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Backyard History unearths the often hilarious, mostly mysterious, always surprising untold tales of Canada’s East Coast, as only a Maritimer can spin them.
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Denied a Seat: Wolastoqiyik Man Races Stagecoach 100 kilometers
When a Wolastoqiyik man wasn’t allowed on a stagecoach, he vowed to race it to its destination, and won!
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Liberty on the Rocks (Part 3): Captured in Charlottetown
The dramatic grand finale of the rum running boat The Liberty in part three of the Liberty On The Rocks trilogy.
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Liberty on the Rocks (Part 2): Initiation of a Lunenburg Rum Runner
At age 15, Hugh Corkum becomes a rum runner to provide for his family after his father, a Lunenburg Nova Scotia sea captain, loses his job after crashing into an American sumbarine.
Part Two of the 'Liberty On The Rocks' trilogy about the Liberty, the fastest rum running ship of Atlantic Canada!
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Liberty on the Rocks (Part 1): Shootout at Bouctouche
The Mounties lay a trap for The Liberty, the most famous rum running ship in the Maritimes during Prohibition!
Part one of a three part series called "Liberty On The Rocks."
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The Candy Killer: The Serial Killer Who Stalked Saint John
A killer sent boxes of poisoned candies to religious leaders of Saint John, in this, the Backyard History's magnum opus episode!
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Message in a Molasses Barrel
Isolated islanders find a unique way to let Canadians know a storm cut them off from the mainland.