Hobart Huson, also known as Strike, is the founder and site designer of online forum The Hive and author of several popular books such as Total Synthesis I and II, and Sources, in which he details methods of synthesizing a variety of amphetamines, obtaining equipment and chemicals, and avoiding prosecution for said activity.
Huson posted on The Hive under the pseudonym Strike and was considered something of an expert on the topic of underground drug synthesis.
His true identity was revealed following a ten-month investigation by NBC show Dateline.
A special episode of Dateline called "The "X" Files" aired in 2001, after which he was arrested and imprisoned for various drug charges pertaining to the manufacture of MDMA.
Additionally, Huson operated Science Alliance, a Texas-based company that sold chemicals.