#16 Tolkien and The Great War, 1916
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...
14 Sep 20151h 21min
#14 Martians, Mothers, and Witches. This week in 1914
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...
14 Sep 20151h 14min
#13 Three Tales of Mystery from This Week In 1913
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 ...
14 Sep 20151h 15min
#12 The week the Titanic sank
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...
13 Sep 20151h 5min
#11 The Black Hand Return and The works of Animator Winsor McCay
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 Ani...
13 Sep 20151h 15min
SE: Historic Hoaxes
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 pape...
13 Sep 20151h 35min
#10 Edison's Frankenstein, How Strangers Argued in 1910 and More News from The Week
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...
13 Sep 20151h 26min
#9 Race for The Poles, This Week in 1909
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...
13 Sep 20151h 34min
