Ruth Price 911 call fact or fiction? An examination of the evidence.

Catacombs of Crime
8 min readMay 17, 2019
Is this a photograph of Ruth Price? (Source:https://latam.aeplay.tv/noticias/anciana-llama-al-911-cuando-el-asesino-esta-en-la-casa)

There has been a recording of a 911 call made by a woman named Ruth Price circulating the internet for some time. I first stumbled across the recording a couple of years ago in a collection of 911 recordings and transcripts.

The disturbing call is placed by an elderly woman who identifies herself as Ruth Price she informs the operator that she has seen a man prowling around her property. Before the operator is able to get any more information the caller goes quiet before the line is filled with sickening horrifying screams. Several seconds later the line goes dead. The caller was killed by the prowler while the operator could only listen on helplessly.

To listen to the recording of the call please follow the link below, and please be advised that it may disturb some listeners.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3j_xlj9K08

Although the recording itself is less than a minuet long it is particularly chilling to hear the absolute horror and terror in the woman’s screams. The recording has been shared widely on the internet and features frequently in collections of morbid and disturbing material. Even within these more subversive and irreverent communities the recording is considered to be particularly haunting.

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Catacombs of Crime

Forensic and Investigative Psychology Post Graduate | Former Interpol Officer — Writing About True Crime.