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You don‘t have time to read through endless volumes of history books, you want to be a historic know-it-all now! Heritage Bytes explores the history, heritage, and culture, of Canada‘s 6th largest city. Each episode gives you a byte sized slice of the history of Mississauga from the beginnings over 10,000 years ago through milestones in history such as the War of 1812, the World Wars, and the development of a city through the amalgamation of lost villages. We look at the historic people, places, and events, that define our city today, including peering into the Darker Side of our history. Join us as we explore the historic connections to Mississauga and each other.
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Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Case 02 -- The Strange Lives of George Silverthorn
In today’s case a man vanishes. A knock at the door stops the wedding day festivities dead in their tracks. The respectable groom kisses his blushing bride one last time. He answers the door…
And is never seen again.
Or was he?
An unsolved mystery over 150 years old, or dear listener has this detective finally cracked it?
From the case files of Heritages Mississauga, this is Mississauga Confidential.
Mississauga Confidential is a Heritage Bytes podcast produced by Heritage Mississauga.
Mississauga Confidential is written by Bryan Ho and Nicole Mair.
Research by Bryan Ho, Nicole Mair and Matthew Wilkinson.
An adaptation of this story by Matthew Wilkinson first appeared in the Heritage News.
Video Production Team: Bryan Ho, Nicole Mair and Ryan Parks.
“Georgie Porgie” song team: Keiffer Davies, Vanessa Davies and Nicole Mair.
Mississauga Confidential is a Heritage Mississauga production. Heritage Mississauga is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to researching, recording and celebrating the history of the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Your support helps create programming just like this.
For more information about Heritage Mississauga, and to become a member, please visit heritagemississauga.com and follow us on youtube, instagram and twitter.
Music Credits:
“Fast Talkin” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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“Bass Walker” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Clips from “Let George Do It” and “The Burns and Allen Show” radio plays are in the public domain and can be found on archive.org.