Tag: DragonKing Dark

  • DragonKing Dark: The curse of the Poltergeist movies

    DragonKing Dark: The curse of the Poltergeist movies

    I continue my look at various curses in pop culture and on this new edition of DragonKing Dark, I examine all the strange and tragic events surrounding the Poltergeist series of movies. A young star died of an unexpected health emergency, another was murdered, and others befell a series of bizarre calamities. DragonKing Dark Podcast is your…

  • DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Arkansas

    DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Arkansas

    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,…

  • DragonKing Dark: The curse of playing Superman

    DragonKing Dark: The curse of playing Superman

    This week on DragonKing Dark, I take a look back at the supposed curse of Superman as tragedy and misfortune have been linked to appearing as the iconic DC Comics character. From the strange and controversial death of George Reeves to the tragic injury and ultimate death of Christopher Reeve, many associated with the role of…

  • DragonKing Dark: Consider the Speckled Sea Louse

    DragonKing Dark: Consider the Speckled Sea Louse

    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…

  • DragonKing Dark: Oddities of California

    DragonKing Dark: Oddities of California

    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…

  • DragonKing Dark: Odd coincidences

    DragonKing Dark: Odd coincidences

    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…

  • DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Arizona

    DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Arizona

    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…

  • DragonKing Dark: When Idols Fall

    DragonKing Dark: When Idols Fall

    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.…

  • DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Alaska

    DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Alaska

    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…

  • DragonKing Dark 160: The Oddities of Alabama

    DragonKing Dark 160: The Oddities of Alabama

    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…

  • DragonKing Dark: The bees are dying

    DragonKing Dark: The bees are dying

    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…

  • DragonKing Dark: Lying stones and CERN

    DragonKing Dark: Lying stones and CERN

    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…

  • DragonKing Dark: CRISPR and gene editing

    DragonKing Dark: CRISPR and gene editing

    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…

  • DragonKing Dark: Reality of alien life

    DragonKing Dark: Reality of alien life

    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 —…

  • DragonKing Dark: Time

    DragonKing Dark: Time

    On this week’s edition of the DragonKing Dark Podcast, we take on one of host Karl Stern’s favorite topics — time! Specifically, we discuss whether time travel is scientifically possible and look at several papers on the subject that come to varying conclusions. The possibilities are interesting and some theories are not necessarily what you…

  • DragonKing Dark: The Most Dangerous Episode Ever

    DragonKing Dark: The Most Dangerous Episode Ever

    On this special edition of the DragonKing Dark Podcast, host Karl Stern tells some truths which must be told. At long last, the most dangerous weapon is exposed. If you have ever wondered why things are the way they are. If you have ever wondered how people are being manipulated to believe and passionately defend…

  • DragonKing Dark: Flat Earth, anti-vaxx, conspiracies

    DragonKing Dark: Flat Earth, anti-vaxx, conspiracies

    On this edition of DragonKing Dark Podcast, host Karl Stern talks about beliefs that are against the mainstream and discusses what the logical approach to them is, why they exist to begin with, and searches for the truth behind illogical beliefs such as the Earth is flat, anti-vaccinators, and other extreme conspiracy beliefs.

  • DragonKing Dark: Theia — or how the Moon was born

    DragonKing Dark: Theia — or how the Moon was born

    On this episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern takes a look at a leading hypothesis about how Earth’s larger-than-average Moon was formed. Does the formation of Earth’s Moon also offer an explanation of how all the essential ingredients for life arrived here when the rest of our solar system appears barren? Or are the first…

  • DragonKing Dark: Oumuamua Alien Probe

    DragonKing Dark: Oumuamua Alien Probe

    It came from outer space. Like, literally, outer, outer space. Oumuamua made the news last year as the first observed body from interstellar space that had been seen in our solar system. And then it got weird. It was like nothing we ever saw before. It was neither astroid nor comet. It also seemed to accelerate…

  • DragonKing Dark: Curse of King Tut’s Tomb

    DragonKing Dark: Curse of King Tut’s Tomb

    On this milestone edition of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern concludes his “curses” series with a look at one of the most famous — the curse of King Tut’s tomb. Egyptian archeology was in its golden era in the early 1900s, and the unearthing of an intact, treasure-filled tomb of a Pharaoh was the talk of the…