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VHS DETECTIVE · LOST MEDIA PRESERVATION · EST. 2024
An archive of lost media and the stuff someone taped over.
Local TV broadcasts. Training videos nobody asked for. Commercials that only survived because somebody hit record and forgot. I open them live, four nights a week.
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1459PUBLIC RECORDS
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1954–2005DATED MATERIAL
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- Columbus TV compilation: Letterman, Auto Showcase and local ads | VHS-2026-1394
An unlabeled Scotch VHS holds Columbus-area news, Letterman, Paul Simon, a long used-car showcase and a drama cut off mid-scene.
- Cleveland TV in 1989: AFHV, News Center 8 and a stack of commercials
A Cleveland TV recording with the AFHV pilot, News Center 8, Siskel and Ebert, daytime shows and individually logged local ads.
- Springer, Jenny Jones, and Columbus in April 1999
WSYX Columbus daytime TV: Jerry Springer, Jenny Jones, a Lost Episodes compilation, and local commercial breaks. First Springer block dated April 14, 1999; tape partly viewed.