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30 Years Later, ‘Max Headroom Incident’ Remains a Mystery

Clip: 11/21/2017 | 5m 46s  | Video has closed captioning.

Chicago television has a rich and colorful history. But few moments are quite as colorful—or bizarre—as the incident that happened to this very station in 1987. Jay Shefsky has this story.

Aired: 11/21/17

Rating: NR

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