Backyard History
Andrew MacLean
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🦞 Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada’s Past 🦞
From the popular column in 20+ newspapers, Backyard History combines The Maritimes' classic storytelling traditions with meticulous archival research and features more than a dozen voice actors to immerse you in the rich past of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland. Produced by Jordan Lauzier.
📕 Buy the FOUR Backyard History books at backyardhistory.ca
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Recent Episodes
Howl in the Maritimes: The Easter Allen Ginsberg Shook a City
The controversial American poet Allen Ginsberg arrives in New Brunswick for the only Canadian date on his legendary sold out 1967 tour reading his historic epic poem: Howl. The reaction to his Easter…
The Murder of Timothy McCarthy
The true story of a Moncton innkeeper's mysterious disappearance, unsolved murder, and miscarriage of justice. This special episode, featuring 13 voice actresses and actors voicing historical quotes…
Bogged Down in Cape Breton - Beryl Markham's Historic Flight Part 2
A quiet Cape Breton day is broken by a plane crash, which soon attracts the attention of the entire world. The second part of a two-part series on famous, pioneering aviator Beryl Markham's historic…
Bogged Down in Cape Breton - Beryl Markham's Historic Flight - Part 1
The incredible story of Beryl Markham's legendary Atlantic crossing, an implausible story involving everything from royal affairs to Kenyan lions, which unceremoniously ended up in a Cape Breton…
Captain William Milne's Gold Watch
A gold watch was given to Captain Milne as a reward for his clever ruse that turned the tables on the men who captured his ship...
Home for Christmas: The Pilot Who Returned from the Dead
Declared dead in the Second World War, Atlantic Canadian pilot Allan Spear escaped captivity, survived behind enemy lines, and returned home for an unexpected Christmas reunion. Buy the books at…
The Residence Ghost
The story of Fredericton's very friendly ghost!
Blue Water: The Movie Hollywood Wanted to Sink
A Maritimes movie is suppressed by Hollywood as it tries to kill off the Canadian film industry ... featuring a surprising appearance by a young Joey Smallwood! This story appears in the new book…
When Canada and America Went to War, Two Towns Chose Peace
Canada and the U.S. went to war — but St. Stephen and Calais wouldn’t play along.
Comedy on the Rocks: When Comedians Stuck at Sea Turned Disaster into Drama
Little Pictou Island, Nova Scotia, gets its first ever play in the most unusual of circumstances ... after a winter ferry from PEI gets stuck in the ice and drifts over to the island! Get the…
"Only Men May Vote!" (LIVE!) A Tale of Fredericton Women's Lost and Found Voting Rights
A special LIVE podcast of "Only Men May Vote!" starring special guests Fredericton Mayor Kate Rogers, Green Party Leader and MLA David Coon, Poet Laureate Fawn Parker, Minister of Opportunities New…
The Lost Diary: Journey of a Writer Who Vanished into the Heart of the Forest
A mysterious Englishman sailed to New Brunswick in the 1850s. His name and his fate are unknown. All that remains of him is his diary, which recounts an incredible adventure. Buy the Backyard…
Breakfast with the Dungarvon Whooper
A long-lost interview in the forest sheds light on the man behind the Maritimes most famous so-called ghost... Buy the three Backyard History books at backyardhistory.ca/books
The Quarantine Journal of Nellie McGowan
A young girl keeps a secret diary to solve a mystery as she is growing up on an island where new immigrants to Canada are quarantined. backyardhistory.ca
A Halifax Christmas Murder
A dark murder mystery on Christmas in the old garrison city of Halifax changed the Maritimes.
The Story Behind the Crosses on Sugarloaf Mountain
100 years ago, a tragedy led to two crosses being painted on Sugarloaf in Campbellton. This is the story of what happened.
The Ghost of Binstead Manor
A Victorian aristocrat moves to PEI and encounters a ghost in her new house: the biggest mansion on the Island called Binstead Manor. She decided to investigate the haunting herself... This story…
The Man Who Was Hanged From the Gallows he Built
The Hate Preacher
Causing riots wherever he went, this Maritimer became a leader in the KKK, making a fortune spreading hate and division all over the United States! (He wasn't as popular in the Maritimes, where…
Nova Scotia's Queen of the Bootleggers
When alcohol was banned in Nova Scotia during Prohibition, reluctant liquor control inspector Clifford Rose encountered a charismatic woman leading a gang selling illegal booze. Her name was Amy…
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Backyard History has published 111 episodes since October 2021, covering topics in Documentary, History.
Backyard History is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 18m.
