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Director Dustin Ferguson returned to the lighter side of the dark side just in time for Halloween. He told Mark and Hannah about his upcoming Stephen King adaptation, as well as his trilogy filmed during the pandemic including Arachnado and his upcoming Amityville in the Hood. Then he Mark and Hannah go over their respective lists of the top 10 horror movies of all time and talk about what they like (and occasionally dislike) about those movies

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Mark and Josi had a Halloween party with scares, candy and 3 hilarious comedians Maija Digiorgio, Joey Gaynor and Virginia Jones a/k/a Bloody Bloodmeadow. Maija talked about her dislike for candy corn, how her dog was so frightened by a ghost he couldn't bark and what it was like to be the last person to interview Richard Pryor. Joey talked about how one size fits all costume are misleading, doing seances with Sam Kinison, hearing voices in an empty bathroom and the legendary cursed script "Atuk". Bloody told how she became a vampire even though no one wanted to...

Mark and special guest host horror director Dustin Ferguson welcomed the star of Halloween III : Season of the Witch Stacey Nelkin to the lighter side of the dark side.

Stacey candidly talked about everything in her extraordinary life and career from dating Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, Bill Wyman, Barry Bostwick and Perry King to acting with Malcolm McDowell, Martin Mull, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Ron Liebman, Bette Midler, Mick Jagger, Tony Danza and Danny Devito, what it was like to act with a chimp and smoke weed with Cheech and Chong, as well as answering all sorts of...

Psychic/Medium/Akashi Reader Raven Willow joined Mark and Nicole for a wild show which included Raven picking up energy and giving Mark a reading.

Raven saw ghosts at an early age, including a scary night playing with a K-Mart Ouija board, she has always been in tune with things we can't comprehend and even went to India to study and get accredited as an Akashic Reader which entails access to libraries of past lives, other dimensions and even alien lives. She picked up all sorts of energy around Mark and tried to get to the root of...

LA Comic Con is this weekend so it's the perfect time to replay our show with Cosplayer Faces By Rachie

Mark and Nicole welcomed cosplayer/model/influencer Rachel Hollon to the lighter side of the dark side.

Rachie as she likes to be called talked about having a Harley Quinn personality at a young age, which led her to dress up as HQ leading to her catching the eye of a comic bookstore owner which led her to being one of the most sought-after cosplayers in the convention circuit. She has dressed up as Vampirella, Red...

The Dark Mark Show took a look into the future as multi-hyphenate L. Faunt (then known as IrinaXara) gave psychic readings to stand up comedian Mia Mars as well as Hanna and Mark in a quite metaphysical show

IrinaXara did 2 types of readings...one with playing cards (explaining why they don't use Tarot Cards) and what they call a "cyberpunk" reading since we are in a post Blade Runner age. They looked into Mia Hannah and Mark's love life and found some very interesting things for all 3.

Mia talked about growing up rich, her father's unusual...

Karma Said, the author of Surviving Master Joshua-The BDSM Memoir of an Unfaithful Wife donned a mask and joined Mark and Nicole for a very provocative chat.

Karma initially got her interest in kink from reading 50 Shades of Grey and was working for a religiously conservative publication when she was assigned to to a piece on religious figures in the New York BDSM scene, and ended up falling in love and being a collared slave to Master Joshua which opened her up to hardcore sexual desires and a world she never knew existed. She gradually lived a double...

Figure skating prodigy/USFL cheerleader/model/Playboy Cover Girl/Centerfold/actress/VJ turned successful business woman/life coach and now author Deborah Driggs talked with Mark and Nicole about her extraordinary life.

This life has taken her from Orange County to Hollywood to Japan to acting with people as diverse as Mickey Rourke, Bob Hope and DEVO (!), to being part of a power couple with an Olympic champion, hit rock bottom due to her struggles with alcohol, only to rise again and thrive as one of the top insurance agents in the country and now is a life...

Emery Emery and Heather Henderson from Ardent Athiest and Skeptically Yours podcasts joined Mark and Josi for a fun show.

Heather talked about her start on Dance Party USA, which generated her mountains of fan mail, how Facebook led her to meet and date Emery and meet Penn Jillette, her burlesque act which featured knife play, how she becane the lead singer of Penn’s No God Band and how she saw the movie Noah and kind of liked it.

Emery talked about his early radio career, the indisputable advantages of crowdfunding, how persistence led him to...

Adult film star Kacy TGirl and director/producer of Fetish Film Festival and Nylon Girls Michael Simmons talked dirty with Mark about numerous things from making money, how to properly tuck, foot festishes, cannibalism and so much more...

It's Richie Ramone's birthday so we are rerunning the show with the legendary drummer for The Ramones, the fabulous art curator Lenora Claire and cohost Josi Kat from 2015

Mark and Nicole welcomed singer/violinist extraordinaire Lili Haydn to the lighter side of the dark side just as Lili's new album More Love comes out.

Lili talked about her unusual upbringing as the only child of groundbreaking comedian Lotus Weinstock in a commune, being a child star and starring with Rodney Dangerfield and playing Columbo's daughter, which paid for her first violin and an Ivy League education. A chance encounter on stage with her mother led to a musical career that has led her to play with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, The Rolling Stones, Parliment-Funkadelic, Roger...

Mark and Nicole welcomed the hosts of the tubi show Stars-Stunts-Action: Anthony DeLongis, James Houston and Jason McNeil to the lighter side of the dark side for a testosterone filled good time filled with great show business stories

Anthony talked about the time he was challenged to a death match by David Carradine, the rigors of getting made up as an alien when he was on Star Trek Voyager, what it is like squaring up with Jet Li and how he has become an expert at tomahawk throwing and bullwhips. James talked about his past life as a...

Mark and Nicole welcomed TomiRae Brown, Sin Twisted and Martin McNeil for a 4th of July party in this classic Dark Mark Show from 2015

TomiRae reminisced about being a teenager on the Sunset Strip, living with Guns N Roses (all of them), what its like to have a business meeting with Madonna, to her marriage with James Brown. She went over everything about JB from the definition of a Sex Machine to how he styled his famous hair.

Sin talked about how she will be performing in Dubai and how she took Pogo of Marilyn Manson...

Model, rapper and adult entertainer Face Tat Mami joined Mark and Nicole in 2021 for a wild show. Mami talked about the myriad of tattoos on her face and body and how she intentionally got them on the most painful places on her body. She just did a shoot with Alt Erotic where she had 15 tattoos placed on her face, which may or may not be a world record. She also talked about her appeal to men and women, how she can out party anyone, the fine art of twerking, her respect for Tekashi 6X9 (after Mark labelled him a snitch...

Mark welcomed back horror director Dustin Ferguson and former co-host Hannah Bakk to discuss one of Hannah's favorite horror movies...
Friday the 13th part VIII - Jason Takes Manhattan
So many questions to be answered such as:
Is this as gory as Hannah has hyped it up to be?
Why does it take so long to reach Manhattan?
Is Kane Hodder the best Jason of all time?
Why is this the last film to have Friday the 13th in the title?
How did they sail to Manhattan if they are docked in a...

It is writer/director Andrew PC Yevich's birthday today and to celebrate we are replaying the raucous show with Comedian Vanja Renee 

Hollywood hyphenates Vajna Renee and Andrew PC Yevish joined Mark and Nicole for a wild super-sized vodka infused party...

Andrew was came to LA from Wildwood NJ, where he made a lot of money with a rock and roll lifestyle store but was going through a divorce and ended up purchasing a home from a Laker, learning lessons from dating and acting coaches and writing and directing the upcoming movie Fake It Til U M...

It was a fun sized show this week as Mark and Hannah welcomed the queen of Alternative Comedy Beth Lapides and powerhouse singer/songwriter Savannah Pope to the lighter side of the dark side.

Beth just celebrated the 25th Anniversary of her show Uncabaret with a star studded show featuring Bob Odenkirk, Sandra Bernhard, Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford and more. She recounted insisting that Scott Thompson of Kids in the Hall not perform in drag, how Julia Sweeney now regrets her hit character Pat from SNL, how she felt when she saw her comedy nemesis Andrew Dice Clay...

Author/podcaster/Advocate Kelly J. Mendenhall joined Mark and special guest co host legendary anchorwoman Bree Walker for a fantastic show

Kelly talked about growing up in Flint, Michigan and finding the punk rock scene as a pre-teen.. She discussed her collection of tattoos, which inspired her book “Skin in the Game”. She was a successful marketing executive working for a non-profit when she had severe spinal injuries which went inexplicably misdiagnosed for years and left her unable to work. Rather than give up, she has become an inspiration to “spoonies” everywhere and finally got a knowledgeable and empathet...

It is former Dark Mark Show cohost Josi Kat's birthday and to celebrate we are replaying her birthday show from 2014.

It was Josi's birthday and Mark threw quite a party with a typically eclectic guest list. Actor/Model/Photogapher Eli Brooks talked about being in a Piss Ant video and brought Saariyah Syn who bellydanced for Josi. The fabulous Sasha Scarlett sang a sexy happy birthday song for Josi which entranced everybody, not the least of which Goth Republican Blogger Joseph Fein. Terrie Huberman gave Josi a "Water" psychic reading and former Piss Ant drummer Chuck Sapien recounted...

Mark and Nicole talked to the Chaotically Fascinating Burlesque performer, MUA, model and tarot reader Kira VonSutra on the latest Dark Mark Show

Kira talked about how haunted Tulsa, Oklahoma was growing up, leading to spirits pulling her off the top bunk of her bunk bed, how she was able to follow her dreams of being a makeup artist to Hollywood leading to her eating lasagna with Danny DeVito at his home, being creeped on by Chevy Chase and making up Dan Aykroyd for a Saturday Night Live sketch directed by Ron Howard, and how she became one...

Dancer/Choreographer Abi Anne Oliver and Pro Wrestler/Actor Author Ronnie Angel joined Mark and Nicole for a show so wild, even the studio couldn't contain it

Abi talked about growing up in Manchester and her love of Irish Riverdancing leading to her winning dance competitions at an early age which has led her to everything from the London Olympics, hip hop videos, reality shows, Late Late Show with James Corden and so much more

Ronnie talked about his wrestling career as "Greased Lightning" and stories about Canada, deathmatch wrestling and bonding with Rowdy Roddy Piper...

 Comeback kid and Multiple AVN award nominee Siri Dahl joined Mark on the lighter side of the dark side in this classic show from the dark pandemic days of 2020

Siri talked about being a late bloomer and student of sex before she ever made love for the first time, how her curvy body made her a "tweener" when she started as she was curvier than most porn stars but not BBW status, why she took 5 years off and debunks all the crazy rumors about her hiatus and confonts the trolls who question her getting a breast reduction (to a...

Since the revival of Othello with Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhall is tearing it up on Broadway and the Los Angeles Rennaisannce Faire in full swingit seems an opportune time to replay our Shakespearean episode with Lisa Ann Goldsmith and Owen Thompson of the award winning podcast "The Bardcast: It's Shakespeare You DicK"

 Podcasts collide this week as Mark and Nicole welcome actor/directors/scholars Lisa Ann Goldsmith and Owen Thompson of the award winning podcast "The Bardcast - It's Shakespeare You Dick!" to the lighter side of the dark side.

Lisa Ann and Owen discussed t...

In the spirit of 4/20 ending up on Easter Sunday we are rerunning the show with legendary comedian and weed smoker Tommy Chong from 2022 which was reported in Variety, Yahoo, Deadline and all over the internet news sites at the time

Mark and Nicole welcomed back Tommy Chong who was apparently so high he forgot who they were but had a great conversation about breaking up and getting back together with Cheech, almost going broke while filming Up In Smoke, discovering Pee Wee Herman and Michael Winslow, how Robert Altman inspired Next Movie, what its like to smoke weed...

It was 12 years ago today that The Dark Mark Show taped its first episode from The Jon Lovitz Club at Universal Citywalk. Here it is in all its unedited splendor.

In his premiere episode Dark Mark shares some absinthe with his guests and watches the mayhem ensue. News Anchor/Activist Bree Walker gives her wildest interview ever as she reminisces about interviewing Sid Vicious and Mick Jagger as well as being a sexy "Puma". Her BFF comedian Susan McIntosh brings her New York attitude and very unusual "green" hat. Magician Michael Vile of A&E Freakshow literally pulls...

Comedian Dante who has known Mark since they were both teenagers joined Mark and Nicole for a fun and very funny show 3 years ago today

Dante has been a force in front of and behind the camera for many years. Starting to perform at the Comedy Store before he could legally drink he helped Jamie Foxx get on stage for the first time, lived with Amy Schumer on Last Comic Standing won the Funniest Black Man in LA (!) ran for Mayor and now manages celebrities and up and comers as CEO of Golden Artists Entertainment

This...

Micah the Magician and singer/songwriter Dread Persephone joined Mark and Nicole for a magical good time

Micah talked about how he landed his appearance on Penn and Teller Fool Me in a very unusual way and what goes on in such a performance (in his case he had to purchase jumbo cards for Allyson Hannigan to handle) his appreciation for Edgar Allen Poe which has led to his annual variety show in tribute to Poe, how difficult it really is to juggle blindfolded while in a wind tunnel, how lucrative his residuals are for his recurring role...

Aaron Rossi who drummed for Ministry, Prong, Rob Zombie, John 5 and many others passed away in January 2025. In his rememberance we replay his appearance in The Dark Mark Show in 2014 with then Ministry guitarist Sin Quirin…

Sin Quirin and Aaron Rossi of the band Ministry joined Mark and Josi to talk music and enjoy some peanut butter cups and juggling.
 Sin talked about recording the latest "final" Ministry album From Beer to Eternity, how hearing Ministry on cassette tape changed his approach to music, the pitfalls of playing guitar in front of a fence, referred to Mark's Min...

Friend and frequent guest Carl Crew passed away yesterday. In tribute we are replaying his appearance from 2021 with legendary comedian Joey Gaynor

Carl Crew the star of Blood Diner and The Secret Life of Jeffrey Dahmer and comedy legend Joey Gaynor joined Mark and Nicole just in time for Halloween

Carl talked about his club California Institute of Abnormal Arts, which is now displaying an exact replica of The Elephant Man's bones in addition to 3 embalmed dead bodies including an amazingly preserved over 100 year old dead clown, and has been the home of Bigfoot wrestling. Carl...

Friend and frequent Dark Mark Show guest Carl Crew (he was on the 2nd show which is now officially lost media) passed away yesterday. In tribute to this one of a kind person we are replaying his appearance in 2019 with legendary comedian Joey Gaynor

Mark and Hannah welcomed cult horror movie icon and the P.T. Barnum of Burbank Blvd Carl Crew and legendary stand up comedian Joey Gaynor to the lighter side of the dark side...and did they both have some great stories to tell.

Carl talked about how he got the role in...

The original Manic Pixie Dream Girl and 1980's teen dream Diane Franklin had a birthday today and to celebrate we are replaying her show in 2020

Diane talked about how much fun it is to see her fans at 80s festivals, though the children she teaches acting too these days get first priority. She talked about the enduring appeal of Better off Dead, Last American Virgin and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and gives her reaction on not being able to reprise her role as the princess in Bill and Ted 3. She delves into the horror films she has...

While you were watching the Super Bowl, Mark was in studio introducing Nicole and the Dark Minions to 2 glittery new friends he made in 2023:
Bangs the Clown and comedian/astrologer Kristy Belich

Bangs talked about her path to being the Bettie Page of clowns, as she was a 2nd generation clown whose mother dressed her up to march around her in parades, leading her to enroll in clown school where she learned to trust her instincts which have led to her being one of the sexiest clowns on the burlesque circuit. She talks about the hazards of...

ARTivist Jil Love and comedian Jamie Gendron joined Mark and Hannah on The Dark Mark Show.

Jil followed up her protest where she put a gold toilet on Donald Trump’s star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame by actually building a wall adjacent to the star. With the help of prosthetics master Cleve Hall her naked body was made up to look like it was made of concrete so that she could look like she is bursting from the wall. She also left art supplies, tomatoes and eggs and let the tourists in Hollywood do what they want...

Johnny Indovina and Sin Twisted joined Mark and Hannah for some fun and spirited conversation. Johnny talked about getting inspiration from hearing his mother sing at church as a boy, his club days sharing the stage at The Scream with Jane’s Addiction and Guns N Roses, his songwriting inspirations, breaking up and reforming his band Human Drama and his huge following in Mexico.

Sin talked about her name change from Fisted to Twisted, going to Cambodia where her new split tongue came in handy, how music inspires her unique dance moves, including The Eagles (!), her cosplay adventures at...

David Lynch passed away yesterday. He was such a great artist and artistic inspiriation. As a tribute we are replaying the show where Dark Mark and L.Faunt discuss his entire filmography with an emphasis on Mark's favorite Lynch Film Lost Highway

Dark Mark discusses one of his favorite movies Lost Highway with multi-media artist/psychic/dancer/comedian/actor/model/cinematographer L. Faunt

Mark and L went down the non-linear rabbit hole that is Lynch's notorious 1997 film to talk about:

The entire Lynch filmography and the irony that his next feature after this was...

Adult film star, escort and wine connoisseur Kacy TGirl kicked off the first Dark Mark Show of 2023 with style as she regaled Mark and Nicole with stories of how serious adult film stars take the AVN and XBIZ awards, the wild parties that happen at the Trans Erotica Awards which led her to answer Nicole’s questions about how to get into a 5some (!). She went over unusual requests she gets from clients and the very few things she won’t do as well as the frustration of men who are willing but may have erection problems. What she will do i...

It is the one year Anniversary of the reboot of the Dark Mark Show and Mark and Hannah celebrated with quite a wild show featuring legendary scream queen Deborah Dutch, sideshow madman Dangerous D. and sword swallower Cyrus Pynn

Deborah talked about how a cheerleading accident led to her not pursuing a life as a ballerina (though she still can do the splits as she demonstrated), having her grandmother’s friend Agnes Moorhead of Bewitched fame see her in a high school play, how dating a soft rock star (and smoking weed with a Beatle) led to her re...

After 10 years of outrageously hilarious shows The Dark Mark Show comes to an end with a bang as Mark and Nicole threw a holiday special like you've never seen before with contortionist/burlesque dancer/cosplayer Sin Twisted and Santa Claus.
Sin talked about how Andy Dick once tried to bum rush her while she was onstage inside an R2D2 shell, talked about her experience with swingers' clubs and how erotic a pool game can get. How having a steady partner does not inhibit her from having a wild sex life and she teased Santa with her beautiful feet...

Holiday cheer (and vegan Egg Nog laced with Fireball Whisky) was in the air as Mark and Nicole welcomed Elisa Jordana and Santa Claus to a fast paced and fun holiday party.

Elisa was engaging with her fans on Livestream while the show was going on and her fans were typically unpredictable. She cleared up previous claims that she was asexual and detailed how she fell for Gabe Saporta the lead singer of Cobra Starship and ended up as the keytar player so she could be in front. She met Benjy Bronk on jdate and ended up joining...

Domina Mara and Santa Claus joined Mark and Nicole to enjoy some spiked egg nog and celebrate the holidays

Mara talked about growing up in the "heart of California" as a Spanish/Filipino/Chinese mix and becoming a sought after dominatrix. She goes into detail about how men worship her feet to the point that they will purchase her toenails and "foot dust", especially the left foot which is apparently smellier and full of pheromones, various requests for her underwear for sale, her collection of sub animals (dogs and cats currently, soon to be added by a horse...

Mark and Hannah hosted an epic holiday special with comedians Maggi Mayfield and Rotten Kitty and the one and only Santa Claus

Maggi reminisced about travelling cross country as a teenager, her radio career which led her to meet and roam the halls at iheartradio with Rod Stewart and Val Kilmer, how moving from Los Angeles to Austin has led her to get paid more for her stand up comedy and release her first comedy album "Pandemic Girl" and she sang her holiday anthem "The Naughty Christmas Song" live in studio

Kitty talked about chasing unicorns...

In this Christmas classic from 2019 Mark welcomes Ela Darling, the Marketing Director of ViRo Club and Adult Film performer and Santa Claus who took time out of his busy schedule to stop by.

Ela talked about how adult film stars tend to be deceptively smart, and how she got her Masters Degree in 2 years and became a librarian, who turn out to be freedom fighters. Mark complimented her acting while bound and having a ball gag in her mouth and she told the story about how she became the first Virtual Reality webcam girl which involves Dungeons and...

Mark and Josi celebrated the holidays with adult film superstar Cindy Starfall and the man himself Santa Claus. Cindy talked about growing up rich in Vietnam, how she discovered the joys of a shower head at age 11 which led her Nannys to be befuddled at her hour long showers, how she used to hike up her skirts while being the only Asian student in a Catholic school in Oregon, how she likes older men and running her hands in Santa Claus' beard, being busted by a HR directors son while working at a corporate job and doing webcams on the...

Legendary sex symbol Kitten Natividad and legendary gift giver Santa Claus joined Mark and Nicole for a wild holiday party.  Kitten talked about her wild star studded days in the 1970s and 1980s and also talked about being a worldwide burlesque performer and movie star then and now. Kitten, Nicole and producer Jeremy took turns on Santa’s lap and spanked Santa when he was naughty. 
Ho Ho Ho!

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Rissa Miller returned to The Dark Mark Show in 2022 to share holiday stories straight from the dark side with Mark, Nicole and you the listener.

These aren't tales of holiday cheer that you are used to, get ready for tales of cannibalism, orgies, whipping, pickled children and monsters such as the newly popular Krampus and Belzsnickel, as well as the giant Yule Cat, the Yule Goat, Christmas Werewolves and Vampires as well. Rissa also delves into the controversial tradition of Zwarte Piet, the decadence of Saturnalia (which Nicole has practiced on occasion} and the dark side of the...

It's beginning to look a lot like XMas, in that spirit we present our punk rock holiday show from way back in 2013

Eric Leach and Phil George from the punk band Symbol Six and special guest Santa Claus himself were Mark and Josi's guests on this special holidy episode. Eric and Phil talked about founding their band when they were in Junior High inspired by the legendary early 1980s Los Angeles punk scene, how Izzy Stradlin of Guns N Roses was their roadie for free, how women sometimes cause the most violence at shows, how living with Kim...

ARTivist Jil Love and witchy comedian Renee Watt joined Mark for quite a metaphysical show

Jil talked about the epiphany she had in 2012 which led her to combine her art with activism which has let her to cover herself in blood, oil and recently sitting on a golden toilet on Donald Trump's star on the walk of fame and bloodletting for the children of Yemen. She travelled from her native Spain to Hollywood where she got into a fight with a Transformer in order to promote peace.

Renee talked about her own epiphany 2 years ago which...

Model and Influencer Romi Chase joined Mark in 2020 for quite a stimulating conversation...

Romi talked about what it was like living in small town Poland, and how she made the transition first to Alabama then to her current home in Miami.

Her pale skin and 53 inch booty were not the beauty norm in Poland or the USA, but Romi has been able to do what a lot of skinny blondes have not and has amassed a huge social media following.

She does have a gripe with Instagram who it seems is biased against bigger...

It was Dark Mark's Birthday this week and Hannah threw him quite a birthday party. The guests included podcast hosts Dakota the Bearded Lady and Morgan Jaffe, comedian Jamie Gendron and author and former Dark Mark Show co-host Nicole Sixx. Everyone had quite a fun time watching Mark finish off a bottle of cinnamon whisky while they talked about the appeal of older men, why you should never let someone borrow your staple gun, whether it is more fun writing about horror or playing a stabbing victim in a movie, Marilyn Manson causing impotency, fishnet stockings and who had the...

I voted on Halloween which is a tradition of mine because the Democratic and Republican candidates frighten me. In 2020 I interviewed Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins and Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen and found them to both be smart, capable and having more good ideas and solutions to the country's problems than the 2 party system offered then and now.
Please vote and consider voting 3rd party. Now more than ever we need more choices and voices.

Mark interviewed Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins and they had an interesting discussion about ballot access for third parties...

Tasseographer and historian Rissa Miller returned to The Dark Mark Show in 2023 to regale Mark and Nicole with tales about the hidden history of Halloween

Rissa talked about how the spooky season really started with the oft-mispronounced Samhain and how it was actually turnips at that time that were being carved and how children were given soul cakes instead of candy. She shared the story of "Stingy Jack" and how he outsmarted the devil, which prompted Mark to comment on all the stingy Jacks that he knows. She explains how trick or treating was invented as a way...

Lisa Wilcox joined Mark and Nicole to talk about her starring role in Nightmare on Elm Street 4 and 5. She clears up rumors of her being considered for Nightmare 3 and Halloween 4, describes what it is like to have fight scenes with Robert Englund especially in a giant kaleidoscope and MC Escher inspired stairs, dispels rumors of hanky panky on the set and even brings out her own personal nunchucks on the show.

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Since Terrifier 3 is a smash hit and massacred even Joker 2 in the box office this week it seems like the perfect time to revisit the show where Art the Clown himself, David Howard Thornton visited the lighter side of the dark side in this classic Dark Mark Show from 2021

David Howard Thornton the man who plays Art The Clown in Terrifier and the upcoming sequel Terrifier 2 joined Hannah Bakk and Mary Zaint of the Vegans Uncensored Podcast for a creepy good time just in time for Halloween

Everyone gave an opinion as to why clowns are...

Mark and Nicole welcomed Brad Forenza, the creator of the award winning radio play Around The Sun to the lighter side of the dark side for a wonderful conversation in 2023.

Brad talked about how growing up in Jersey City has made him identify as a New Yorker, even though he is in a different state. He was able to turn his short plays to a serious of audio plays called Around the Sun which features such acting luminaries as Vincent Pastore, Robert Funaro and Maureen Van Zant from the Sopranos, Marsha Mason (the Goodbye Girl), Austin Pendleton (My...

Before he starred as Grandpa Munster in Rob Zombie's movie The Munsters Daniel Roebuck was the first zoom guest ever on The Dark Mark Show as the pandemic hit.

This week Mark was under quarantine but the show must go on so with the help of modern technology he interviewed one of the best character actors of the last 30 years Daniel Roebuck

You may not know the name but you have seen Daniel in movies and TV shows like River's Edge, The Fugitive, Final Destination, The Late Shift, The Devil's Rejects, Phantasm V, Matlock, Lost and...

Beautiful BBW porn star Alexxis Allure joined Mark and Hannah all from their respective bedrooms for a sexy show keeping with social distancing recommendations.

Alexxis grew up in Ocean Beach in San Diego and detailed how she got interested in the goth scene, how she became a webcam girl courtesy of a couple she met on Cragislist, how her fans love her belly and want her to stick things in her bellybutton and weigh herself on camera, her favorite positions, how she keeps her skin and hair looking beautiful, how many men love bigger women but won't admit...

Comedians Sarah Halstead and Manu Badenes joined Mark and Nicole for a frequently hilarious and surprisingly deep show

Sarah talked about growing up in Flint Michigan and how Michael Moore damaged that city as much as GM closing their plant, how she was successful in the wine and champagne industry but always yearned to act and make people laugh so she drove cross country and has been in over 90 commercials for everything from Crepe Erase to Astroglide and is a very successful stand up comedian whose comedy special RVs and Cats dropped just as the pandemic hit
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It was a bittersweet night as Mark and Hannah bid farewell to their beloved producer Morgan but they did so with a party full of music and sparks flying as they welcomed Sin Twisted and Savannah Pope to the lighter side of the dark side

Sin talked about her new devotion to fitness, and detailed the challenges of her ultra flexible body, she recounted a show where she fit into a suitcase, only to have the host at the bar missing his cue and how roomy she had it squeezing into an R2D2 unit, she talked about...

This week is the 20th(!) Anniversary of the release of Alien vs Predator and the date the new Alien movie Alien Romulus is out in theaters. So here is a classic show from 2022 where Mark and Nicole discuss all things Alien vs Predator

This week Mark and Nicole do something different which may lead to a new spinoff podcast, they discuss one of Nicole's favorite movies Alien vs Predator and try to answer these questions and more:
Is AVP a horror movie or an action movie?
Why didn't Sanaa Lathan become a bigger movie star?
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In memory of our friend Cleve Hall we are rebroadcasting his first appearance on The Dark Mark Show from 2019

Today's fun sized episode is probably the gothiest Dark Mark Show yet as Mark welcomed the "goth Mr. Rogers" Cleve Hall and Rotten Kitty to the lighter side of the dark side

Cleve started as a child making Godzilla suits which led to him appearing and making costumes for Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and has worked on such films and TV shows as ReAnimator, Troll, Yo Gabba Gabba and the upcoming Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as well...

This is one of Mark's favorite episodes, where he got to speak one on one with Terra and, even better, got to hear her sing live.

Singer-Songwriter and YouTube pioneer Terra Naomi joined Mark in studio for some terrific conversation and musical magic

Terra talked about singing as an infant before she could walk, growing up with hippie parents who grew some interesting crops, how her song “Say It’s Possible” went viral and how she was the #1 musical artist on YouTube for a time, how she connects with her fans, how signing with Island Records turned...

We here at The Dark Mark Show were heartbroken to hear about the passing of Lady Remedy Ann Fetish. As a tribute to her we are replaying the show where she was a guest in 2020.

Dominatrix Lady Remedy Ann Fetish joined Mark and Hannah live from the dungeon at Sanctuary LAX. She talked about how social distancing has affected her business and talked about her kink specialties of flogging, whips and chains, foot worship, trampling, male chastity, cock and ball torture and balloon popping (!)

She even gave Mark an example of verbal domination which made him...

It's John DiResta's birthday this week and we are proudly presenting his appearance on The Dark Mark Show in 2022

Mark and Nicole welcomed NYPD officer turned sitcom star turned reality TV star John Diresta to the lighter side of the dark side.

John grew up in Queens and did some NYC bonding with Mark. He talked about his days in the homeless division or Uber before there was Uber as he puts it, working as a transit cop which meant phone calls in the middle of the night to identify bodies run over by trains. He...

Our friend John Hawkes got an Emmy nomination for HBOs True Detective: Night Country this week. In honor if his well deserved nomination, we are replaying our last studio show before the pandemic where he was on with his bandmate Rodney Eastman and broadcasting legend Bree Walker

It was a star studded show as Academy Award nominated actor John Hawkes, Emmy Award winning newscaster Bree Walker and Saturn Award nominated actor Rodney Eastman joined never nominated for anything Dark Mark in studio

John and Bree bonded over growing up in small town Minnesota. John and Rodney...

This week we replay one of our best shows, the first one with Nicole Sixx as a permanent cohost with 3 of our favorite people and guests Amazon Eve, Cig Neutron and Rannie Rodil.

Mark and new cohost Nicole Sixx were quite surprised when Amazon Eve burst into Skidrow Studios wearing green makeup courtesy of Cig Neutron and Rannie Rodil and started playfully attacking and choking Mark to start the show.
 
Amazon Eve talked about how she was inspired by the burlesque scene while filming American Horror Story in New Orleans, How Michael Chiklis taught her how t...

It was multi-media artist/psychic/dancer/comedian/actor/model/cinematographer L. Faunt so in celebration of her birthday here is a Dark Mark Show classic from 2022 where they and Dark Mark talk about one of their favorite movies, Lost Highway

Mark and L went down the non-linear rabbit hole that is Lynch's notorious 1997 film to talk about:

The entire Lynch filmography and the irony that his next feature after this was a G rated family film for DIsney

The awesome but now outdated 90s technology (including massive cellular phones) that makes this already a...

Stitched Up Heart bass player Randy Mathias and actor/comedian Rosalee Mayeux joined Mark and Nicole for a fast and funny show

Randy has known Mark and Nicole for a long time through the LA Goth scene and talks about his journey from forming bands with former members of Marilyn Manson and Dead Kennedys, to his being in legendary goth band London After Midnight (where he ran onstage in Germany in a thong) to joining Stitched Up Heart and going from touring in a cramped van, to playing barns in Louisiana, to playing on cruise ships, opening for...

10 years ago, a Dark Mark Classic episode featured Adult superstar Venus Lux and pro dom Orpheus Black who joined Mark and Josi for a wild show.

Venus talked about being a 4 time AVN nominee, but being a winner of the Tranni awards, what separates her from the other transexuals in porn, how she narrowly escaped being married to a rich man, showed her amazing breasts, talked about how she is called upon to dominate men but secretly desires to be choked and have her hair pulled.

Orpheus obliged with the choking and talked about being featured...

Singer/songwriter/soon to be podcaster Jacqueline Van Bierk and stand-up comedian Franchie San Pedro joined Mark this week and the conversation just would not stop.

Jacqueline just got back from France and talked about what it's like to compose music for Oprah Winfrey how to get a live crowd up and dancing how she motivates people on her YouTube channel and her new podcast The Stories That Build Us

Franchie talked about his start in stand up comedy when he was a teenager. Along the way he has performed with legends such as Richard Pryor...

10 (!) years ago today former WWE NXT Diva Skyler Moon aka Buggy Nova who was then known as Invexi Li, comedian David Burger and Scone from the internet show Pinkgirl & Scone joined Mark and Josi for a battle royal of a show.

Invexi talked about changing her name from her independent wrestling name of Buggy Nova, which was changed to Skyler Moon when she was in WWE, though she did not explain the new moniker. She talked about being featured and highly rated on wikifeet.com, how independent wrestlers are cattier than in WWE, how wrestling fans can be...

After just over 2 years and counting, Dark Mark's weight loss journey continues. He is now down 85 lbs and 10 inches in the waist. How did he do it and how is he sustaining it? It's because he was coached by bodybuilder, nutritionist, personal trainer and coach Paige Sandgren who was on the show in 2022 to tell you how you too can get Food Freedom and talk about her extraordinary life...

Paige grew up on the beaches of Michigan (really) and she talked about some fad diets she tried when she gained weight in college (Mark and Nicole also talked...

Tommy Chong is turning 86 (!) today. Mark and Nicole had the honor of speaking to the comedy legend and hero twice. Here is the first time we spoke to Tommy in 2021

Legendary comedian Tommy Chong joined Mark and Nicole for an epic supersized show.

Chong talked about everything from his being a clubowner in the 60s, being on Motown Records and discovering the Jackson Five and performing with Ike and Tina Turner and Diana Ross, discovering improv comedy and meeting Cheech, how his classic "Dave" routine was actually a happy accident, Why they turned down Stripes and...

10 years (!) ago this week David J. and Sasha Grey were Mark and Josi's superstar guests for a great show.
 
David talked about being one of the creaters of goth, how Bauhaus was influenced by dub and funk, how he wrote the lyrics to Bela Lugosi's Dead, how he just found out Love and Rockets was founded on a lie his bandmates told him, how Peter Murphy thinks of himself as Mr. Moonlight, even though David sang the song, how Love and Rockets listened to Britney Spears secretly backstage and played songs from his new solo album "An Eclipse o...

Rockstar Cheri Rockafella and comedian Brandon Black joined Mark and Nicole for one of the wildest shows we've had in a while...

Cheri made sure to clarify that she came up with the Rockafella name way before Jay Z, She started singing in her native Houston and sings one of her first songs "Punk Slut" on air. She made her way to the Sunset Strip in the 80s where she was cut out of a Ratt video for not having "Banana Tits" and dated Steven Adler from Guns N Roses. She then became a world champion clown and...

Singer and Influencer Ayoka shocked the world with her apocalyptic Tweets about the solar eclipse then murdering her boyfriend and one of her children (another child having miraculously survived) and then killing herself.

You can read more about it here:

Who Was Ayoka? Astrology Influencer Suspected of Gruesome Killings (newsweek.com)

It turns out Ayoka was on The Dark Mark Show in 2019 for a much more lighthearted conversation.

Ayoka was brought up as an orphan in Maryland (despite what some bios of hers will tell you) and has a genius IQ, operatic...

Happy Easter and Trans Awareness Day everyone.

Here is a classic show from 2018 with comedian and fan favorite guest Jamie Gendron and actor/writer/singer Michael Lee Gogin

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Mark and Hannah celebrated the 5th Anniversary of The Dark Mark Show with a magical show as they welcomed 80s teen dream girl Diane Franklin and magician Michael Vile to the lighter side of the dark side.

Diane had so many stories about her roles in Better off Dead (including stories about the notorious Dan Schneider), Last American Virgin, Amityville Horror II and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, auditioning for Amadeus, Flashdance and John Hughes, being around young stars such as John Cusack, Keanu Reeves and Bill Paxton, having a successful marriage for over 30 years, and her co...

The Dark Mark Show got in touch with its inner nerd as Mark and Hannah welcomed Julia Montgomery who played Betty Childs in Revenge of the Nerds and actor/cosplayer Brett Gustafson to the lighter side of the dark side.
Julia recounted growing up in New Jersey where she was a teenage model and acted in high school alongside classmate Jason Alexander quite a bit. She made some forgetful films before her big break in Revenge of the Nerds. She talked all about auditioning for the movie, the chaotic and sexually charged atmosphere on the set, how director Jeff...

It is tasseographer, journalist and historian Rissa Miller's birthday this week so we present this classic Dark Mark Show from 2022 where Mark and Nicole first talked to her and she became one of their favorite people and guests.

Rissa grew up in York, Pennsylvania and was fascinated by the vintage architecture and the ghosts within, after studying screenwriting at NYU then photojournalism at Western Kentucky (experiencing the culture shock of being a goth in the deep South) she quickly became an editor of The Baltimore Sun and the then Vegetarian Journal, which is now the Vegan Journal. She...

Beth Lapides as a new home for her legendary alternative comedy show Uncabaret and Savannah Pope has released a new single Melancholic Goddess so in that spirit here is a classic Dark Mark Show featuring them both from 2019

It was a fun sized show this week as Mark and Hannah welcomed the queen of Alternative Comedy Beth Lapides and powerhouse singer/songwriter Savannah Pope to the lighter side of the dark side.

Beth just celebrated the 25th Anniversary of her show Uncabaret with a star studded show featuring Bob Odenkirk, Sandra Bernhard, Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford...

Melrose Larry Green, Sin Fisted and Nik Sin joined Mark and Josi for a wild classic Dark Mark Show from 2014

Melrose talked about being an accountant to such stars as Andrew Dice Clay and a Hollywood tour guide. He said he finds it a huge compliment when Howard Stern plays "cookoo" sounds when he talks, inferred that Mark was gay a few times, talked about his experience with the fetish and S&M scene and how that scene is OK with him, how he deals with Howard Stern groupies and got tied up in a straightjacket, which he...

In this Dark Mark Show classic from 2020 Legendary comedian Tom Dreesen joined Mark and Hannah as he talked about his extraordinary life and 51 year comedy career.

Tom grew up poor on the southside of Chicago and became part of the first (and last) interracial comedy team Tim and Tom with Tim Reid of WKRP and Sister Sister fame. He talks about then going solo, meeting and befriending David Letterman, going on The Tonight Show for the first time, performing comedy on American Bandstand and Soul Train, how Sammy Davis Jr. made his Las Vegas debut a smash, how...

It is  co-host Hannah's birthday this week and Dark Mark threw her quite a birthday party in 2021 including some of her BFF's and favorite past guests such as stand-up comedians Jamie Gendron and Nikki Wantz, pinup model and fashion designer Tamera Von Tart, her Vegans Uncensored podcast co-host Mary Zaint, her then boyfriend the lead singer of Motorbone Josh Tripp, magic by Michael Vile, a psychic reading by IrinaXara and a special birthday greeting by John Kassir the voice of Crypt Keeper.

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Academy Award nominee and star of the new HBO show True Detective Night Country John Hawkes and horror movie icon Rodney Eastman joined Mark and Hannah for some spirited conversation and music in this classic Dark Mark Show from 2019.

John is someone who has been in so many big movies, but says he can walk the street and go unnoticed much of the time. He describes how he was able to stay awake while acting with Daniel Day-Lewis In Lincoln, what it was like to be nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Winter’s Bone (wait un...

Master Arcane and Kat Byslka joined Mark for a wild conversation about BDSM and all things S & M

Master Arcane talked about his journey which started at age 5 as the only boy in the neighborhood, continued through being a teenager playing with an older woman, to the Amsterdam fetish scene in the 90s to now teaching people the ropes (no pun intended) with his online school The Crow Academy. He tells us all about edging, gas masks, safe words, fun with tabasco and cut skin and how to communicate what you want.

Kat talked about being...

In this classic Dark Mark Show from 2018 Mark and Nicole welcomed dating coach Marni the Wing Girl and the most interesting person in the world Sin Twisted to the lighter side of the dark side.

Marni's journey to being a dating coach started at a singles mixer where she helped men approach women, which led to her being approached by pickup artist Ross Jeffries, which has led to her making appearances on shows as varied as Fox and Friends, Dr. Drew and Sway in the morning as well as her own show Ask Women Podcast. She talks about...

Enjoy this Dark Mark Show classic from 2015

That Chris Gore, Tessah LaCoyle and former cohost Josi Kat joined Mark and Nicole for the 2nd Anniversary Special Dark Mark Show.Chris talked about his proposed Fan Fiction panel at Wondercon being misunderstood and attacked by a Twitter mob, that he does not own as many action figures as you might think, how he turned down replacing Roger Ebert on television, making peace with the pick of Ben Affleck as Batman and his Kickstarter campaign to relaunch the magazine he founded Film Threat as an app and website. Tessah talked...

In a Christmas classic from 2019 Mark welcomes Ela Darling, the Marketing Director of ViRo Club and Adult Film performer and Santa Claus who took time out of his busy schedule to stop by.

Ela talked about how adult film stars tend to be deceptively smart, and how she got her Masters Degree in 2 years and became a librarian, who turn out to be freedom fighters. Mark complimented her acting while bound and having a ball gag in her mouth and she told the story about how she became the first Virtual Reality webcam girl which involves Dungeons and...

After 10 years of outrageously hilarious shows The Dark Mark Show comes to an end with a bang as Mark and Nicole threw a holiday special like you've never seen before with contortionist/burlesque dancer/cosplayer Sin Twisted and Santa Claus.
Sin talked about how Andy Dick once tried to bum rush her while she was onstage inside an R2D2 shell, talked about her experience with swingers' clubs and how erotic a pool game can get. How having a steady partner does not inhibit her from having a wild sex life and she teased Santa with her beautiful feet...

Mark and Nicole brought back 2 of their favorite guests Pro Dom, Life Coach and Sex and Relationship Guru Orpheus Black and comedian/actress Vanja Renee for a wild supersized show.

Orpheus described himself as a “big nerd” but has been helping men, women and couples get in touch with their kinky side for a long time now and talks about his current poly relationship with 4 women, finding kinky women at Home Depot, helping people get comfortable with their desires, the sexual stereotypes of being a black male,  and how to be authentic in every way is the key to ge...

Dakota the Bearded Lady returned to The Dark Mark Show (as did former cohost Hannah) to talk about her move to Las Vegas, some scary and dangerous stunts she and her fellow performers have pulled off lately, how she deals with jerks who think her beard is fake and to talk about how her mother lost her house in the hurricane and the upcoming benefit she is producing with Mark.

As a bonus, stay tuned for a classic DMS with Dakota and comedian Brandon Brocato from 2018.

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Writer/Director/Cinematographer Colin Bressler joined Mark and Nicole for a lively discussion which tickled the film nerd in Mark.

Colin has been a cinematographer for years and finally defines what that is and gives examples of good and bad cinematography. He has worked on projects as diverse as the PBS science series Nova as well as My 600 pound life and describes the disparate challenges of both. He has branched into the world of writing and directing and has created a niche in the psychological horror realm initially inspired by his wifes tales of La Llorona (he had...

Mark and Nicole welcomed Nancy Narayana and Krista Kira to the lighter side of the dark side. They both perform at parties and definitely brought the party to the studio as they talked cosplaying, DJing, tarot card reading, The Doo Dah parade, Sybil Dannings potty mouth and so much more!

Nancy also gave Mark a sexy belly dance for his birthday.

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Dark Mark had a birthday party with a guest list of some of his best friends:
Co-host Nicole Sixx, Former co-host Hannah Bakk, singer Jacqueline Van Bierk, and comedians Jamie Gendron and Mike Muratore

The party raged on for almost 2 hours with Mark getting increasingly drunk on absinthe. Luckily he did not drunkenly fall out of his chair until just after the taping stopped. A great time was had by all!

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Tasseographer and historian Rissa Miller returned to regale Mark and Nicole with tales about the hidden history of Halloween

Rissa talked about how the spooky season really started with the oft-mispronounced Samhain and how it was actually turnips at that time that were being carved and how children were given soul cakes instead of candy. She shared the story of "Stingy Jack" and how he outsmarted the devil, which prompted Mark to comment on all the stingy Jacks that he knows. She explains how trick or treating was invented as a way to stop children from rioting, explains...

Fangsmith, Club Empresario and Vampire Father Sebastiaan returned to The Dark Mark Show just in time for the Halloween Season

Sebastiaan recounted how he grew up in Red Bank, NJ and was exposed to the New York club scene through a fax machine at the Wild Pair shoe store he worked at as a teenager. He recounts how his high school girlfriend inspired him to make fangs which led him to make his own mother fangs and eventually dropping out of college to become one of the biggest fang smiths in the world, an author and historian on...

Child actor turned adult scream queen and stand up comedian Anastasia Washington joined Mark and Nicole to kick off the Halloween season with a bang.

Anastasia began her show business career at 3 years old inadvertently stealing the spotlight from Shamu at Sea World, this led her parents to get her an agent leading to roles in Die Hard 2 (where she proceeded to vomit on Bruce Willis) and both Addams Family and Addams Family Values where the late Raul Julia took her to lunch and calmed her down after a temper tantrum on set and where she was unable...

Psychic/Medium/Akashi Reader Raven Willow joined Mark and Nicole for a wild show which included Raven picking up energy and giving Mark a reading.

Raven saw ghosts at an early age, including a scary night playing with a K-Mart Ouija board, she has always been in tune with things we can't comprehend and even went to India to study and get accredited as an Akashic Reader which entails access to libraries of past lives, other dimensions and even alien lives. She picked up all sorts of energy around Mark and tried to get to the root of...

Mark went to the premiere of Actor/Director Harley Wallen’s new vampire movie “Beneath Us All” last week and here is where he first met Harley, his lovely wife and collaborator Kaiti and actress Vida Ghaffari 4 years ago discussing his film Eternal Code

Mark and Hannah return and try to crack the Eternal Code with writer/director/actor Harley Wallen and actresses Kaiti Wallen and Vida Ghaffari
Harley talked about his Swedish upbringing which made him an undefeated MMA fighter and 5 time black belt in Judo. He also broke into show business as a break-dancer (though he adm...