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TRUE

Ep 18 Killer Pranks

TRUE

Imperative Entertainment

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.5623 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

It's all fun and games until someone unwittingly assassinates a world figure. That's exactly what happened in 2017 to a couple of people who thought they were on a reality television show. Turns out they had unknowingly been recruited by a foreign government to carry out a deadly mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This podcast is intended for mature audiences. Listener discretion is advised. Imperative Entertainment

1:14.7

A prank is defined as a trick that's intended to be amusing, and often to make someone

1:26.6

look foolish. Most pranks are

1:29.3

conceived and executed for the sole purpose of trying to be funny and are not meant to cause damage or injury.

1:35.3

Filling a classroom with balloons, wrapping a roommate's car in plastic, a well-placed whoopee cushion,

1:42.3

classic tricks in the arsenal of the harmless joker.

1:47.0

While these might represent a lower bar, there have been far more sophisticated hoaxes throughout history.

1:52.9

Some funny. Some not so much.

1:58.6

One evening in 1957, the British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC, aired its regularly scheduled and highly respected news program, Panorama.

2:08.6

During the rundown of international headlines, viewers were surprised to learn that farmers in Switzerland were having a great season for their spaghetti crops.

2:23.3

According to the news piece, a warmer than normal winter, coupled with the eradication of the destructive spaghetti beetle, contributed to a stellar yield of the pasta that year.

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