Via Techdirt, a news item from 1884, reporting on a prank phone call, calling undertakers to the homes of people who were still alive.

photo from Paul Collins on Twitter

Phones first started coming into commercial use only in the 1870s – 1880s, so it’s entirely possible these were the first prank phone calls.

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