A great show for you today as Karl reviews the book “The Led Zeppelin Curse” by Lance Gilbert. The book explores Jimmy Page and his involvement with the occult and especially his ownership of the Boleskine House manor on the shores of Loch Ness

Tarot cards evoke images of the esoteric and the occult, and sporting names like “The Devil”, “The Hanged Man”, “The Tower”, and “Death”, it’s not hard to understand why they stoke the imagination. While decks of cards have been used for millennia for divination,

If we have learned anything about people over the years, it’s that there is a segment of us that seek out the most dangerous and extreme. So, it should come as no surprise that in the area of the occult and esoteric, there

On this week’s DragonKing Dark, I have a rare mailbag and feedback show as my recent shows on society and fear have generated a lot of conversation among you. Despite these seemingly dire times, there is hope and we hear from a number

The Devil and Father Amorth is a 2017 documentary film directed by William Friedkin showing the ninth exorcism of an Italian woman in the village of Venafro referred to as “Cristina” with this attempt performed by Father Gabriele Amorth. Friedkin was, of course,

I can feel the temperature rising, can’t you? You can’t escape the images of anger and violence in today’s society, but what are we all so mad about? It turns out that there are plenty of reasons: both real and imagined. Periodically, humans

I’m sure you’ve noticed… we are having a hard time getting along with one another lately. Even the simplest of things seem to trigger people. One would think simply asking the public to wear a mask to slow the spread of a disease

DragonKing Dark gets darker again this week as I look at a 2011 documentary titled The Devil We Know. This documentary takes a look back at the historic origins of Satan. You might be saying, “Hey Karl, the origins of the Devil are

DragonKing Dark podcast continues to get even darker this week as we continue the theme of the faces of evil. On this episode, host Karl Stern from WhenItWasCool.com asks the question, who are the most evil people in history? Several immediately come to

DragonKing Dark takes another journey back in time to study ancient civilizations in our continuing effort to make sense out of the history of mankind, a timeline which seems to have a lot of pieces that don’t fit. One of the great Central

This week on DragonKing Dark, I return to the topic of ancient civilizations and triy to unpack the question: What is actually the most ancient organized civilization we know of? Most of us know of the Sumerians and ancient Egypt, but recent archeological investigation is

This week on the DragonKing Dark Podcast, we are going to look at how we remember the dead. In years past, the veneration of the deceased was a big deal. Historically, mankind has built elaborate tombs, pyramids, and even cities to honor the

The mysterious Mayan civilization built cities, roads, and elaborate complexes throughout Central America. An amazing advanced civilization that evaporated in a remarkably short period of time. Host Karl Stern watched an episode of Secrets of Archaeology and reviews it and relates his experiences visiting

On this episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern takes a break from reviewing retro paranormal shows and discusses a topic that have many of the religious world unsettled right now — end-time events. Karl takes a look back at the Biblical plagues

Another supernatural entity first appeared in the pages of Marvel Comics back in the 1970s alongside Ghost Rider — the Son of Satan! Daimon Hellstrom has occasionally appeared ever since in the pages of his own comic book series and as a member of