Tag: After Dark
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DragonKing Dark: 1939’s Son of Frankenstein
On this week’s DragonKing Dark, I look back at 1939’s Universal monster movie Son of Frankenstein where the son of the original Dr. Frankenstein comes to claim his family estate. He then discovers the monster has been saved by Igor (played by Bela Lugosi of Dracula fame) and is being used as a weapon against…
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DragonKing Dark: The Alaska Triangle
On this week’s DragonKing Dark, I discuss the mysterious Alaska Triangle where supposedly nearly 20,000 have gone missing. There are also reports of UFOs and UAPs and even its own native Bigfoot-like creature — the Wendigo. Planes have vanished without a trace and even a high-level U.S. Congressman has gone missing. A TV series was…
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DragonKing Dark: How newspapers historically covered UFO sightings
If the headlines of today’s newspapers sudden screamed, “The United States in Possession of Alien Spacecraft,” the world would go crazy. The 24-hour news cycle would leap on the story until the next crisis came along or was invented. It would be, well, big news. Yet, it has already happened. Thanks to the archives of…
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DragonKing Dark: Who is the Harvard alien hunter?
For several years now, you may have been periodically reading headlines like “Harvard Professor Believes Object Traveling Through Solar System is Alien Spacecraft” or recently, “Harvard Professor Discovers Remains of Alien Technology on Earth.” So who is this Harvard professor? He is Avi Loeb and he is, in fact, a Harvard professor. But what’s his…
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DragonKing Dark: Corruption of the peer review process
We need to be able to trust the gatekeepers of science. Science and scientific ideals are at the center of modern political warfare and science should be held to the course of political winds. We need science to be firm and accountable. But what happens when the very process that oversees acceptable science becomes corrupted? …
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DragonKing Dark: The Devil in the details
DragonKing Dark continues to explore the greatest mysteries of the universe (and, perhaps, beyond). This week, I take a look at Satan or, the Devil. It’s almost irrelevant if you believe in the Devil or not because billions of others do and those people make up large portions of the government you are under, the…
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DragonKing Dark: The mysteries of the origin of life
How did life begin? The prevailing scientific consensus presents us with a primordial soup a few billion years ago which coalesced into life. But wait: the science is not as settled as you might believe. There are problems with that model and some leading scientists are challenging it. What even is “life?” Even that definition…
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DragonKing Dark: UFOs everywhere
You can’t turn on the news these days without being inundated by news about UFOs (or UAPs as they are now branded). The military is seeing them, Harvard professors are seeing them, the public is seeing them — it’s madness! Had this happened in the 1950s, you would have been branded a lunatic. Now, however,…
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DragonKing Dark: Going darker
The newly revamped DragonKing Dark begins our new podcast journey looking at the mysteries of the universe, the unexplained and the unknown. And we aren’t just going to take your word for it. We are going to examine these mysteries and ask ourselves what the evidence says. Are we being misled and what inputs are…
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DragonKing Dark: The scandals of WWE’s Vince McMahon
On this week’s DragonKing Dark, my run through the 100 darkest moments in pop culture series concludes with a trio of scandals involving WWE head honcho Vince K. McMahon. I look at the alleged assault of Rita Chatterton, the 1990s steroids trial, and last summer’s exposed hush money scandal which temporarily saw him removed from…
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DragonKing Dark: The strange story of Fishbone
Fishbone quickly became one of the most influential and inventive bands in all of popular music during the 1980s. However, the bizarre story of band member Kendall Jones threatened to derail this eclectic group. Not only did he allegedly join a cult but another band member, determined to save him from himself, launched a plot…
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DragonKing Dark: The trials of Slick Rick
Have you ever seen a show with fellas on the mic with one minute rhymes that don’t come out right? Well, pioneering rapper Slick Rick had a lot of things that didn’t come out right. The biggest of which was the U.S. government who hated him and sought him out at every turn. The story…
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DragonKing Dark: The mysterious death of Thomas Ince
Thomas Ince was the father of the Western movie genre. During his career in the pioneer days of filmmaking, he produced around 800 movies and also was the first person to build their own movie studio. So how did he end up on my ongoing list of 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture…
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DragonKing Dark: The tragic death of Chadwick Boseman
Continuing my 100 darkest moments in pop culture history on DragonKing Dark, we look at the shocking and tragic death of actor Chadwick Boseman. He rose to worldwide prominence as Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe movies, including his own critically acclaimed solo film. The world was shocked when, unknown to virtually everyone, he…
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DragonKing Dark: The night Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield’s ear
This week’s show focuses on an infamous sports moment. My 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series continues on DragonKing Dark. In 1997, one of the most bizarre moments in boxing, sports and pop culture took place when during the second Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield fight, Tyson viciously bit the ear of Holyfield…
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DragonKing Dark: The Mel Gibson rants
Karl Stern continues with the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history. Look, ok: Mel Gibson is a very good, and famous, actor. I like numerous Gibson movies: Mad Max, Lethal Weapon, Braveheart, Passion of the Christ, and on and on it goes. But there have been enough maniacal outbursts for anyone to wonder what exactly…
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DragonKing Dark: The death of Whitney Houston
Karl Stern’s run through the 100 darkest pop culture moments continues. Whitney Houston was one of the most recognized and successful voices in any era of music with chart topping hit after chart topping hit. However, a toxic relationship and a reality show with hip hop artist Bobby Brown brought attention to darker problems lurking…
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DragonKing Dark: The crimes of Jared Fogle
Karl Stern’s Dark 100 series continues. Note: Listener discretion advised You probably didn’t expect the face of evil to look like a geek eating a footlong did you? Yet, here he is: Jared Fogle. Why this goof became pop culture famous is beyond me, I mean, sure, literally for eating sandwiches and losing weight, but…
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DragonKing Dark: The Robert Blake murder trial
The Dark 100 continues. Actor Robert Blake was best known for his role in the 1970s TV crime drama Baretta. His star faded and in 2002, he became pop culture famous yet again but for an undesired reason — he was accused and arrested for shooting his wife to death in the parking lot of…
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DragonKing Dark: The Lance Armstrong scandal
Karl Stern’s run through dark moments in pop culture history continues. Lance Armstrong is far and away the most famous cyclist that has ever lived, dominating the Tour de France and many other world class cycling events. He was pop culture famous in the United States and beyond. However, that much domination, especially in sports,…