Benjamin Hilburn Got Mad At Dad, Shot Him In Head With Shotgun

Belen, New Mexico – The story of any son getting so angry at their father that he would shoot them in the back of the head is tragic enough but this story is compounded by the fact that Benjamin Hilburn was only 10 when he pulled the trigger. Benjamin would state in the 911 call that he was angry at his father, 42-year-old Bryon Hilburn. He would expand on that later, telling investigators he felt his father was too harsh with him and punished him too much. In August police say Benjamin shot his dad in the back of the head with a shotgun while his 6-year-old sister was in the room. Benjamin, now 11 years old, is in the custody of his mother and has been charged with first-degree murder. It is quite possible he is the youngest person to be charged with murder in New Mexico, a state that does not charge anyone under 14 as adults. Continue reading to hear the full 911 call as Benjamin desperately tries to get someone to the house to save his dad. [Read more...]

Review: Who Can Kill A Child? – The Best Of The Killer Kid Bunch

Who Can Kill A Child? is a woefully, and criminally overlooked horror movie made in 1976 and filmed in various locations around the beautiful, Southern coast of Spain. It’s a terrific horror film that was ahead of it’s time and over the years fans were treated to a variety of shitty VHS and DVD releases – the US version being hacked all to hell. But with the recent Dark Sky DVD release of the film, I decided it was time to point horror fans to an obscure film in the killer kid genre that is worth checking out. Tom (Lewis Fiander) and EvelynEvelyn reviews (Prunella Ransome) are an English couple vacationing in Spain. Evelyn is 6-months pregnant with their third child and Tom, a professor of Biology, has brought her to coastal town of Benivas to rest and rent a boat to get to their true destination; The island of Almanzora. A four hour trip by boat, the island is not normally flooded with tourists like the noisy Benivas and is a paradise whose beaches are not stuffed with the bloated bodies of tourists from around the world. It is off the beaten path just enough that the majority of tourists do not visit it, making it a perfect setting for anyone just wanting to have a nice, secluded getaway. [Read more...]