Gary Hilton Helped With a Horror Movie
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Updated: 11:16 PM Mar 14, 2008
Gary Hilton Helped With a Horror Movie
A suspected serial killer Gary Michael Hilton helped produce a horror film over a decade ago.
Posted: 3:43 PM Mar 14, 2008
Reporter: Blaine Tolison
Email Address: blaine.tolison@wctv.tv
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Gary Micheal Hilton confessed to the murder of a North Georgia hiker before being charged in February for the murder of Crawfordville resident Cheryl Dunlap. Authorities are now finding out the suspected serial killer helped produce a horror film over a decade ago. The Leon County Sheriff's Office says the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is in contact with the film's producer.

The film called "Deadly Run" is about a serial killer who hunts women he sets free in the woods. The producer of the film, Samuel Rael, says Hilton came up with the plot. For the 1995 screenplay, he says Hilton suggested, "go ahead and let some beautiful women out in the woods and then they could be hunted down like prey."

He even says Hilton helped find a spot for the shoot--a secluded cabin near Cleveland, Georgia. Just 30 miles southwest of the cabin, the body of Meredith Emerson was found, who Hilton admitted to killing in January. Producer Samuel Rael says he was friends with Hilton.

Rael said, "Everything that Gary did was crazy and unusual and odd, but not in a way that you think he would be violent." Rael, also an attorney remembers defending Hilton on several cases from trespassing to arson. He also says, when he heard about the latest charges against Hilton, it was almost word for word from the movie.

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Posted by: Wolfscratch Location: dawsonjville, ga on Apr 6, 2009 at 06:46 PM

R. Hansen: Alaskan Serial Killer I began to get an idea of how Hansen operated, and it gave me a cold, sick feeling in my stomach. It seemed clear to me that he was definitely the killer, but he wasn't simply killing these women. I believed he was releasing them into the woods and then hunting them down like animals—and this proved to be the case. We gave our assessment to the authorities, and they were able to get a search warrant. Hansen's rifle, which matched the bullets that killed the four women, was found at his home, along with some cheap jewelry, ID cards,etc. There was a "journal," an aviation map marked with the locations of his victims' bodies. Confronted with the evidence, Hansen confessed. **************************************** Agent John Douglas profiled Hansen to a tee. He had pegged him with a studder& lisp, as an indep. business owner,with a family. Hansen,owned a bake shop where LE frequented(pastries) The 'Deadly Run' movie,was based on him. Wolfscratch
Posted by: Renae Location: north carolina on Jul 2, 2008 at 02:36 PM

In January of 2007, I was hiking alone at Stone mountain North carolina, and I was approaced by some one that looked just like the creep. He kept wanting to walk with me, and I told him NO !!! he had a something that looked like a gun tucked in his pants and was acting real wierd. for some reason, after I got hateful with him,, he left me alone. there were not many hikers there that day. Since then, I try to hike when it's crowded. not as much fun, but one experience with this jerk and it sure makes you think. if he had wanted to kill me that day, he could have. cos no one was around. i can't believe how close I came to death that day. It's a shame that women can't enjoy hiking for stupid crazy monsters like him that won't leave us alone. what a world, what a world.!
Posted by: Renae Location: Dobson N.C. on May 23, 2008 at 02:28 PM

That Hilton creep needs to be hanged. or better yet, have his low life rotten head chopped off. I agree with others that have said that he has done this many times before. and chances are, the people that he harassed probably went to someone complaining , and were told that nothing could be done about it . Classic example, the crazy goon that killed all those people at Virginia Tech. people complained about his violent personality, and the authorities wouldn't listen. NOthing ever gets done with these bullies until it's too late. I think we need to do things like they did in earlier times. Quit slapping these criminals on the wrist, just televise them getting roughed up, and executed. then in huge letters on the TV screen, say, Do YOU want to be next.?? Since America doesn't seem to be bothered by blood and gore. I am like the lady that said, we need to go back to the days of black and white tv. and we could save some tax dollars and give that money to people in need.
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