# Bomb threats **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 19, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats/400851 "2007-04-19T21:30:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats/400851/1 "2007-04-19T21:30:12Z")
Every time there’s a story in the news about a bomb threat it always turns out to be a hoax. Usually the intent from the perpetrator, it seems, is just to stir up a lot of commotion since the authorities will have to evacuate the building and conduct a thorough search of the premises. Not once I do I ever recall a bomb actually being found (not even a facsimile of a bomb). Has there ever been a case where a bomb threat called in by a perpetrator turned out to be real? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats/400851/2 "2007-04-19T21:48:22Z")
Think IRA.