Backyard History
110 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsAtlantic Canada’s Hidden Stories.
Backyard History unearths the often hilarious, mostly mysterious, always surprising untold tales of Canada’s East Coast, as only a Maritimer can spin them.
Based on host Andrew MacLeans’s newspaper column, and produced by Jordan Lauzier, and brought to life with friends voicing contemporary quotes!
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Episodes
Fighting The Civil War in Drag
November 21, 2021 06:15 - 22 minutes - 31.6 MBA young woman disguises herself as a man to go and fight in the American Civil war as a soldier, nurse, and spy.
Disguise & Heroism: The Secret Life of Sarah Emma Edmonds
November 21, 2021 06:15 - 22 minutes - 31.6 MBA young woman disguises herself as a man to go and fight in the American Civil war as a soldier, nurse, and spy.
Civil War Drag King
November 21, 2021 06:15 - 22 minutes - 31.6 MBA young woman, bored with her rural New Brunswick life, runs away to the states where she leads a life of secrecy as a male Civil War nurse and spy.
The Nazi Spy Who Came To The Maritimes
November 14, 2021 12:35 - 9 minutes - 12.4 MBTasked with a mission set to cripple Canada's supply routes during the second world war, a Nazi spy abandons his orders when the locals offer him nothing but kindness.
The Spy Who Came To The Maritimes To Stay
November 14, 2021 12:35 - 9 minutes - 12.4 MBTasked with a mission set to cripple Canada's supply routes during the second world war, a Nazi spy abandons his orders when the locals offer him nothing but kindness.
Just Two Minutes To Go
November 10, 2021 09:00 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBJust two minutes before the end of the First World War, the final soldier fell: Nova Scotian George Price.
Joe Walnut and the Madawaska Mob
November 07, 2021 12:56 - 15 minutes - 21.8 MBThe Maritimes' biggest Prohibition Era rum running kingpin. When you think of the Prohibition Era, the mind immediately goes to famous American gangsters like Al Capone. But The Maritimes were home to our own rum running gangsters, the biggest, most powerful and widely feared gang was “the Madawaska Mob” led by a man who chose the distinctly less-than-intimidating alias “Joe Walnut.” Joe Walnut was described by his nemesis, Detective William Carr as “Tall and slim, agile as a cat, wi...
Monsters in the Lake
October 31, 2021 14:13 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBWhat lurks beneath the surface of Lake Utopia? Eye witness accounts tell the tale of a monster who stalked fishermen and visitors of the lake for years.
The Lake Utopia Monster
October 31, 2021 14:13 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBWhat lurks beneath the surface of Lake Utopia? Eye witness accounts tell the tale of a monster who stalked fishermen and visitors of the lake for years.
The Lake Utopia Monster: Maritimes Loch Ness
October 31, 2021 14:13 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBWhat lurks beneath the surface of Lake Utopia? Eye witness accounts tell the tale of a monster who stalked fishermen and visitors of the lake for years.