69. The Max Headroom Incident

In 1987, people in Chicago were watching a rerun of a Doctor Who episode when all of a sudden, local television stations were hacked by someone wearing a mask. This hijacking left investigators stumped for decades. People to this day are still left guessing - whodunnit?

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Episode Sources:

• https://allthatsinteresting.com/max-headroom-hack

• https://www.vice.com/en/article/pgay3n/headroom-hacker

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-wttw-max-headroom-30-years-20171122-story.html

• https://news.wttw.com/2017/11/21/30-years-later-notorious-max-headroom-incident-remains-mystery

• https://wrkr.com/max-headroom-incident/

• Reddit 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/eeb6e/i_believe_i_know_who_was_behind_the_max_headroom/

• Reddit 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/3oaxi5/new_developments_in_the_max_headroom_incident/