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Backyard History

Backyard History

Andrew MacLean

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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 book! backyardhistory.ca/book
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Top 10 Backyard History Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Backyard History episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Backyard History for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Backyard History episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Backyard History - A Festive Flashback: Unwrapping Christmas 1868
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12/23/23 • 24 min

Backyard History's Christmas Special for 2023!

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Backyard History - Fighting For Humanity’s Rights
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11/11/22 • 15 min

A baseball star becomes one of the few Black Canadians to fight in the First World War.

https://backyardhistory.ca/f/fighting-for-the-right-to-fight

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Backyard History - The Real Klondike Kate

The Real Klondike Kate

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05/23/23 • 41 min

Two Kates go to the Yukon Gold Rush. One becomes famous, the other is forgotten. But who was the REAL Klondike Kate?

https://backyardhistory.ca/f/the-real-klondike-kate

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Backyard History - I’m Alone: Famous Rum Running Schooner
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06/30/22 • 24 min

The story of one of the most famous rum running schooners that was sunk during an epic pursuit in the 1920s

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Backyard History - Getting Away With Murder

Getting Away With Murder

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04/04/22 • 19 min

A tragic true story of forbidden love, bloody murder, and miscarried justice in Fredericton.

Elizabeth Driscoll was considered the most beautiful young woman in Fredericton. “A very sweet, ladylike girl” wrote famous British author Juliana Horatia Ewing who happened to be in town during the murder, trial, and subsequent riots. "But," Juliana wrote, "Elizabeth’s family has always been a bad lot.”

https://backyardhistory.ca/popular/f/getting-away-with-murder

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Backyard History - Moscow to Miscou - The Crashed Soviet Bomber
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03/21/22 • 14 min

Much to a small village's surprise, a Soviet bomber crash lands in a bog. The world turns its attention to the 1939 race to get to first reach the pilots.

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Backyard History - The Great Fredericton Circus Riot
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02/27/22 • 11 min

A circus rolls in to small town Fredericton, but tensions between the performers and the locals soon boil over. A dead snake is thrown on the stage, and a riot erupts..

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Backyard History - Was the First Car Invented in Canada?
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03/07/22 • 10 min

Newspaper reports tell the story of a crazy invention seen driving around the streets of Saint John NB. Was it the first car to be invented?

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Backyard History - Finding the Lost Electric City
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01/31/22 • 8 min

Lost deep in the woods of Nova Scotia on a maze of logging roads, I came across a faded sign saying “The Electric City - La Nouvelle France.” Intrigued, I followed it, and found the abandoned ruins of what had once been an egalitarian utopian society. It had been among the first places in the Maritimes to have electricity and running water, and even boasted a train which ran on wooden rails.

https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/the-electric-city

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Backyard History - The Cat Who Stopped a Nazi Prison Break
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04/10/23 • 18 min

Camp B-70, near Fredericton, held captured German Nazis and Fascist Italians during the Second World War. The prisoners and guards played an elaborate game of cat and mouse, with constant attempts at escape. Remarkably, one escape was actually stopped by an actual real live cat, who had been performing in the camp as part of a traveling circus..

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FAQ

How many episodes does Backyard History have?

Backyard History currently has 95 episodes available.

What topics does Backyard History cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture, History, Documentary and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Backyard History?

The episode title 'The Spectre of Rexton' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Backyard History?

The average episode length on Backyard History is 19 minutes.

How often are episodes of Backyard History released?

Episodes of Backyard History are typically released every 8 days, 13 hours.

When was the first episode of Backyard History?

The first episode of Backyard History was released on Oct 31, 2021.

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