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S508: The Prank Call part 4

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Javier Leiva

Society & Culture, True Crime, Technology

4.72.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

PrankNet is a network of online terrorists who performed crank calls which caused thousands of dollars worth in damages. These cruel prank phone calls created anxiety and fear for anyone who picked up the phone. PrankNet victims destroyed hotel rooms, set off fire alarms, and flooded rooms by damaging the sprinkler system.  In part 3, you heard actual Pranknet prank calls. In part 4, you’ll hear from a former prank caller who says she was one of the architects behind Pranknet’s most despicable hoax. It involved two female KFC employees in Manchester, New Hampshire. The two employees were convinced to strip naked in the freezing cold and urinate on each other. Hear how Jeri Batsford says she helped Pranknet orchestrate some of their most twisted pranks. Credits Today’s show was written by Javier Leiva and edited by Molly Brock. Our theme music was written and composed by Joe Basile with TheChicken.net. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions and Podington Bear. Support for this episode is brought to you by Detective Trapp Anaheim investigator Julissa Trapp is not like other detectives. She’s the only woman on the homicide squad, and a skilled chameleon: undercover cop in vice stings, crime-scene commander, patient confidante of killers. A master interrogator, she invokes her personal experience – and deepest griefs — as a tool to elicit confessions. When a young woman’s body is found at a trash-sorting plant, Trapp learns the murder may be linked to the disappearance of three other women in nearby Santa Ana. Trapp embarks on a dark journey that brings her face to face with a man who takes “a little piece of her soul.” Listen now at Wondery.fm/PretendDT ------ References http://www.onpointnews.com/docs/hoax.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysSgG5V-R3U https://www.wmur.com/news/18803151/detail.html ------- Story idea? If you have a story to share, email Javier a voice memo or short written description at info@pretendradio.org. For more episodes like this visit pretendradio.org. To get early releases and bonus episodes go to pretendradio.org/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Creative Apple.

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The investigation is ongoing.

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Do some serious time with binge

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with bingable dramas.

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My name's Gil Grissom, I'm with the Las Vegas crime law.

0:20.0

Everything from CSI,

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we got you. To police intercept us.

0:24.1

There are loads of channels dedicated to the crime shows you love.

0:29.6

That's what I do.

0:30.7

The world be free. Stream all day with nothing to pay. Pluto TV.

0:36.0

Hey guys it's me, Havagir. This is part four of the Brank Call series.

0:41.0

If you just discovered the show, I suggest you start with Part 1, and also if you're listening

0:48.1

with the little ones, this might not be the episode for them. In fact, this episode describes some sexual violence

0:54.8

that's not suitable for everyone so if that makes you uncomfortable or that's not

1:00.5

your thing you might want to skip this one.

1:03.0

Okay, let's start the show.

1:08.0

A prank-me-collar, cause a KFC restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire.

1:15.0

Hello?

1:16.0

Now here at corporate we've been having a small default with the Anzol Fire Suppression Systems in our store on location.

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