When It Was Cool Dark

Our big episode 200 show! We begin reviewing documentaries on the paranormal, strange, odd, science, cryptozoology, and more. This week, host Karl Stern takes a look at two shows. First, from the old series In Search Of... starring Leonard Nimoy season 1 episode 1 which asks "What if plants can communicate with us?". Then the second half of the show looks at episode 1 of the Pyramid Code which dives into the mysteries of the Egyptian Pyramids! This is a great jumping-on point for this podcast! Come join us!

NoFriender continues his amazing look at the origins of thrash heavy metal. This episode takes a look at Dark Angel. This incredible series, exclusive to the When It Was Cool website, has been amazing. Check out all the parts for a complete understanding of the origins, development, and evolution of thrash heavy metal music. First time on the Apple Podcasts feed!

This is our last road trip episode for a few week as we transition to our new format beginning next week with episode 200. This week we travel to the Great Lake state of Michigan to find dinosaurs, museums, and a few oversized objects of interest. Spread the word about DragonKing Dark and let's have a few giant sized weeks of our own!

Special presentation of our flagship show - Welcome to the first When It Was Cool Podcast of the year 2020! Last year featured a lot of great retro pop culture and 2020 looks amazing as well. Karl has some spoiler free comments about Star Wars - Rise of Skywalker. Talk about fans verses Toxic Fans. What happens next with G.I. Joe and the G.I. Joe franchise? A little pro wrestling talk and Marvel and DC Movies talk as well. It's what fandom is supposed to be... FUN!

I can't spell Massachusetts. That's just one discovery I made this week on the DragonKing Dark Podcast. We take a look at one of the oldest states in the Union and try to find the strangest, most odd, and unusual places. Massachusetts has the usual stuff like oddity museums, and largest something-or-other but they also have a history of witch hunts and a township that is probably the most associated with witchcraft on Earth. Join host Karl Stern as he explores the oddities of Massachusetts.

It was pondered aloud on the When It Was Cool Podcast if there was any way to theme a Christmas episode around thrash metal. The hosts concluded that there wasn't. NoFriender took that as a challenge and accepted. So, crawling out from under whatever rock he has been hiding we proudly present the Thrash Metal Show Podcast, episode 78, the Christmas Thrashtacular.

We continue our march toward episode 200 and today Karl and DragonKing Dark stop in Maryland to check out the strange, weird, odd, and unusual. I had the privilege of going to Maryland a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. In this episode we take a look at odd graves, strange museums, and macabre stories. Come join us with a look at the strangle places in Maryland.

Many of the early Thrash Metal Show Podcasts have never been released before on the iTunes or Patreon feeds. I am going back through them now and re-mixing them and uploading them whenever there isn't a new show. This episode was originally put out as episode 6 and NoFriender discusses the classic band Exodus. Formed in 1979, they were instrumental in the early heavy metal scene.

We continue our countdown to episode 200 and this week we are stopping in the home state of Stephen King so we should find some bizarre and strange stops along the way. Obviously, the home of Stephen King is one of them but Maine is old state and, along the way, has amassed a collection of ghosts, witches, and strangeness all it's own. Let's head northeast and see what oddities Maine has to offer.

This show went off the rails, I can not lie. When you think of strange, odd, and weird places, Louisiana probably comes to mind because of New Orleans and it's association with Voodoo and Vampires. Well... most of your travel destination websites seem to grasp that and little else. They also apparently believe that Louisiana is made up entirely of New Orleans and this drives host Karl Stern crazy.