Tag: After Dark

Host Karl Stern is back with a fresh edition of DragonKing Dark, taking a look at 10 interesting curses in both history and popular culture. Are there any that actually pass the slightest bit of inspection and make you go, “hmmm?” From obvious ones like buried pirate treasure to ones less known, people have long been…

On this episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern digs into the DragonKing Darker archives and deconstructs two Rush songs of interest to fans. First is the atmospheric and dark Witch Hunt, which may be one of the most frightening songs ever because we are pretty much living it now. The second is The Weapon,…

It’s been a while since we talked about the wacky world of esoteric (and fake) martial arts, known in pop culture as Bullshido. This week, I give you an episode of our Patreon exclusive series DragonKing Darker where I visit more crazy bullshido stories with tales of the Din Mak death touch, pressure points, and…

DragonKing Dark Podcast continues its journey across America exploring strange, odd, and out of the way places. We stop in Connecticut, which harbors a fairly high number of bizarre places. It is a hotbed of paranormal spots due, in part, to the Warren family of The Conjuring fame. Join host Karl Stern of WhenItWasCool.com as he takes…

Recently at WhenItWasCool.com we took a look at the 100 Greatest Superhero Movies of All Time. This week on DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern takes a deeper dive into the list to pick out the movies which have more of a horror or occult theme to them. Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, Dark Man, Blade, and…

On this week’s DragonKing Dark Podcast, host Karl from WhenItWasCool.com takes a look at the weird places, odd stops, and strange attractions in the state of Colorado. We love Colorado and have been there a few times and have even seen a few of these ourselves. This episode even solves the mystery of a road…

Sitting in Mid-America is a landlocked state with no big cities nestled between the Mississippi river and the plains of Texas and Oklahoma. Arkansas is a beautiful state filled with flat farmland, plentiful forests, and the scenic Ozark mountains. It is also oddly home to a lot of weird stuff. On this edition of DragonKing Dark,…

It’s the DragonKing Dark podcast, your weekly dose of the odd, strange, and unusual brought to you by Karl Stern of When It Was Cool and F4WOnline.com, and on this episode we dive back into topics in the news. A variety of dark themed topics pepper the news over the last few weeks, mostly dealing with…

On this episode of the DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern continues his state oddities series by taking a look at California! California has it all when it comes to landscapes. Deserts, mountains, oceans, forests — California has all the bases covered. So, you know a state as famously free thinking as California is going…

On this week’s DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern takes a look at a couple of Presidential coincidences and tries to determine if these are fact, fiction, or just fun? We take a look at the supposed connections between Presidents Kennedy and Lincoln, which is one of the most popular stories. We then look at the…

Image: Karl Stern On this episode of DragonKing Dark, we take a look at one of Karl Stern’s favorite states — Arizona. Arizona has many well known tourist attractions that are well worth visiting, but on this episode we are going off the beaten path to hunt for oddities. From dinosaurs to quirky stops along the…

This week on DragonKing Dark, I take on another society related topic: what happens when our idols fall. We have seen much of this over the years with Chris Benoit, Superfly Snuka, Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby, politicians, church leaders, and other entertainers frequently in the news as their past sins and crimes come to light.…

This week on DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern takes us to Alaska to take a look at the weird, odd, and unusual stops in the northern most of the United States. From Santa Claus’ literal home to the Wizard Oz, Alaska has some odd and unusual places you might not think to visit nestled among the…

The Dragon King himself Karl Stern is back this week with a new DragonKing Dark Podcast beginning a new occasional series looking at odd, weird, and interesting places across the world. We begin in his home state of Alabama with such curiosities as the original Mardi Gras (it wasn’t in New Orleans), plus the ghostly…

There is a major crisis happening all around us and most people are completely oblivious to it. Should this crisis come to fruition, the food chain will collapse. Over half of the foods stocked in your local grocery store will disappear. Your fruits will be gone. Your vegetables will be gone. Cattle will die, so…

On this edition of DragonKing Dark podcast, we take a look at two famous hoaxes of science. First we journey back to the 1700s — where a respected professor was convinced that he had found fossils made by the hand of God himself, only to find out that the joke was on him. Then we discuss…

Genetic editing is all over the news lately — and many laymen are wondering what exactly is CRISPR? Is it some biblical monstrosity where man is now playing God? Is it a way to create supermen and women? Or is it the answer to all genetic problems and the future to the health and wellbeing…

On this weeks edition of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern discusses the reality of alien life. Not science fiction, not speculation, but the solid facts about what we have and have not discovered so far in our search for extraterrestrial life. Like seeking clues to a mystery, we might not have solved the crime —…