How Emergency Call Lines Became A Thing

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In most of the modern world, the average person has an astonishing resource for any disastrous situation: you find a phone, then dial 3 numbers to be immediately connected with someone who can call police, EMTs, fire fighters or other first responders. It's a fantastic concept, and though it remains a work in progress, these resources inarguably save lives. But how did we get here? Join Ben, Noel and Max as they delve into the suprising evolution of emergency call lines -- along with some hilarious examples of calls gone wrong, especially when callers have their own definitions of "emergency."

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show.
0:28.0	Thank you so much for tuning in.
0:31.3	The call is coming from inside the house.
0:34.0	No.
0:35.1	Yeah.
0:36.4	What does it mean?
0:38.1	It means it's time to introduce our super producer, Mr. Max Williams.
0:43.2	Is he the one calling from inside the house?
0:45.1	You creep.
0:45.7	Max, get out of my house.
0:47.2	No, no.
0:47.8	I am the emergency call of the heart.
0:49.8	Oh, you sure are.
0:50.6	That's true.
0:51.3	That's...
0:51.6	I don't know what it means. I don't know if it's bad or good, but that's what I'm going with today.
0:55.1	You're a regular emotional 9-11. That's... I should find a different way to say that. Sorry.
1:00.4	That's our... That's our man in the myth-the-legion, Mr. Noel Brown. They call me Ben Bowlin in this neck of the global woods.
1:08.4	And today we are looking at one of the few telephone numbers that
1:14.7	everyone knows and that no one wants to call. Is it 867309? Oh, Jenny, we got your number.
1:24.1	It's on the wall. That's kind of, you know, I never really thought about what the implications
1:27.0	of that
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