1402: The Pests part 2

PRETEND

Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

WARNING: This episode contains language and disturbing content. Listener discretion is advised. Police Storm Sci-fi Writer's Home 42 Times in "Swatting" Campaign Wisconsin science fiction author Patrick Tomlinson and his wife have been living a nightmare, enduring years of terror as cyber stalkers repeatedly sent police to their doorstep in a relentless "swatting" campaign. The couple, who claim to have experienced this terrifying ordeal 42 times, describes the chilling encounters with officers storming their home with guns drawn, handcuffing Tomlinson in his front yard, and even alleging that he had killed his wife. The reason for this campaign of terror, they say, stems from a trivial online criticism of the late comedian Norm Macdonald, leading to a series of threatening messages encouraging the author to take his own life. Listen to all 3 episodes now: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pretendradio PRETEND+ (Apple Podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/pretend/id6443456985 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.0	This is a pretty dark series, so if you're not into that, just check back in when it's done.
0:55.0	Alright, let's start the show.
0:59.0	Previously on Pretend, Patrick Tomlinson and his wife Nikki say that they've been to victims of gang stalkers.
1:15.0	The suspected perpetrators belong to a fan group of a now-off-the-air radio show called the OP in Antony Show.
1:23.0	They're known as the Pests.
1:26.0	Patrick says that these people have devoted the last five years to tormenting him and his family.
1:31.0	Whoever's doing this really, really, really hates Patrick Tomlinson.
1:36.0	They've sent the police to their house at all hours of the night.
1:40.0	I'm not talking about once. Patrick says that they've done this more than 40 times.
1:43.0	He says they leave threatening voicemails and send daily text messages to everyone in Patrick's orbit.
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1:53.0	Stories about real people pretending to be someone else.
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