In Episode 7, Bolton and Grace recap the 2013 movie, The Frozen Ground, and discuss the facts of the true crime story that the movie is based on.
The movie was written and directed by Scott Walker. The film stars Nicolas Cage as Alaskan State Trooper Sergeant Jack Halcombe, Vanessa Hudgens as survivor-hero Cindy Paulson, and John Cusack as serial killer Robert Hansen. The film focuses on serial killer Robert Hansen’s rampage against women and girls in the Anchorage area, and how survivor Cindy Paulson helped law enforcement apprehend Hansen and discover the extent of his crimes. The Frozen Ground provides insight into how Hansen was able to get away with his crimes for so long, and does a great job of highlighting the important role Cindy Paulson played in his eventual apprehension. This movie has some scenes that are tough to watch, and may be especially triggering for survivors of sex trafficking and/or sexual assault. While The Frozen Ground gets most of the major details correct; Scott Walker took dramatic license with parts of the storyline, which Bolton & Grace discuss in this episode.
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The Frozen Ground (2013)
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The Butcher Baker: The Making of a Monster (Investigation Discovery Sept 2, 2020). Available to purchase on Amazon Prime Video.
Gilmour, Walter, and Leland E. Hale. Butcher, Baker: the True Account of an Alaskan Serial Killer. Open Road Integrated Media, 2018.
Crime Junkie (podcast), Episode titled: SERIAL KILLER: The Butcher Baker of Alaska, released Sept 21, 2020.
True Crime Guys (podcast), Episode titled: #19 Robert Hansen “The Butcher Baker”, released July 1, 2017.
True Crime All the Time (podcast), Episode titled: Ep80- Robert Hansen, released May 27, 2018.
Morbid (podcast), Episodes titled: Episode 43: Robert Hansen Part 1 AND Episode 45: Robert Hansen Part 2, released February 6, 2019 and February 13, 2019 respectively.
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