“As far as I can tell, a massive electric shock. He must have died instantly.”
-Dr Who the first seconds after the unsolved Max Headroom Incident, hacking WTTW November 22nd, 1987
Max Headroom
“a giant masterpiece for all the greatest world newspaper nerds”
“By the time our people began looking into what was going on, it was over,” a spokesman for WTTW commented on the 1987 tv hack of Dr Who. This was the second of two unsolved tv hacks in the Chicago area. With earlier tv hacks solved pretty quickly, this hack continues to stand out…
November 22nd, 1987 during the Chicago’s WGN’s Channel 9’s Nine O’Clock News, a break in transmission cutting to a Ominous Max Headroom character bouncing around with a close rendition of the original background.
Max Headroom WGN9 Pirating Incident – 11/22/87 9:16pm
Max Headroom pirate 1987
“Well, if you’re wondering what’s happened,” he said, chuckling nervously, “so am I.” reporter for WGN after the hack.
Almost 2 hours later technicians and federal agents were wondering the same thing at affiliate station WTTW as Max strikes again only this time gaining audio starting and stopping the transmission himself.
Max Headroom WTTW Pirating Incident – 11/22/87 (Subtitled) 11:15pm
“Come get me bitch!” parting words of Max Headroom tv pirate.
The fact that this case still remains open when so many were tracked down so quickly before and after makes this OG hack a legend of simple elegance “frickin nerd” style.
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