GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — On a bitterly cold February morning in 1977, the City of Indianapolis was captivated by a real-life hostage situation as a businessman was taken through the streets with a wire tied around his neck attached to a sawed-off shotgun.
Nearly 50 years later, the film “Dead Man’s Wire” was released to chronicle the crisis, and 13 ON YOUR SIDE got the chance to interview the star of the movie, Bill Skarsgård, about his experience.
The Hostage Situation
Tony Kiritsis, a real estate developer portrayed by Skarsgård in the film, kidnapped Richard O. Hall (Dacre Montgomery), the president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, on Feb. 8, 1977.
Kiritsis entered Hall’s office and took him hostage with a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun, which was wired to Hall’s neck with a “deadman’s switch” from the trigger to Kiritsis’ neck…