On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired to his own neck. What followed was a dramatic 63-hour standoff that gripped the city of Indianapolis and made national headlines. Dead Man's Wire tells the story of this tense and unusual hostage crisis, examining the events, the people involved, and the aftermath that left a lasting mark on the community.