rant · moment 19 of 22
The Fake Kidnapping Ransom Note Prank on Donk
from 154 - The 3 AM Episode · #154
3 min
Tim and his friend Shay play a prank leaving a fake ransom note at a slow-witted friend's house, panicking when she actually calls the cops, but her mother Barb lets it slide.
- Tim and friends planted a fake ransom note in Donk's house and walked around the block as a prank.
- The ransom note said 'We kidnapped the boys' and demanded an oddly specific, non-standard amount of money.
- Donk found the note, called the cops, and they showed up while Tim and his friend were hiding in bushes after smoking weed.
- Police officers laughed at Donk because the ransom note was obviously fake and left the scene.
- When they returned to the house, Donk was crying and upset, saying the prank wasn't funny.
- Barb called the boys and told them not to mess with her anymore, then said she'd deal with them in the morning.
- Barb wasn't even mad about the prank, which made the whole situation even more absurd.
- Tim reflects that looking back, his childhood had messed-up elements—neglect, abuse—but also moments of genuine chaos and dysfunction.