The Butcher Baker: Alaska’s Most Dangerous Game

I’m a retired SLP (speech language pathologist). Forcing someone to write with their other hand shouldn’t create a stutter. If a child is predisposed to a stutter and they have an overbearing, or cruel parent, the stutter can easily get worse. My guess is that as he hit school his father became embarrassed of the left handedness and the stutter, and added psychological pressure, and his stutter got worse.

"you can't rape a prostitute, can you?" no, this is actually a pretty common line of thought. too many people think that "paying for sex" = "ANY kind of sex is ok". ppl don't consider that ur paying for a specific sex act. u don't buy a regular cheeseburger and then get mad when it ISN'T a big mac, but ppl don't think of sex workers and what they do the same way. there's a REASON sex workers are unfortunately considered the "less dead" in high school (mid 2000s), multiple times I heard from fellow students that we have to stop prostitution to protect women from rape. bc "you can't rape a prostitute". it's sick and disgusting, but human beings are pretty shitty too much of the time

Holy shit... My Grandma was in Anchorage at this Time and used to frequent that Bakery! She would tell me about the Owner being "such a sweet Man," but "seemed a little troubled," but made the best Pasteries in Town. She used to walk by it all the Time to go to Work at the Cannery. Makes me wonder how close she was to ever being one of the 20-some Victims. Holy crap, this Episode hit hard. Well done, Simon and Matt. That was good.

One of my friends in Anchorage worked for a guy who used to go hunting with Hansen, until Hansen creeped him out so much that he refused to ever go hunting with him again. I never found out what it was Hansen said. What's really sad about Cindy's case is that the police didn't even bother to see if Hansen had a record. If they had, they would have found out that he was already a sexual predator and had been in prison.

Just wait til you hear the grim tale of THE CANDLESTICK MAKER. 😬

Tangent Chapters part deux: 0:26 - Matt is looking into cannibalism for Simon, Simon says "don't" but he really means "YES PLEASE" 1:21 - Alaska is strange and is full of criminals and Sarah Palin 6:20 - Stuffing wildlife is weird but better than stuffing human corpses, Simon gets hunting but finds antlers creepy 10:02 - Simon ponders if assumedly is a word 11:18 - There was a spy named Robert Hanson who leaked classified secrets to Russia, is at ADX Florence serving* 15 life sentences. Also spying is a different type of crime than rape and murder 12:52 - Simon made a video about Pocahontas and the Disney version was not as good as his 13:04 - Simon plugs Biographics, one of his 350 other channels ;D 13:45 - Simon is skeptical if being forced to use your non-dominant hand causes speech impediments 14:00 - Does the word sinister come from the Latin word for left-handed? Might be a Fact Boi rumor 14:40 - Simon thought he would always like to hunt because it is his belief that if you eat meat you should be ready and willing to hunt 15:00 - Simon wonders if hunting would negatively affect his moral compass then cuts himself off midsentence 15:12 - Simon backpedals and admits he does not believe hunting is morally right but he likes to eat their delicious flesh and then makes his mouth water talking about it (start having lunches Simon lol) 16:07 - Torturing animals is weird and Simon is not in to eating lobster 🤣🤣 18:11 - If you want payback and vengeance because the girls didn't like you you're an adult man man get over it 19:57 - After you've been to prison, they supervise you right? And there are lists. You are on lists. 21:13 - Hawaii is a tropical island and a better part of the US to go that is not in the continental US (than Alaska), Hawaii is nice, Alaska is cold and contains Sarah Palin 21:47 - There are only two reasons to move to Alaska, to run away from the feds and for oil mining 21:58 - Do you mine oil? Is that a thing? 22:02 - Simon is just kidding he loves the Alaskans (criminals and Sarah Palin) 23:06 - Simon loves the phrase: "Wherever you go, there you are" 23:36 - Kidnapping is way more than assault with a deadly weapon 24:41 - Bail is stupid 29:28 - Discussing the ethics of ancestry websites providing familial DNA to law enforcement (its NOT ethical IMO) 30:53 - If Simon made this story into a movie he would have the antagonist feeding the victims to the police in pastries I've never heard of 33:18 - Isn't there a horror movie where a serial killer literally hunts his victims? *Actually yes, The Most Dangerous Game 1932 34:19 - Simon starts to remember that a movie was indeed made where a serial killer literally hunts his victims 35:40 - Simon is Weird Al Yankovic 36:11 - Only provide the police fake alibis for your friends if you have spoken to your friend about the crime first, and Simon is a terrible friend 38:02 - Simon loves the Mindhunter TV series 49:04 - And this is the movie that Simon has seen 50:54 - Simon finds religion in order to punish the wicked ;D Well that was a ton of work and this joke will get old really fast so I bid you a fond farewell and its back to normal listenershi

The idea of being chased down like that - literally hunted down in a cold forest, being occasionally wounded by the hunter for 'sport' too, before he finally just kills you - that is something straight out of a Horror movie. May those poor victims rest in Peace.

This poor girl was 17. She is legend for thinking clearly enough to escape...this horror.

The reason he would’ve flown 35 miles is likely that it was the only way to reach his cabin. Alaskas roads are mostly relegated to highways and roads directly in and surrounding towns and cities. If you want to get to a place out of town that’s not directly adjacent to a highway you need to use a plane, a boat, an ATV, or get there by hiking. Very short flights are quite common in Alaska.

Thank you, Matt, for including all the victims names. It's soul destgroying to hear.... but important to remember their names. <3

You're absolutely right about sinister coming from the Latin word for left. The Latin word is sinistra, and it was generally associated with evil. As a side note, the Latin word for right is dextra, which is where we get the word dexterous.

Thank you Matt and Jen for making Simon look good. Your hard work is appreciated

I get really excited when you cover Alaskans. This guy, yes, we know of him. Our criminals are really twisted; I think it is the lack of sunlight.... We go crazy. It is important to have healthy hobbies in the long winters.

The woman who survived is made out of steel. She’s the hero of the story.

The Frozen Ground is a great film based on those murders and 100% recommended it.

Yay! Another Alaska episode, I remember growing up and hearing about this guy in town. A co worker of mine was in a film they did about him.

You know, I’ve always wondered why someone hasn’t set up a “Name the Missing” program, where people who have family that are missing can upload their DNA. Meanwhile, the DNA (or characteristic is DNA isn’t available) from unidentified victims is also uploaded to the site, and it has a program (similar to the police one for fingerprints) that helps spot similarities in the DNA code.

Simon’s feelings about hunting are the same as mine. It’s why I’ve always liked learning about native tribes methods of hunting and using every piece so it isn’t ever wasteful.

So regarding the hunting story and Simon's friend. This is why hunters are so keen on making sure people know how to shoot before they go hunting, ideally you want nothing more than to need a single shot to take the animal down clean and humane, this is also why after the friend didn't land a kill shot the hunting party became a tracking party. Ethical hunting requires you to track down and kill the animal you wounded to end its suffering. Some hunters (depending on the area and season) will not turn in until they find the wounded animal; my uncles for example when they where deer hunting one season spent something like 30 hours in the forest hunting because they wounded a Buck in the first few hours and spent the rest of the time tracking it until they either knew it wasn't seriously injured or suffering from their bad shot or they put it down and ended its suffering they caused it.

I love how you can see Simon's body shaking like he's bouncing his leg like crazy below the table! Thank you for your sacrifice in reading the worst humanity has to offer!