Dead Man's Wire
Tony Kiritsis took Richard Hall, the president of Meridian Mortgage Company, hostage on February 8, 1977, using a sawed-off shotgun rigged with a dead man's wire that would kill him if he released the trigger.

Tony Kiritsis took Richard Hall, the president of Meridian Mortgage Company, hostage on February 8, 1977, using a sawed-off shotgun rigged with a dead man's wire that would kill him if he released the trigger.