Probable Cause | EP 3 | The Confidante

Carl was relieved that Paul finally filed a police report.

He was looking for any way to get law enforcement to take the harassment seriously because now he was getting spoofed constantly.

There were days where he received dozens of calls.

I get spam calls a lot.

You probably do, too.

You see a random number pop up on your phone.

You pick up.

Sometimes it's a sales call masked behind a local phone number.

Other times, no one's on the other line.

You hang up, and you go about your day.

The spoof calls Carl received were entirely different.

First of all, most of the calls weren't showing up as random numbers.

Instead, he'd actually see his friend's name pop up on his phone or his uncle's name, his sister's.

You think it's your uncle, your sister.

You pick up.

What's on the other line?

Nothing.

Just 10 seconds of silence.

But to Carl, that silence wasn't empty.

It felt threatening.

So whenever Carl picked up the phone and was met with silence on the other end, his mind went to a dark place, that someone had it out for him, and they would stop at nothing.

What's the big fear? What's the worst-case scenario in your head?

I'm concerned that somebody could be coming for me, that somebody's gonna assault me.

If not me, then Drew.

At this point, I'm especially hypervigilant.