrusions where masked perpetrators overrode Chicago's WGN-TV and WTTW broadcasts. This was part of a history of broadcast signal intrusions overriding radio, TV, or satellite frequencies. While other hijackers have been caught and prosecuted, the Max Headroom mystery remains unsolved.

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The 1987 Max Headroom signal hijackings are famous unsolved television intrusions where masked perpetrators overrode Chicago's WGN-TV and WTTW broadcasts. This was part of a history of broadcast signal intrusions overriding radio, TV, or satellite frequencies. While other hijackers have been caught and prosecuted, the Max Headroom mystery remains unsolved.

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