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In 1987, a bizarre and unexplained event interrupted two TV channels during prime time.

A masked figure appeared on screen, speaking nonsense in a distorted voice — then disappeared.

The signal was hijacked for nearly 90 seconds… and to this day, no one knows who did it or how.

Dive into one of the most eerie and unsolved broadcast mysteries in history.

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Transcript
00:00In 1987, during a regular TV broadcast in Chicago, something bizarre happened.
00:06The screen flickered, and suddenly a man in a rubber mask appeared, mimicking the digital character Max Headroom.
00:12He mumbled nonsense, distorted his voice, and vanished after 90 seconds.
00:17The hijack interrupted two different channels.
00:20No one knew who he was or how he did it.
00:22Listen to the video.
00:30Even with today's technology, the FCC never found him.
00:35To this day, the Max Headroom incident remains the most mysterious TV hack in history.

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