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Who was Fatty Arbuckle? Besides having a hilarious name he was the first big Hollywood scandal. Yes, the sad tale of Fatty Arbuckle is a cautionary tale for the movie industry still to this very day. Fatty Arbuckle was a silent movie era star until his career was destroyed by an allegation that he raped and killed a Hollywood actress. It took three trials with wildly varying verdicts to finally proclaim him, not only not guilty, but the jury issued him a written apology as well. This is the tragic story of Fatty Arbuckle.

Join The Desert Rat this episode to continue our paranormal diving discussing Aleister Crowley and Jack Parsons, magician and co-founder of Jet Propulsion Laboratory. An actual link to military intelligence that adds power to conspiracies about black magic in government.

Continuing our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series. You know your life has taken a bad turn if the government has to name a law after you. Yeah, probably not a good sign. Nor was it for child actor Jackie Coogan, who, after gaining huge success in Charlie Chaplin films, went on to even greater notoriety as Uncle Fester from the Addams Family. So, what is so dark about Jackie Coogan? It is a cautionary tale for all child actors, Hollywood, and human nature.

Continuing our series 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history, we take a look at the death of Metallica bass player Cliff Burton, and event that forever changed the band. And, in a twist, instead of recounting his life story, I call in an expert, NoFriender from the Thrash Metal Show Podcast to tell us what would have happened if Cliff Burton had never been in Metallica! And as you will see, his influence was very substantial. DragonKing Dark meets the Thrash Metal Show from the When It Was Cool Podcasting Network!

We continue our series of 100 darkest moments in pop culture history by taking a look at the supposed curse of The Little Rascals / My Gang group of actors. Did many of them meet an untimely demise? We will discuss. One thing is certain, however, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer's story does not end well. We take a look at the facts surrounding the supposed curse of The Little Rascals and sad end for Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer.

Part of our on-going 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series. Michael Hutchence of INXS was found dead in his hotel room in 1997 and you may think you know the reason why. But did you know that most of what you think you know about the death of Michael Hutchence is probably wrong and taken out of context? Today we'll discuss how one interview, taken out of context, provided the narrative of Michael Hutchence death, a death that the coroner's inquest revealed had no basis in fact or evidence.

We continue our series of 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history by taking a look at the death of one of the greatest vocalist of the 1980s-2000s, George Michael. Starting his career with the duo Wham!, George Michael rose to even greater success as a solo pop star during the late 1980s into the 1990s with a string of mega-popular albums and MTV video hits. Sadly, he passed away at the age of 53. This is his story.

Continuing our look at 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history by looking at the death of pop music legend Prince. Prince died just over six years ago of a fentanyl overdose. Since then, fentanyl has been a scourge in American society, responsible for numerous overdose deaths. Prince was one of the most talented musicians of all time and his death at the age of 57 was one of pop cultures darkest moments.

The series continues: 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history, as we follow up on the story about Chester Bennington with the death of Soundgarden, Audioslave, and Temple of the Dog front man Chris Cornell. The stories have a lot of similarities. Both battled depression, both were of the same era and musical genre. What was going on that so tragically effected so many stars of this era? Today we look at the life and death of Soundgarden's Chris Cornell.

Continuing our 100 darkest moments in pop culture series we take a look at the tragic death of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington. Chester Bennington was one of a series of high profile musicians who died very young after a life of battling mental illness and addiction. The tragic story of Chester Bennington touched many in the entertainment industry and severely impacted the music scene. Here is his story.

"I want to disbelieve..." could be an alternate title to this episode, as we explore the other side of the other. The Desert Rat was impressed about the sheer volume of time and effort that has been put in to refute something that supposedly doesn't even exist, and wants to share his findings. Support the platform that houses this podcast: whenitwascool.com on Patreon Support Wrestling With The Dawg: dirtydawgmes on Patreon Stop killing each other.

We continue our series of 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history by looking at the recent death of country music star Naomi Judd. Yes, Naomi Judd was 76 years old, all of The Judds' hit songs were behind them, so in terms of effecting popular culture one might argue that this one doesn't effect the future much. I will argue differently, as the death of Naomi Judd has brought the very relevant topic of mental illness front and center, right where it needs to be.

In our continuing series 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history we take a look back at the 1997 death of folk and country music star John Denver who was killed in an experimental aircraft crash at the age of 53. While John Denver's career as a hit maker was probably over, he was still a successful touring musician, actor, and activist. His death was also completely avoidable for multiple reasons including his suspended pilot's license and a terrible aircraft design.

Magic ritual and little understood areas of the human consciousness share big acreage on the paranormal farm, and the border fences have many gaps. The following individuals are recognized explorers of that realm. Franz Mesmer and Eliphas Levi are the subjects of this episode. Contact The Rat: thedesertrat3@yahoo.com Support the platform that houses this podcast: whenitwascool.com on Patreon Support Wrestling With The Dawg: dirtydawgmes on Patreon Stop killing each other.

NoFriender returns to continue the tale of the famous Clash of the Titans metal tour in 1990-1991 featuring Slayer, Megadeth, and more. The Thrash Metal Show podcast explores the origins and evolution of thrash style heavy metal music. And in total NoFriender style, he ends the podcast in mid-sentence for no apparently good reason. Rock on.

We continue our series of 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history. This week we look at the destruction wrought by Warner Brothers against the iconic characters of DC Comics. Characters who have been around since the 1930s have been rendered generationally irrelevant by a terrible connected universe of movies, bad castings, awful scripts, and, oh yeah, Ezra Miller.

Magic ritual and little understood areas of the human consciousness share big acreage on the paranormal farm, and the border fences gave many gaps. The following individuals are recognized explorers of that realm. Gerald Gardner, Franz Mesmer, and Eliphas Levi are the subjects of these episodes.

We continue our series 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history with a band that started off with a string of hit songs, signed to The Beatles' record label, with songs written by The Beatles with many people believing they might BE the new Beatles. But a rash of "whatever could go wrong will go wrong" events struck Badfinger leaving them broke, sidelined, and two members dead. This is the story of the classic rock band Badfinger.

We continue our series of 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history and this week I am your father who is very disappointed in you. No, this week nobody died. No tragedy has befallen a cast member (aside from a few arrests) but the general state of show which was very popular predicated on laughing at the lowest common denominator. This show is truly one of the darkest moments in pop culture history. How did we come to this?

Where were you when JFK was assassinated? Elvis died? Man landed on the moon? Or... the OJ Simpson verdict came down? NFL football star and actor OJ Simpson was accused of murdering two people including his ex-wife. This case, has of course, been discussed a million times (or more) but here as part of our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history we look at how the OJ Simpson case impacted pop culture.