A family gathers around the dinner table.

Their radio sits on the kitchen counter.

The kids and their father sit in their seats while their mother serves each plate and sets each one down, one by one.

She serves her own plate last, but before sitting down, she remembers to turn on the radio and flips through different stations.

It's time for everyone's favorite show.

They listen every evening during dinner.

And as her eating and laughing, the show suddenly stops.

And a disturbing message plays over and over again.

These radio frequency hijackings or broadcast signal intrusions don't happen often, but when they do, it ends up a mystery.

And in most cases, the people that cause these are never caught.

My name is Etm. And here's a horror story. people that caused these are never caught.

My name is Edmund, and here's a horror story.

Before streaming services like Netflix or Hulu and before network television, radio was the

form of entertainment for most American households. While scientists and

researchers were experimenting with radio in the late 1800s and early 1900s worldwide, in the

United States, the first commercial radio stations began broadcasting in the 1920s. This kicked

off the golden age for radio, which lasted well into the 1950s.

Families would gather to listen to their favorite shows together.

The most popular drew in millions of listeners.

By the year 1931, the majority of U.S. households had at least one radio.

In 1933, 60 million people tuned in to Roosevelt's first fireside chat, and in 1938,

32 million tuned in for the War of the World's radio drama show.

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