Top 20 Creepiest Things Caught on Live TV

don't adjust your sets welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 creepiest things that were caught on live tv for this list we'll be looking at moments broadcast live on television that caused a stir or otherwise concerned viewers at home disregarding on-screen death and de-gore as well as creepypastas and fake news like the infamous wyoming incident republican president number 20 zombie emergency alert back in 2013 a handful of americans were tricked into thinking that armageddon was finally at the door by a prankster who seemed to have been taking notes from orson welles metal casing is definitely extraterrestrial uh not found on this earth friction with the earth's atmosphere usually tears holes in a meteorite this thing is smooth the unnamed joker found a way to hack into a montana tv station's emergency broadcast system and sent out a news flash detailing the rise of the undead from their graves along with a warning not to engage the hoax announcement played over airings of the steve wilkos show and despite its illegitimacy the message sounded real enough to turn a few heads stirring concern among viewers across parts of the united states do not attempt to approach or apprehend these bodies as they are considered extremely dangerous fortunately it wasn't long before the truth was made known and the perpetrator was apprehended number 19 the haunted dolly here's one that'll rock the boat on itv's this morning a couple were being interviewed about alleged strange activity surrounding a china doll they'd gotten from a thrift store you almost look like debbie you don't want to even look at the doll no i don't know a bit scared i don't even want to touch it really yeah this included scratches on the husband and sporadic fire alarm bursts whilst the hosts were rightly skeptical viewers were more convinced they observed the doll start to rock in its chair during the interview seemingly of its own volition look at that who's doing that stop it the doll was on the show again just a few weeks later but this time with a new owner the lady who bought the doll in here originally who yeah she said her husband was scratched on his arms and legs yeah she did didn't she so do you believe that this doll has done that uh yes i do because i've been scratched over the past week or eight days i've had the dog on my arm it's no surprise the toy changed hands so quickly we've all seen enough movies to know that keeping possessed dolls around is a big no-no number 18 wrestlemania choke out it's well known that pro wrestling is a staged but nonetheless dangerous sport that can inflict some serious injury richard belzer learned this when he was choked out by hulk hogan on his talk show in 1985 the hulkster who was on the show with mr t promoting the very first wrestlemania was asked by belzer to demonstrate some wrestling moves in keeping with the promotion hogan responded with a headlock that sent him straight to sleep mr t quickly tried to ease the shocked crowd during belzer's blackout with a few reassuring quips i was a sleeper hole he'd be all right and belzer fortunately regained consciousness along with a few stitches and one heck of an anecdote some moments later and now we'll be right back after this word from you-know-who number 17 the vietnam war draft lottery who wants to be a veteran in 1969 at the peak of the war in vietnam cbs televised a draft lottery to determine individuals for military service and aired live from washington's selective service headquarters the draft lottery a live report on tonight's picking of the birthdates for the draft the lottery worked by drawing birth dates at random followed by a second drawing of letters of the alphabet to decide which men would be sent overseas first this controversial method had not been used since 1942 during world war ii though we thankfully live in a time where such a lottery is neither necessary nor permitted watching this broadcast today is a chilling reminder that the futures of hundreds of men were decided by a simple sheet of paper that they watched pulled at random on television september 14. september 14 0 0 1. number 16 san francisco earthquake news flash california is no stranger to the occasional rumble but the cameras happened to be rolling during a big one in 1989. during the world series that saw the san francisco giants take out the oakland athletics an enormous earthquake struck the bay area and was caught live on television with a magnitude of 6.9 the loma prieta quake was large enough to interrupt the broadcast of the game though it can easily be misinterpreted as crowd jubilation screams can actually be heard just before the game feed is cut and the picture switches to the news candy maldonado with the hesitation allowing jose canseco to score and he fails to get dave parker at second base so the oakland a's take [Applause] though the stadium was able to withstand the tremors the rest of the city was subjected to major power disruptions blackouts and property damage the downtown section of santa cruz is basically gone all the old brick unreinforced buildings have collapsed this is a department store called ford's it collapsed the second store a second story came down into the into the first floor trapping several people inside number 15 check tv's panorama prank what a bombshell to drop in 2007 as viewers of czech television's program panorama were treated to a beautiful shot of the mountain the tranquility was soon ruined by a blinding white light and the unmistakable sight of a mushroom cloud the bombing was quickly and fortunately revealed as a hoax masterminded by the gorilla art prankster is known collectively as zetovin the group had apparently hacked the show's live camera feed where they could then overwrite the footage with a cgi render they'd prepared zotovan explained that the prank illustrated how easy it can be for the media to manipulate and influence its consumers with false information the length some artists will go to get their work shown on tv number 14 the disappearing airport lady luggage goes missing all the time at terminals but human beings not so much yet that's what appeared to happen during an interview for danish network's tv2 sportscenter at an airport baggage claim just behind the gentleman on camera a blonde woman seemed to vanish into thin air as another traveler passed in front of her freaky stuff for viewers who saw it live but a logical explanation does exist the ghost lady was identified as danish handball player trina jensen under close analysis she can be assumed to have walked in tandem with the passing woman creating an optical illusion in the moment however it seemed like a paranormal phenomena right out of the x-files number 13 talk show possession there's certainly more to this girl than meets the eye on a talk show in 2016 thai model tippewa chafu puang made an appearance and claimed to have been possessed by an evil bloodthirsty ghost while holidaying this entity known as pop was said to hunger for animal blood and human flesh the confused hosts then watched as shafu puang began to exhibit strange behavior muttering to herself and screaming [Music] most viewers were disturbed by her behavior but not so much sold on it many called it suspiciously convenient that pop took hold on live television regardless it hardly made for comfortable viewing number 12 prayer phone in possession chafu puang's live actions may have been uneasy to the eyes but this next example of on-air possession proved to be an assault on the ears we've got our first caller in charlotte this religious live show encourages viewers to call in and receive advice and guidance from a holy sheik one such phone call was made by a woman in 2011 claiming to have been overtaken by a demonic entity known colloquially as a gin also um [Applause] [Music] the woman then supposedly underwent a sudden change in personality while staying on the line laughing sinisterly as she mocked the islamic host [Laughter] the sheikh proceeded to banish the demon with an impromptu exorcism and the bizarre episode was done whether it was fake or genuine it was certainly creepy number 11. los angeles ebs 1992 was the year los angeles descended into chaos as riots erupted following the acquittal of the officers behind rodney king's heavily publicized abuse we saw what we saw what we saw was a crime you got another white jury saying that it's okay for white cops to beat up black people and that's racism american style and it's been that way from the get king's ruthless assault at the hands of the lapd was videotaped and broadcast a year earlier to massive outcry during the riots as angered citizens looted stores and destroyed public property an emergency broadcast was sent out across all of la county's biggest tv stations to inform the public of the carnage in the message an emergency curfew was announced to be in effect from 6 45 pm onward this is the activation of the emergency broadcast system or l.a county effective at 6 45 pm this date the los angeles county emergency operations center has announced announced expanded boundaries for the emergency curve this chilling yet formal announcement heralded a rise in tension for the citizens of los angeles as they watched the collapse of their social order unfold on screen number 10 alien lights over milwaukee it was only a matter of time until aliens came up during a live fox 6 news broadcast a group of mysterious lights were seen floating above the milwaukee night sky the news team was understandably alarmed and quickly began to speculate as to the cause with explanations ranging from fireworks to shooting stars and finally aliens it's a strange sight at first glance certainly enough to cause some confusion and maybe even a little concern but it only took about a half an hour to shoot down et expectations mystery solved about 30 minutes later we're sitting in our truck here outside the milwaukee county courthouse and we heard them birds an alternative angle closer to the activity shows it to be nothing more than a flock of seagulls reflecting the bright lights of the city that's right close encounters of the bird kind now that the sun's up you can see no aliens here milwaukee just a lot of seagulls number nine the australian mayday incident while not technically a live event these issues with broadcasting happened in real time during the airing of an episode of the documentary series mayday the audio from a previous news broadcast somehow replaced some of the original show's audio this eerie new soundtrack was a looping sound bite of a halliburton truck driver reacting to his convoy being ambushed in iraq for six freaky minutes everyone at home watching was subjected to the driver repeating jesus christ help us all lord over and over jesus christ help us all lord jesus christ help us all lord jesus christ help us all lord the fact that this was coinciding with footage relating to a passenger train crash made a deeply unsettling end result the creepiest part is nobody knows exactly how it happened mayday indeed number 8 jamaican ghost attack in 2010 a jamaican news crew investigated reports of an alleged poltergeist attack on a young boy in spanish town the boy claimed he was being pestered by a poltergeist known in jamaican folklore as a duppy and that this spectre was recently deceased friend who is now haunting him postmortem the news crew were astonished during the interview when he was seemingly grabbed and dragged around like a rag doll whilst onlookers desperately attempted to intervene unsettling as it seems the case should be taken with a grain of salt most cases involving children who report being bothered by spirits are usually attributed to a neglected or traumatized child lashing out try to take him away let me see oh you're afraid you're a coward you're not doing nothing all right all right all right in this case lashing out is putting it lightly number seven the running shadow so we've gone through aliens now how about moving shadows during the broadcast of a soccer game at the hernando style stadium in 2014 cameras caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a moving dark figure although it was running at full speed people in the crowd didn't seem to notice what made this incident all the more creepy was the fact that the figure can be seen moving through fans and even a barrier while some theorized that the figure was in fact a soccer player double exposed on camera to this day the cause of this mysterious apparition remains unknown number six the ufo summoner is seeing really believing he's the las vegas man who claims he can summon ufos on command pretty wild so we sent action news reporter mike delastrito to get the real story but what he found shocked everyone in 2005 ramon watkins a man from las vegas who called himself yahweh claimed to have learned from the old testament how to summon ufos in a news report meant to expose him as a fraud an abc news reporter was left baffled when watkins proceeded to seemingly manifest mysterious orbs of light floating in the sky i could see it clear as day in fact it's bright i can't believe it it's it's moving pretty fast it's gone to nellis air force base it wants to be seen the orange lights danced above their heads momentarily before disappearing many who saw this demonstration hailed it as evidence of the almighty referring to the fact that it had been the news team who had picked the location day and time to conduct the interview leaving practically no room for watkins to have feasibly staged the summoning divine power or complex misdirection is that for a magic trick number five the vrillon hoax across the pond in 1977 something even more bizarre occurred the uk's southern television had their evening news interrupted by a six minute audio message of apparent extraterrestrial origin the unsettling booming voice coming through claimed to represent the ashtar galactic command [Music] in australia mr perry parker's cricketers are still pleased yes it is [Music] these aliens offered humanity a peaceful alliance if they renounced their corrupt ways and weapons of war speaking cultistly of new ages and promises of transcendence the channel apologized for the outlandish signal intrusion chalking it up to a hoax it would indeed be strange if aliens broadcast a message to just one channel those responsible have never come forward dare we look up to the sky and wonder number four justin from big brother two slimeball justin sebik was frequently overly confrontational with other contestants during his tenure on big brother justin no don't do it but the act that finally got him kicked off the series went way beyond typical reality show conflict justin famously and quite rightly got evicted for disturbing behavior involving fellow housemate krista after some drinks the two began kissing and flirting when justin suddenly held up a knife and threatened her would you get mad if i killed you the drama didn't end there a year after being kicked out of the house justin was arrested and charged with assaulting his girlfriend to say krista and the other housemates dodged a bullet is a massive understatement i feel real sorry for justin i really don't i'm sorry he did it to himself you know he got warned and worn and warned and worn number three a criminal on the dating game not quite your mr right on a 1978 episode of the dating game bachelorette cheryl bradshaw chose contestant rodney alcala as her man well let's see bachelor number one is a successful photographer who got his start when his father found him in the dark room at the age of 13 fully developed though he was a successful photographer alcala was later turned down by bradshaw for his creepy behavior why do you say that because that's the only time there is the only time what's wrong with the morning afternoon well they're okay but night times when it really gets good bradshaw may have escaped with her life it turns out that alcala was a repeated offender of serious crimes including a string of killings he committed throughout the 70s and his rejection on the show may have been a contributing factor in the murder of a further three women alcala is serving life in prison to this day and his final kill count remains ambiguous we're gonna have a great time together cheryl serial killer's a tremendous actor number two gary stolman the lengths people will go to to make themselves heard saw us arriving he put the gun down and said i don't want to hurt anybody and that was it in the middle of a 1987 broadcast gary stulman walked onto the knbc set behind tv reporter david horowitz and pointed a gun at his back ordering him to read a statement concerning paranoid theories that the cia cloned stolman's father the blindsided presenters were clearly horrified but horowitz was able to keep us cool throughout the statement ended with the admission that the firearm was a bb firing replica before stolemen calmly placed the toy on the desk apparently having never intended to harm anyone the gunman placed the gun on the desk and anchorman john beard grabbed it burbank police wrestled a man to the floor he has been identified as gary stolman and he said he never intended to harm anyone indeed the gun proved a fake this incident resulted in horowitz spearheading a campaign to ban realistic toy firearms before we continue be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you'll have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one the max headroom hijack in 1987 two television stations in chicago were hijacked and perhaps the most surreal act of video piracy ever recorded take some pretty significant equipment technical equipment and some knowledge of broadcast frequencies both instances featured an unidentified man dressed as obscure tv personality max headroom dancing to distorted audio the second video significantly longer saw the man rambling incoherently in a distorted voice oh and being swatted on the behind by an off-screen accomplice your tribe that is the only way to learn i'll get you a hot drink message responses to the rubber grinned menace ranged from bemused to horrified and the perpetrators of this seemingly random act were never identified the segments lasted no more than a couple of minutes but have gone down as among the most notorious incidents in television history that face is not an easy one to forget my brother is wearing the other one do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from watchmojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos

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Length: 21min 2sec (1262 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 23 2020