Maddox | Who Was Behind the Max Headroom Incident? Tales from the Internet: Plagiarism-free edition! @RealMaddox | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
In 1987, a mysterious man in a Max Headroom mask hijacked the broadcast of two stations in Chicago (WGN & WTTW, Chicago Bears highlights and Dr. Who respectively). Over 30 years later, there are no suspects and no leads. This remains one of the largest unsolved mysteries in broadcast intrusion history. Although the author of a Vice Motherboard article--whose work much of this research is based on--mentioned a lesser-known theory that he never got a chance to fully explore: could the culprit be someone who was laid off by WGN shortly before the intrusion?
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Sources:
@FuzzyMemoriesTV - New Clips (WGN / WFLD / WTTW)
@JustinWhangYt Who Was Behind the Max Headroom Incident? - Tales From the Internet - youtube.com/watch?v=8rRo5CHFxAI
WBUR Radio - wbur.org/endlessthread/2019/11/22/to-the-max-headroom
Vice Motherboard - vice.com/en/article/pgay3n/headroom-hacker
@ZonaCmx Coke Commercials - youtube.com/watch?v=sUMX6y2glJ8
@PizzaFLIX - Clutch Cargo: Pirate Isle - youtube.com/watch?v=54psroWeJ14
Broadcast Signal Intrusions - youtube.com/watch?v=vTy46RY5JN0
Damn Interesting - damninteresting.com/remember-remember-the-22nd-of-november
WeAreTheMutants - wearethemutants.com/2017/11/09/ghost-in-a-box-the-haunting-history-of-television-broadcast-intrusions
Captain Midnight footage - Kenneth - youtube.com/watch?v=lbruOe6Yii0
Eletronic Communications Privacy Act - ultimateclassicrock.com/captain-midnight-hbo
Mubi - Eric Fournier - mubi.com/en/cast/eric-fournier
"The Smoking Room" by The Hallwyl Museum (Hallwylska museet) is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
"Old TV" by Blank2574 is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Classical music Licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 license musopen.org/music
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In 1987, a mysterious man in a Max Headroom mask hijacked the broadcast of two stations in Chicago (WGN & WTTW, Chicago Bears highlights and Dr. Who respectively). Over 30 years later, there are no suspects and no leads. This remains one of the largest unsolved mysteries in broadcast intrusion history. Although the author of a Vice Motherboard article--whose work much of this research is based on--mentioned a lesser-known theory that he never got a chance to fully explore: could the culprit be someone who was laid off by WGN shortly before the intrusion?
Maddox Presents: Tales from the Internet. Now plagiarism-free! Want more context? Watch this video: youtu.be/tgDIZ17440o?si=iV-6a84uEePvmjwH
Subscribe for more: bit.ly/maddoxsub
Check Out My Best Of: bit.ly/bestofmaddox
Book: F*ck Whales - amzn.to/2DXHFNH
Store: maddoxrules.com
Site: maddox.xmission.com
Podcast: madcastmedia.com
Instagram: @realmaddox instagram.com/realmaddox
Twitch: twitch.tv/realmaddox
Twitter: twitter.com/maddoxrules
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Maddox/17359118290
Sources:
@FuzzyMemoriesTV - New Clips (WGN / WFLD / WTTW)
@JustinWhangYt Who Was Behind the Max Headroom Incident? - Tales From the Internet - youtube.com/watch?v=8rRo5CHFxAI
WBUR Radio - wbur.org/endlessthread/2019/11/22/to-the-max-headroom
Vice Motherboard - vice.com/en/article/pgay3n/headroom-hacker
@ZonaCmx Coke Commercials - youtube.com/watch?v=sUMX6y2glJ8
@PizzaFLIX - Clutch Cargo: Pirate Isle - youtube.com/watch?v=54psroWeJ14
Broadcast Signal Intrusions - youtube.com/watch?v=vTy46RY5JN0
Damn Interesting - damninteresting.com/remember-remember-the-22nd-of-november
WeAreTheMutants - wearethemutants.com/2017/11/09/ghost-in-a-box-the-haunting-history-of-television-broadcast-intrusions
Captain Midnight footage - Kenneth - youtube.com/watch?v=lbruOe6Yii0
Eletronic Communications Privacy Act - ultimateclassicrock.com/captain-midnight-hbo
Mubi - Eric Fournier - mubi.com/en/cast/eric-fournier
"The Smoking Room" by The Hallwyl Museum (Hallwylska museet) is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
"Old TV" by Blank2574 is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Music:
Chris Tanaka Canwell from Mercy Brown facebook.com/mercybrownofficial
Brett Mann - Maddox Metal Riff
Music licensed under Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) CCMixter
Royalty Free Music by Epidemic Sound
Classical music Licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 license musopen.org/music
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
The Best Show in the Universe -
youtu.be/AXCfYho3ytE
@RealMaddox - youtube.com/maddoxaom
