8 Finger Mankind

The wild, true stories and creative work of Mark David Hadley.

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Statutes of Limitation: Dukes of Hadley

This podcast has it all: medical drama, police chases, vigilante justice, mutant wrestling, full body white line massage, some real hillbilly shit, and much much more!!! Follow along as Mark D. Hadley recounts stories from his life. Each one wilder than the next.

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Mark in a plaid jacket and Superman cap lying in the hay beside a sleeping lion, his head resting on its mane.
Mark with a lion.

Zuri's Pride

A documentary from Mark David Hadley.

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Fight of the Century

Two years of ringside mayhem, on video.

2005: Fight of the Century

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2006: Fight of the Century II

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Books by Mark D. Hadley

Cover of I'm Sorry: I Wish I Never Had to Say, showing a red truck and a gold truck meeting at a traffic light.

I'm Sorry: I Wish I Never Had to Say

A novel about Brad Jr., who is learning to leave behind his father's homophobia, and what happens when the world flips.

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Cover of Because I'm Your Daddy, a watercolor of a muscular man lifting dumbbells inside a heart-covered frame.

Because I'm Your Daddy: Book of Lessons, Book 1: Love

A hardcover for his daughter Jessica, written so she'd know how much he loves her.

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About Mark

Mark David Hadley spent his career as a director of respiratory therapy. Now he's putting his energy into art: documentary film, video, writing, and storytelling.

He was born with ectrodactyly, which gives him eight fingers. That's where the name 8 Finger Mankind comes from.

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Mark flexing in front of a pale sky, with both hands raised.
X-ray of both hands showing the bone structure of ectrodactyly.
An X-ray of Mark's hands.

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