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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Idaho

Idaho is more than just potatoes! Yes, they even tout their famous potatoes on their car tags — but I was pleasantly surprised they have quite a few interesting oddities, roadside attractions, and weird places too. Come on a road trip with Karl

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DragonKing Dark: We are at war

This week’s episode of the DragonKing Dark podcast is another in our look at society and fear and might be our most frightening one yet. We are at war. You might not think so but we are. American society is being manipulated and

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Hawaii

On this episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern takes a look at one of the favorite vacation destinations in the world — Hawaii! Karl looks at some of the more strange, odd, and weird places in this tropical paradise that is rich

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DragonKing Dark: The oddities of Georgia

On episode 180 of the DragonKing Dark podcast, I visit the neighboring state of Georgia to seek out its oddities and bizarre places including another doll’s head trail near Atlanta. I then get into the story of my visit to the Georgia Guidestones with our

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DragonKing Dark: Here is Your Super Power

On this week’s show, host Karl Stern plays a fun and interesting game combining fantasy and ethics. Here is Your Super Power asks the question, if you were given a comic book super power — what would you actually do with it? We

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Florida

You’ve seen the #FloridaMan meme and maybe even traveled to the Sunshine state yourself. You probably know that Florida has a reputation for being a bit strange. Well… Florida is a neighboring state to me and my wife is from there — so

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DragonKing Dark: Four Horsemen of Sasquatchery

This week on DragonKing Dark, host Karl from WhenItWasCool.com takes a look at news of the strange, bizarre, and unusual in the news, including a Bigfoot story with the amazing title — the Four Horsemen of Sasquatchery. Plus, your usual assortment of UFOs

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Delaware

DragonKing Dark travels to one of the smaller states this week. A state that host Karl Stern has only been to once — Delaware! This small state is nestled with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and Washington D.C. on the other, so

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DragonKing Dark: Curses

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

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DragonKing Dark: Witch Hunt and The Weapon

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

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Connecticut

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

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DragonKing Dark: Dark superhero movies

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

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DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Colorado

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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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