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 history?
Because of legendary historical figure and media mogul William Randolph Hearst, legendary actor Charlie Chaplin., and a hole that, may or may not, have been in Ince’s head.
On this week’s DragonKing Dark, learn all about Ince and his mysterious death.
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