Damián Kuc

Damián Kuc (born ) is an Argentine YouTuber, podcaster, comedian and businessman. He became known for publishing true crime stories on his YouTube channel Historias Innecesarias.

Early life

Damián was born in , and following Argentine YouTubers and comedians, including El Bananero, Marito Baracus, Paulina Cocina, Navaja Crimen, Ramita and Rada. He's also watched several Argentine TV series, including Pura Química and Caiga Quien Caiga. He has also smoked weed since the 5th year of the secondary school. He has studied social communication and criminalistics for a year, but gave up on both graduations.

YouTube career

After quitting college, Damián briefly worked as a cashier at his family's cotillón. He then enrolled in a stand-up comedy course and started performing. He created his Instagram account to become known in the stand-up scene. His first video was about his dog, Minerva. He then began publishing stories he read on Wikipedia, often accompanied by his dog. He changed the focus of his videos when he heard about the Tita and Rhodesia case on Ingame, Santiago Maratea's questions and answers Instagram series, and posted his original research on his Stories. He began posting videos exclusively for YouTube in January 2019. His most viewed video was about the Bank Rio robbery. He was not only popular in Argentina, but also in other Spanish-speaking countries, such as Paraguay.

His first videos were uploaded every Sunday and were three minutes long on average, but he began producing true crime documentaries, that ranged between 10 and 30 minutes, with some being more than 40 minutes long. He's also published Historias Innecesarias Express, a series of short trivias, and Hobbies Innecesarios, about his hobbies. In June 2021, he made a series of videos on Instagram about an expedition he made at Monte Constanza Natural Reserve to release an anaconda. He ended up being bitten by the snake.

Damián has expressed his wishes to end his channel several times, and in January 2023 he announced on Facebook he would not upload videos anymore. According to him, he decided to stop because the routine had worn him out. He further said he would still be active on the internet and announced a new podcast. He produced more than 300 videos up until the end of his channel.

Other projects

Damián appeared once a month on FiloNews, every 15 days on Últimos Cartuchos and occasionally on History Channel. He was the voice actor for Revista Anfibias' podcasts, including Basta Chicos: La vida de Ricardo Fort, La One: La Vida de Moria Casan and one chapter of Reality Fiction deticated to Guido Süller. He also co-hosted, together with Paula Echevarría, the live music program Picnic en el Piso Doce.

After closing his YouTube channel, Damián changed his hyperfocus to fungus and started microdosing psilocybin and attending to teraphy to treat his anxiety and depression. In September 2023, he and Leandro Di Giovanni co-founded the mushroom burger restaurant Chizpa on Palermo, Buenos Aires.