History WebVideo / Local58

** Due to the way the AnimalisticAbomination purrs, it is likely the [[spoiler:[[https://broodhollow.krisstraub.com/20130218.shtml cat-skeleton thing from Broodhollow]]]].

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ-vBhGk9F4 Real Sleep]]'': A cult-esque instructional video informing the viewer about the truth of dreams and how to achieve real sleep, based on [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashed_face_distortion_effect a real phenomenon.]] Published on December 19, 2018.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M75VLQuFPrY Weather Service,]]'' an overnight weather warning for a rather unusual meteorological event. Originally published on the ''Chainsawsuit Original'' [=YouTube=] channel on October 26, 2015.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c66w6fVqOI Contingency,]]'' a UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson-era PSA from the Department for the Preservation of American Dignity to be shown in the event the United States was conquered conventionally by an enemy force (or, if [[invoked]]FridgeLogic comes into play, the end of the world was happening). Originally published on the ''Chainsawsuit Original'' [=YouTube=] channel on January 12, 2016.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh09uIN6tl0 You Are On The Fastest Available Route,]]'' dashcam footage with accompanying GPS audio, taken over roughly three-and-a-half hours in the early morning of November 21, 2014. Originally published on the ''Chainsawsuit Original'' [=YouTube=] channel on June 19, 2016.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEHCJVhyZ0 Station ID,]]'' the card for the start of the broadcast day. Lets you know that even if you don't watch, it doesn't matter -- [[ArcWords there are other receivers]]. Published on November 2, 2017, shortly after ''[=Local58=]'' was given its own [=YouTube=] channel following ''Chainsawsuit Original''[='=]s rebranding into ''[=FilmJoy=]''.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPdgWYB9fdw Show For Children,]]'' a black-and-white 1929 cartoon called ''Cadavre'', about the titular character looking to find his loved one. Published on July 30, 2018.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2PyUvTEUc A Look Back,]]'' a montage of WCLV station idents from the 1930s to the present day, only to be interrupted by a second-party hack with a cryptic message (also showing 2- or 3-second snippets of the previous videos, and a few unrelated videos) making it a de facto trailer for the channel. Published on August 27, 2018.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ-vBhGk9F4 Real Sleep,]]'' a cult-esque instructional video informing the viewer about the truth of dreams and how to achieve real sleep, based on [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashed_face_distortion_effect a real phenomenon.]] Published on December 19, 2018.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BD-ba-aXQo Skywatching,]]'' an amateur video tour of nighttime constellations that ends up capturing more astrological phenomena than stars in the sky. Published on November 1, 2019.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S5Qo84D_NA Digital Transition,]]'' a tribute from the network as the transition between analog and digital television is made, with glimpses of both the past and the future. Published on October 31, 2021.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFl8ynCN3Ek Close,]]'' by far the longest Local 58 video thus far, depicting a probe landing on a near-earth asteroid. Published October 31, 2022.

The popularity of these videos led to [[FollowTheLeader numerous imitators]], [[TropeMaker spawning]] the horror genre of AnalogHorror.

* StockFootage: ''A Look Back'' includes a snippet from ''Series/OneStepBeyond'', a 1959-61 GenreAnthology series that is now in the PublicDomain.

* ShoutOut: ''Digital Transition'' opens with a clip from ''Series/OneStepBeyond''.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ-vBhGk9F4 Real Sleep,]]'' a cult-esque instructional video informing the viewer about the truth of dreams and how to achieve real sleep, based on a true phenomenon. Published on December 19, 2018.

* DaylightHorror: In ''Contingency'', tranquil (albeit dated) footage of nature and urban landscapes accompanies an emergency broadcast urging all American citizens to [[spoiler:commit suicide]].
** ''Real Sleep'', unlike the other broadcasts, is explicitly shown to be taking place at 3:00 PM. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as its effects are intended to occur during sleep, which would be useless while people are already asleep.
* DeadlyEuphemism: The PSA in ''Contingency'' [[spoiler:urges Americans to "ACT", "TAKE ACTION", and "TAKE THE FINAL AND GREATEST LIBERTY OF ALL" - but about halfway through openly recommends ''a loaded firearm placed against the roof of the mouth'']], after which point the euphemisms are mostly dispensed with.
** According to the creator, Kris Straub, [[spoiler:the 51st State is "death."]]

** Apparently, President Lyndon B. Johnson oversaw a contingency broadcast in the event of America's downfall that encouraged the nation to [[spoiler:commit mass suicide]]. It appears to have accidentally aired during his term, unless the message was unchanged but accidentally aired in its original format in the modern world anyway. Never mind that the expiration date on the film was timed to [[spoiler:Friday,]] November 13, 1970... and the FreezeFrameBonus of one of the moon landings, all of which took place ''after LBJ would have left office'', indicating that he ran for president a second time and was reelected in the series' chronology. That said, [[spoiler:it seems to be several clips edited together, including one for 1975 and one for ''2016'']].

* NothingIsScarier: The arrival in ''Weather Service'' and whatever prompted the PSA in ''Contingency'' are never shown. Perhaps worse, [[spoiler:there may not have been a single trigger for the PSA. The fact that the "enemy" is left vague could very well imply that the Department for the Preservation of American Dignity keeps this particular message updated and ready... just in case]].

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ-vBhGk9F4 Real Sleep,]]'' a cult-esque instructional video informing the viewer about the truth of dreams and how to achieve real sleep. Published on December 19, 2018.