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My ongoing series examining 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history continues with a look at the movie scandal that spawned the #MeToo movement and the many crimes of producer Harvey Weinstein.
Weinstein was a powerful movie producer in Hollywood who is accused of numerous heinous sexual assaults against a large number of actresses, including several to level stars.
In order to discuss this story, some listeners may find the accusations triggering. Listener discretion advised.
Bill Cosby was “America’s Dad.”
He was a mega-popular comedian and actor with his NBC TV sitcom The Cosby Show holding the spot as the biggest television show of the late 1980s.
Then, it all came crashing down a few years ago when allegations of rampant sexual misconduct and assault began to surface which ultimately saw Cosby spend three years in prison.
And then, his conviction was overturned.
We cover the how and why on DragonKing Dark as I continue our look at the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.
Our Dark 100 series looking of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history continues with a look back at the 1994 sports scandal involving U.S. Olympic skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan.
Harding was accused of being involved in a physical assault of Kerrigan in order to increase her Olympic medal chances. The attack was the darkest moment in figure skating history and became an infamous moment in popular culture.
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The NHL is a fast, high-impact, and sometimes violent sport. But you may be surprised to learn that only one hockey player has ever died as a direct result of the game.
In 1968, Bill Masterton became the only NHL player to date to die as the result of injuries suffered during a game. His death eventually led to rule changes, but they were not quick in coming.
This is the story of the death of Masterton, one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.
Another tragedy from the cast of Saturday Night Live is our stop this week on the DragonKing Dark 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series.
This week, we take a look at the domestic violence murder of comedian Phil Hartman. Hartman was a popular SNL cast member, voice actor, and comedian who was killed by his wife in 1998 at the age of 49.
We look at the tragic events that led up to this preventable tragedy.
My series looking at 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history continues with the death of actor and comedian Robin Williams.
A comedic genius who first came to national attention on the Happy Days spinoff series Mork and Mindy, Williams followed this up with a stellar career both as a comedic and dramatic actor as well as classic stand-up comedy acts.
In his last days, he was still churning out award-winning movies, but his brain was hiding a secret that even he wasn’t aware of.
The Dark 100 rolls on.
In July 1982, actor Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed by a helicopter crash while filming a scene for “The Twilight Zone” movie.
The accident revealed numerous shortcuts and safety protocols that were bypassed which contributed to the tragedy.
The Twilight Zone movie disaster is one of our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.
Our next installment in our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history involves the story of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez.
Hernandez was an elite level football player whose off the field exploits landed him in prison and later dead.
Despite being one of the best players on his national championship winning team in college, the coach didn’t want him back for his senior season so he entered the NFL draft where many teams wouldn’t touch him. The Patriots finally did but a few murders later, they regretted that decision.
We continue our series on the 100 darkest moments in pop culture by examining the death of action movie star and perhaps the world’s most influential martial artist: Bruce Lee.
The name Bruce Lee stirs up almost mythological images. One of the most skilled martial artists ever, Lee was even more than that. He was a movie star making an impact, a philosopher, an author, and at the young age of 32, he mysteriously died just as his biggest movie was released.
I continue my series on 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history and this week’s DarkongKing Dark is a little different in that respect as I take a look at the profound impact the AIDS epidemic had on pop culture in the 1980s into the 1990s.
Numerous important entertainment figures like Freddie Mercury, Rock Hudson, Anthony Perkins, Arthur Ashe, Tom Fogerty, Eazy E, and others died from causes linked to AIDS and HIV. How different might mediums like music, TV, movies, sports, and more have been if the crisis had not struck?
We pick back up our ongoing series in the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history and in doing so, we travel back to the early 1990s.
Comic books and trading cards were booming. Speculators were buying both in bulk with hopes of one day owning something valuable. But, the bubble was ready to burst when DC Comics came along with a publicity stunt that almost killed the comic book industry: The Death of Superman.
He was Superman for an entire generation. He was faster than a locomotive and could leap a tall building in a single bound, but George Reeves was dead at the age of 45.
There has been much mystery around the his death which was officially ruled a suicide. Many people were skeptical and it seems like they may have had reason to be.
This week as part of our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series, I take a look at the death of Superman: George Reeves.
While this series focuses on the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history, the death of Len Bias is even more than that as it’s one of the 100 darkest moments in American history because of what came next.
Bias was the Boston Celtics’ no. 2 overall draft pick in 1986, but died two days later.
I firmly believe this is one of the most important DragonKing Dark podcasts I’ve ever done and after listening, I hope you agree. While many non-sports fans may not know who Bias was, his death greatly affected American culture and society in ways still felt today.
The rock music world was shaken in February 1980 when the distinctive lead singer of the rising rock group AC/DC was found dead in a car.
The cause of death was apparently alcohol related though specifically how has been debated for 40 years now.
It seemed impossible that a rising rock group with such a distinctive sound could possibly carry on after the death of its frontman. Yet, the band’s next album became one of the top five selling albums of all time.
This is the story of the death of Bon Scott, part of our Dark 100 series looking at the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.
We continue our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history by looking at the death of 28-year-old actor Heath Ledger.
He had a couple of breakout moments: first in the movie Brokeback Mountain and then in an even more iconic portrayal of the Joker in the The Dark Knight. Then, he died suddenly from a drug overdose.
The tragic story of an actor who had just broken through to a whole other level only to be struck down in his prime is the focus of this week’s DragonKing Dark.
