When It Was Cool Dark

The flagship show of WhenItWasCool.com, Karl and Tonya talk about Halloween, horror movies, haunted houses, and more! They discuss their yearly trip to one of America's top haunted attractions- Netherworld. They discuss the most popular horror movies of all time including Halloween, Poltergeist, It Follows, Blair Witch, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Frankenstein, Dawn of the Dead, Psycho, The Shining, and many more! It's #MonsterMonth at When It Was Cool!

NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast is back talking more of the origins and evolution of thrash heavy metal music. On this episode, NoFriender takes a look at Nuclear Assault and the epic Game Over. If you are interested in music, particularly heavy metal music, then the Thrash Metal Show Podcast is for you! A docu-series taking a look at the history of the metal genre that gave us Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and more!

Karl Stern from WhenItWasCool.com explores the mythos surrounding the Bermuda Triangle. You used to hear about the Bermuda Triangle (or Devil's Triangle) a lot back in the 1970s when Karl was a kid, but not so much any more. There have been a number of incidents that have lead to the lore surrounding the Bermuda Triangle but none more so than the disappearance of a group of Navy fighters that disappeared there during the 1940s and... oh yeah, one of the rescue planes searching for them disappeared also.

On this edition of the DragonKing Dark Podcast, host Karl Stern talks about magic.  Not the stage show kind, or what Penn and Teller or doing but the belief that by spells or incantation, people can effect the future or events in their lives. It's easy to understand why humans, before the age of science, might have believed in magic but the big question is- why would anyone today believe in magic? Is there any evidence that real magic exists? What exactly is magic?

Host Karl Stern tells us two tales of odd and unusual tombstone inscriptions.  The first, located in Salt Lake City, UT ascribes the death of a local elderly lady to The Beast - 666.  We explore why The Beast from John's Revelation in the Bible may, or may not, have claimed this poor woman and why it is inscribed on her headstone.  The second story tells of a tombstone in New England that describes the deceased souls method of death - pressing.  Tales of the macabre from DragonKing Dark.

On this special edition episode of the NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast, host NoFriender discusses the question - Would Metallica exist if not for Dave Mustaine?  Mustaine, of course, went on to great success with his own band Megadeth, but he was also very important in the founding of one of the biggest bands of all time - Metallica. Check out this When It Was Cool and ThrashMetalShow.com special.

On this edition of the DragonKing Dark Podcast, host Karl Stern talks about magic.  Not the stage show kind, or what Penn and Teller or doing but the belief that by spells or incantation, people can effect the future or events in their lives. It's easy to understand why humans, before the age of science, might have believed in magic but the big question is- why would anyone today believe in magic? Is there any evidence that real magic exists? What exactly is magic?

On this edition of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern talks about the draw and allure of old buildings. There is sometime haunting about about buildings that outlive multiple generations of people. We take a look old homes, mansions, cathedrals, castles, and more. Karl discusses his trip to the National Cathedral last year and seeing all the famous people buried in the basement. All over the world there are buildings that out live you and me and we discuss the ghosts, both real and imagined, that haunt them.

This is a review of the movie Smokey and the Bandit that When It Was Cool originally did for our Patreon supporters a few weeks back.  In memory of the late Burt Reynolds, we are releasing this for free today. Smokey and the Bandit was a 1977 action comedy that became a smash hit and launched multiple sequels. You can get daily content just like this by supporting When It Was Cool on Patreon.

On this edition of the When It Was Cool Podcast from WhenItWasCool.com Karl and Tonya each pick some people that they wonder whatever happened to? We find out the fate (in some cases the final fate!) of some of our favorite actors, musicians, and more. We discuss Dark Shadows, Poltergeist (was their a curse on the movie?), Jefferson Starship, Nirvana, 1980s movies, classic TV shows, and more. You might even pick up some interesting trivia along the way! When It Was Cool - Where are they now?