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DragonKing Dark: ‘Master of Dark Shadows’

This week on DragonKing Dark, Karl takes a look at a documentary from 2019 about the cult 1960s supernatural-themed soap opera Dark Shadows. We have talked about Dark Shadows before at When It Was Cool and this documentary promised a look behind the

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DragonKing Dark: Abominable Snowman/Yeti

This week host Karl Stern takes a look at a documentary titled “In Search of History: The Abominable Snowman.” The Yeti is a creature similar to Bigfoot in many respects, only in colder climates. But what evidence of the Yeti do we actually have?

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DragonKing Dark: 1972’s Future Shock

Orson Welles. We all know the name as one of the greatest directors and minds of the last 100 years. He narrates the focus of this week’s DragonKingDark: the amazing 1972 documentary Future Shock based on the book of the same name. Unlike

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DragonKing Dark: ‘Unacknowledged’ documentary review

This week on Karl Stern’s DragonKing Dark podcast, I review a 2017 documentary currently available on Netflix, Unacknowledged. It is an explosive expose on UFOs and what the world governments know. Interviews with very credible insiders leave little doubt that UFOs have been

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DragonKing Dark: Episode 200

It’s our big episode 200 show! We change course here to bring things more in line with the other shows at WhenItWasCool.com as we begin reviewing retro documentaries on the paranormal, strange, odd, science, cryptozoology, and more. This week, host Karl Stern takes

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Michigan

This is our last road trip episode for a few weeks as we transition to our new format beginning next week with episode 200. This week we travel to the Great Lake state of Michigan to find dinosaurs, museums, and a few oversized

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Massachusetts

I can’t spell Massachusetts…just one discovery I made this week on this week’s DragonKing Dark Podcast. I take a look at one of the oldest states in the Union and try to find the strangest, most odd, and unusual places. Massachusetts has the usual

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Maryland

We continue our march toward episode 200 as Karl and DragonKing Dark stop in Maryland to check out the strange, weird, odd, and unusual. I had the privilege of going to Maryland a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. On episode 197

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DragonKing Dark: The oddities of Maine

We continue our countdown to episode 200 and this week, we stop in the home state of Stephen King in hopes of finding some bizarre and strange stops along the way. Obviously, the home of the famed horror author is one of them but

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Louisiana

This show went off the rails, I can not lie. When you think of strange, odd, and weird places, Louisiana probably comes to mind because of New Orleans and its association with Voodoo and Vampires. Well…most of your travel destination websites seem to

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Kentucky

This week on DragonKing Dark, we continue our journey across the United States to find strange and bizarre oddities, places, and roadside attractions. We stop in Kentucky this week. This nice mid-south state is well known for horse racing but also offers up many strange and

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Kansas

Welcome to the middle of America: Kansas, home to Dorothy of the Wizard of Oz. What oddities can we find here? As it turns out, quite a few. Kansas likes its stuff BIG as it features many of the largest things in the

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Iowa

The latest edition of DragonKing Dark with Karl Stern continues our tour across the U.S. looking at strange, weird, and odd places. On this episode, we make a stop in Iowa — and what could Iowa possibly have to offer? You’ll be surprised!

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Indiana

This week, Karl Stern and DragonKing Dark continue our series on weird, odd, and strange places in each state with a stop in Indiana. What bizarre stops and attractions would Indiana possibly have to offer? Come with us as we check out ruins,

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DragonKing Dark: The oddities of Illinois

In my continuing look at the oddities from various states in America, I examine Illinois, a state that I never thought much about with regard to the subject until doing this series. As we will all discover, “The Land of Lincoln” actually prides itself

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DragonKing Dark: The more that things change

Recently we’ve been digging through Newspapers.com doing some history research. Searching for old family members, the history of our town, and more. Reading newspapers from the 1800s through the 1940s over and over again makes you realize that we aren’t so special here

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