Man Calls Into Radio Show, Gets Accused of Murder In Viral Video

Footage from a live radio show circulating around Twitter has viewers utterly shocked and questioning whether the callers were actually actors.

During a segment from Yung Joc & The Streetz Morning Takeover Radio Show in Atlanta, Georgia, a caller named Don said the girl he was seeing ghosted him and asked for advice.

The clip, uploaded to Twitter by user @_mimitaughther on Wednesday, received more than 1.6 million views and thousands of retweets from people debating whether or not the callers were actors or if the story was real.

While it is common for radio shows to have people call in on-air, many are unaware that most of these calls are coming from paid actors.

According to Gizmodo, many temp agencies and companies such as Premiere on Call audition actors and prepare them to call into various radio shows. The job is often advertised as an "anonymous radio caller."

"This man called into the radio station bc this girl ghosted him," she wrote on Twitter. "So the radio calls her with him on the line, he wants to know why she ghosted him..."

The clip explained that at first, the woman said she did not want to get into it, but the radio host asked if Don cheated.

"No he didn't cheat," the woman admitted. But no one listening was prepared for her reasoning.

The woman went on to explain that during a "kickback"—or, a small gathering of friends—in July 2020, she overheard him talking to a friend in the kitchen. She asked the man if he remembered what they were saying, but he said didn't.

"They was talking about that they robbed a guy and they shot and killed him," the woman said on-air. "You don't remember that Don? Y'all was at the gas station and y'all shot and killed, you don't remember that?"

The shocked radio host could be heard reacting in the background as Don said he had didn't know what she was referring to.

"Well, that was my brother that you was talking about," she said calmly.

"Ohh sh*t," Don replied.

"The guy that you shot and killed, that was my brother," she repeated.

Almost immediately Don hung up the call.

The shocked radio host then asked if she was sure and said she was coming forward with serious accusations.

"Oh I'm positive, they was talking about the gas station that they was at and everything," she replied. "How many times they shot him and just laughing and joking about the situation and the whole time I'm putting pieces together, like hold on, they talking about my brother."

She said that the people involved with killing her brother were never found but that she realized that it was Don and his friend.

She explained that she did not want to open about the situation on the radio but that she was put in a tough situation. She also said she liked Don and was enjoying his company until she overheard the conversation.

Thousands of users commented and quote tweeted the now-viral video, many saying they were completely shocked.

"My mouth was on the floor," @_mimitaughther said.

"You're sitting in traffic on the highway she reveals that he killed her brother and everyone on the interstate collectively goes oh sh*t," one user joked.

Others said Don hanging up made him look guilty and questioned why the woman did not contact the police as soon as she overheard the conversation.

"He hung up quick as hell. He definitely did that sh*t," one user commented.

"Wth she mean she don't know what to do! Call the d*mn police," another user wrote.

But many were quick to call out the entire call as a scripted gag.

"I hope people realize those kind of radio gags are all scripted," one user said. "There is a service that does them nationwide."

"Actors baby! Been that way since War of the Roses back in the day!" another wrote. "But entertainment is entertainment baby."

It is unclear whether or not the call was made by paid actors or if the individuals on the line were telling the truth.

Newsweek reached out to Yung Joc & The Streetz Takeover but did not receive comment in time for publication.