Phone Trace Race: Difference between revisions

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[[File:phonetrace 1382.png|link=Black Christmas|frame|May or may not require actual racing.]]

 

A horror and police procedural trope where the police set up a phone trace to catch a criminal but they need them to stay on the line for a certain amount of time. The amount of time will vary, yet somehow the criminal will know the exact amount of time and [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|purposely hang up]] just before the police can get a trace. If it's a particularly high-tech setup, expect to see a computer generated map showing the tracing process.