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On January 10, 2023, Netflix released the documentary The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, chronicling McGillvary's story, including interviews with Reisbeck, members of Jimmy Kimmel's staff, McGillvary's family, and law enforcement figures involved in his case.
Jan 12, 2023 · The documentary focuses on Kai Lawrence McGillivary’s overnight internet celebrity status, which quickly spiralled into an arrest and a murder charge. According to Netflix, the documentary ...
- 2 min
- Michelle Butterfield
May 30, 2019 · A man who gained internet fame as "Kai the Hatchet-wielding hitchhiker" was sentenced to 57 years in prison Thursday in the beating death of a New Jersey man almost six years ago. Jurors in...
The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker: Directed by Colette Camden. With Kai Lawrence, Jessob Reisbeck, Terry Woods, Brad Mulcahy. This shocking documentary chronicles a happy-go-lucky nomad's ascent to viral stardom and the steep downward spiral that resulted in his imprisonment.
- Colette Camden
- 2 min
Jan 13, 2023 · In 2013, Kai Lawrence became a viral hit when he described how he came to the aid of a woman being assaulted by a man, whom he "smashed" with the blunt side of a hatchet to get off of her.
Jan 10, 2023 · Known as Kai Lawrence and "Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker," Canadian Caleb McGillivary achieved internet fame in 2013 after claiming that he beat a man with a hatchet to save two women.
The true story of Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, an unhoused nomad who, after saving a woman from a violent attack, became an overnight celebrity sought after by reality TV producers and adoring...
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- Documentary, Crime
- TV-MA
