Beyond the Entertainment

Today I'm going to tell you about the Von Erich's, a wrestling family that was full of success but warped by tremendous tragedy. The father of the family was Fritz and he began his wrestling career in the early 50s an evil nazi villian. When he was ready to retire and raise his family he began work as a promoter with the WCCW. Fritz would have 6 sons and all but 1 passed away tragically early. Join for me as I tell about the sons, ...

Robert Rozier was an incredible athlete in his youth with nothing but fame and fortune in his future. Down on his luck he runs into the leader of a black supremacist cult whose way of dealing with conflict is through murder. He falls under the spell of Yahweh ben Yahweh the leader of the Nation of Yahweh and commits 7 murders. His story doesn't end there though, he gets a second chance that is blown when his old habits come back to...

Welcome to the final episode about Marvin Gaye's life. We have already talke about his childhood and rise to fame so this time it's about the fall from grace leading up to his murder. In the last few years of his life his drug use had taken over not only his life but his personality. He lived in a drug fueled paranoia that was incredibly difficult for those around him to bear witness to. Oddly enough he would predict how he would d...

Today we are picking up where we left off in our last episode, Marvin had just gotten married and was beginning to see some success with his music. During this episode his career really takes off but with that so does his battles within. As his music becomes more successful, he becomes more reclusive after an on-stage incident with his duet partner Tammi Terrell. He manages to keep his tulmutous marriage together until a 16 year ol...

Who was Marvin Gaye? We all know he was an incredible singer songwriter who rose to fame during the time of Motown. We all know he was killed by his father as well. But who was he and what was he like? I read the biography Divided Soul: the life of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz and I got some powerful insight. his childhood was terrible, he was always fighting his inner demons, and always hungry for more success. The first part of his ...

Today I bring you 3 stories of young people who were on popular content creation platforms whose personal lives were taking a turn for the murderous. Jared Loughner spiraled after a high school break up and targeted his local representative to take out his disillusioned hatred for the government on. He took many lives that day except his actual target. Pekka eric Auvinen brought his legally purchased gun to school to take out what ...

What do you think about when you hear bodybuilder? For me it’s people like Lou Ferrigno who became the embodiment of the hulk. Arnold Schwarzenegger who became an action star and the governor of California. Oh, and you can’t forget muscles on muscles and dark fake tans to show them off. For this couple of bodybuilders, they had it all from incredible physiques, fame and fortune, and each other. They were looking to start a business...

Today we are going to talk about how one man went from the top of his game straight to prison. What makes you destroy everything you worked so hard for? As a child we all dream of being something big, an astronaut, a ballerina, or a professional football player. Very few of us reach those dreams in adulthood but what if you did and then it all went wrong? Who am I talking about you ask? Well, I’m going to discuss Rae Carruth’s fall...

We're going to pick up where we left off in 1942 to finish the last part of Tallulah's life. She acted up until the last few years of her life making friends and enemies along the way. The adoration for her was what gave her life meaning in the end. Tallulah packed so much into her 66 years of life and you have to admire her for being unapologetically herself. She is considered an icon of the flapper era, crude, prone to tantrum, p...

Tallulah Bankhead is a woman ahead of her time and whose life was filled with endless success, lovers of all genders, drugs, and a lot of nudity. She might not be considered too scandalous by 2022 standards but in the early 1900s she definitely was. As the daughter of the speaker of the house of representatives she cared about what got back to her father but not enough to keep her private life pg. She was a fascinating woman who st...

Who doesn't want to go see their favorite bands on stage to perform? You get go out with friends or family and create a memory of a lifetime. The excitement is palpable, the crowd is full of energy, and the drinks are flowing. Afterward you go home and happily tell anyone who listens what a great time you had. What if you didn't get to go home? What if it ended in tragedy and you were a witness to the disaster that ensued? I have 3...

There isn't much about Brandon Lee out there to find out except that he followed in the footsteps of his father. He loved martial arts, wanted to be an actor, and would die tragically early. Their lives and deaths are forever linked together not just in unfortunate coincidence but conspiracy theory. Was this family just cursed? Was the chinese mafia involved? What do you choose to believe? 

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Welcome to the 3rd and final installment about Bruce Lee's fascinating life. This episode I'll tell you about his launch to superstardom through his resurgence in Hong Kong movies and his Hollywood break out role in Longstreet. The last few years of his life he strived to write and produce a martial arts masterpiece and every movie he starred in hit box office gold. His sudden death was once a mystery but now thanks to modern medic...

Today we resume with Bruce's life in America where he was forced to restart. He begins to explore new forms of martial arts to begin the journey of creating his own super martial arts form. After a performance at a karate championship, he is discovered by Hollywood but the way in isn't as easy as he had hoped. He will face many ups and downs but he doesn't let it get him down. After all he now has a family to support. We end this i...

Bruce Lee was a martial arts icon in and out of the movie industry. He wanted to master every form and had a thirst for it unlike anything we have seen since. He even created his own form of martial arts as he merged techniques together. He was born during World War 2 when China was hit hard during the Japanese invasion. His family was able to thrive due his father's opera career and he would follow in his footsteps to start acting...

There is some appeal to the instant fame caused by reality television but just because you're marketable doesn't mean you are good. Today i'll tell you about a few reality stars from the star of a show to a challenge show winner who have ended up behind bars. I'll discuss the tragic side of that fame when the public full of judgement spews their hate at a stranger. You never know how ending up on tv can change your life but one thi...

I want to take you back in time to the early and mid 1900s and tell you about the infamous Jamaican cricket player, Leslie Hylton. He was hanged to death for murder in 1955. So how does he go from a successful West Indies cricketer to the gallows? If you want to know than join me as I tell you how his life changed from impoverished orphan, to international fame, and ultimately a death sentence. It's a tale as old time, will this be...

Chyna knew she was always different, she was bigger, she was stronger, and she was destined for greatness. In the dawn of the attitude era she was able to break into professional wrestling and rock their world. She destroyed all the ideas that people had in mind of what was then a female wrestler. She paved the way for many women who wrestle today and showed little girls everyone that it was ok to be different. She spiraled after w...

What do you know about the KPop industry? I can say I didn't know anything until I looked into Jonghyun's suicide. He was an incredible singer songwriter with a passion for music that started in his youth. He was groomed into the perfect performer but at what cost. Join me while I discuss his career, suicide, and KPop training camps. He was on top of his career when he took his life and now we are left to wonder what could've been....