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We continue our look at 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history by looking at the late 1980s pop music act Milli Vanilli, who were busted as lip synching imposters after a hugely successful album and even a Grammy win. But, were Milli Vanilli the bad guys or victims? Don't most live acts lip synch anyway? The story is more complex than it might first appear.

NHL Hockey is a fast, high impact, and sometimes violent sport. So, 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 lead to rule changes but they were not quick in coming. This is the story of the death of Bill Masterton, one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.

Another tragedy from the cast of Saturday Night Live and part of our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series. This week we take a look at the domestic violence murder of comedian Phil Hartman. Phil 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.

Continuing our series of 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history we take a look back at the death of young comedic star and a Saturday Night Live original John Belushi. Belushi was a star still on the rise with multiple hit movies and an iconic stint on SNL, however, drugs gained a hold on Belushi that he just couldn't break and it ultimately cost him his life.

100 darkest moments in pop culture history continues with another black eye for Major League Baseball - The Mitchell Report. This 2007 report was officially titled The Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball. It's pretty self-evident from the title that some baseball players are going to come out of this not looking so good.

If you know any big band swing music, then it is probably by Glenn Miller and his orchestra. Some of the most recognizable instrumental hits were arranged and recorded by the biggest pop star of the early 1940's, Glenn Miller. He was every bit as big a star as Elvis or The Beatles in that era. So, what happened to him?  Where is he now?  Nobody knows. At the height of his fame, he joined the U.S. Army Air Force in World War 2 and went missing somewhere between London and Paris. This is the story of pop mega-star Glenn Miller.

We continue our series on 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history. This week we look back at the 2017 Las Vegas concert massacre that took place on the strip in Las Vegas targeting a large country music festival. 61 people died during the attack. It remains the largest mass shooting conducted by an individual on American history.

Our series- 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history continues today with the death of Robin Williams. A comedic genius who first came to national attention on the Happy Days spinoff series Mork and Mindy. Robin Williams followed this up with a stellar music career both as a comedic actor and a 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 even he wasn't aware of.

In July 1982 while filming the Twilight Zone movie, actor Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed by a crashing helicopter while filming a scene during the movie. The accident reveled numerous short-cuts were taken and safety protocols bypassed which contributed to the tragedy. The Twilight Zone movie disaster is one of our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.

NoFriender finally recorded a new show but he was too lazy to write a description for it so I had to do it for him. Clash of the Titans was a 1991 heavy metal concert tour starring Megadeth and Slayer where they payed homage to the 1981 fantasy film Clash of the Titans where men in skirts and sandals fought stop-motion monsters whilst Rust in Peace and Seasons in the Abyss played in the background. Metallica could not be there because they cut their but Anthrax and Alice in Chains did make cameos. It was one of the most successful heavy metal tours ever thanks, in no part, to Perseus. I may have got some of the details wrong.