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When It Was Cool Dark

Oct 31, 2021

Actor River Phoenix was only 23 years old when he died of a drug overdose outside of the nightclub belonging to Johnny Depp on Halloween morning 1993.  He had been there playing in a band alongside members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The River Phoenix story is a cautionary tale for sure. He was a rapidly...


DragonKing Dark Podcast - The Death of Heath Ledger - Episode 293

Oct 24, 2021

We continue our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history by looking at the death of 28 year old actor Heath Ledger. Heath Ledger had a couple of breakout moments, first in the movie Brokeback Mountain and then an even more iconic portrayal of The Joker in the Batman movie The Dark Knight. Then he died suddenly from a...


Oct 24, 2021

We continue our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history by looking at the death of 28 year old actor Heath Ledger. Heath Ledger had a couple of breakout moments, first in the movie Brokeback Mountain and then an even more iconic portrayal of The Joker in the Batman movie The Dark Knight. Then he died suddenly from a...


Oct 17, 2021

A staple of the popular Fast and the Furious movie franchise, actor Paul Walker still likely had a tremendous film career ahead of him when he was tragically killed at the age of 40 in a car accident in California. The grisly details of the fiery car crash were blasted all over the celebrity news websites in 2013 when...


Oct 3, 2021

We continue our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history podcast series with a look at the shocking, sudden, accidental death of worldwide television star "The Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin. Steve Irwin gain worldwide fame with his various TV shows and specials looking at the animal kingdom and his work with...