Ice Cold Killers (2012–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Frozen Terror - full transcript

>> THE WILDS OF ALASKA ARE A

VAST AND UNTAMED FRONTIER.

>> ALASKA HAS A WILD SERENITY

ABOUT THE PLACE.

SHE CAN BE A HERO OR A VILLAIN.

THAT'S THE MAGIC ABOUT ALASKA.

>> BUT THE RUGGED WILDERNESS

ALSO HIDES DARK SECRETS.

IN A REMOTE MINING VILLAGE,

ISOLATION IS ENOUGH TO MAKE A

MAN GO MAD.



>> I NEVER, EVER THOUGHT IT

WOULD HAPPEN IN THIS SMALL

COMMUNITY.

NOT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> AND FOR THIS SMALL TOWN...

THERE IS NO ESCAPE.

>> THERE WASN'T MUCH TIME TO

THINK.

WE DIDN'T WASTE TIME.

>> SOME 250 MILES OUTSIDE OF

ANCHORAGE, McCARTHY, ALASKA, IS

AN ISOLATED PARADISE.

IT IS A PLACE WITHOUT

ELECTRICITY OR RUNNING WATER.



IF SOMEONE STUMBLES INTO TROUBLE

HERE, HELP MAY NOT FIND THEM

ALIVE.

>> THERE'S NO 911.

LIKE THE LITTLE SIGN SAYS, "I

DON'T DIAL 911," AND THERE'S A

GUY STANDING THERE WITH A GUN.

LOTS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE, YOU

KNOW, PACK GUNS ALL THE TIME ON

THEM.

>> McCARTHY IS A PLACE CAUGHT IN

TIME -- THE WILD WEST OF THE

ALASKAN FRONTIER...

WHERE THE ROAD ENDS AND THE

WILDERNESS BEGINS.

>> WHEN I FIRST CAME, THERE WERE

SIX IN THE VALLEY.

AND THE VALLEY IS 100 MILES LONG

BY 40 WIDE, AND THERE WERE 6

PEOPLE.

>> THE TINY VILLAGE HAD ITS TIME

IN THE SUN LONG AGO, WHEN THE

KENNECOTT COPPER MINE WAS IN ITS

HEYDAY IN THE EARLY 1900s.

BY 1930, MINERS HAD DRILLED

KENNECOTT DRY.

BUT SOME 50 YEARS LATER,

WILDCATTERS STRUCK GOLD -- BLACK

GOLD.

>> THE TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE HAD

JUST BEEN FINISHED, OIL HAD JUST

BEGUN FLOWING THROUGH THE

PIPELINE.

THE STATE WAS IN LINE FOR UNTOLD

RICHES.

THE STATE WAS GOING TO GROW.

IT WAS INEVITABLE.

>> IN 1983, McCARTHY IS HOME TO

LESS THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE.

ALL LIVE IN RELATIVELY PRIMITIVE

CABINS WITHIN A 50-MILE RADIUS

OF THE AIRSTRIP...

INCLUDING LES AND FLO HEGLAND,

THE TOWN'S UNOFFICIAL

POSTMASTERS.

IN THE WINTER, THE TOWN'S ONLY

LINK TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD IS THE

MAIL PLANE THAT LANDS ONCE A

WEEK IF THE WEATHER IS GOOD.

WITHOUT THE MAIL PLANE, McCARTHY

IS TOTALLY CUT OFF.

>> THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION IN

1983 IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER.

THERE WAS NOBODY HERE THAT OWNED

A SINGLE SIDE BAND OR A RADIO.

YOU HAD TO GO OUT TO MAKE

CONTACT OR TALK TO THE MAIL

PILOT WHEN HE CAME.

>> EVERY TUESDAY, THE TOWN'S

PEOPLE GATHER AT THE HEGLANDS.

FOR COFFEE AND COBBLER AND WAIT

FOR THE PLANE TO DELIVER THEIR

MAIL AND GROCERIES.

>> EVERYBODY WOULD JUST KIND OF

DESCEND ON THE PLACE.

IT WAS A SOCIAL EVENT.

WE WOULD DRINK COFFEE AND CHAT

AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING

ON?

>> AFTER SOCIALIZING, RESIDENTS

DRIVE TO THE AIRSTRIP VIA

SNOWMOBILES AND DOGSLEDS TO MEET

THE PLANE.

THE GATHERING IS A WEEKLY

RITUAL.

BUT ONE SNOWY MARCH DAY, THE

GET-TOGETHER TAKES A FATAL TURN.

LOUIS HASTINGS WAS A

MILD-MANNERED ENVIRONMENTALIST

WHO LOVED WILD PLACES.

HASTINGS LEFT CALIFORNIA AND HIS

JOB AS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER

THREE YEARS EARLIER.

DURING THE LONG WINTERS, HE

LIKED TO PLAY CHESS WITH HIS

NEIGHBOR, 29-YEAR-OLD

CHRIS RICHARDS.

>> CHECK...

MATE.

>> OCCASIONALLY, WE'D GO PLAY

GAMES OR CARDS WITH CHRIS.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, HE DIDN'T

INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

AND HE WAS SOMEWHAT ALOOF, BUT

NOT IN A COLD WAY.

>> HASTINGS VISITS TO CHRIS'

CABIN WERE RARE, SO CHRIS IS

SURPRISED TO SEE LOUIS ON THE

MORNING OF MARCH 1, 1983.

>> HE LOOKED OUT AND SAW

HASTINGS COMING UP TO HIS CABIN,

SO HE REACHED OVER AND PUT A POT

OF WATER ONTO THE STOVE FOR TEA.

>> HEY, LOUIS, COME ON IN.

I'M NOT PLAYING NO MORE CHESS,

BUT I DO HAVE SOME WARM TEA ON.

YOU WANT SOME TEA?

>> GO AHEAD.

>> AS CHRIS REACHES FOR A MUG,

LOUIS RAISES A GLOVED HAND AND

PULLS THE TRIGGER OF THE PISTOL

HE HAS HIDDEN INSIDE.

>> AAH!

>> HE STUCK HIS FIST IN CHRIS'

FACE AND SHOT HIM.

AND CHRIS, SEEING THIS BIG FUR

MITTEN COMING AT HIS FACE AND

HEARING THE POP AND THE

IMPACT -- HE THOUGHT HE HAD BEEN

PUNCHED IN THE FACE BY SOME

JACK-IN-THE-BOX TYPE TOY.

>> IT WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE

BLUE, FROM HIS VIEWPOINT, THAT

THIS PERSON WOULD COME TO DO HIM

HARM.

IT WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.

HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S HIT HIM

WHEN HE'S FIRST SHOT BECAUSE

HASTINGS HAS PUT A HOMEMADE

SILENCER ON HIS PISTOL.

SO IT FINALLY OCCURS TO HIM THAT

HARM IS BEING DONE TO HIM.

>> WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU,

LOUIS?!

>> CHRIS, IF YOU'LL JUST STOP

FIGHTING, I'LL MAKE IT EASY ON

YOU.

>> FIRST OFF, YOU DON'T WANT TO

BELIEVE ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS

WOULD DO THIS TO YOU.

AND THEN YOU GO INTO A RAGE AND

GO, "WELL, THAT DIRTY S.O.B.'s

NOT GONNA DO THIS TO ME.

IN AN INSTANT, CHRIS PREPARES

FOR THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE.

HE GRABS A KNIFE AND WRESTLES

HASTINGS TO THE FLOOR.

>> HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME

USING IT, BUT THEY WERE

STRUGGLING AND HE MANAGED TO

STAB LOU IN THE LEG WITH IT.

>> AAH!

>> HE BOLTS FROM HIS CABIN AND

ESCAPES INTO WAIST-DEEP SNOW,

BUT HASTINGS CONTINUES HIS

ASSAULT.

>> LOU'S GUN JAMMED INSIDE OF

HIS MITTEN, SO HE GOT HIS.223,

WHICH HE HAD LEFT OUTSIDE.

AND CHRIS WAS 100 YARDS DOWN THE

TRAIL BY NOW, AND LOU STARTED

SHOOTING AT HIM...

>>...AND SHOT AT HIM SEVERAL

TIMES.

>> WOUNDED AND BLEEDING,

RICHARDS HEADS TOWARD HIS

NEIGHBORS TO GET HELP.

HE FEARS HASTINGS HAS GONE MAD

AND THAT HE MAY NOT BE HIS ONLY

TARGET.

RICHARDS MUST FIND A WAY TO WARN

HIS NEIGHBORS THAT A CRAZED

GUNMAN IS ON THE LOOSE.

>> OUTSIDE THE REMOTE MINING

VILLAGE OF KENNICOTT, ALASKA,

RESIDENTS ARE GATHERING AT THE

HOME OF LES AND FLO HEGLAND FOR

MAIL DAY.

THEY HAVE NO IDEA THAT A LONE

GUNMAN IS ON THE PROWL, ALREADY

WOUNDING CHRIS RICHARDS.

RICHARDS IS MAKING A DESPERATE

ATTEMPT TO GET TO THE AIRSTRIP,

ANXIOUS TO WARN HIS NEIGHBORS OF

THE HARM HE'S ALREADY MET

FACE-TO-FACE.

RICHARDS KNOWS THE RESIDENTS ARE

COMPLETELY CUT OFF FROM THE

OUTSIDE WORLD.

THEY HAVE TO RELY ON EACH OTHER

IF THEY ARE GOING TO SURVIVE.

PILOT GARY GREEN HAS LONG CALLED

McCARTHY HOME.

HE MOVED TO THE AREA IN 1973,

SWELLING THE TOWN POPULATION TO

SEVEN.

>> IF YOU DON'T LIKE A LITTLE

MORE HARDSHIP, A HARDER WAY OF

LIVING, McCARTHY WON'T AGREE

WITH YOU.

WE'VE NOT KEPT PACE WITH THE

MODERN WORLD.

>> DESPITE THE INDESCRIBABLE

BEAUTY, THE TERRAIN IS SEVERE

AND UNFORGIVING.

DURING THE HARSH WINTER MONTHS,

McCARTHY IS INACCESSIBLE BY

ROAD.

81-YEAR-OLD JIM EDWARDS IS

CONSIDERED ONE OF THE PIONEERS.

MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO, HE

LOGGED IN THE TIMBER TO BUILD

HIS HOUSE BY HAND.

>> THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE,

THE ONES THAT SUCCEED IN LIVING

HERE ARE THE ONES WHO WILL DO

FOR THEMSELVES.

YOU FIX IT YOURSELF OR YOU BUILD

IT YOURSELF AND WHATEVER.

IF YOU WANT ELECTRICITY, MAKE

IT.

IF YOU WANT WATER, FETCH IT.

YOU KNOW?

>> ON THE MORNING OF

MARCH 1st...

JIM EDWARDS AND HIS WIFE,

MAXINE, ARE JUST TWO WEEKS SHY

OF THEIR 25th WEDDING

ANNIVERSARY.

>> OKAY.

>> SHE WAS VERY CAPABLE, LIVING

OUT HERE, DOING THIS.

SHE HELPED BUILD THIS HOUSE.

I DID THE STRUCTURAL WORK, AND

SHE DID A LOT OF THE FINISH WORK

HERSELF.

AND SHE COULD TAKE IN AND GET

INTO IT AND DO IT AND COMPLETE

IT, TAKE CARE OF THINGS.

FIRST CLASS.

>> TO GET HER MAIL, MAXINE

CROSSES THE FROZEN KENNICOTT

RIVER AND HEADS TOWARDS THE

HEGLANDS' HOUSE.

SHE'S EXPECTING AN ANNIVERSARY

PRESENT FROM HER CHILDREN.

>> THERE WAS A SILVER

PLATTER FOR 25 YEARS BEING

MAILED IN.

MY KIDS -- THEY MAILED US A

SILVER PLATTER AS A GIFT.

>> AS MAXINE HEADS TOWARD THE

HEGLANDS' HOME, SHE HAS NO IDEA

THAT CHRIS RICHARDS IS FIGHTING

FOR HIS OWN LIFE TO TRY AND SAVE

HERS.

BLEEDING PROFUSELY, CHRIS CHURNS

THROUGH THE SNOW TOWARD THE

TOURIST LODGE LOOKING FOR

SOMEONE TO HELP HIM WARN THE

OTHERS.

>> YOU KNOW, UNTIL YOU GET INTO

A SITUATION LIKE THAT, THE WILL

TO SURVIVE -- YOU DON'T REALLY

THINK ABOUT IT.

BUT ONCE YOU'RE IN THAT

SITUATION, YOU WILL DO ANYTHING

YOU CAN TO MAKE IT BETTER, TO

GET OUT OF THAT SITUATION.

HE WANTED TO LIVE.

>> HELLO?

ANYBODY HOME?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, THE LODGE IS

EMPTY.

>> HE GOES THROUGH THE BUILDING,

COMES OUT THE OTHER SIDE WITH A

PLAN TO MAKE IT TO SOMEBODY

ELSE'S CABIN TO GET HELP.

>> MEANWHILE, CHRIS HAS NO IDEA

THAT HASTINGS HAS FOLLOWED HIS

BLOODY TRACKS TO THE LODGE.

>> AND HASTINGS APPARENTLY

DOESN'T KNOW THAT HE'S GOTTEN

OUT OF THE BUILDING AND THINKS

HE'S STILL IN THERE, AND SO

HASTINGS SETS THE BUILDING ON

FIRE AND BURNS THE BUILDING

DOWN, HOPING TO BURN HIM UP WITH

THE BUILDING.

>> BUT CHRIS MAKES HIS WAY

THROUGH THE WILDERNESS TOWARD

ANOTHER CABIN.

>> HE PLAYS IT SMART IN THAT

HE DOESN'T GO DOWN THE TRAIL.

HE THINKS, "IF I GO DOWN THE

TRAIL, I HAVE A CHANCE OF BEING

FOUND BY HASTINGS."

SO HE GOES THROUGH THE SNOW.

HE'S COLD, HE'S BEEN SHOT TWICE,

AND HE MAKES IT TO A CABIN.

>> BELIEVING HE LEFT

CHRIS RICHARDS FOR DEAD,

HASTINGS TURNS HIS SIGHTS TO THE

HOME OF LES AND FLO HEGLAND, THE

TOWN'S UNOFFICIAL POSTMASTERS.

HE BELIEVES THE WEEKLY

TRADITIONAL MAIL-DAY GATHERING

WILL GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO

TAKE OUT ALL OF McCARTHY AT ONE

TIME.

>> THERE WAS NOTHING, NOTHING IN

HIS BEHAVIOR THAT TIPPED ANYBODY

OFF.

I MEAN, IT WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF

THE BLUE.

I MEAN, UNBELIEVABLY OUT OF THE

BLUE.

>> THIS WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE

CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE NOBODY WOULD

HAVE GUESSED THAT THIS PERSON

WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE

THIS.

>> PURSUING CHRIS RICHARDS,

HASTINGS HAS HIKED THROUGH THE

BITTER COLD FOR 4 MILES TO THE

HEGLANDS' HOME.

>> AAH!

>> HASTINGS BURSTS THROUGH THE

DOOR OF THE HEGLANDS' HOME.

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!

>> LES OWNED SEVERAL FIREARMS

AND KEPT THEM HANDY -- I DON'T

THINK TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM

PEOPLE, BUT, I MEAN, HE WAS A

HUNTER, TRAPPER.

BUT YOU CAN'T DEFEND YOURSELF

FROM SOMEONE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW

IS GONNA SHOOT YOU.

>> LES; HIS WIFE, FLO; AND THEIR

FRIEND MAXINE, WHO HAD JUST

ARRIVED, ARE KILLED INSTANTLY.

THE INTRUDER IS INTENT ON MAKING

SURE NO ONE SURVIVES AND FIRES A

FINAL SHOT INTO EACH OF THE

VICTIMS.

>> IT'S THE CLASSIC

COUP DE GRACE.

IT'S DONE. IT'S OVER.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THERE IS

NO COMING BACK FROM THAT SHOT.

>> HE THEN METHODICALLY MOVES

THE BODIES INTO A BACK ROOM

BEFORE ANY OTHERS ARRIVE.

>> THE IDEA WAS JUST, HIDE THE

EVIDENCE, MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE

THIS IS THE NORM, EVERYTHING'S

NORMAL.

"I'M HERE TO GET MY MAIL."

AND HE COULD JUST PICK PEOPLE

OFF ONE BY ONE AS THEY CAME IN

THROUGH THE DOOR.

>> HE'S JUST SET UP A TRAP FOR

THOSE PEOPLE.

>> ONE BY ONE, THEY HEAD TOWARD

THE HOME OF LES AND

FLO HEGLAND...

COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE

CARNAGE INSIDE.

KNOWING THE MAIL PLANE IS FAST

APPROACHING AND THAT OTHERS WILL

SOON BE ARRIVING, HE SCRAMBLES

TO HIDE THE EVIDENCE.

>> HE EVEN TOOK A RAG RUG FROM

ONE PART OF THE HOUSE INTO THE

KITCHEN TO COVER UP THE POOL OF

BLOOD WHERE HE HAD KILLED THESE

PEOPLE SO THAT THE SUBSEQUENT

PEOPLE ARRIVING WOULD COME ON

INTO THE HOUSE LIKE THEY

NORMALLY DO AND NOT SEE ANYTHING

OUT OF ORDINARY.

ONCE THEY'RE INSIDE, HE'S GOT

THEM.

THERE'S NO WAY FOR HIM TO ESCAPE

BEFORE HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO

KILL THEM.

>> AT THE TIME, IT JUST SEEMED

LIKE THE ACT OF A MADMAN.

>> THE REMOTE MINING VILLAGE OF

McCARTHY, ALASKA, IS NESTLED IN

NEAR COMPLETE ISOLATION.

PEOPLE LIVE THERE IN SOLITUDE,

KNOWING IF THEY HEAR A NEIGHBOR

CRY FOR HELP, THERE'S NO ONE TO

CALL.

>> LIFE IN ALASKA, WHEN YOU'RE

IN A PLACE AS REMOTE AS

McCARTHY, CAN BE INCREDIBLY

DANGEROUS.

IT'S LIFE OR DEATH.

THERE'S NOTHING IN BETWEEN.

>> THREE RESIDENTS OF McCARTHY

ARE ALREADY DEAD...

AND A LONE GUNMAN LIES IN WAIT,

READY TO KILL AGAIN.

LOUIS HASTINGS HAS ALREADY TAKEN

OUT LES AND FLO HEGLAND AND

THEIR FRIEND MAXINE EDWARDS...

AND IS NOW POISED TO SHOOT THE

OTHER RESIDENTS AS THEY ARRIVE

AT THE TRADITIONAL MAIL-DAY

GATHERING.

>> YOU WANT SOME TEA?

>> GO AHEAD.

>> CHRIS RICHARDS IS THE ONLY

ONE IN TOWN WHO KNOWS HASTINGS

HAS GONE BERSERK.

>> AAH!

>> IT SEEMS LOUIS HASTINGS WON'T

STOP UNTIL ALL OF HIS NEIGHBORS

ARE DEAD.

>> BUT CHRIS RICHARDS HAS NO

IDEA WHY.

>> HE WAS EXTREMELY INTENT ON

WARNING THE NEIGHBORS.

HE WAS ALSO EXTREMELY INTENT ON

SURVIVING.

AND PEOPLE DO SOME INCREDIBLE

THINGS WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO

SURVIVE.

>> HE BREAKS A WINDOW AND

RUMMAGES THROUGH THE CLOSETS OF

A NEIGHBOR'S HUNTING CABIN.

THERE, HE OUTFITS HIMSELF IN

BOOTS, A PARKA, AND SNOWSHOES.

BUT THERE ARE NO WEAPONS TO BE

FOUND.

>> IT'S A FRIGHTENING SITUATION

WHEN THERE IS NO ONE REALLY TO

TURN TO.

AND, AGAIN, THE TROOPERS ARE A

PLANE RIDE AWAY.

>> UNARMED AND TERRIFIED HE

MIGHT CROSS PATHS WITH THE

NEIGHBOR WHO ALREADY SHOT HIM

MULTIPLE TIMES, CHRIS MAKES HIS

WAY TO THE CABIN OF TIM AND

AMY NASH, NEWLYWEDS WHO HAD ONLY

RECENTLY RETURNED HOME TO

McCARTHY.

>> HE COULDN'T MAKE THE

SNOWSHOES WORK, AND HE CRAWLED

ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES FOR

FOREVER, JUST THINKING, "I GOT

TO WARN MY FRIENDS," AND HE DID

MAKE IT TO TIM AND AMY'S HOUSE.

>> IT IS SUCH A NICE AFTERNOON.

>> 38-YEAR-OLD TIM NASH AND HIS

25-YEAR-OLD WIFE, AMY, HAD BEEN

MARRIED OUTSIDE OF ALASKA THE

PREVIOUS CHRISTMAS.

>> I THINK IT STARTED OUT AS

ALMOST LIKE A DISTRACTION, AND

THEN SHE JUST WENT WITH IT.

>> AMY CAME OUT AND STAYED IN A

CABIN.

I'M THINKING SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN

STAYING BY HERSELF, AND WHEN A

YOUNG GAL COMES TO McCARTHY IN

THE WINTER AND STAYS IN A CABIN,

THEY USUALLY NEED SOME HELP OR

THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT THINKS

THEY DO.

SO THEY MET.

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

>> WHAT HAPPENED?

>> IT'S LOUIS. HE'S GONE MAD.

>> WE GOT TO WARN THE OTHERS.

>> HE SHOT ME.

AND I RAN OUT THE BACK DOOR.

HE SHOT ME AGAIN IN MY ARM.

HE CAME OVER.

YOU GOT TO GO TO THE AIRSTRIP.

YOU GOT TO WARN THE REST OF

THEM.

>> THEY TOOK HIM IN AND BANDAGED

HIM UP, AND HE WAS TELLING THEM

THEY GOT TO GET THEIR GUNS AND

GO DOWN TO MAIL AND WARN

EVERYBODY.

>> THE NASHES SCURRY TO THE

AIRSTRIP WITH CHRIS IN TOW.

THERE, THE TRIO FRANTICALLY

TELLS GARY GREEN A KILLER IS

LOOSE IN McCARTHY.

>> HE WAS RANTING AND RAVING

ABOUT LOU HASTINGS HAVING SHOT

HIM AND THAT WE NEEDED TO GO

WARN EVERYBODY.

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO

THINK.

I THOUGHT THAT CHRIS RICHARDS

AND LOU HASTINGS HAD HAD A FIGHT

UP AT KENNICOTT AND THAT LOU HAD

SHOT CHRIS AND, THEN, THAT WAS

IT.

>> GARY TELLS THEM HE SAW

HASTINGS HEADING TOWARD THE

HEGLANDS EARLIER THAT MORNING.

>> HE JUST STOOD THERE, AND I

RECOGNIZED WHO HE WAS FROM THE

CLOTHES HE WAS WEARING.

I CONSIDERED HIM STRANGE AND A

PERSON WITHOUT COMMON SENSE.

AND HE WAS A HARD GUY TO

COMMUNICATE WITH.

I KNEW I DIDN'T CARE FOR THE

GUY, SO I DECIDED NOT TO GO ANY

FURTHER.

I JUST STOPPED AT MY PLANE.

BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING

ON.

>> CHRIS NEEDS MEDICAL

ATTENTION, AND GARY IS THE ONLY

ONE WHO CAN HELP.

HE WARMS UP HIS PLANE TO GET

CHRIS TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL.

TIM NASH DECIDES TO RISK HIS OWN

LIFE AND GOES BACK TO CHECK ON

THE HEGLANDS.

TIM ARRIVES TO FIND THE

HEGLANDS' DOOR OFF THE HINGES.

HE HAS NO IDEA WHERE

LOUIS HASTINGS IS.

>> TIM SNUCK UP TO THE DOOR, AND

DOWN LOW, THERE'S WINDOWS THAT

WENT FROM THE HOUSE UP TO THE

PORCH, AND TIM TRIED TO STAY

BELOW THOSE WINDOWS.

>> HE CAUTIOUSLY ENTERS THE

HOUSE, WITH HIS FINGER ON THE

TRIGGER OF HIS GUN.

>> TIM SMELLED THE GUN SMOKE,

SAW BLOOD.

>> HE'S MET BY HASTINGS'

GUNFIRE.

HE IS SHOT IN THE LEG...

AND HASTILY FIRES BACK.

TIM RUSHES OUT OF CABIN AND RUNS

FOR HIS LIFE.

HE HOBBLES BACK TO THE AIRSTRIP

AND CONFIRMS CHRIS RICHARDS AND

AMY'S WORST FEARS.

>> WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

>> IT'S LOUIS.

HE SHOT ME.

>> HE HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE LEG.

HE SAID THAT HE HAD GOT A SHOT

AT HASTINGS INSIDE THE HOUSE,

THERE WAS ALREADY GUN SMOKE IN

THE HOUSE, HE COULD SMELL IT,

AND HE THOUGHT THE HEGLANDS WERE

DEAD.

>> GARY INSISTS HE EVACUATE TIM

AND AMY IMMEDIATELY.

AND THEY FLY TO THE HOSPITAL

WITH CHRIS.

BUT THE COUPLE WANTS TO STAY

BEHIND AND WARN THE REST OF

THEIR NEIGHBORS.

>> HASTINGS WAS STILL DOWN AT

THE HEGLANDS' HOUSE AS FAR AS WE

KNEW, AND OTHER PEOPLE WOULD BE

ARRIVING FOR MAIL.

WE WERE THE FIRST ONES.

SO THEY WERE GONNA KEEP ANYBODY

ELSE AWAY.

AND THAT'S HOW WE LEFT IT.

THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, TOO,

TO GET IN THAT PLANE AT THAT

TIME, BUT DECIDED TO STAY AND

WARN OTHER PEOPLE COMING TO

MAIL.

>> I TOOK OFF.

THEY WERE STANDING ON THE

RUNWAY.

I TOOK OFF RIGHT BESIDE THEM AND

FLEW PAST THEM.

I HAD JUST GOTTEN AIRBORNE, AND

I THOUGHT, "WHAT IF HE COMES OUT

THE DRIVEWAY TO SHOOT AT ME AS

I'M FLYING BY?"

SO I TURNED, I BANKED AWAY FROM

THAT DRIVEWAY VERY STEEPLY, A

RADICAL MANEUVER.

>> WHILE EN ROUTE TO NEARBY

GLENNALLEN, CHRIS PLEADS WITH

GARY TO WARN THE PILOT OF THE

INCOMING MAIL PLANE TO TURN

BACK.

>> I JUST TURNED ON THE RADIO TO

1.36 AND STARTED CALLING,

"LYNN ELLIS, CAN YOU HEAR ME?"

AND I DID THAT FOR AT LEAST FIVE

MINUTES.

I JUST KEPT REPEATING IT.

AND FINALLY, HE ANSWERED.

I TOLD HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO GET

BACK AND NOTIFY THE TROOPERS.

HE WAS MUCH CLOSER THAT

GLENNALLEN THAN I WAS.

>> MINUTES LATER, THE MAIL PILOT

ALERTS THE ALASKA STATE TROOPERS

THAT THE TINY COMMUNITY OF

McCARTHY IS UNDER SIEGE.

>> WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE WERE

BEING SHOT.

WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THE

DETAILS.

WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY OR WHO

OR WHERE EXACTLY IN McCARTHY IT

WAS OCCURRING.

>> THE ONLY THREE TROOPERS IN

THE AREA QUICKLY SPRING INTO

ACTION.

>> THE THREE OF US WERE

BASICALLY IT FOR EVERYTHING

WITHIN 100 MILES IN EVERY

DIRECTION.

WE WERE IT.

THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE TO HELP.

AND WE COULDN'T VERY WELL WAIT

FOR HELP TO COME FROM ANCHORAGE.

WE HAD TO GO OUT THERE AND DO

SOMETHING TO TRY AND STOP

WHATEVER WAS GOING ON.

>> THEY ARM THEMSELVES, THEN

COMMANDEER AN ALASKA PIPELINE

CHOPPER AND TAKE OFF FOR

McCARTHY.

BUT THE SLOW-MOVING AIRCRAFT

WILL TAKE AN HOUR AND A HALF TO

REACH THE SECLUDED VILLAGE.

AT THE AIRSTRIP, TIM AND

AMY NASH ARE STANDING GUARD TO

WARN ANYONE COMING TO MAIL.

BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA THAT

HASTINGS HAS GROWN TIRED OF

WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO

HIM AND NOW HE IS ON THE PROWL.

>> HASTINGS GOES OUT THE BACK OF

THE RESIDENCE AND DOWN ALONG

INSIDE THE TREE LINE BEHIND THE

SNOW BERM AND SETS UP HIS FIRING

POSITION DOWN THE RUNWAY.

>> THE NEWLYWEDS ARE NOW

STANDING IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF A

MADMAN'S RIFLE...

THEIR LIVES IN HIS HANDS.

>> THE MOUNTAIN VILLAGE OF

McCARTHY, ALASKA, IS UNDER

SIEGE...

GRIPPED BY THE TERROR OF A

DEMENTED GUNMAN.

AS PILOT GARY GREEN SCRAMBLES TO

LIFT A WOUNDED CHRIS RICHARDS TO

SAFETY...

>> TIM, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

>>...NEWLYWEDS TIM AND AMY NASH

ARE PREPARING FOR THE FIGHT OF

THEIR LIVES.

>> THERE WASN'T MUCH TIME TO

THINK.

WE DIDN'T WASTE TIME.

I MADE A DECISION JUST TO -- I

GOT TO GET CHRIS OUT OF HERE AND

GET HELP.

I MEAN, IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE.

I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING

LIKE THAT, HOPE TO NEVER AGAIN.

>> LOUIS HASTINGS, ONE OF

McCARTHY'S TWO DOZEN RESIDENTS,

IS ON A KILLING SPREE.

THE NASHES DON'T KNOW HASTINGS

HAS CRAWLED ATOP A SNOW BERM

BEHIND THEM.

IN AN INSTANT...

>> HE SHOT TIM IN THE BACK.

>> AND THEN AS AMY RAN TOWARDS

TIM, HE SHOT HER, TOO.

>> HASTINGS HAS NOW KILLED FIVE

OF HIS NEIGHBORS.

HE TRIES TO HIDE THE NASHES'

BODIES BEHIND A SNOW BERM, OUT

OF SIGHT OF THE APPROACHING MAIL

PLANE.

HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT GARY GREEN

WARNED THE MAIL PILOT TO STAY

AWAY.

BUT HE HEARS THE ROAR OF A SNOW

MACHINE AND SEES HARLEY KING AND

DONNA BYRAM APPROACHING THE

AIRSTRIP.

>> HARLEY KING WAS FROM THAT

OLDER BREED OF GENTLEMEN.

YOU KNOW, "YOU GOT TO PROVE

YOURSELF TO ME YOUNGSTER

BEFORE," YOU KNOW?

BUT AFTER I GOT TO KNOW HIM

GOOD, GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF OF

HIS BACK, YOU KNOW, TO HELP YOU

OUT ON THINGS.

>> ORDINARILY, HARLEY AND HIS

WIFE WOULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE

MAIL FLIGHT TO SEE IF ANY MAIL

HAD ARRIVED FOR THEM, BUT THEIR

FRIEND DONNA PLANNED TO FLY OUT

ON THE MAIL PLANE, SO HARLEY

OFFERED HER A RIDE.

I THINK THEY'RE BUTCHERING

ANIMALS ON THE AIRSTRIP

LOOK AT ALL THAT BLOOD.

>> THEY COULD SEE TIM AND AMY

LYING ON THE RUNWAY UP AHEAD.

>> AAH!

>> AND DONNA RAN UP TO HELP

HARLEY, AND HE COULD SEE

HASTINGS WALKING DOWN THE RUNWAY

TOWARDS THEM.

AND HE TOLD HER TO RUN...

>> RUN. GO GET HELP.

>>...THAT HE COULDN'T DO

ANYTHING, BUT THAT SHE HAD TO

RUN.

>> DONNA RUNS TO THE HEGLANDS'

HOME FOR COVER.

AFRAID TO ENTER, SHE HIDES OUT

IN THE GREENHOUSE.

WITHIN MINUTES, SHE HEARS THE

CRUNCH OF SNOW UNDER THE WEIGHT

OF FOOTSTEPS.

>> THE OTHER ONE AIN'T DEAD YET!

>> SHE HAD READ MANY

LOUIS L'AMOUR NOVELS, AND IT GOT

IN HER MIND WHEN SHE HID TO STAY

QUIET, NOT MOVE -- DO NOTHING.

>> THE OTHER ONE AIN'T DEAD YET!

>> AND LOU KEPT CALLING OUT.

HE'D SAY, "COME ON OUT.

HE'S NOT DEAD YET."

HE SAID, "YET."

SHE DIDN'T BUDGE.

>> UNABLE TO LOCATE DONNA,

HASTINGS GIVES UP HIS SEARCH.

KNOWING HE'S LEAVING WITNESSES

BEHIND AND HIS PLAN IS

UNRAVELING, HASTINGS LOADS TWO

DUFFEL BAGS FILLED WITH WEAPONS,

AMMUNITION, AND SURVIVAL GEAR

ONTO THE NASH'S SNOW MACHINE AND

HEADS OFF INTO THE WILDERNESS.

51/2 HOURS AFTER THE MASSACRE

BEGAN, THE POLICE CHOPPER

APPROACHES THE AIRSTRIP.

>> I TOLD THE HELICOPTER PILOT

TO FLY AS LOW TO THE GROUND AS

HE DARED FLY AND AS FAST AS HE

COULD GO DOWN THE RUNWAY.

AS WE GOT ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE

RUNWAY, THERE WAS A BODY LAYING

OFF ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH A SNOW

MACHINE.

WE GOT A LITTLE BIT FARTHER DOWN

ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THERE WERE

TWO BODIES LAYING IN THE SNOW.

AND THE HELICOPTER PILOT CAME ON

THE INTERCOM AND HE SAID, "WOW,

MAN, THIS IS JUST LIKE NAM."

>> THE CHOPPER TAKES OFF TO

CONDUCT AN AERIAL SEARCH.

WHILE CIRCLING, THE PILOT SPOTS

A SNOW MACHINE HEADING INTO THE

MOUNTAINS.

THE DRIVER REFUSES TO STOP AND

BARRELS ON THROUGH THE LARGE

PINES.

INVESTIGATORS WONDER IF IT'S A

VICTIM WHO GOT AWAY OR THE

KILLER HIMSELF.

A CHASE QUICKLY ENSUES.

THE DRIVER RACES OUT INTO A

CLEARING.

THE CHOPPER SWOOPS DOWN AND THE

DRIVER ACKNOWLEDGES THE

AUTHORITIES WITH A WAVE.

>> WE WERE NOT IN A TROOPER

HELICOPTER.

WE WERE IN A COMMANDEERED

ALASKA HELICOPTER'S HELICOPTER,

WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE

LUCKY FOR US.

HASTINGS THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA

GET A RIDE INTO TOWN.

>> AS THE CHOPPER LANDS, POLICE

ARE ABOUT TO COME FACE-TO-FACE

WITH AN ICE-COLD KILLER.

>> NEARLY SIX HOURS AFTER A LONE

GUNMAN WAGES ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON

SECLUDED McCARTHY, ALASKA...

AUTHORITIES ARE DESPERATE TO

CATCH THE KILLER.

THEY'VE SURROUNDED A MAN

FRANTICALLY FLEEING THE AREA ON

A SNOW MACHINE, BUT DON'T KNOW

IF HE'S A VICTIM OR THE GUNMAN.

>> WE WERE ON THE GROUND AND

POINTED IN ON HIM WITH OUR

WEAPONS.

AND WERE YELLING AT HIM TO GET

DOWN ON THE GROUND, PUT HIS

HANDS UP, GET DOWN ON THE

GROUND.

AND HE STOOD THERE.

HE HESITATED.

HE WOULD START TO PUT HIS HANDS

UP, AND THEN HE WOULD PUT THEM

BACK DOWN.

THERE WAS MINI 14 WITH A

30-ROUND CLIP AROUND IN THE

CHAMBER AND THE SAFETY OFF,

LAYING FROM THE SEAT OF THE SNOW

MACHINE UP THROUGH THE

HANDLEBARS.

AND WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS TRYING

TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT HE

COULD WIN THE GUNFIGHT.

>> TURN AROUND.

>> BUT THE TROOPERS DON'T BACK

DOWN.

>> PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOU

HEAD.

>> AND THE DRIVER QUICKLY

CONCEDES, HOPING HE CAN FOOL

POLICE WITH A QUICK-WITTED

SCHEME.

>> HOLD IT.

>> FREEZE.

>> HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.

I'M -- I'M...

>> WHO ARE YOU?

>> I'M CHRIS RICHARDS.

>> NO, YOU'RE LOUIS HASTINGS.

HANDS UP. KEEP THEM UP.

>> LOUIS HASTINGS IS SHOOTING

UP...

I'M ONE OF YOU GUYS!

>> PUT THEM UP, LOUIS.

>> THE PROBLEM, A MAJOR PROBLEM

FOR HIM WAS THAT HE HAD HIS

DRIVERS LICENSE ON HIM WITH HIS

PICTURE.

SO WE WERE THEN QUITE CERTAIN

THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT PERSON.

>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK IN THESE

DUFFEL BAGS.

>> AUTHORITIES SEARCH HASTINGS'

DUFFEL BAGS AND UNCOVER AN

ARSENAL OF WEAPONS, ALONG WITH

2,000 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.

>> WITH HASTINGS IN CUSTODY,

TROOPERS RETURN TO THE AIRSTRIP

TO SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS.

>> IS THERE ANYBODY HERE?

>> ALASKA STATE POLICE.

>> ANYBODY OUT HERE?

>> I'M HERE. OVER HERE.

>> THEY FIND DONNA BYRAM STILL

HIDING OUT BEHIND THE HEGLANDS'

GREENHOUSE.

>> WE'RE ALASKA STATE TROOPERS,

MA'AM.

ARE YOU OKAY?

HAVE YOU BEEN HURT?

>> I'M SHOT IN THE ARM.

>> YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY.

>> THE FACT THAT IT WAS 20-BELOW

PROBABLY KEPT HER FROM BLEEDING

TO DEATH.

SHE HID OUT IN THE WOODS

BASICALLY UNTIL WE GOT THERE AND

WE WERE ABLE TO ENTICE HER OUT

OF THE WOODS.

"WE'RE THE GOOD GUYS.

IT'S OKAY."

>> INSIDE THE HEGLANDS' HOME,

TROOPERS FIND THE BODIES OF LES

AND FLO HEGLAND AND

MAXINE EDWARDS.

IT IS CLEAR THAT ALL HAVE

SUFFERED MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS FROM

A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE, INCLUDING

ONE SHOT TO THE HEAD.

MEANWHILE, UNAWARE OF WHAT'S

HAPPENED, JIM EDWARDS IS

BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED

ABOUT HIS WIFE, MAXINE.

RADIO COVERAGE IS SPOTTY, BUT HE

MANAGES TO TUNE IN.

>> SHE WENT OVER THERE TO GET

THE MAIL AND DIDN'T COME BACK.

USUALLY, SHE WOULD HAVE GOT BACK

MAYBE EARLY AFTERNOON.

FINALLY, I THOUGHT, "I BETTER

TURN ON THE NEWS JUST FOR THE

HELL OF IT."

WELL, THE NEWS WAS THAT THERE'D

BEEN A SHOOTING IN McCARTHY AND

SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE DEAD.

>> JIM BORROWS A NEIGHBOR'S SNOW

MACHINE AND RACES TO THE

HEGLANDS' HOME TO FIND HIS WIFE

OF NEARLY 25 YEARS.

>> ONE OF THE POLICEMAN TOOK ME

AROUND THROUGH ONE BEDROOM OR

ONE LITTLE EXTRA ROOM AND THEN

BACK INTO THE BEDROOM BESIDE

LES AND FLO'S BED.

AND THERE'S A PILE OF BODIES

THERE.

AND MAXINE WAS ON TOP OF THE

PILE.

FINALLY, I SAW HER, AND IT WAS

JUST, "WOW," YOU KNOW?

AND I JUST KIND OF WENT NUMB.

>> IT WASN'T HALF THE TOWN.

IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.

IT WAS INCOMPREHENSIBLE.

THAT NIGHT, I STAYED WITH

LYNN ELLIS.

AND I DON'T DRINK.

I MEAN, I'LL HAVE A DRINK, BUT

I...

BUT I ASKED HIM FOR WHISKEY,

WHICH HE HAD A BOTTLE IN THE

CABINET, AND I TOOK IT TO BED

WITH ME THAT NIGHT AND DRANK

MYSELF TO SLEEP.

>> LOUIS HASTINGS IS CHARGED

WITH THE MURDERS OF SIX OF HIS

NEIGHBORS AND THE ATTEMPTED

MURDERS OF TWO.

HASTINGS PLEADS NO CONTEST.

BUT NO ONE HAS ANY IDEA WHAT

TRIGGERED HIS SHOOTING SPREE.

APPARENTLY, LOUIS HASTINGS HAD

BEEN ANGRY FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT NOBODY KNEW IT.

>> HE ALSO PRACTICED SHOOTING

RABBITS BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER

KILLED ANYTHING BEFORE AND HE

WANTED TO SEE IF HE COULD DO IT.

AND I JUST CAN'T RELATE THE FACT

THAT IN HIS MIND, IF HE COULD

KILL A RABBIT, HE COULD KILL A

HUMAN.

HE WAS DEFINITELY OFF.

>> AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, HASTINGS

LOVED THE WILD.

BUT HE HATED THE

TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE AND

CONSIDERED IT A VIOLATION OF THE

NATURAL WORLD.

>> HE MAY HAVE HAD HIS VISION,

YOU KNOW, AND HIS COMING FROM

CALIFORNIA AND WHAT HE HAD SEEN

IN THE WORLD, THE

OVER-INDUSTRIALIZATION, BUT HE

WAS IN A PLACE THAT WAS PERFECT.

>> HASTINGS DESPISED

OVERDEVELOPMENT AND

OVERPOPULATION AND BELIEVED

ALASKA SHOULD STAY IN ITS

PRISTINE, UNTOUCHED STATE.

>> THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A

STRUGGLE IN ALASKA.

EVERYBODY WHO COMES TO ALASKA

SAYS, "I WANT TO BE THE LAST ONE

IN.

CLOSE THE DOOR AFTER I COME IN,"

YOU KNOW, KIND OF THING.

THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO

DON'T WANT TO SEE ALASKA GROW

ANYMORE.

>> HASTINGS ULTIMATELY CONFESSED

THAT HE HAD CONCOCTED AN

ELABORATE PLOT.

HE PLANNED TO HIJACK THE MAIL

PLANE AND FLY TO NEARBY

GLENNALLEN.

THERE, HE WOULD COMMANDEER A

FUEL TRUCK AND DRIVE IT INTO A

TRANS-ALASKA OIL PIPELINE PUMP

STATION AND BLOW IT UP.

>> IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF

WINTER.

VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE PIPELINE IS

IN BELOW-ZERO WEATHER.

AS SOON AS THAT OIL COOLS

ENOUGH, IT CONGEALS IN THE

PIPELINE, AND IT WOULD TAKE THEM

MONTHS TO GET THE PIPELINE

STARTED AGAIN.

>> HASTINGS ALSO PLANNED TO KILL

HIMSELF IN THE ACT.

BUT HE WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY ONE

TO DIE.

>> HE NEEDED TO KILL ALL OF THE

PEOPLE IN McCARTHY BECAUSE THEY

WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY

HIM POTENTIALLY.

AND HE HAD A STRONG DESIRE THAT

HIS FAMILY NOT FIND OUT THAT IT

WAS HIM WHO HAD DONE ALL OF

THESE HORRIFIC THINGS.

>> ODDLY ENOUGH, POLICE BELIEVE

PROBLEMS AT HOME MAY HAVE PUSHED

HASTINGS TO THE BRINK.

THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE

SHOOTINGS, NEIGHBORS TOLD POLICE

HASTINGS APPARENTLY DISCOVERED

HIS WIFE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR.

>> WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?!

>> IN JULY 1984, LOUIS HASTINGS

WAS CONVICTED OF SIX COUNTS OF

MURDER AND TWO COUNTS OF

ATTEMPTED MURDER.

HE WAS SENTENCED TO 634 YEARS

BEHIND BARS.

PRISON RECORDS SHOW HIS RELEASE

DATE AS 2617.

>> CHRIS RICHARDS CARRIED A

HANDGUN IN HIS BACK POCKET FOR

EIGHT YEARS AFTER THE MURDERS.

>> YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTOOD WHY

HE FELT THAT KIND OF SURVIVOR'S

GUILT, BUT, MAN, IT JUST

WOULDN'T GO AWAY.

IT DIDN'T LET GO.

IT WAS A FATAL WOUND FOR HIM AS

WELL.

IT JUST TOOK A LONG TIME.

>> SADLY, CHRIS LATER SUCCUMBED

TO A FIRE IN HIS CABIN.

NEARLY THREE DECADES AFTER THE

MASSACRE, THE POPULATION OF

McCARTHY REMAINS VIRTUALLY THE

SAME DESPITE SIGNS OF PROGRESS.

>> THE MAIL PLANE -- WHEN I

FIRST CAME HERE, THE MAIL PLANE

WAS SCHEDULED ONCE A MONTH.

NOW THEY COME TWICE A WEEK.

IT'S ALMOST TOO MUCH.

JIM EDWARDS AND GARY GREEN STILL

CALL McCARTHY HOME AND NEITHER

COULD ENVISION LIFE ANYWHERE

ELSE.

>> LOOK AT THE FREEDOM.

WE HAVE RIGHT OUT THE WINDOW AND

AT THE MOUNTAINS AND UP THE

GLACIER.

THERE IS WHERE GOD IS IF YOU'D

WANT TO PUT IT THAT WAY.

>> IT'S A PIECE OF WILD ALASKA.

AS SOON AS YOU STEP OUT YOUR

DOOR, I MEAN, THE WILDERNESS IS

THERE, AND IT'S BECKONING.

>> AND SOMETIMES EVIL ANSWERS

THE CALL.

>> THERE'S AN EMOTION CALLED

SOLITUDE, AND THAT CAN BE ONE OF

THE MOST AMAZING THINGS ABOUT

LIVING IN A PLACE AS REMOTE AS

McCARTHY.

BUT THAT SOLITUDE, OVER TIME,

CAN BECOME PSYCHOTIC.