Backyard History

🦞 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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Recent Episodes
  • "Only Men May Vote!" (LIVE!) A Tale of Fredericton Women's Lost and Found Voting Rights
    Mar 7, 2025 – 01:12:06
  • The Lost Diary: Journey of a Writer Who Vanished into the Heart of the Forest
    Feb 24, 2025 – 51:56
  • Breakfast with the Dungarvon Whooper
    Jan 20, 2025 – 19:13
  • The Quarantine Journal of Nellie McGowan
    Jan 4, 2025 – 18:26
  • A Halifax Christmas Murder
    Dec 25, 2024 – 19:18
  • The Story Behind the Crosses on Sugarloaf Mountain
    Dec 14, 2024 – 12:28
  • The Ghost of Binstead Manor
    Oct 23, 2024 – 28:38
  • The Man Who Was Hanged From the Gallows he Built
    Oct 9, 2024 – 18:20
  • The Hate Preacher
    Sep 21, 2024 – 32:55
  • Nova Scotia's Queen of the Bootleggers
    Aug 12, 2024 – 13:50
  • Painless Parker: Renegade Dentist
    Jun 19, 2024 – 28:44
  • The Rise and Fall of George Black and the Golden Seven
    Jun 4, 2024 – 27:06
  • The Detective and the Trapper
    May 25, 2024 – 13:32
  • Denied a Seat: Wolastoqiyik Man Races Stagecoach 100 kilometers
    May 4, 2024 – 10:26
  • Liberty on the Rocks (Part 3): Captured in Charlottetown
    Apr 9, 2024 – 18:22
  • Liberty on the Rocks (Part 2): Initiation of a Lunenburg Rum Runner
    Apr 1, 2024 – 24:52
  • Liberty on the Rocks (Part 1): Shootout at Bouctouche
    Mar 24, 2024 – 21:36
  • The Candy Killer: The Serial Killer Who Stalked Saint John
    Mar 5, 2024 – 58:23
  • Message in a Molasses Barrel
    Feb 11, 2024 – 21:01
  • Did Babe Ruth Detox in the Woods in New Brunswick?
    Feb 4, 2024 – 13:07
  • Hooves and Heroes: Princess Louise, A Warhorse’s Tale
    Jan 10, 2024 – 25:32
  • The Aristocrat & The Canoemaker
    Dec 29, 2023 – 20:50
  • A Festive Flashback: Unwrapping Christmas 1868
    Dec 23, 2023 – 24:58
  • Dr. Leslie E. Keeley Gold Cure for Drunkenness: and the Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Fredericton’s Addiction Treatment Legacy
    Dec 10, 2023 – 33:37
  • The Second Halifax Explosion
    Nov 19, 2023 – 19:25
  • Siberian Expedition: Winslow and Ollie’s Odyssey
    Nov 10, 2023 – 33:19
  • The Mystery of the Ghostly Fire Ship of the Baie Des Chaleurs
    Oct 30, 2023 – 20:08
  • Revolutionary Roadblock: Trotsky’s Imprisonment in Nova Scotia
    Oct 16, 2023 – 19:51
  • American Invaders Stole P.E.I.’s Great Seal (And Still Haven’t Given It Back!)
    Oct 1, 2023 – 19:53
  • The World’s Worst Nazi Spy
    Sep 15, 2023 – 18:51
  • The Maritimes Tour That Made Houdini (Part Two: Halifax Residency)
    Aug 30, 2023 – 23:26
  • The Maritimes Tour That Made Houdini (Part One: Saint John Residency)
    Aug 22, 2023 – 26:04
  • Forest Fire Destroys Musquash In Only Two Hours
    Jun 28, 2023 – 12:35
  • The Saxby Gale: Storm of the Century Predicted A Year Before It Hit
    Jun 14, 2023 – 20:09
  • Ben Franklin’s ”Worthless” Nova Scotian Land
    Jun 4, 2023 – 23:59
  • The Real Klondike Kate
    May 23, 2023 – 41:08
  • The Principality of Outer Baldonia: Nova Scotia’s Whimsical Micronation
    May 9, 2023 – 23:57
  • The Mystery of the Russian Buried Treasure
    May 2, 2023 – 28:34
  • Giant Squid Attacks in Newfoundland
    Apr 23, 2023 – 28:15
  • The Red Devil
    Apr 17, 2023 – 20:32
  • The Cat Who Stopped a Nazi Prison Break
    Apr 10, 2023 – 18:11
  • The Bungling Bank Burglar Who Got Stuck in a Chimney
    Apr 1, 2023 – 20:21
  • The Interrogation of Emile Goguen
    Mar 27, 2023 – 34:41
  • When PEI Banned Cars
    Mar 20, 2023 – 24:18
  • The Radical Gardener
    Mar 12, 2023 – 23:14
  • Valiant Amazon: Elizabeth Beard Fights The Americans
    Mar 5, 2023 – 16:44
  • Rockwood Park: Coney Island of the Maritimes
    Feb 26, 2023 – 16:08
  • The Battle of Fort Nashwaak
    Feb 19, 2023 – 24:22
  • The Year of the Mice
    Feb 12, 2023 – 12:05
  • The Italian Air Armada Comes To Town
    Feb 5, 2023 – 33:17
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