ADDITIONAL HISTORY: Headlines You Probably Missed

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"Titanic Sinks!" "Man Walks on Moon!" "Pearl Harbor Bombed!" We've all seen the famous newspaper headlines, but what else was making headlines on the exact same day as some of the biggest events in history? Author Tifani Clark shares forgotten stories of crime, humor, mystery, and more from historical newspapers.

  1. FEB 9

    Episode 253 - February 26, 1993

    Eight years before the tragedy of 9/11, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York City for the first time. It was scary and chaotic. What else was being reported in newspapers on that same day? SOURCES “Advertisement: Windsor Beacon Instant Mail (Page 16).” Windsor Beacon (Windsor, Colorado), February 26, 1993. www.newspapers.com.Associated Press. “Accused Murderers: Boys Next Door.” Bonner County Daily Bee (Sandpoint, Idaho), February 26, 1993. www.newspapers.com.Associated Press. “Train Station Caves In; Dozens Hurt.” The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), February 26, 1993. www.newspapers.com.Ballard, Kimberly. “New Documentary: Betty Wilson Wrongly Convicted in Death of Husband, Dr. Jack Wilson.” 256 Today, July 26, 2022. https://256today.com/new-documentary-claims-betty-wilson-was-wrongly-convicted-of-the-murder-of-her-husband-30-years-ago/. Coleman, Jenny. “Who Was James Bulger and What Happened to His Killers?” BBC News, March 16, 2025. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4vx0gwe77o. “Dolores Fisher.” WDHOF. Accessed October 1, 2025. https://www.wdhof.org/members/dolores-fisher. Examiner News Services. “Huge Blast Rips N. Y. Trade Center.” The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California), February 26, 1993. www.newspapers.com.Kenney, Jerry. “Loot Diver Becoming a Wreck.” Daily News (New York, New York), February 26, 1993. “The Mel Fisher Story.” MFST. Accessed October 1, 2025.https://store.melfisher.com/blogs/news/the-mel-fisher-story?srsltid=AfmBOorIQ9Hf3FA7ZHJhRtyVfDrF3TYgMIycy7p_VH3DFb2xp6FVgcFJ.“Mel Fisher.” Wikipedia, July 3, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Fisher. “Murder of James Bulger.” Wikipedia, September 29, 2025.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger. Newberry, Paul. “Wife, Twin Sister Accused in Murder of Wealthy Doctor.” Concord Monitor (Concord, New Hampshire), February 26, 1993. www.newspapers.com.“Nuestra Señora de Atocha Treasure.” Thomas Numismatics, July 27, 2023. https://thomasnumismatics.com/en/blog/nuestra-senora-atocha-treasure/?srsltid=AfmBOop9T8y-k5Q4r4MyiNlkMVKmXcRBYveHynzRfnRYPZXuG0L12anc“Nuestra Señora de Atocha.” Wikipedia, September 9, 2025.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Atocha. “Putting Together the Fragments: The Investigation of the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing.” Putting Together the Fragments: The Investigation of the 1993 World TradeCenter Bombing | National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Accessed September 30, 2025. https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/putting-together-fragments-investigation-1993-world-trade-center-bombing.Schunn, Caitlin. “How Twins Ended up on Trial for Murder of an Alabama Doctor - but Only One Was Convicted.” Oxygen, July 19, 2024. https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/betty-wilson-convicted-in-doctor-husbands-alabama-murder.This Morning News. “James Bulger: 30 Years On From The Murder That Shook Britain.” YouTube. Accessed October 1, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7OWspyONp8. World trade center bombing 1993. Accessed September 30, 2025. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/world-trade-center-bombing-1993. “‘The Wounds Don’t Ever Heal’: 30 Years after James Bulger’s Murder, Bootle Cannot Forget.” The Guardian, February 10, 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/10/30-years-after-james-bulger-murder-strand-bootle-youth-justice.SOUND SOURCESAl Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

    43 min

  2. JAN 26

    Episode 252 - May 14, 1961

    Today I'll tell you about the Freedom Riders and their fight for equality in bus transportation during the 1960s, along with three other additional history stories making headlines the exact same day. SOURCES “Advertisement: Fred’s Dollar Store (Page 4).” The Sun (Jonesboro, Arkansas), May 10, 1961. www.newspapers.com. “Albatross (1920 Schooner).” Wikipedia, October 24, 2024.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross_(1920_schooner). “Albatross Is Due Back; To Leave Again.” The Day (New London, Conneticut), August 24, 1960. www.newspapers.com. Associated Press. “13 Survive Albatross Sinking.” Daily Illini 5 May 1961 - Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections, May 4, 1961. https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=DIL19610505.2.54&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------. Associated Press. “Blast Under Floorboard Shatters Driver’s Leg.” Trenton Sunday Times (Trenton, New Jersey), May 14, 1961. www.newspapers.com. Associated Press. “Captain Tells Of Sea Rescue.” The Evening Star (Washington D. C.), May 4, 1961. www.newspapers.com. Associated Press. “Skipper Lauds Boys Feats in Storm As 13 Survive Sinking of Student Ship.” The Bridgeport Post (Bridgeport, Connecticut), May 4, 1961. www.newspapers.com. Associated Press. “Testing Bus Station Policies ‘Freedom Riders’ Stop In Atlanta.” The Macon News (Macon, Georgia), May 14, 1961. www.newspapers.com. Blanco, Juan Ignacio. “Edwin Albert Bush: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers.” Edwin Albert Bush. Accessed September 27, 2025. https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bush-edwin.htm. “Bomb Figure to Be Paroled.” The Scranton Times (Scranton, Pennsylvania), May 13, 1963. www.newspapers.com. Brislin, J. Harold. “Clues to Attempted Murder by Bombing of Auto Sought.” The Scrantonian (Scranton, Pennsylvania), M “Filming of ‘Squall’ Resurrect Painful Memories for Survivors.” Pensacola News Journal (Pensacola, Florida), February 6, 1996. www.newspapers.com. “Christopher Shelton, 76; Skipper of Ill-Fated Sailing Ship Albatross.” Los Angeles Times, November 3, 2002. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-03-me passings3.2-story.html. “Edwin Bush.” Wikipedia, August 15, 2025.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Bush#:~:text=South%20East%20London.-,Murder,dress%20sword%20had%20been%20stolen. “Freedom Riders National Monument (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service. Accessed September 20, 2025. https://www.nps.gov/frri/index.htm. “Freedom Riders.” History.com, February 27, 2025. https://www.history.com/articles/freedom-rides. “Killed Woman To Get Sword.” Leicester Evening Mail (Leicester, Leicestershire, England), May 10, 1961. www.newspapers.com. “Leicester-Born Woman Murdered.” Leicester Mercury (Leicester, England), March 4, 1961. www.newspapers.com. Leith, Henrietta. “Area Woman Among 6 Lost As ‘Floating Classroom’ Sinks.” The Bridgeport Telegram (Bridgeport, Connecticut), May 4, 1961. www.newspapers.com. Nagaishi, Ayano. “Reviving Justice: How Freedom Riders Movement Shaped Future Protests.” The Tennessean(Nashville, Tennessee), May 4, 2021. www.newspapers.com. Reynolds, Ruth. “They Were ‘Too Nice’ to Be Killers.” Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii), April 15, 1962. “Sarah Molter to Get Parole Next Friday.” The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), October 11, 1963. www.newspapers.com. Skoulding, Lucy. “The Chilling Story of the Brutal Killing at a London Curiosity Shop.” My London, February 5, 2021.https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/chilling-story-brutal-killing-london-17043146. “SV ‘Albatross’. White Squall. Lost at Sea.” YouTube. Accessed September 26, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OZbkEgAe7A. “Testimony Completed In Trial of Mrs. Molter.” The Scranton Times (Scranton, Pennsylvania), December 1, 1961. www.newspapers.com. SOUND SOURCES Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music. Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music. Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

    50 min

  3. JAN 12

    Episode 251 - MINI - December 9, 1934

    Have you ever heard the story of The Galapagos Affair? If not, buckle up, because you're in for a wild ride of intrigue, possible murder, and unsolved mysteries in this all new mini episode. SOURCES Associated Press. “Marooned Savant and Wife Saved.” Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), February 9, 1930. www.newspapers.com. Bird, Carol. “The Mystery-Tragedy of Island Eden.” The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), December 30, 1934. www.newspapers.com. “Floreana Island.” Galápagos Conservancy, May 30, 2022.https://www.galapagos.org/about_galapagos/the islands/floreana-island/. The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden. Https://Www.Youtube.Com/Watch?v=Wf2txEIcg6E, 2014. Kisor, Henry. “Some Odd Adventures in Paradise.” Newsday (New York, New York), October 25, 1983. www.newspapers.com. Klyman, Julius. “A German Scientist Seeks the Life of Contemplation in the Galapagos Islands.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri), March 16, 1930. www.newspapers.com. “Margret Wittmer.” Wikipedia, August 21, 2025.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margret_Wittmer. Meares, Hadley. “An Unsolvable Mystery: Captain Hancock and the Case of the Quarrelsome Castaways.” PBS SoCal, June 21, 2022. https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/an-unsolvable-mystery-captain-hancock-and-the-case-of-the-quarrelsome-castaways. Minster, Christopher. “The Unsolved Murder Mystery: The Galapagos Affair.” ThoughtCo, April 29, 2025.https://www.thoughtco.com/unsolved-murder-mystery-the-galapagos-affair-2136125. “Seeking A Paradise They Found Death On A Lonely Isle.” The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri), December 9, 1934. www.newspapers.com. Wittmer, Margret. Floreana: A Woman’s Pilgrimage to the Galapagos. New York, New York: Beaufort Books, 1989. SOUND SOURCES Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music. Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music. Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

    37 min

  4. 12/31/2025

    Episode 250 - December 31, 1999

    December 31, 1999, wasn't just the end of a year. It was also the end of a century and a millennium. Leading up to that day, the Y2K craze had people unsure if their lives would be the same once the clock ticked over to the year 2000. But, newspapers still had other stories to share, and I've got three great additional history stories for you, too. SOURCES “Advertisement: Younkers (Page 5).” Bay City Times (Bay City, Michigan), December 31, 1999. Associated Press. “5 Dead in Hotel Attack.” Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon), December 31, 1999. Associated Press. “Family Offer Reward For Safe Return Of Woman.” Henryetta Daily Free-Lance (Henryetta, Oklahoma), December 28, 1999. Associated Press. “Hunt For Killer Continuing in Ozark Woods.” The Columbia Tribune (Columbia, Missouri), December 31, 1999. Associated Press. “Search for Missing Woman Leads to Body.” Times Record (Fort Smith, Arkansas), December 30, 1999. “Bixby Man Reports Wife Is Missing.” Tulsa World (Tulsa, Oklahoma), December 26, 1999. “George Harrison.” Wikipedia, September 9, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison. Goffard, Christopher. “"he Killed . . . for No Reason’.” Tampa Bay Times, December 15, 2019. https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2002/04/18/he-killed-for-no-reason/. Menner, Laura Bauer. “Officers Pursue Armed Fugitive after Carjacking.” The Springfield News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri), December 30, 1999. Mitchell, Bill. “Gunman Kills 5; Worker’s Rampage Spills from Hotel.” Poynter, March 2, 2011. https://www.poynter.org/archive/2003/gunman-kills-5-worker%EF%BF%BDs-rampage-spills-from-hotel/. Nascenzi, Nicole. “Family Searches for Woman.” Tulsa World (Tulsa, Oklahoma), December 27, 1999. “The Night Before Y2K.” The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York), December 31, 1999. Reuters. “Former Beatles Stalker Murdered in California.” www.reuters.com, August 9, 2007. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/former-beatles-stalker-murdered-in-california-idUSN31304392/. Reuters. “Oklahoma Executes Man Who Killed Three in 1999 Spree.” https://www.reuters.com, March 12, 2013. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/oklahoma-executes-man-who-killed-three-in-1999-spree-idUSBRE92B17I/. Shurley, Traci. “Police Storm House on Manhunt Lead.” The Springfield News-Leader (Springfield,Missouri), January 1, 2000. Smith, Michael. “Officials Seek Help of Public.” Tulsa World (Tulsa, Oklahoma), December 29, 1999. “Stabbing of George Harrison.” Wikipedia, September 9, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing_of_George_Harrison. “Steven Ray Thacker.” Wikipedia, September 8, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Ray_Thacker. Sylvester, Ron. “Widow Mourns Lost Future.” The Springfield News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri), January 3, 1999. Tomposky, Ellen, and Corky Siemaszko. “Ex-Beatle George Harrison Stabbed At Home By Psychopath.” TheDaily News (New York, New York), December 31, 1999. Vognar, Chris. “Y2K Mania: When People Thought the World Was Going to End.” Rolling Stone, December 30, 2023.https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/time-bomb-y2k-hbo-documentary-millennium-armageddon-matt-damon-putin-1234938523/. “Y2K Bug.” Encyclopædia Britannica, September 4, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/technology/Y2K-bug. SOUND SOURCES Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music. Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music. Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

    43 min

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"Titanic Sinks!" "Man Walks on Moon!" "Pearl Harbor Bombed!" We've all seen the famous newspaper headlines, but what else was making headlines on the exact same day as some of the biggest events in history? Author Tifani Clark shares forgotten stories of crime, humor, mystery, and more from historical newspapers.

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