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 here: yesteryearsnewstoday.tumblr.com/

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.

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 Senator Tillman shooting his political rival Narcisco Gener Gonzales

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.

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.