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  • The Curse (?) of World Class Championship Wrestling

    05/03/2023 Duración: 55min

    The 100 darkest moments in pop culture history rolls on and on this episode we return to the world of professional wrestling with, arguably, the first place many people think of when they think of a lot of young deaths in wrestling- the Dallas, Texas based World Class Championship Wrestling. WCCW saw many wrestlers die young, the Von Erichs infamously of suicide (mostly), but there were multiple cocaine overdoses, and more. Let's look back at the dark side of World Class Championship Wrestling. Episode 357.

  • Death of Boxer Tommy Morrison

    26/02/2023 Duración: 44min

    One of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture series. Tommy "The Duke" Morrison was a rising boxing star in the late 1980s into the early 1990s who famously held a version of the World Boxing Championship, defeating George Foreman. Tommy Morrison also got a break in acting by appearing as the character Tommy "The Machine" Gunn in Sylvester Stallone's 1990 Rocky V movie. But Tommy Morrison's lifestyle caused his star to tumble and a failed HIV test effectively ended his boxing career despite the fact that Morrison protested and denied having HIV or AIDS up to his death at age of 44 in 2013.

  • Sons of Anarchy Johnny Lewis Tragedy

    19/02/2023 Duración: 44min

    One of our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series. Johnny Lewis played the fan favorite character "Half Sack" on the popular Sons of Anarchy TV series portraying the role of a motorcycle gang prospect in the first season, and full member in the second. Fans were stunned when he was killed off the show in season two and no one seemed to know why. This was just the first example of the extremely erratic behavior that would plague Johnny Lewis from then until it finally ends in murder and his own death at the age of 28.

  • Kramer Comedy Club Scandal - When It Was Cool Dark

    12/02/2023 Duración: 50min

    One of our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series. Michael Richards played the quirky character Cosmo Kramer on the popular Seinfeld television sit-com. Kramer was a fan favorite character eliciting cheers every time he popped in the door. After Seinfeld ended its run, while still an incredibly popular show, Michael Richards took a try at standup comedy... then it went wrong. Very... very... wrong.

  • Death of Edgar Allan Poe - When It Was Cool Dark

    05/02/2023 Duración: 35min

    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, died under the most mysterious of circumstances. The famous writer was found wandering the streets of Baltimore, MD in dire straits, mumbling and dressed in someone else's clothing. There are a number of theories about the death of Edgar Allan Poe and we will discuss a few of them this week on When It Was Cool Dark.

  • Death of Ernest Hemingway - When It Was Cool Dark

    22/01/2023 Duración: 35min

    Ernest Hemingway literally changed the entire genre of popular literature. Preceded by the flowery and verbose language of the previous era, Ernest Hemingway wrote in a more straightforward style, often holding back and allowing silence of action to speak loudly in a story. His novels are still read and reviewed in virtually every schoolroom in the United States. However, Ernest Hemingway battled mental demons throughout his life and ultimately they caught up to him in 1961. The death of Ernest Hemingway is one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.

  • Tears in Heaven - When It Was Cool Dark Podcast

    15/01/2023 Duración: 38min

    In this week's installment of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history, host Karl Stern takes a look back at the March 20, 1991 death of classic rock legend Eric Clapton's four year old son, who died from falling out a high rise window in New York. From this tragedy, Eric Clapton penned one of his most famous and award winning songs: Tears in Heaven.

  • Payne Stewart Plane Crash - When It Was Cool Dark

    08/01/2023 Duración: 46min

    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 across the country, failing to make contact with any ground control. Military pilots observed the windows of the jet frosted over indicating that the cabin had lost pressure. Adding to the intrigue was that onboard the jet was a famous sports personality- PGA Golf champion Payne Stewart. Part of our 100 darkest moments in pop culture series.

  • When It Was Cool Dark Podcast - The Auburn Tree Killings - Episode 348

    01/01/2023 Duración: 37min

    The latest edition of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history takes a look at a football rivalry gone too far in my home state- the Auburn University Tree Killings. Why does the killing of a set of trees in downtown Auburn, Alabama rank as a dark moment in pop culture history? Because it was all about football fandom. The trees, used to celebrate Auburn football victories, were poisoned to death by a crazed Alabama fan who confessed to it on a national radio show.

  • 7th Heaven - When It Was Cool Dark - Episode 347

    18/12/2022 Duración: 35min

    One of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history, 7th Heaven was a sappy moralistic drama series which ran ten (!) seasons on the CW Network famous for launching the career of Jessica Beal. The story revolved around a Christian family doing Christian things in a sugary sweet world where everything works out fine.  Then the actor who played the father (and Minister) did some stuff. Some very bad stuff.

  • 2000 Paralympic Games Cheating Scandal

    11/12/2022 Duración: 35min

    Inarguably, one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history was the 2000 Paralympic Games where, brace yourself, Spain competed in basketball with players representing themselves as mentally handicapped who weren't. Yes, you read that right. They also won the gold medal and thus outed themselves once it hit the newspapers. The Paralympic sports committee obviously punished someone for this embarrassing atrocity right? Yes... the mentally handicapped who they banned from competing in future games. This one folks, will make your head melt.

  • Trading Card Bust - When It Was Cool Dark - Episode 346

    27/11/2022 Duración: 48min

    Continuing our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history we examine the trading card bust of the 1990s. For generations sports fans, especially baseball, collected trading cards. In the past, these cards packaged often with bubble gum, often also increased in value, especially for rookie players who became big stars. Enter the speculators who were then feed by massive over production. By the early 1990s every sport (including pro wrestling, football, hockey) and even pop culture properties (comic books, TV shows, and movies) had multiple card sets. Over supply lead to a crash in values and once the speculators fled, millions of people were left with boxes of worthless cards.

  • 1972 Olympic Games - When It Was Cool Dark - Episode 345

    20/11/2022 Duración: 36min

    The 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series continues as we examine the terrorist assault and murder of 11 Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic games in Munich, Germany.  Germany, wanting to put the stain of the past behind them, had strongly pushed the "smiling Olympics" and despite warnings, failed to take precautions against a terrorist attack. Then, to make matters worse, they totally botched the response resulting in multiple deaths.

  • Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping and Murder - Episode 344

    13/11/2022 Duración: 45min

    On March 1, 1932 one of most sensational crimes ever to grip America occurred- the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping and Murder. The son of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, aged 20 months, disappeared from his crib upstairs and was, apparently, held for ransom, which was paid. However, just over two months later the child's body was discovered in the woods near the home. What happened? Why? Who did it? It was America's first truly big true crime story.

  • Death of Ray Chapman - When It Was Cool Dark - Episode 343

    07/11/2022 Duración: 46min

    The only Major League Baseball player to be killed during a game was Ray Chapman and it happened in 1920. The story is tragic even beyond what was likely an accident. Likely, because, well, the player who threw the pitch had a reputation for hitting batters, on purpose, and after hitting Ray Chapman with the fatal pitch did himself no favors by continuing to be a pretty unlikable fellow. And... that's not all. Ray Chapman's wife was pregnant at the time and neither she nor her child make it out of this story alive either. Truely one of the saddest sports deaths ever. One of our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series.

  • 2022 Halloween Special Edition - Episode 342

    30/10/2022 Duración: 01h26min

    Welcome to the 2022 When It Was Cool Dark Halloween Special, hosted by Dirty Dawg Darsie and joined by Kid Zombie and the Desert Rat of WhenItWasCool.com and Joe Drilling and Eric Allen of OnTheStick.com to talk all things spooky! Wrestling Halloween stories, UFO encounters, a Roanoke Dogman encounter on the "These Woods Are Haunted" TV show, clips of the 2001 Ghost to Ghost AM with Art Bell, and so much more! I wanna thank Turpak for the opening song with Tony Schiavone! You can find Turpak's work at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFL0ebm06CSK38i--BZhHqw I also wanna thank Karl Casey at White Bat Audio for the song Annihilation! You can find Karl Casey's work at https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteBatAudio If you wanna watch the clip Joe, Eric, and I reviewed, you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm-gGjaDe9k

  • Beetlejuice (1988) Review - When It Was Cool Dark

    23/10/2022 Duración: 31min

    It's the ghost with the most. This week WhenItWasCool.com continues our month long celebration of Halloween as Karl and Tonya take a look back at the 1988 horror comedy Beetlejuice! An all-star cast battles with the afterlife in this late 1980s classic, fun for everyone on your Halloween playlist! Beetlejuice is a cult classic movie that has actually aged pretty well. Just don't say the title three times!

  • Poltergeist (1982) - When It Was Cool Dark - Episode 340

    16/10/2022 Duración: 43min

    We continue celebrating Halloween all month long here at WhenItWasCool.com and this week Karl and Tonya discuss the classic 1982 horror movie Poltergeist. Into the pop culture lexicon entered the eerie phrase, "They're here!" And, beyond the storyline itself, the movie was followed by the tragic death of its young star. Poltergeist gave birth to multiple sequels and remains a staple of must-see horror Halloween classics.

  • Monster - The Jeffery Dahmer Story Netflix Review - When It Was Cool Dark

    09/10/2022 Duración: 48min

    We are celebrating Halloween all month long at When It Was Cool and we will return in November to our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series, but today we take a look at a real life monster. In fact, a new controversial Netflix series called Monster: The Jeffery Dahmer Story is currently one of the most popular streaming series of the year. Karl and Tonya from When It Was Cool have watched it and this is our review. We understand there is a lot of negative feelings toward this series and we try to address those as honestly as possible.

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Review - When It Was Cool Dark - Episode 338

    02/10/2022 Duración: 45min

    We interrupt our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series for the month of October as we are celebrating Halloween all month long at WhenItWasCool.com. So, this episode, host Karl Stern (DragonKingKarl) is joined by his wife Tonya from WIWC to discuss one of the iconic horror movies of ever- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) which gave us a young Johnny Depp and one of the greatest monster horror characters ever in Freddie Kruger! One-Two-Freddie's Coming For You!

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