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Mar 2025
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164: When Jokes Turn DEADLY - The Most S...

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Hi friends, happy Wednesday!

You know what I love more than anything? A good prank. A perfectly timed jumpscare that makes someone pee their pants a little bit? I live for it. 

But I went back and I was looking at some famous pranks throughout history… And I realized, a lot of pranks go *too* far. 

Either because the pranker gets carried away, or because there’s a completely unexpected reaction from the prankee. And sometimes the pranks go so sideways, they cause freak accidents that no one sees coming. 

So join me for the strange, the sad, and the dark history of pranks gone wrong.

I appreciate you for coming by, and tune in next week for more Dark History.

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Credits:
This podcast is Executive Produced by:

Bailey Sarian & Kevin Grosch and Joey Scavuzzo from Made In Network

Head Writer: Allyson Philobos

Writer: Katie Burris

Additional Writing: Alexander Elmore

Research provided by: Arelí Rocha and Coleen Smith

Special thank you to our Historical Consultant: Brendan I. Koerner is a contributing editor at Wired who covered the Wichita swatting case, as well as the author of THE SKIES BELONG TO US.

Director: Brian Jaggers

Additional Editing: Julien Perez & Maria Norris

Post Supervisor: Kelly Hardin 

Production Management: Ross Woodruff

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