The old Sloss Furnaces steel mill in Birmingham, AL, was a brutal place to work. While the steel industry built Birmingham, it wasn’t an easy life and many died working in the horrible conditions there. Several TV shows and documentaries have covered their
This week on the DragonKing Dark Podcast, we have two retro TV reviews for you of very differing types. Pulled from our Patreon archives at WhenItWasCool.com, I look at one of my favorite TV shows: the gothic vampire soap opera Dark Shadows. Then, I
On an Old Tyme Wrestling Hour edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I look at the massive decline in WWE’s pop culture popularity and a new documentary that takes a look at the life of former lucha and WCW star Vampiro. Then,
I celebrate my birthday all week long with a look back at the year I was born: 1971. On this episode, we look back at the insane circus that was the Charles Manson Family trial. While the killings took place in 1969 and
This week on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show, I go into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter archives for some obituaries written by Dave Meltzer. On the docket, the passing of Mid-South and AWA star D.J. Peterson, the in-ring death of rising lucha libre
On this episode of DragonKing Dark, I take a look at an amazing show written by Roald Dahl, Tales of the Unexpected. It’s a wonderful show that ran for nine seasons from 1979-1988 and can be found on Tubi (free) or with an Amazon
We go to a March 1993 edition of Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter on this episode of the DragongKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show for three separate biographies. The first was the shocking death of Dino Bravo, recently covered on Vice’s Dark Side of the Ring
We continue our look at supernatural aspects as presented in comic book stories and this week, I investigate the theme of avenging angels, angelic beings sent by a high power to right wrongs and serve justice. Obviously, they are vastly powerful and are
The spring of 1981 saw Harley Race continue his run as NWA World champion, Ron Fuller losing his smile and going home, Junkyard Dog cranking it up in Louisiana, Hulk Hogan battling Jerry Lawler in Memphis, a big name wrestler appearing on a game show,
This week on DragonKing Dark, I review the 2013 documentary from the Smithsonian Channel called Secrets: The Sphinx. Of all the ancient monuments in Giza complex in Egypt, one stands out as different from the others ss the great Sphinx seems out of
