The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker

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4.4 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

A racially-motivated attack on pedestrians was thwarted by the driver’s passenger: a man he picked up hitchhiking. He went simply by “Kai,” and the colorful way he described the incident became a viral sensation. Kai’s quirky personality and unlikely story made him Internet-famous. He declined TV offers in favor of going back off the grid. But months later, the carefree drifter the world thought was so charming when he struck a criminal with a hatchet would be implicated in a murder. The Netflix film “The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker” recounts Kai’s rocky journey from meme to murderer, propelled by Hollywood and social media. Was the world so taken by the dude in the “smash smash smash” video they overlooked his violent tendencies which were in plain sight?

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0:07.0	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Riders on.
0:14.0	Crime Riders on is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime,
0:27.7	top culture other podcasts.
0:29.7	And on this episode, an unlikely hero becomes an internet sensation.
0:34.4	Did everyone miss that this goofy drifter was actually dangerous?
0:39.0	We'll talk about the Netflix documentary The Hatchet wielding Hitchhiker.
0:43.4	Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime author, TV journalist and host of
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0:50.1	My husband and love of my life.
0:52.7	Kevin Flynn, hello Kevin.
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