A couple of day's late due to technical difficulties (no fault of our own we swear) we're up and running again. This week we're talking about one of the most dramatic sporting moments of the 20th century, an unrelated double KO in the ring, Des

#22 Mary Winchester's Mystery House - This Week in 1922

Sep 14th, 2015 1h 8m

This week, Mary Winchester dies & with her, the truth behind her mystery house. Another mining disaster rocks England, and a man named Dolittle does quite a bit.

#21 Another Killer, Another Air Disaster - This Week in 1921

Sep 14th, 2015 52m 7s

Another year, another serial killer, airship disaster and more strange news from this week in 1921

#20 A 1920's Serial Killer - This Week in 1920

Sep 14th, 2015 1h 9m

This week we step into the roaring twenties and take a look at the first commercial radio broadcast, a tragedy in baseball, and ruthless serial killer, Carl Panzram. All making the news, this week in 1920.

SE: Shoulder Arms Commentary

Sep 14th, 2015 46m 56s

Originally removed from our feed because we weren't happy with how it turned out, here is our commentary on Charlie Chaplin's Shoulder Arms (as discussed in our episode for "This Week in 1918)

#19 Airships and Comicstrips - This week in 1919

Sep 14th, 2015 1h 11m

The latest episode of Yesteryear's News Today (July 12th 2015) in which Shane & Johnny look at some more lighter-than-air advances, a classic comic-strip by Frank King and anything else that was making the news This Week In 1919.For the Free au

#18 A Farewell To Arms - This Week In 1918

Sep 14th, 2015 59m 55s

As the war winds down, we look at one of the other mass killers of the year, The Spanish Flu. Released this week was "Shoulder Arms" by Charlie Chaplin. And we discuss the works of Ernest Hemingway, who just this week was wounded in the War.For

#17 And The War Goes On - This Week in 1917

Sep 14th, 2015 1h 15m

This weeks marks the 3 year anniversary of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, and the event that would send the world into one of the most disastrous conflicts in history. As America enters the war, we look at one of the big game changers of

#16 Tolkien and The Great War, 1916

Sep 14th, 2015 1h 21m

World War 1 reaches the half way mark, and J.R.R Tolkien ships off to France. The commander-in-chief signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America. And the English Starling bird is on trial for its life.We also read from the War Journals

#15 Minstrel Shows and Birth of a Nation - This week in 1915

Sep 14th, 2015 1h 8m

In which we unfortunately land on two stories of early 20th century racism within the entertainment industry, but find some laughs at the expense of those involved in the minor tragedies of the week.The song Shane refers to is called Minstrel P

#14 Martians, Mothers, and Witches. This week in 1914

Sep 14th, 2015 1h 14m

A Little Green Man is spotted in Texas, Mother's Day is made official by orders of the commander-in-chief himself, Witchcraft is discussed at length, and our imaginations might hold the answers to two mysteries from the news as it was this week

#13 Three Tales of Mystery from This Week In 1913

Sep 14th, 2015 1h 15m

In which we pitch the next three seasons of True Detective.Stories include, a murder in a pencil factory, The investigation into a mysterious madman. And the case of Bobby Dunbar.The photo's we refer to at the beginning of the episode can be se

#12 The week the Titanic sank

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 5m

The week of one of the biggest news stories of the 20th century, we chose to ignore most of it and instead talk about Kim Il-sung & North Korea, the first woman to fly across the English channel, Bram Stokers Death, Dracula & Vlad The Impaler.

#11 The Black Hand Return and The works of Animator Winsor McCay

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 15m

One for the lawmen, as members of The Black Hand are hauled off to the big house. Tragedy strike in Alabama, when an explosion kills 128 at the Pratt Company coal mine. And We look at the works of Animator & Cartoonist Winsor McCay, the man who

SE: Historic Hoaxes

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 35m

April Fools Day 2015 has passed, and we've survived it without falling for any outlandish claims. But in the spirit of that ridiculous day, we take a look at some bogus news stories that made the papers in the 19th and early 20th century, inclu

#10 Edison's Frankenstein, How Strangers Argued in 1910 and More News from The Week

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 26m

In which we discuss the bizarre crimes of the week; the first motion picture adaption of Mary Shelly's iconic novel, Frankenstein. How people held long distant arguments before the age of the internet, and more.

#9 Race for The Poles, This Week in 1909

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 34m

President Lincoln travels 100 years into the future and conquers Mars, Roosevelt exits and Taft steps in, the race for the poles heats up, and somewhere a family is mourning the death of George Millet; who died trying to escape his colleagues k

#8 Black Hand Society, Flea Circuses and More from This Week in 1908

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 2m

A man finds a displaced arm in a wood pile, another man starts his very own flea circus, rebellion is stirring once again in Russia, and many Italian-American Citizens are living in fear after receiving threats from the dreaded Black Black Hand

#7 First Trial of the Century and Casting our 1907 cop movie

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 22m

We cast Shia Labeouf in the action packed adaption of the true 1907 man hunt for four California bank robbers, tell the bizarre (and mostly just sad) story of Evelyn Nesbit & the murder of her former lover, and share our views on Victorian dog

SE: The Donner Party

Sep 13th, 2015 47m 24s

It's Friday the 13th, and we take a look at one of the harshest incidences of bad luck in the old west, The Tragic Expedition of The Donner Party.If you want to know more about their story, read the books Desperate Passage, by Ethan Rarick, As

#6 Murder of a Senitor, The Dynamite Express and More

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 38m

This week we have the Idaho coal miners strike, the Dynamite Express, and the events that led to the murder of senator Steunenberg as a result. Then, Shane recounts the story of the (phony)Lord Barrington, and we discuss the introduction of the

#5 Bloody Sunday, Lights in The Sky and The Cullinan Diamond

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 11m

In our fifth episode, we talk about how a peaceful protest quickly turned into a horrific massacre in Russia, the surprisingly interesting history of the Cullinan diamond, the quest to break the land speed record; and the mysteriouslights that

#4 From Wrestling to Rasslin - This Week in 1904

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 8m

In which we discuss the tragic Harwick mine disaster and a great fire in Norway. The birth of wrestling, the 'one time' national sport of America, and it's decline after the battle between George Hackenschmidt and Frank Gotch, and how it evolve

#3 Electrocuting an Elephant in 1903

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 16m

It's January 16th, 1903, and racial tensions are high in Mississippi after the unfair firing of Minnie M. Cox, Thomas A. Edison's film "Electrocuting an Elephant was released on the 12th, and Houdini has been demonstrating his prison escapes in

#2 A Breif History of Being Buried Alive and Other Stories From This Week in 1902

Sep 13th, 2015 1h 33m

In the second episode of Yesteryear's News Today, We're covering the tragic train crash at Park Avenue, the first international hostage crisis for America, a grizzly murder in Australia, and a horrifying case of premature burial in Paris. Just