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Inside the tragic curse of the Power Rangers
Apr 3, 2025
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers might have been the ultimate live-action superhero show of the '90s, but it was plagued with tragedy and scandals behind the scenes.
Investigation Discovery's latest Hollywood Demons episode, Dark Side of Power Rangers, unpacks the bone-chilling real-life stories from the cast of the popular program, including how a fan-turned-gunman tried to assassinate the show's most legendary star, to manslaughter, suicides, and a fatal car crash.
Ahead of the documentary's release on April 7, DailyMail.com takes a closer look at the misfortunes that played out, beginning with the assassination attempt on Jason David Frank, who quickly became the face of the Power Rangers franchise.
Frank shot to fame as the original Green Ranger, before being brought back as the White Ranger, totaling 124 episodes between 1993 and 1996.
He later returned for several spin-offs, including Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers Wild Force, and more.
But Frank's notoriety soon made him a target, and in 2017 he was pursued by a man named Matthew Sterling while attending Phoenix Comicon.
At the convention, the attacker carried with him an arsenal of weapons, including body armor, pepper spray, a combat knife, a 12-gauge shot gun, two handguns, a revolver, a stun gun, and throwing stars.
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