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Freaky Folklore

THE WYOMING INCIDENT - When Television Becomes Terror

Freaky Folklore

Eeriecast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6840 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

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 digital nightmares refuse to stay buried. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/   Follow Carman Carrion!    https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/?hl=en   https://twitter.com/CarmanCarrion   Subscribe to Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY   Please Review Us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184   Music and sound effects used in the Freaky Folklore Podcast have or may have been provided/created by:  CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/ Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/ Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast Soundstripe: https:// Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's something uniquely violating about having your safe space invaded, your home, your sanctuary,

0:09.0

the place where you go to escape the world's madness, and for most of us, that safe space includes

0:17.0

our television, that warm, familiar glow that brings us news, entertainment, and comfort.

0:23.6

But what happens when that comfort becomes terror?

0:27.6

When the screen that usually shows us sitcoms and soap operas

0:32.6

suddenly displays something so disturbing, so fundamentally wrong, that it literally makes you sick

0:40.1

to look at it.

0:41.8

The human brain isn't wired to process certain combinations of image and sound.

0:47.5

There are frequencies that can trigger seizures, visual patterns that can induce madness,

0:53.8

and some broadcasts that can reach through the screen

0:56.6

and physically hurt you. Tonight's story is about one such transmission, a hijacked signal that

1:04.8

turned television screens across Wyoming into windows to hell. This is the Wyoming incident. And trust me, after

1:14.7

you hear this story, you'll never feel quite the same about late-night channel serving

1:20.1

again.

1:21.9

Disclaimer. The Wyoming Incident is a work of creepypasta fiction. The following story is not based on real events.

1:30.4

However, the historical context about 1980s broadcast intrusions is factually accurate.

1:41.5

Welcome back to Freaky Folklore.

1:43.7

I'm Carmen Carion, and tonight we're tuning into a different kind of horror, the kind

1:49.4

that invades your living room without permission and leaves psychological scars that

1:55.1

last for decades.

1:57.3

Just a quick reminder for those craving more darkness. Visit Eeriecast.com to explore Destination Terror, your guide to the world's most cursed

2:06.8

places.

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