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DragonKing Dark: The trials of Slick Rick

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

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DragonKing Dark: The tragic death of Chadwick Boseman

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

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DragonKing Dark: The Mel Gibson rants

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

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DragonKing Dark: The death of Whitney Houston

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

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DragonKing Dark: The crimes of Jared Fogle

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

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DragonKing Dark: The Lance Armstrong scandal

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

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DragonKing Dark: The strange funeral of Graham Parsons

DragonKing Dark: The strange funeral of Graham Parsons

Karl Stern’s deep dive into pop culture infamy continues. My journey through the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series continues on this week’s DragonKing Dark and this week, our show has a twist.  Yes, it was a tragedy that 26-year-old singer/songwriter

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DragonKing Dark: The Chris Brown scandals

DragonKing Dark: The Chris Brown scandals

Karl Stern discusses the controversial music artist. My look through the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history begins winding down and this week, we take a look at the domestic violence scandals of music artists Chris Brown. Brown has been hugely successful,

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DragonKing Dark: The death of Edgar Allan Poe

DragonKing Dark: The death of Edgar Allan Poe

Karl Stern’s look through the darkest moments in pop culture history continues. My ongoing spin through the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series continues and this week, it is dark in many ways. The master of dark literature, Edgar Allan Poe,

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DragonKing Dark: The death of Ernest Hemingway

DragonKing Dark: The death of Ernest Hemingway

Karl Stern’s darkest moments in pop culture series continues. Ernest Hemingway literally changed the entire genre of popular literature. Preceded by the flowery and verbose language of the previous era, Hemingway wrote in a more straightforward style, often holding back and allowing silence

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DragonKing Dark: The Payne Stewart plane crash

DragonKing Dark: The Payne Stewart plane crash

Karl Stern’s path down the darkest 100 moments in pop culture continues. In 1999, television viewers tuned into the story about an out of control jet plane flying across the country from Florida toward Canada. The unresponsive plane was tailed by military jets

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