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 th…

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 cak…

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…

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 up…

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 o…

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 …

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…

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…

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 recount…

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 Nicol…

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 ap…

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 g…

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 …

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 divis…

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 Hawk…

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 p…

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 enti…

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 Af…

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 h…

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 ch…

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 wh…

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 …

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 disco…

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 Murp…

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…

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 …

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 This podcast is sponsored by Eddie by Giddy FDA Class II medical device built to treat erectile dysfunction and performance unpredictability. Eddie is specifically engineered to…

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, Amityvi…

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…

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…

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 sing…

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, talke…

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…

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 Moto…

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 ti…

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…

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 R…

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,…

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 freed…

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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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. Get…

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 jus…

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 share…

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…

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…

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…

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 Walle…