Backyard History

Jan 20 2025 99 ep. 19 mins 79
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🦞 Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada’s Past 🦞 Backyard History Podcast goes beyond traditional storytelling by using more than a dozen actors to voice actual historical quotes, immersing you in the drama and intrigue of the past. Whether it’s tales of daring exploits, mysterious events, or legendary figures, this family-friendly podcast offers an engaging and dynamic way to explore the rich history of Atlantic Canada. Hosted & written by Andrew MacLean, the podcast expands on his popular weekly Backyard History column which appears in 19 newspapers in the Maritimes. Produced by Jordan Lauzier. 📕 Buy the THREE Backyard History books at backyardhistory.ca

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Breakfast with the Dungarvon Whooper

Jan 20 2025 19 mins  
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

Jan 04 2025 18 mins  
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

Dec 25 2024 19 mins  
A dark murder mystery on Christmas in the old garrison city of Halifax changed the Maritimes.

The Story Behind the Crosses on Sugarloaf Mountain

Dec 14 2024 12 mins  
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

Oct 23 2024 28 mins  
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 appears in the new book 'Backyard History: Rebellious Women In The Maritimes'! Order your copy at backyardhistory.ca

The Man Who Was Hanged From the Gallows he Built

Oct 09 2024 18 mins  

The Hate Preacher

Sep 21 2024 32 mins  
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 locals tried to throw him off a cliff!) Buy the book 'Backyard History: Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada's Past' at backyardhistory.ca

Nova Scotia's Queen of the Bootleggers

Aug 12 2024 13 mins  
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 Mason but everyone knew her as "The Queen of the Bootleggers."

Painless Parker: Renegade Dentist

Jun 19 2024 28 mins  
A small-town boy from the Maritimes becomes obscenely wealthy and ridiculously famous in America for dentist circuses... This story appears in the brand new SECOND Backyard History book! Order a signed copy at backyardhistory.ca/book

The Rise and Fall of George Black and the Golden Seven

Jun 04 2024 27 mins  
A trip to the Yukon Gold Rush leads to a series of completely unexpected twists, with a young Maritimer becoming the Speaker of Parliament ... and ending up sent to a lunatic asylum!