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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

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from Backyard History podcast

Captain William Milne's Gold Watch

2026/01/15

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

2025/12/24

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 backyardhistory.ca/books

The Residence Ghost

2025/10/31

The story of Fredericton's very friendly ghost!

Blue Water: The Movie Hollywood Wanted to Sink

2025/10/06

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 'Backyard History: Mysterious Stories From Atlantic Canada's Past' which is available at backyardhistory.ca

When Canada and America Went to War, Two Towns Chose Peace

2025/08/19

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

2025/05/19

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 Backyard History books at backyardhistory.ca

"Only Men May Vote!" (LIVE!) A Tale of Fredericton Women's Lost and Found Voting Rights

2025/03/08

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 Brunswick Luke Randall and City Councillor Cassandra LeBlanc! Recorded in front of a crowd of a hundred people at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre in Fredericton on March 7th, 2025.

The Lost Diary: Journey of a Writer Who Vanished into the Heart of the Forest

2025/02/25

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 History books at backyardhistory.ca

Breakfast with the Dungarvon Whooper

2025/01/21

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

2025/01/04

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

2024/12/25

A dark murder mystery on Christmas in the old garrison city of Halifax changed the Maritimes.

The Story Behind the Crosses on Sugarloaf Mountain

2024/12/14

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

2024/10/24

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

2024/10/10

The Hate Preacher

2024/09/21

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