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Ozzy Osbourne's Infamous 1982 Des Moines Bat Bite Incident

Ozzy Osbourne

On January 20, 1982, during a concert at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa, an audience member threw a live bat onto the stage. Believing it to be a rubber novelty prop, Ozzy Osbourne snatched the animal and bit off its head. Immediately upon biting down, he realized something was horribly wrong as warm liquid filled his mouth and the wings began flapping. After the show, he was rushed to Broadlawns Medical Center for a grueling series of prophylactic rabies injections, cementing one of heavy metal's most enduring and shocking legends.

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01 / Music
Dark Side of Music

Every legend has a B-side.

Backstage stories. Broken myths. The price of a lasting name.

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02 / Hollywood
Dark Side of Hollywood

The spotlight casts a long shadow.

Studio power. Screen legends. Stories outside the frame.

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03 / Ancient History
Dark Side of Ancient History

The ruins are only the beginning.

Empires, ambition, and the accounts left in their wake.

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04 / Medicine
Dark Side of Medicine

Behind the white coat.

Medicine’s promises, failures, and difficult histories.

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05 / Sports
Dark Side of Sports

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The rivalries, institutions, and costs behind the highlights.

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06 / Fashion
Dark Side of Fashion

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07 / Religion
Dark Side of Religion

Between faith and power.

Conviction, institutions, and the lives shaped by both.

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08 / Canada
Darkside of Canada

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Rules, institutions, omissions, and the people made to carry their cost.

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08 / Technology
Darkside of Technology

The bug was always human.

Algorithms, monopolies, surveillance, and corporate empires.

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