This article contains discussions of sexual assault.

Don’t Pick Up The Phone takes a close look at a series of hoax calls that plagued the United States throughout the 90s and early 2000s. Although the main suspect in this case, David Stewart, would ultimately escape punishment, others involved in the case were not as lucky. One of these men was Walter Nix, who was profiled extensively in the three-episode series.

According to the Netflix true crime show, each case would follow the same modus operandi. First, the suspect would call a restaurant, typically a fast-food restaurant, and claim to be a police officer. He would ask to speak to a manager and would then tell the manager that an employee had been suspected of stealing something. The suspect would then command the manager take the “suspect” to the manager’s office where the caller would demand the manager strip-search...