Nurse killed herself after she fell for Australian DJs ' hoax call to Kate Middleton . He was talking about the suicide of Jacintha Saldanha , a nurse who was on the receiving end of a prank call he made with co-host Mel Greig . Bruce Wienstein : Radio pranks are here to stay , but DJs can soften the humiliation . One radio show played hilarious pranks , he says , but later let the patsy in on it . The most famous prank was a fake 911 call from an American woman who said her husband had been kidnapped by terrorists.
Nurse killed herself after she fell for Australian DJs ' hoax call to Kate Middleton . Bruce Wienstein : Radio pranks are here to stay , but DJs can soften the humiliation . One radio show played hilarious pranks , he says , but later let the patsy in on it . The most famous prank was a fake 911 call from an American woman who said her husband had been kidnapped by terrorists.