According to actors on the film \"Through Hike: A Ghost Story,\" Norris’ passion for the horror film genre more than made up for his lack of directing experience.
The wanna-be director seemed convinced his film could match the astounding success of a well-known horror indie: “The Blair Witch Project,” also set in the woods, also shot on the cheap. When financial backers pulled out of his film, Norris financed the project with his own credit cards.";
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Brian Trimble was Blaine Norris' office mate and good friend. Another computer guy, Trimble offered to shoot the film on his own personal camera equipment.
Trimble didn't make the film shoot since it meant hiking up the Appalachian trial, something he couldn't do since he was suffering from multiple sclerosis. Trimble also claimed that his wife had ordered him to forget his fantasies about making movies.";
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Robyn Griggs remembers giving a lousy audition but was hired to be in the film anyway. She thinks it was because of her professional experience: Soap Opera diehards may remember her as Maggie Cory in the old “Another World” series.
Griggs noticed the lack of a director of photography in rehearsals, and was concerned about the threadbare script. She thought those were red flags about the project.
As cast and crew were getting ready to hike into the woods, Griggs broke her arm and dropped out of the film.";
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Tracey Thompson worked in the same office at a desk just across from Brian Trimble and thought that he was “strange.” He thought Trimble and Norris made an odd pair.
Trimble often mentioned his marriage in conversations with Thompson, including a time when Trimble allegedly contemplated divorce.
When news broke that Brian Trimble's wife was murdered, Thompson immediately suspected that Trimble might have had something to do with it... and she wasn't shy about telling police her theory when they started interviewing people at her office.";
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For Harrisburg, Pa. police detective Chip Dougherty, the crime scene at the Trimble home immediately screamed \"staged.\" \"It was almost like I’d walked into a movie set,\" he says.
With few forensic leads, Dougherty worked the case and suspects until he had a confession.";
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Randi Trimble, Brian's wife, was reportedly not too supportive of her husband's Hollywood fantasies.
Her mother, Nancy Chavez, says that to everyone else, the Trimbles' marriage seemed perfect: \"Brian loved Randi and Randi loved Brian. There was no inkling at all of trouble.\""; // END editorial data