The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker isn’t your average viral-to-villain true crime doc. In just 85 minutes, it captures the bizarre rise and brutal unraveling of Caleb “Kai” McGillvary, the drifter who became an internet folk hero with a hatchet in hand. What begins as meme-fuel turns into a darker reflection on fame, media vultures, and the thin line between folk legend and cautionary tale.

Andrei Chikatilo, the “Butcher of Rostov,” murdered more than fifty people across the Soviet Union while investigators executed innocents to maintain the illusion of order. His crimes exposed systemic failures, twisted motives, and a trial that became a public reckoning. This case remains one of history’s darkest lessons in denial, hunger, and the brutality of power.