Tag: After Dark

It’s the last day of the year! 2017 is gone and in the words of Yoda, “not short enough was it.” 2017 will be long remembered as the year no one could get along with each other, every politician was evil, the world was on the brink of World War, and you hate me and…

UFOs are in the news after newly-released footage of a Navy encounter with an Unidentified Flying Object. Plus, the Pentagon finally admits there was a program in recent history to study UFOs. Is NASA preparing for something? Are we being conditioned for a bigger announcement or revelation? On this episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern…

On this edition of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern takes a look at the strange case of the Silent Twins. Two twin sisters who lived in the UK isolated themselves from others to the point that they developed a secret language only the two of them could understand and made a pact to never speak…

On this week’s edition of DragonKing Dark, we continue our serial killer series with probably the most infamous serial killer in all of history — the Victorian-era murderer Jack the Ripper.  Who was Jack the Ripper? Does anyone know? Does anyone even have any good ideas? How many people did Jack the Ripper actually kill and why is…

Ed Gein — The Butcher of Plainfield — is the inspiration for many horror movie archetypes such Leatherface and Psycho. Gein shocks us not just because he killed, but because he also robbed graves and had a sick fascination with wearing the skins of the dead. Listener discretion is advised. 

On this episode of the DragonKing Dark podcast, #MonsterMonth continues as host Karl Stern talks about Halloween related topics, gives an update on the murder of Joe Clack, reads an email from a listener who had an otherworldly experience at one of the most evil places on Earth, and discusses his trip last night to…

On this edition of the DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern continues Monster Month by looking back at the famous Universal Studios monsters and their movies. The Universal Monsters included the Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Wolfman, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and their respective spinoffs and…

This coming Friday is Friday the 13th, and it falling on the same month as Halloween makes this a perfect topic for #MonsterMonth on the DragonKing Dark podcast. On this episode, host Karl Stern explores the origins of Friday the 13th and how it may, or may not, have come to be known as an unlucky…

Joe Clack is buried somewhere down by the creek. The mill owner was given $5 to bury his body. His horse is dead in the middle of the creek. Riding back west with a suit of baby clothes retrieved from Clack are a family of southern Union sympathizers. On today’s new edition of DragonKing Dark,…

On this week’s episode of the DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern revisits an earlier episode on the end times. According to some, the world was supposed to end yesterday (spoiler: it didn’t), but with all the calamity in the world today it’s easy to see why some might think it would. ow bad are…

This week’s DragonKing Dark podcast takes a look at our favorite time of the year — Halloween! Last year, Karl and the When It Was Cool family visited several haunted attractions, including the largest in the United States — Netherworld! We are going back this year, plus there’s discussion of all the wonderful things that make Halloween…

This week’s DragonKing Dark is a spoiler-free discussion of the 2017 movie based on Stephen King’s novel “It.” Host Karl Stern also watched the terrible 1990 miniseries and talks about what the 2017 movie did that was so much better. While this is a spoiler-free discussion of the movie, it does contain a general breakdown of…

On this week’s edition of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern discusses the ancient belief that it is possible to communicate with those who have died. From the Biblical Witch of Endor to the more modern Ouija Board, our ancestors have long felt that it was possible to talk to those who have passed on. Where…

On this week’s episode of DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern is joined by Tonya from When It Was Cool to discuss the new movie “Annabelle: Creation” and haunted objects. We discuss haunted dolls, haunted houses, the real world version of Annabelle, and the three movies (spoilers) which feature the haunted doll, old haunted houses,…

On this week’s episode of the DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern takes a look at the upcoming total solar eclipse. He talks his memories of the one he saw in 1979, then discusses what a solar eclipse is scientifically and historically, plus how rare they are and when the next several will take place.…