#8 Black Hand Society, Flea Circuses and More from This Week in 1908
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 receivi...
13 Sep 20151h 2min
#7 First Trial of the Century and Casting our 1907 cop movie
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 ...
13 Sep 20151h 22min
SE: The Donner Party
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 b...
13 Sep 201547min
#6 Murder of a Senitor, The Dynamite Express and More
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 Barrin...
13 Sep 20151h 38min
#5 Bloody Sunday, Lights in The Sky and The Cullinan Diamond
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 ...
13 Sep 20151h 11min
#4 From Wrestling to Rasslin - This Week in 1904
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 Hack...
13 Sep 20151h 8min
#3 Electrocuting an Elephant in 1903
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 ...
13 Sep 20151h 16min
#2 A Breif History of Being Buried Alive and Other Stories From This Week in 1902
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 horrify...
13 Sep 20151h 33min
