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A story about a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd being buried in a Neil Young tshirt.<br> | A story about a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd being buried in a Neil Young tshirt.<br> | ||
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Revision as of 17:08, 31 March 2022
Status: Partially Found
"MTV: Music, Myths and Mysteries" is a one-shot, television special which aired in 1999 as part of the promotional push for the then-newly released feature film Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci. The special, as the title infers, focused on various rumors, myths and urban legends related to the music industry including murders, alleged supernatural occurrences and relationships between different bands and artists.
The special featured a (currently unknown) female host, placed in a forested area near a grave yard, allegedly the grave yard victims of the legendary Headless Horseman were buried in and this element, a direct connection between the supernatural elements of the movie and the urban legends mentioned in the special, seems to be the wraparound plot. The only remaining footage involves the host describing an alleged romance between Tori Amos and Trent Reznor with a scene from the movie featuring the romance between Ichabod Crane (Depp) and Katrina Van Tassel (Ricci).
The special first emerged on the internet in 2017 on the r/TipOfMyTongue sub-reddit[1], where it was reposted several times over the last five years, as well as other sub-reddits such as r/Lost_Films and even this site. Over that time many people, mostly on Reddit, have said they recalled the special[2] but even the original poster, u/ThatGamingAsshole, had only vague memories. Until recently there was no evidence of it's existence beyond these Reddit posts.
Then, on March 29, 2022, a Redditor who had previously been involved in the early searches managed to uncover a single video on a YouTube page dedicated to Tori Amos[3] which directly presented evidence of MTV: Music, Myths and Mysteries' existence and subsequently one other website[4] which reiterated this (likely made by the same YouTuber) was also discovered the same day. The YouTuber posted a video of the short section involving Amos and Reznor's possible relationship and nothing else but it matched every other aspect described in previous searched on Reddit 1-for-1 including the appearance of the host, the setting and other effects added to it such as special effects attempting to make the host appear ghostly. According to the single website that mentioned it and YouTube page with the only known existing film, the special aired on November 16, 1999.
Beyond this almost everything else remains unknown, however memories from viewers, however few there are, on Reddit include other elements featured on the program. So far beyond the YouTube page and mentions on Reddit and a single website, nothing else has been recovered.
Possible Content
Urban legends concerning the Biggie Smalls/Tupac assassinations.
A segment on Jim Morrison faking his death.
Rumors that Kurt Cobain made concert appearances after his death.
A story about a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd being buried in a Neil Young tshirt.
A segment about someone being murdered during the recording of "Love Rollercoaster.
Rumors of a sexual relationship between Tori Amos and Trent Rezor.
A nameless "phantom band" which preformed at a venue then was never heard of again.
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