Dead Man's Wire
N/A 1h 45m Biography, Crime, Drama, History 09 Jan, 2026On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis staged a shocking hostage situation at the Meridian Mortgage Company. He confronted the company’s president, Richard Hall, and held him at gunpoint using a sawed-off shotgun rigged with a “dead man’s wire” connected from the trigger to his own neck, ensuring that any attempt to harm Hall would also endanger Kiritsis. The incident drew national attention for its tense standoff and unusual method of coercion.
