Title: I run <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;next-episode.net" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;next-episode.net</a> (a TV tracking service).<p>As part of my maintenance routine and on a daily basis - I look for newly released trailers for the most popular upcoming shows.<p>A weird pattern I noticed through the years are rogue YouTube channels like this one:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;channel&#x2F;UC-VJ2EpzBRQMJYLO1fV1X3g&#x2F;videos" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;channel&#x2F;UC-VJ2EpzBRQMJYLO1fV1X3g&#x2F;vid...</a><p>(I&#x27;ve stumbled upon 5-6 channels EXACTLY like this one - same channel and video naming pattern, approximately the same number of videos, just for different shows)<p>Check out 2-3 random trailers. Notice anything out of place?<p>Each and every one of these seemingly innocent TV show trailers have a short video stitched before the actual trailer (and sometimes after as well).<p>These stitched videos are always scary news reports about people being attacked, robbed or murdered.<p>The choice of shows to upload trailers for seems random at first, but if you look closer - those are all relatively obscure and niche shows with fairly small following.<p>To me - it looks like it&#x27;s a concerted effort by some entity to try and raise (certain?) peoples fears?<p>I&#x27;m not sure who or why would be doing this, but I thought it might be a good idea to expose this here for some discussion and further investigation?
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