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Episodes Season 5

The Joe Schmo Show Spike TV

S510: The Joe Schmo Show

The Joe Schmo Show is a real-life Truman Show—where everyone is an actor except one unsuspecting guy. It’s a reality […]

Episodes Season 5

509 The Santa Claus Man (John Gluck)

S509: The Santa Claus Man

A con artist saves Christmas. Brian Earl with the Christmas Past podcast shares a Christmas story you’ve probably never heard […]

Episodes Season 5

The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet

<img width="825" height="825" data-src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" data-sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 825px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 825/825;" /><noscript><img width="825" height="825" data-src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" data-sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 825px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 825/825;" /><noscript><img width="825" height="825" src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" />

S508: The Prank Call part 4 (PrankNet)

Pranknet is a network of online terrorists who performed crank calls which caused thousands of dollars worth in damages. […]

Episodes Season 5

The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet

<img width="825" height="825" data-src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" data-sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 825px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 825/825;" /><noscript><img width="825" height="825" data-src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" data-sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 825px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 825/825;" /><noscript><img width="825" height="825" src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" />

S507: The Prank Call part 3 (PrankNet)

When does a prank call go too far? When it leads to sexual abuse and thousands of dollars worth of […]

Episodes Season 5

The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet

<img width="825" height="825" data-src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" data-sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 825px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 825/825;" /><noscript><img width="825" height="825" data-src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" data-sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 825px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 825/825;" /><noscript><img width="825" height="825" src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" />

S506: The Prank Call part 2

A prank call leads to a 2-hour strip-search at a fast-food restaurant A prank caller posing as a cop calls […]

Episodes Get Started Season 5

The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet

<img width="825" height="825" data-src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" data-sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 825px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 825/825;" /><noscript><img width="825" height="825" data-src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" data-sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 825px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 825/825;" /><noscript><img width="825" height="825" src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The Prank call- The Prank part 1 - McDonalds Strip Search Hoax Pranknet" decoding="async" srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Prank.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" />

S505: The Prank Call part 1 (McDonald’s Strip-search Hoax)

Strip-search hoax A prank caller pretending to be a police officer instructed fast food managers to strip-search female employees—forcing them […]

Episodes Season 5

The Cousins Internet stalker

<img width="825" height="825" src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The Cousins Internet stalker" decoding="async" srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" />

S504: The Cousins part 2

Download the episode The most bizarre cyberstalking story you’ll ever hear Susan Fensten is a victim of cyberstalking. Distant […]

Episodes Get Started Season 5

The Cousins Internet stalker

<img width="825" height="825" src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The Cousins Internet stalker" decoding="async" srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/503-The-Cousins-part-1.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" />

S503: The Cousins part 1

This is not your typical internet stalker story. Susan Fensten’s tale is one of torture, rape, bondage, cannibalism, and murder. […]

Episodes Season 5

The Sugar Daddy Alan Canty

<img width="825" height="825" src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The Sugar Daddy Alan Canty" decoding="async" srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" />

S502: The Sugar Daddy part 2 – The beheading of Alan Canty

Alan Canty spent most of his lunch breaks rendezvousing with an 18-year-old sex worker named Dawn Spens in the seedy […]

Episodes Get Started Season 5

The Sugar Daddy Alan Canty

<img width="825" height="825" src="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-1024x1024.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The Sugar Daddy Alan Canty" decoding="async" srcset="https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-600x600.jpg 600w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://pretendradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/501-The-Sugar-Daddy-p1.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" />

S501: The Sugar Daddy part 1

1980s Prostitution in the Streets of Detroit Back in the 1980s, Mark Bando was a Detroit police officer working the […]