Fredrik Knudsen

Fredrik Knudsen is a commentary YouTuber best known for his "Down the Rabbit Hole" documentary series, which explores a wide variety of subject matters, mostly relating to strange phenomena either in real life or on the internet. He also has a second series titled The Grimm Archives, going over mythological beings. 
His style of video is typically very neutral and objective, explaining the subjects in an unbiased manner and letting the facts speak for themselves. He owns a secondary channel titled Fredrik Knudsen: The Other Channel, which is home to less formal Down the Rabbit Hole content, such as live streams and Q&As.
== Content ==
===List of Down the Rabbit Hole episodes===
*Digital Homicide Studios
**Discusses the works of the titular asset-flip game developer, and how the proprietors, brothers James and Robert Romine, came to infamy for suing video game journalist Jim Sterling.
** Uploaded August 8, 2016.
*Sonichu and Christian Weston Chandler (CWC)
**Discusses the notoriously poor titular web-comic, but is mostly focused on the antics and harassment of its ne'er-do-well creator, now known as Christine Chandler.
** Uploaded August 25, 2016. A reading/analysis of the first "issue" of the comic is available on The Other Channel.
*The SCP Foundation
**Chronicles the origin of the web-fiction genre of creature writeups by the fictional SCP Foundation on 4chan, the real life drama surrounding the style of the genre when it moved to a standalone wiki, and its break into mainstream attention.
**Uploaded September 10, 2016.
*The Collyer Brothers
**A biography of the brothers Homer and Langley Collyer, who became notorious in depression-era New York City for their reclusiveness and extensive hoarding, resulting in their accidental 1947 deaths.
**Uploaded September 23, 2016. The only episode distinguished with the subtitle "Historical Edition."
*Vaporwave
**Uploaded October 8, 2016.
*Star Citizen
**A history of the protracted development of Chris Roberts' ambitious crowdfunded spacefaring game up to that point. Includes the scrapping of IllFonic's Star Marine and The Escapist's botched expose.
**Uploaded October 27, 2016.
*Plague Doctors
**A history of the Black Death in medieval Europe, the squalid conditions and misinformed medical practices that allowed it to spread unchecked, and the self-styled "plague doctors" who tallied the dead and tried to save the living infected. Concludes with the origin of their iconic beaked mask suit, and the primitive science behind it.
**Uploaded December 15, 2016.
*Anime and Otaku (two-part episode)
** Part one discusses the origin of Japan's modern Manga comics and Anime. Part two covers its development and global proliferation in parallel with the "hikikomori" who withdrew from society during the country's economic decline and fell into the fandom.
**Part 1 uploaded February 18, 2017, part two March 2. The only two-part episode in the series.
*Empress Theresa
**Discusses the author of the titular self-published novel, and his constant battle with his scathing critics.
**Uploaded April 30, 2017. A partial reading of the novel by an applauded Knudsen is available on The Other Channel.
* DarksydePhil
** A biography of e-gamer turned Youtuber turned Twitch streamer Phillip Burnell, discussing his early success on YouTube and how his failure to innovate and poor response to criticism made him a laughingstock in his genre.
** Uploaded June 5, 2017.
*Mother Horse Eyes
**Uploaded June 23, 2017. A reading of early Reddit posts by Mother Horse Eyes is available on The Other Channel
* Mistakes
**Corrections on the episodes uploaded to this point. Uploaded July 12, 2017.
*Neopets (ft. PetSimmerJulie)
**Uploaded July 26, 2017. Includes narration by Pet Simmer Julie, who assisted with Knudsen's research.
*Henry Darger
**Biography of the troubled titular outsider artist whose life's work was only discovered shortly before his death, eliciting disgust and fascination with his massive output.
** Uploaded August 26, 2017.
*Finger Family Videos
**Discusses the trend and popularity of low-quality and inappropriate educational videos, such as those that use the Finger Family song.
**Uploaded September 16, 2017.
*The Mouse Utopia Experiments
**Discusses the experiments of John B. Calhoun on large, confined colonies of rats and mice, how they fell into self-destructive behavior in spite of the environment providing for all of their needs, and how and why humans have not fallen into these pitfalls.
** Uploaded October 7, 2017.
*Digital Homicide: Finale
**Concludes the story of the pilot episode with Digital Homicide's booting from Steam for attempting to sue reviewers en masse, the final collapse of the Jim Sterling lawsuit, and the Romine brothers' business dealings after their development company folded.
**Uploaded October 27, 2017.
*Time Cube
**Discusses the titular crank Theory of Everything by American Gene Ray, his life's effort to preach the "theory," and the works and death of his only true devotee, Australian student Richard Janczarski.
** Uploaded November 30, 2017. A commentary on two of Gene Ray's lectures and an interview is available on The Other Channel.
*Rajneeshpuram
**Details the events of the Rajneesh commune, and the terror they spread through the Oregon desert.
**Missing episode - taken down through a copyright claim by Osho International (the current name of the deceased Rajneesh's organization) on news footage Knudsen used. Only available through a third-party re-upload.
*Mistakes 2
**Corrections on episodes Neopets to Rajneeshpuram. Uploaded February 1, 2018.
*Noah Antwiler (Spoony)
**Biography of the titular Youtuber/Channel Awesome contributor. Discusses his rise, poor handling of criticism and troubled personal life, alienation and booting from Channel Awesome, and his decline into inactivity and reclusiveness.
** Uploaded March 30, 2018.
*The Final Fantasy House
**Discusses the video game "soulbonding" psuedo-cult of Jennifer Cornet and how her former devotees tried to warn others to her abusive parasitic behavior or, in one case, emulated it.
** Uploaded June 3, 2018.
*A Chronological Retelling of the Final Fantasy House
** An "abbreviated chronological retelling" of the previous episode, with some new information.
**Uploaded July 14, 2018. Narrated by DukeLovesYou. First video with graphic design by Arcaxon.
*Furries
**Discusses the origins and early history of Furry fandom, ending with its online explosion.
**Uploaded August 13, 2018. First video with music by Ryan Probert. First episode with a Patron Q&A on The Other Channel.
**Knudsen was awarded the Ursa Major Award for non-fiction work for this video back in 2018.https://twitter.com/FredInTheKnud/status/1158805760895115264
*GameLife (ft. Guru Larry)
**History of an early, amateurish online video game review show, which briefly achieved fame before collapsing with the arrest of its host.
**Uploaded October 6, 2018. Includes narration by "Guru Larry" Bundy, who assisted with Knudsen's research, and an original interview with GameLife contributor Geoff Mendecino, available in full on The Other Channel.
*TempleOS
**Discusses the titular operating system, designed to be the prophesied Third Temple, but it mostly focused on its sole creator, Terry A. Davis. The video covers the mental decline and online harassment of Davis, his eventual homelessness and drifting, and his apparent suicide.
** Uploaded December 22, 2018. First "feature-length" episode, running 85 minutes.
* The Hurdy Gurdy
**Uploaded April 29, 2019. Includes a demonstration of the instrument by Knudsen himself.
*WingsOfRedemption
**A biography of YouTube user Jordie "WingsOfRedemption" Jordan and how his attempts to better his life and counter his trolls only lead to him alienating himself from his friends and become gravely depressed.
**Uploaded September 18, 2019. Longest episode at time of release at 128 minutes, ten seconds.
*Purr Cat Cafe
**Uploaded December 8, 2019.
*The Austrian Wine Poisoning
**Discusses the international incident where diethylene glycol was added to Austrian wine and imported across Europe, leading to many poisoning incidents and legal trouble to reach the companies responsible.
**Uploaded April 23, 2020. First video with art by DerEineSchwarzeRabe, who assisted with Knudsen's research.
*Deep Blue
** After a brief history of chess computers, discusses the development of an advanced model spearheaded by Taiwanese-American programmer Feng-hsiung Hsu. After Hsu partners with IBM to develop the titular chess computer, the episode gives a breakdown on its 1996 match against grandmaster Garry Kasparov and its upset victory in a 1997 rematch.
**Uploaded October 30, 2020. Longest episode to date at 128 minutes, 53 seconds.
*The Battle of May Island
**In the early 1900s, an experiment with submarine technology perpetuates one of the most absurd events in naval history.
**Uploaded June 08, 2021
===Subjects discussed in The Grimm Archives===
*Baba Yaga
*The Krampus
== Collaborations ==
He voiced Liu in Internet Historian's video of Jeff the Killer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i520aRuZXLo
He has collaborated with Alfhilde Odinsdotter.https://twitter.com/AlfhildeO/status/1628109970557239320/photo/1
==Trivia==
*He used to write stories and has announced that he will show some of his work.
==Gallery==
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==References==
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