What efforts have you made to find out who this is?
Well, we called 9-1-1, obviously,
and they put a detective on the case.
Unfortunately, you don't know that this is a very difficult
thing to find out until it happens to you.
And, the local police department,
even though they're great men and women,
you're not their priority.
But, to you, it's number one priority.
Absolutely.
So, how badly do you wanna know who this is?
It would answer a lot of questions.
It would.
I feel like we are in a stagnant place in our life,
that I don't know if this was just a one off thing,
if it was someone tryin' to get a rise out of me.
But then, when it turned personal
and we got the voicemail that threatened my life....
My agonizing feeling is the fact that
one, I don't know if it's a bunch of little punk kids
or if it's somebody else with deadly intentions.
And then just thinkin' they're gonna one up themselves
over and over again.
And so, it's an agonizing feeling, sittin' here.
Are you guys ready to see this?
Sir
Yeah.
Wow (gasp).
This is a 17 year old kid,
probably in his mother's basement.
He's on the east coast.
Wow.
1,500 miles away
from your house.
Okay.
Probably not really socially active.
Yeah, doesn't look like it (laughs).
That's the most mind boggling thing.
Does a 17 year old understand what he's done to
Our family
He doesn't look dangerous
to me, but what I don't, what I do not want to do
is be complacent about, you know,
what can potentially happen.
No, I agree and we've attempted to get Brooklyn's hacker
to participate in this show.
I'm going to see, one more time,
if they would like to clear the air.
Are you trying to call him right now?
No, I'm gonna see about sendin' him a message.
Oh.
I think that's great.
(audience laughs)
My message here is
hello, this is Dr. Phil,
I'm messaging you live from my show.
And, your response will be spoken about.
May we talk?
So we'll see if
I didn't think
you were gonna do that.
No.
But, at least you know who it is.
Okay.
Yeah.
You know he's 1,500 miles away.
He probably doesn't have the ability or capacity
to get outside the city limits,
let alone where you are
to us.
So, I think you can safely take a deep breath
in that regard.
Absolutely.
And, if he does show up
I think he can handle him.
(laughs)
(applause)
Brook and Eddie aren't the only family being terrorized
through their Smarthome appliances.
We're gonna meet a father who caught his hacker on camera.
Now, we're gonna talk about that next.
(upbeat music)
I was shocked to hear a deep, manly voice
talking to my seven month year old son.
[Voice On Speaker] Yes, I'm here. Come, come.
My blood ran cold.
