23: The Max Headroom Incident. UNSOLVED: The Creepiest TV Hack in History

23: The Max Headroom Incident. UNSOLVED: The Creepiest TV Hack in History

THE MAX HEADROOM INCIDENT. November 22nd, 1987 was a pretty normal evening for television viewers in Chicago. That night, like every night, Dan Roan was covering sports on WGN-TV, Channel 9. Then suddenly, the signal was disrupted and screens across the city cut to black. Engineers at WGN-TV thought their transmitters were failing. They weren't. A few seconds later, something crazy happened. WGN's broadcast signal had been hijacked in what is now known as "The Max Headroom Incident". WGN-TV was able to act quickly and get their signal back. But, Two hours later, it would happen again to another TV station and there was nothing they could do to stop it. What happens next remains one of the most bizarre unsolved crimes in television history. Let's find out why. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewhyfiles/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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620: The Lost Labyrinth of Hawara: Evidence of Atlantis in Egypt

620: The Lost Labyrinth of Hawara: Evidence of Atlantis in Egypt

In 450 BC, Herodotus described an Egyptian labyrinth so massive it made the pyramids look small. Then it vanished under the desert for 2,000 years.In 2008, scientists used ground-penetrating radar and...

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619: They Walk Among Us | The Human-Alien Hybrid Program

619: They Walk Among Us | The Human-Alien Hybrid Program

A college student desperate for affordable housing gets matched with an unusual roommate who wears sunglasses indoors and speaks like a careful robot. When the student's mother visits and accidentally...

6 Des 202546min

618: The First Earth Battalion: America's Strangest Military Experiment

618: The First Earth Battalion: America's Strangest Military Experiment

A Vietnam War hero with zero casualties wrote a manual about warrior monks who hug daily and use ESP in combat. Instead of dismissing it, the US Army turned it into Project Jedi—a decades-long experim...

26 Nov 202536min

617: Psyops: From Dead Babies to UFOs - The Same Pattern Every Time

617: Psyops: From Dead Babies to UFOs - The Same Pattern Every Time

A behavioral expert who trains Navy SEALs and CIA operatives created a 20-point test that detects psychological manipulation with mathematical precision. Chase Hughes recently appeared on Shawn Ryan's...

17 Nov 202538min

616: The Devil's Bible and the Nazi Hole to Hell

616: The Devil's Bible and the Nazi Hole to Hell

Sweden's National Library protects the Codex Gigas—165 pounds of vellum featuring the complete Bible and a terrifying portrait of Satan. Scholars estimate the work should've taken thirty years. Herman...

3 Nov 202534min

615: Lincoln Conspiracy: a Diary, a Mummy and The Escape of John Wilkes Booth

615: Lincoln Conspiracy: a Diary, a Mummy and The Escape of John Wilkes Booth

History says John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln and died twelve days later on a Virginia farm. But FBI forensic tests revealed his diary is missing 86 pages filled with names and payments. The bod...

27 Okt 202547min

614: CIA Time Travel Secret | The Grays Are Future Humans

614: CIA Time Travel Secret | The Grays Are Future Humans

In 1953, twelve-year-old Jack Sarfatti answered his phone. The voice on the other end was cold, mechanical, punctuated by clicking sounds like a computer processing data.It claimed to be a conscious A...

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613: The CIA, Men in Black and the Plot to Take Out JFK | The Maury Island Incident

613: The CIA, Men in Black and the Plot to Take Out JFK | The Maury Island Incident

June 1947. Harbor patrolman Harold Dahl witnesses six metallic objects over Maury Island, Washington. One drops molten slag onto his boat. A stranger in a black suit arrives the next morning, knowing ...

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