{"id":1261,"date":"2019-12-04T03:52:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T03:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pretendradio.org\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2022-05-25T16:46:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T16:46:02","slug":"s508-the-prank-call-part-4-pranknet","status":"publish","type":"episode","link":"https:\/\/pretendradio.org\/episode\/s508-the-prank-call-part-4-pranknet\/","title":{"rendered":"S508: The Prank Call part 4 (PrankNet)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pranknet is a network of online terrorists who performed crank calls which caused thousands of dollars worth in damages.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pretendradio.org\/s507-prank-call-part-3-pranknet\/\">In part 3<\/a>, you heard actual Pranknet prank calls. In part 4, you\u2019ll hear from a former prank caller who says she was one of the architects behind Pranknet\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hear how Jeri Batsford says she helped Pranknet orchestrate some of their most twisted pranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d_RGFKBJb3I<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s show was written by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pretendradio.org\/about\/\">Javier Leiva<\/a> and edited by Molly Brock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our theme music was written and composed by Joe Basile with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thechicken.net\/\">TheChicken.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions and Podington Bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listen to part 4 of The Prank Call on <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pretend-radio\/id1245307962?mt=2\"><strong>Apple Podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2vaCjR7UvlN9aTIzW6kNCo?si=nlQxtYtoRLmTJB9xMofT_Q\"><strong>Spotify<\/strong><\/a><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/pretend-radio-2\/pretend-radio-3\"><strong>Stitcher<\/strong><\/a><strong>, or\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/playmusic.app.goo.gl\/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;apn=com.google.android.music&amp;link=https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Ipl4ftte2uk7hmtzzhgri26zivi?t%3DPretend_Radio%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16\"><strong>Google Play<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support for this episode is brought to you by Detective Trapp<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Anaheim investigator Julissa Trapp is not like other detectives. She\u2019s 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 \u2013 and deepest griefs \u2014 as a tool to elicit confessions. When a young woman\u2019s 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 \u201ca little piece of her soul.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listen now at Wondery.fm\/PretendDT<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Pranknet is a network of online terrorists who performed crank calls which caused thousands of dollars worth in damages. 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