Hitting It With Dak

Dakota Anderson

This is going to be a weekly podcast with no boundaries and will cover many topics ranging from Sports, Pop Culture, Conspiracy Theories, History, Science Fiction ETC. All From The POV Of A Thicc Bearded Boy From Iowa. (Sometimes featuring guests depending on the week and subject) read less

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Over The Edge 1999: The Owen Hart Tragedy

Over The Edge 1999: The Owen Hart Tragedy

Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He received most of his success in the WWF, where he wrestled under both his own name and the ring name The Blue Blazer. Hart died on May 23, 1999, during his entrance from the rafters of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The equipment that was lowering him to the ring malfunctioned and he fell to his death in front of a live audience and live on Pay Per View during WWF's Over the Edge event.

Over The Edge 1999: The Owen Hart Tragedy

Over The Edge 1999: The Owen Hart Tragedy

Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He received most of his success in the WWF, where he wrestled under both his own name and the ring name The Blue Blazer. Hart died on May 23, 1999, during his entrance from the rafters of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The equipment that was lowering him to the ring malfunctioned and he fell to his death in front of a live audience and live on Pay Per View during WWF's Over the Edge event.

The Yuba County Five

The Yuba County Five

The Yuba County Five were a group of young men from Yuba City, California, with mild intellectual disabilities or psychiatric conditions, who attended a college basketball game at California State University, Chico, on the night of February 24, 1978. Four of them—Bill Sterling, 29; Jack Huett, 24; Ted Weiher, 32; and Jack Madruga, 30—were later found dead; the fifth, Gary Mathias, 25, has never been found. Come listen with Dak as he dives deep into this horrible horrible missing persons case and says words like it’s his first time talking.

The Monster Study Of Davenport, Iowa

The Monster Study Of Davenport, Iowa

The Monster Study was a stuttering experiment performed on 22 orphan children in Davenport, Iowa in 1939. It was conducted by Wendell Johnson at the University of Iowa. Graduate student Mary Tudor conducted the experiment under Johnson's supervision.

The Butcher Baker Robert Hansen

The Butcher Baker Robert Hansen

Robert Christian Hansen (February 15, 1939 – August 21, 2014), known in the media as the Butcher Baker, was an American serial killer. Between 1971 and 1983, Hansen abducted, raped, and murdered at least seventeen women in and around Anchorage, Alaska; he hunted many of them down in the wilderness with a Ruger Mini-14 and a knife. He was arrested and convicted in 1983, and was sentenced to 461 years without the possibility of parole. He died in 2014 of natural causes due to lingering health conditions at age 75.

The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male (informally referred to as the Tuskegee Experiment or Tuskegee Syphilis Study) was a study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a group of nearly 400 African American men with syphilis. The purpose of the study was to observe the effects of the disease when untreated, though by the end of the study medical advancements meant it was entirely treatable. The men were not informed of the nature of the experiment, and more than 100 died as a result.

The Toy Box Killer David Parker Ray

The Toy Box Killer David Parker Ray

David Parker Ray (November 6, 1939 – May 28, 2002), also known as the Toy-Box Killer, was an American kidnapper, torturer, serial rapist and suspected serial killer. Though no bodies were found, Ray was accused by his accomplices of killing several women, and was suspected by the police to have murdered as many as sixty women from Arizona and New Mexico while living in Elephant Butte, approximately seven miles north of Truth or Consequences. Come listen as Dak digs deep into the Elephant Butte and gives you everything you need to know about the toy box killer.

Questioning The Reality Of Human Civilizations In The Ancient Past

Questioning The Reality Of Human Civilizations In The Ancient Past

Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? How civilizations throughout history were able to build megalithic structure with stones tools and far less education and technology we have at our disposal today. In this episode of Hitting It With Dak we question the status quo/mainstream archaeological evidence for the beginnings of what we know as human civilization and theorize what could’ve or maybe even did come before us. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did making it.

Vlad The Impaler: The Real Life Dracula

Vlad The Impaler: The Real Life Dracula

Vlad the Impaler was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania. Well known for a blood thirsty atrocities in the ancient world most notably for his impalement of his enemies. Come hangout with Dak for a quick little run down on his life and legacy.

Human zoos, also known as ethnological expositions, were public displays of people, usually in a so-called "natural" or "primitive" state.[4] They were most prominent during the 19th and 20th centuries.[4] These displays often emphasized the supposed inferiority of the exhibits' culture, and implied the superiority of "Western society", through tropes that purported marginalized groups as "savage". Follow along with Dak as he takes you down a journey of human exhibitions.

The Career And Tragic Tale Of Chris Benoit

The Career And Tragic Tale Of Chris Benoit

Christopher Michael Benoit May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He worked for numerous pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career including most notably the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in America, as well as New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Japan. He had a lengthy career which was halted by the Grisly double murder of his wife and son, and ultimately taking his own life. Come listen with Dak while he tells you everything you need to know about this controversial wrestling icon.

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

The Dyatlov Pass incident was an event in which nine Soviet trekkers died in the northern Ural Mountains between 1 and 2 February 1959, in uncertain circumstances. The experienced trekking group from the Ural Polytechnical Institute, led by Igor Dyatlov, had established a camp on the eastern slopes of Kholat Syakhl in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. Overnight, something caused them to cut their way out of their tent and flee the campsite while inadequately dressed for the heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures. Come join Dak as he takes a deep dive into the mysterious events that we know as The Devils Pass Incident

Japanese World War 2 Human Experiments: Unit 731

Japanese World War 2 Human Experiments: Unit 731

Unit 731 was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and World War II. Come join Dak while he gets disgusted, pissed off, etc. at this shocking information.

Donut Earth: The Hollow Earth Theory

Donut Earth: The Hollow Earth Theory

The Hollow Earth is a concept proposing that the planet Earth is entirely hollow or contains a substantial interior space. Notably suggested by Edmond Halley in the late 17th century, the notion was disproven, first tentatively by Pierre Bouguer in 1740, then definitively by Charles Hutton in his Schiehallion experiment around 1774. Come listen as Dak tackles everything you could want to know about the Donut Earth!

The Life And Legacy Of Chris Farley

The Life And Legacy Of Chris Farley

An amazing human known for rambunctious Over the top comedic performances combined with self loathing and depression lead Chris Farley down a dark path of drugs and alcohol. In todays episode we chronicle the life of a man who has left a pretty strong mark on me as a person. I hope you enjoy.

The Russian Doomsday Cult Pyotr Kuznetsov’s Cave Of Stupidity

The Russian Doomsday Cult Pyotr Kuznetsov’s Cave Of Stupidity

What do you get when a divorced schizophrenic meets a bunch of gullible people and starts a religion centered around the end of days? You get a Russian Doomsday Cult! Todays episode covers the groups 6 month stay inside of a cave near a small village avoiding Devil barcodes and cartons of milk. I hope you enjoy.

Ep: 1) The Life & Legacy of Lil Peep

Ep: 1) The Life & Legacy of Lil Peep

Rap Music, Drugs, depression, the rock and roll lifestyle. Throw it all together and toss it onto a shy kid from Long Island New York and you get the tragically short life and death of Lil Peep. In this debuting episode of Hitting It With Dak I chronicle his life from birth to all the posthumous love he would receive.