On this episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern takes a look at one of the leading hypothesis about how Earth's larger than average moon was formed. Does the formation of Earth's moon also offer an explanation of how all the essential ingredients for life arrived here when the rest of our solar system appears barren? Or is the first origins of life still a mystery? World's will literally collide on this episode of DragonKing Dark Podcast.

It came from outer space. Like literally, outer outer space. Oumuamua made the news last year as the first observed body from interstellar space which had been seen in our solar system. And then it got weird. It was like nothing we ever saw before. It was neither astroid nor comet. It also seemed to accelerate as it left our solar system. Now a Harvard Professor, no less, believes it was of artificial origin.

On this milestone edition of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern concludes his "curses" series with a look at one of the most famous - the curse of King Tut and the Pharaohs curse. In the early 1900s Egyptian archeology was in it's golden era and the unearthing of an intact, treasure filled, tomb of a Pharaoh was the talk of the world. Movies and pop culture media were based on it. The discoverers were superstars, and... most of them may have died shortly thereafter. Or so we were told.

We continue our series of podcasts looking at various curses and this episode, host Karl Stern, takes a look at a supposed cursed painting called The Hands Resist Him. Now, mind you, this painting is creepy enough of it's own accord, but supposedly those who have owned the painting have met with misfortune. The painting is now kept in a museum... but not on display. Patreons get an ad free version with added content.

On this NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast special, NoFriender talks with acclaimed author DX Ferris. Ferris has written for Rolling Stone, penned a book about When It Was Cool favorite Donnie Iris, and NoFriender talks to him about his book on thrash metal music legends Slayer. This is an interview you will not want to miss with the tremendous writer DX Ferris!

On this episode of the DragonKing Dark Podcast we continue our look at various curses and tales of ill fate. This weeks tale is one of the more well known one because it has a television reality show attached to it. The Oak Island Money Pit is located in Canada and for over the last hundred years people have been trying to claim a supposed treasure buried in a booby trapped pit. This one actually has a little evidence to support it... a little.

On this episode of the NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast, NoFriender trolls Karl hard to begin the show. Then the discussion turns to the mid-1980s in Thrash Metal history. This leads to an interview with Acid Reign front man Howard H. Smith. YES! An interview with a legend of thrash metal music. Howard H. Smith talks in depth with NoFriender about thrash metal and this is one episode you will NOT want to miss. NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast Episode 73 featuring Howard H. Smith of Reign.

This year host Karl Stern is going to examine some tall tales, curses, and popular culture you might have heard of but might not believe. Whether true or not, they are interesting. This week, we look at the tale of James Dean's Cursed Car. James Dean was an icon of Hollywood who was killed in a car wreck as his fame exploded. But, as the story goes, James Dean was only the first of several to be killed by this car. How could a totaled Porsche Spider kill again and again?

It's episode 146 of the DragonKing Dark Podcast and this is the last episode of 2018. In this episode, host Karl Stern from When It Was Cool takes a look back at some odd and weird news stories from 2018 that we might have missed on a variety of topics including UFOs, true crime, and much more.

This week around the world, whether secular or religious, many in the world will celebrate Christmas. What are the real origins of Christmas? Is December 25th really Jesus birthday? Is Christmas a re-appropriated pagan holiday? Is it a modern creation? What about Santa Claus? Kris Kringle? St. Nicholas? Why the Christmas tree? This week on DragonKing Dark we will examine the origins of the Christmas symbols and when, where, and how Christmas became what it is today.