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 … Continue reading →