#251 The Tale of the Hapless, Hopeless, Homeless, Hyperbolic, Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker Caleb 'Kai' McGillivary

The 2013 Murder of 74 Year Old Joseph Galfy, Jr. Perpetrated By Caleb "Kai The Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" McGillivary

Back in 2013, Caleb McGillivary went from Internet viral star to inmate behind bars.  Popularly known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker, was wandering through life when he accidentally wandered into internet fame when he saved a number of people from one very out of control (and later found to be criminally insane) Jett McBride in Fresno, California.  After giving a quirky, yet endearing interview with Fresno's local news reporter, where he described how he smashed, smashed, suh-maaaashed McBride about the head with his hatchet, he then became an unintentional hero.  But, in 3 month's time, Caleb found himself on the other side of the country, in a Union County, New Jersey jail, charged with murder.  This is Caleb's short brush with fame, and his long brush with infamy...

SOURCES:
https://www.netflix.com/title/81436777
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xa0NfCdLk4
https://thecinemaholic.com/jett-mcbride-now-where-is-hate-crime-accused-today/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xa0NfCdLk4&t=71s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj7hxITA9Zw&t=4s
https://www.facebook.com/yodhehwawheh/
https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-unpublished/2021/a4519-18.html

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