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There is a book on the subject and Johnny Cash even sang about it but what is the real truth behind the White Witch of Rose Hall Jamaica? As it turns out there is some true and a lot of fiction behind the supposed Witch of Rose Hall which is a popular tourist destination on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Perhaps you've been there yourself and wondered? Maybe one day you'll take a cruise and wonder about it? Today, host Karl Stern, takes a look at the woman, the myth, and the legend.

Karl and Tonya talk Spider-Man, PBS series The Electric Company, which leads to a discussion on Bill Cosby and his legal woes and Fat Albert and Eddie Murphy.  Then Tonya puts together her own Avengers team with discussion of the Care Bears, The Last Unicorn, The Never Ending Story, and more.  There is talk of a new G.I. Joe movie which has Karl excited and finally some classic rock talk about Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Rush, Grateful Dead, songwriting, and more!

On this episode of the NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast from the When It Was Cool Podcast Network - host NoFriender talks about the band dynamics of the iconic heavy metal band Slayer and their pending retirement.  The NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast cover the origins and evolution of thrash heavy metal music in a documentary style.  Check out the full series at WhenItWasCool.com

There is a real problem rising that society, the news, nor the courts are fully ready for.  Evidence manipulation.  In an age where even an novice with a computer to photoshop pictures, produce near professional quality video and special effects, and then drop them into the sea of social media what are we to trust? Once a photo was taken as proof positive in a court of law. Now, most photos you see are ran through filters, manipulated, or fabricated.  In a fake digital world how can we trust anything?

On this episode of the NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast the topic is the late great guitarist and founding member of Slayer- Jeff Hanneman.  The NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast is an on-going docu-series about the origins and evolution of thrash style heavy metal and is part of the When It Was Cool Podcast Network.

On this show we revisit our most popular episode The Problem is You with a look at society, changing moral codes, and the ever so slippy slope of entitlement. We also talk about the Lone Ranger. Yes, the Lone Ranger. And he is relevant to our discussion on moral codes and ethics and why things aren't always as simple as they seem and sometimes they are.

On this edition of the When It Was Cool Podcast, Karl and Tonya discuss a ton of classic rock news including a review of The Eagles concert in Birmingham, Huey Lewis health problems, KISS on tour next year, Fleetwood Mac kicking out Lindsey Buckingham, plus Karl on the Joe on Joe G.I. Joe podcast, Hasbro buys Power Rangers which leads to a discussion of early to mid-1990s pop culture.

NoFriender returns with the heavy metal documentary that you have come to love- The Thrash Metal Show Podcast. This episode he begins a long form history of the band Overkill.  NoFriender has talked about Overkill before and those shows have been extremely popular and now he goes into even more detail about the thrash metal legends.

On this edition of the DragonKing Dark Podcast from When It Was Cool, host Karl Stern talks about two recent articles in the news. The first asks the very interesting question about the age of mankind and what if there was an advanced civilization here millions of years ago? Recently the scientific community has looked at this question from a different angle. Then, recently making the news is a monster roaming the streets in Argentina... or so the news said.

NoFriender continues his look into the origins and evolution of thrash style heavy metal this episode with, what is sure to be a fan favorite, Mercyful Fate. If you are a fan of hard rock, heavy metal, and thrash metal then this series is for you.  NoFriender gives a detailed look at this popular music genre in the NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast. Part of the When It Was Cool podcast network.