A weekly podcast where we discuss the week's news events from years long past. Beginning with the week of January 1st, 1901, and working our way through the next century one year at a time. Each week, a new year.
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#23 Old Timely Boxing and Making Lovecraft - This Week in 1923
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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, Destroyer Squadron Eleven (and the biggest peace time Naval disaster) and one of H.P Lovecraft's greatest wor…
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#22 Mary Winchester's Mystery House - This Week in 1922
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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.द्वारा Johnny Daly, Shane Collier
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#21 Another Killer, Another Air Disaster - This Week in 1921
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Another year, another serial killer, airship disaster and more strange news from this week in 1921द्वारा Johnny Daly, Shane Collier
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#20 A 1920's Serial Killer - This Week in 1920
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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.द्वारा Johnny Daly, Shane Collier
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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)द्वारा Johnny Daly, Shane Collier
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#19 Airships and Comicstrips - This week in 1919
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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 audio-books recommended, check out: audibletrial.com/yesteryearsnewstoday…
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#18 A Farewell To Arms - This Week In 1918
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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 the Free audio-books recommended, check out: audibletrial.com/yesteryearsnewstoday…
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#17 And The War Goes On - This Week in 1917
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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 the current conflict, the introduction of Arial warfare. Meanwhile, more advances in film with the introd…
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#16 Tolkien and The Great War, 1916
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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 of Thomas Fredrick Littler.Make sure to check out our new sponser and get a free audiobook atwww.Audiblet…
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#14 Martians, Mothers, and Witches. This week in 1914
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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 In 1914.द्वारा Johnny Daly, Shane Collier
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#13 Three Tales of Mystery from This Week In 1913
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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 seen hereyesteryearsnewstoday.tumblr.com/post/1183…anastasia…
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#12 The week the Titanic sank
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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.द्वारा Johnny Daly, Shane Collier
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#11 The Black Hand Return and The works of Animator Winsor McCay
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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 inspired Walt Disney.द्वारा Johnny Daly, Shane Collier
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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, including Poes' Balloon hoax, The Great Moons hoax (not to be confused with the conspiracy theory surround the …
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#10 Edison's Frankenstein, How Strangers Argued in 1910 and More News from The Week
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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.द्वारा Johnny Daly, Shane Collier
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#9 Race for The Poles, This Week in 1909
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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 kisses.द्वारा Johnny Daly, Shane Collier
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#8 Black Hand Society, Flea Circuses and More from This Week in 1908
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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 Society. Just some of the News as it was, this week in 1908.For show-notes see: yesteryearsnewstoday.tumb…
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#7 First Trial of the Century and Casting our 1907 cop movie
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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 breeding.For more info on Evelyn Nesbit and the Trial of the Century, check out the book American Eve, and…
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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 either an audio book: itunes.apple.com/ie/audiobook/des…?uo=4&at=1l3vvUAOr in text form: itunes.apple.co…
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#6 Murder of a Senitor, The Dynamite Express and More
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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 Federal Prison System in America. And born this week, Clyde Tombaugh, the man who discovered Pluto and ca…
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#5 Bloody Sunday, Lights in The Sky and The Cullinan Diamond
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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 hovered over the towns of Egryn and Harlech in Wales, for several months in 1905.Show notes can be found h…
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#4 From Wrestling to Rasslin - This Week in 1904
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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 evolved into the rasslin we know today.We also discuss one of the Hollywood greats born this week.…
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#3 Electrocuting an Elephant in 1903
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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 Amsterdam.We also discuss some more cannibalism, a brief history of the Cony Island amusement parks and S…
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#2 A Breif History of Being Buried Alive and Other Stories From This Week in 1902
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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 some of the news as it was this week, in 1902.द्वारा yesteryearsnewstoday@gmail.com
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#1 The Turn of the Century, 1901
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Right in time for the New Year, here is the first episode of "Yesteryear's News Today", In which our hosts recount what might have been making the headlines this week in January, 1901.द्वारा yesteryearsnewstoday@gmail.com
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