In the late 1980s, hackers interrupted a Wyoming television broadcast with a video of disembodied human heads performing disturbing poses while high-pitched sounds caused viewers to experience everything from nausea to hallucinations. The perpetrators were never found, and in July 2025, the same footage hijacked a Brazilian news broadcast, proving that some ... Show More
Oct 5
Melusine The French Water-Fairy Whose Curse Built a Royal Dynasty
Every Saturday, a woman locks her door. Her husband swore he'd never open it. This week on Freaky Folklore, we dive into the legend of Melusine, the medieval French water-fairy cursed to become a serpent from the waist down every Saturday. Melusine built castles overnight, bore t ... Show More
29m 45s
Jun 2022
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. Enginee ... Show More
18m 16s
Nov 2020
The Max Headroom Incident
One Sunday night in November 1987, something very odd happened in the middle of the WGN nine o’clock news in Chicago. Sportscaster Dan Roan had been talking about the Chicago Bears, when the screen suddenly went black. Then a person appeared, dancing back and forth in front of a ... Show More
27m 5s
<p><em>Two television news anchors harbor a disturbing message and unearth a rare computer program that has haunted gamers for decades.</em></p><p><br /></p><p>There’s Something Really Weird Happening With My Local News Channel - Written by Moe T.</p><p>Stars Conan Freeman, David ... Show More
