Hiking the beautiful trails of the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina can be quite calming and make you one with nature, but for the unsuspecting victims of Gary Michael Hilton, who would later be named the National Forest Serial Killer, was anything but a serene experience.
Across three states, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, multiple victims would succumb to his gruesome murders. Gary's childhood was a little rough, and many believe this would condition him to become the monster he was as an adult in addition to the life of crime he led before committing his first offense.
He took the innocent lives of Miami native 26 year old Rossana Miliani, a couple in their 80's Irene and John Bryant in NC, as well as RN and avid church goer Cheryl Dunlap, and University of Georgia graduate Meredith Emerson in the Georgia mountains.
Despite being stopped by law enforcement multiple times, there was no rule in place to check the federal database for past offences, so he got away every single time, ready to set his sights on another victim.
Mental health, especially for men in the US is a huge stigma, so we are left wondering if maybe he got a little more help, none of these murders would have happened. Or... maybe he really was just a monster.
Listen to Tiffany tell his gruesome story this week and you be the judge...

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