On November 22, 1987, a figure in a Max Headroom mask seized the broadcast signal of two Chicago television stations — speaking in absurdist fragments to thousands of viewers before vanishing back into the static. Broadcast historian Chris Delacorte joins Sterling to examine the technical audacity of the stunt, decode what was actually said during those ninety unsolicited seconds on WTTW, and sit with the question that still has no answer: who was behind that mask, and what did they want us to hear? Tonight's Numbers Station Puzzler: crack the broadcast, then email your answer and the episode number (episode 57) to [email protected] for a shot at a secret line to the show. Presented by Double Secret Labs — we do science so you don't have to. Find Strangely Odd on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.