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Podcast: PRETEND
Episode: The Prank Call part 1
Description: Disclaimer: We will be talking about sexual abuse and other disturbing topics. Listener discretion is advised.Strip-search hoaxA prank caller pretending to be a police officer instructed fast-food managers to strip-search female employees forcing them to jog naked, do jumping jacks and perform other humiliating acts. He made more than 70 of these calls in the United States over a 12-year period.Why do we obey?Some of the managers were charged with rape and kidnapping as a result of these pranks. How could they fall for such...