When It Was Cool Dark

Whitney Houston was one of the most recognized and successful voices in any era of music. She had chart toping hit after chart topping hit. However, a toxic relationship and a reality show with hip hop artist Bobby Brown brought attention to darker problems lurking in the life of Whitney Houston. She would sadly be dead before the age 50 and an iconic voice would be silenced. One of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.

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Actor Robert Blake was best known for his time as the 1970s TV Detective Baretta. However, in 2002 Robert Blake's wife was shot and killed in the parking lot of a restaurant in Los Angeles and Blake was charged with her murder. Robert Blake was acquitted in the criminal trial but was found liable in a civil trial for her death. This is the story of dark moment in pop culture history.

Lance Armstrong is far and away the most famous cyclist that has ever lived. He dominated the Tour de France and many other world class level cycling events. He was pop culture famous in the United States and beyond… however, that much domination, especially in sports, invites questions about performance enhancing drugs and, in Lance Armstrong’s case, it ruined the career of one sport’s most famous athlete.

One of our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series. This week, our show has a twist. Yes, it was a tragedy that 26 year old singer-songwriter Gram Parsons died. Like many music deaths, it was likely caused by the usual suspects. But what happened next is... bizarre. The story involves a stolen hearse, fake morticians dressed like cowboys, a gallon of gasoline, and a flaming casket in the middle of the desert. Yeah, this one is dark but in a different way.

Stuck in the Desert Podcast returns (as does the Desert Rat... literally) from travels abroad. So, let's travel to the land of Loki with The Desert Rat to Scandinavia this week as we discuss Nordic Mythology and play a little catch up. It will be a miracle if this actually works, but I have an optimistic nature. From my tool shed to you.

Our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series begins winding down and this week we take a look at the domestic violence scandals of music artists Chris Brown. Chris Brown has been hugely successful and award winning and one of the most influential and important artists of the modern era. However, multiple allegations of battery against women have followed him throughout his career including the infamous assault of fellow music artist Rihanna. On episode 358 of When It Was Cool Dark we take a look at this troubling story.

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.

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