Pranks Gone Terribly Wrong

Toilet Papering Results in Murder

On Halloween night 2014, 15-year-old Adrian Broadway and a few of her friends toilet-papered, egged, and threw mayonnaise on a car in retaliation for a prank another person had previously pulled on them. Willie Noble, aged 50 at the time of the incident, heard a disturbance outside his home and went to take a look. He discovered his car covered in eggs and toilet paper.

Noble retrieved his gun, telling his wife they would return to the scene. Sure enough, Broadway and her friends returned a short time later. That’s when Noble opened fire. He later told police that he was not aiming directly at anyone, but firing to scare whoever it was away.

A bullet struck Broadway and she later died. A second bullet hit another person from the group. That person survived their injuries.

The teens had been attempting to prank Noble’s son for a prank that he had pulled on them.

Noble made a full confession to the crime. He was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to 30-years in prison.

YouTube Prank Gone Wrong

In February 2021, a Hermitage, Tennessee man was shot dead after a YouTube “prank” gone wrong. Timothy Wilkins, 20, approached a group of men holding a prop butcher knife in a fake robbery prank he planned to broadcast to his YouTube followers. Sadly, the men were not in on the prank. Those men shot Wilkins. David Starnes Jr. one of the men who shot Wilkins, has not been charged with a crime.

Never Scare a Black Man

While giving an interview asking if he planned to go trick-or-treating, someone decided to jump out of the trash can to scare this unsuspecting guy. He wasted no time punching the “monster” square in the face, something no one expected. Never scare a black man! I need this guy on my team. He is ready at all times, does not hesitate AND he’s a one hitta quitta.!

Ding, Dong, Ditch

Ding, Dong, Ditch is a game that requires a person to ring the doorbell of a neighbor or unsuspecting person and run before they answer the door. The game was popular in the 1980s and 1990s but probably isn’t the smartest idea in today’s day and age.

A 2020 incident in Corona, California resulted in the death of three people and injuries to three others after 16-year-old Mark Drewes rang the doorbell of Anurag Chandra and ran away, jumping inside a vehicle where five friends waited for him.

Enraged, Chandra hopped in his car and sped after them. He caught up to their car, plowing into the back of it, sending it crashing headfirst into a tree.

Three boys in the car were killed and three were injured but survived. Chandra was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder.

The Deadly Wedgie

How many wedgies have you given or received thus far in your life? Most people have been on both ends of the wedgie platform a few times over. It's just part of life. One wedgie prank resulted in the death of 58-year-old David St. Claire. His stepson, 33-year-old Brad Lee Davis, gave him a wedgie that he pulled so tight, the elastic waistband went over his neck, strangling him to death. Davis was charged with first-degree manslaughter and sentenced to 30-years in prison.