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Heartache, Health, and HealingA Journey of Love, Loss, & ResilienceToday, I'm honored to have Nancy Kinnear on the podcast. Nancy's journey is one of love, loss, faith, and resilience. She's here to share her experience as a mother navigating life after loss and the lessons she's learned along the way. Nancy's story is deeply personal, but her willingness to share it offers hope and connection for others who might be on similar paths. In this episode, we'll explore what it means to find strength in the midst of grief and how trusting in something greater can help us move forward. ...
2025-04-1057 min
Living TestimoniesA Beautiful Purpose: Finding God's Plan in the Storm, with Nancy KinnearJoin me for a heart-wrenching yet inspiring conversation with Nancy Kinnear, a grieving mom who shares her powerful story of losing her 30-year-old daughter Savanah to metastatic breast cancer. Nancy's journey is a testament to the transformative power of faith, hope, and love in the face of unimaginable loss.With unflinching honesty and vulnerability, Nancy shares her experiences of navigating the darkest moments of grief, finding comfort in her faith, and discovering a new sense of purpose in sharing her story. This is a story of unconditional love, unwavering faith, and the unbreakable bond between a mother...
2025-01-1050 min
Thrive by The Rising MuseS1 E 37 Honoring Savanah—A Mother's Journey of Faith, Love, and ResilienceIn this emotional and inspiring episode of *Thrive by The Rising Muse*, Nancy Kinnear shares the heartfelt story of her daughter, Savanah, who bravely battled metastatic breast cancer for six years. Discover how Savanah’s resilience, advocacy, and unwavering faith left a lasting impact on everyone around her. Nancy reflects on navigating life as a grieving mother, honoring Savannah’s legacy, and finding hope through faith. This episode is a testament to love, strength, and the power of keeping memories alive. Watch until the end for a special tribute to Savanah on what would have been her...
2024-12-0157 min
Test Those Breasts ™️Episode 80: A Legacy of Love & Resilience: Nancy Kinnear's Daughter Savanah's Metastatic Breast Cancer StorySend us a textNancy Kinnear's powerful story of love and resilience takes us on a journey through the trials and triumphs of supporting her daughter Savanah in her six-year battle with metastatic breast cancer. Nancy shares the unbreakable bond they formed and how Savanah’s strength and advocacy profoundly impacted everyone she touched. Listeners will discover how Nancy’s faith and the steadfast support of her husband continue to guide her through grief and into a purpose-driven life dedicated to honoring Savanah's legacy.Through Nancy's eyes, we explore the emotional and physical land...
2024-11-1944 min
Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling48. The Grace Marks MysteryThis week, Laura looks at a 180-year-old murder mystery that served as inspiration for Margaret Atwood’s novel ‘Alias Grace’. When Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery (his housekeeper and mistress) are found dead in the basement of Thomas’ grand mansion, suspicion immediately falls on his two young servants, Grace Marks and James McDermott. But when Grace and James are caught crossing the border from Canada to America, their conflicting confessions leave the authorities completely confused. Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available weekly on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an...
2024-11-1142 min
History For WeirdosWas Grace Marks Innocent?Welcome back, Weirdos to another spine-tingling episode of History for Weirdos! This week, we're unraveling the baffling case of Grace Marks, a young Irish-Canadian maid who found herself entangled in a gruesome double homicide that shocked 19th-century Canada.In 1843, Upper Canada was rocked by the brutal murders of Thomas Kinnear, a wealthy farmer, and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery. The prime suspects? None other than the seemingly innocent Grace Marks and her fellow servant, James McDermott. But did this unassuming maid truly play a part in this bloody crime, or was she merely a pawn in a deadly...
2024-10-2849 min
Tea Time CrimesLife with a Villain: Grace MarksIn July of 1843, two bodies were found in the cellar of a farmhouse outside of Toronto, Canada. The owner of the home, Thomas Kinnear, was found shot once in the chest, his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery had been struck on the skull and then strangled. The two primary suspects, Grace Marks and James McDermott, were domestic servants (because, of course), who had fled the country. With conflicting stories and inane reasoning, the two suspects blame each other. Follow along and tell us what you think happened.Tea of the Day: Apricot Green Tea Theme Music by B...
2023-08-1552 min
Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark HistoryMurder in Richmond Hill: The Crimes of Grace Marks and James McDermottEpisode 278: In this episode, we plunge into the perplexing saga of Grace Marks and James McDermott. Their story, a blend of mystery and controversy, revolves around the savage murders of wealthy Richmond Hill farmer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in 1843. This tale continues to ignite debates about guilt, innocence, and the essence of criminality.We'll lay out a tangled web of facts and speculations surrounding these infamous figures and their crimes. We journey through Grace's life, from her hazardous upbringing in Ireland to her immigration to Canada and her involvement in one of the 19th...
2023-07-311h 02
The Irish in Canada PodcastEpisode 2 - Grace MarksIn late July 1843, the colony of Upper Canada was stunned with the news of a bloody double-murder. Thomas Kinnear had been shot and Nancy Montgomery – his housekeeper and pregnant mistress – had been strangled and dismembered. The two people accused of the murders were Kinnear’s Irish servants: James McDermott and the teenager, Grace Marks. Grace’s story has since become one of the most famous fictionalised episodes from nineteenth century Canada, but what was the real Grace like?
2022-10-0617 minThe Irish in Canada PodcastEpisode 2 - Grace MarksIn late July 1843, the colony of Upper Canada was stunned with the news of a bloody double-murder. Thomas Kinnear had been shot and Nancy Montgomery – his housekeeper and pregnant mistress – had been strangled and dismembered. The two people accused of the murders were Kinnear’s Irish servants: James McDermott and the teenager, Grace Marks. Grace’s story has since become one of the most famous fictionalised episodes from nineteenth century Canada, but what was the real Grace like?
2022-10-0617 min
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley4. Grace MarksLucy Worsley investigates the ordinary lives and extraordinary crimes of Victorian women. This story is about a young servant, Grace Marks, accused of two brutal murders that generated enormous attention in the new world of Upper Canada in 1843. In that time and in that place, murders were rare - and rarer still was a female murderer. Grace Marks and stable boy James McDermott went on the run, ending up in Lewiston, New York after their employers Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper, Nancy were found dead. Grace insisted she didn't kill them and was forced by...
2022-07-2528 min
CLOT ConversationsNew GI Guidelines on Management of GI Bleeds with Alan Barkun & Jim DouketisSend a textIn this episode we discuss a recent paper published jointly in The American Journal of Gastroenterology and the Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology entitled American College of Gastroenterology-Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline: Management of Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets During Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding and the Periendoscopic Period and co-authored by a Canada – United States team of experts.The interview with co-authors Dr Alan Barkun and Dr Jim Douketis covers the rationale for the new guidelines as well as the implications for clinicians. Dr Barkun is Professor of Medicine in...
2022-06-1636 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBeyond the Book: Alias Grace by Margaret AtwoodWelcome to Beyond the Book, the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood based on the killings of Nancy Montgomery and Thomas Kinnear in 1840s Canada.
You can check out your own copy of Alias Grace at an SSJCPL branch nearest you here: https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/results?qu=alias+grace&te=ILS.
Links to more information and the trial transcript.
https://aliasgracerivendell.weebly.com/grace-marks--case.html...
2022-04-1546 min
DreamPath PodcastKen Kinnear on Artist Management, Concert Promotion, and Inducting The Gorge AmphitheaterKen Kinnear is an artist manager, concert promoter and author. He managed the band Heart for more than a decade and is the creator/developer of The Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington, considered by many to be the most iconic outdoor music venue in the world. Ken is featured in the documentary Enormous: The Gorge Story (now streaming on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, YouTube and Vudu), and his book, There’s An Ass For Every Seat, will be released in March. Ken is also the host of a podcast of the same name, where Season 1 is focused on his campaign to “I...
2022-01-261h 48
Früher war mehr Verbrechen#40 Die Morde an Nancy Montgomery und Thomas Kinnear - 1843 war mehr 'Alias Grace‘
Als man am 30. Juli des Jahres 1843 im Keller einer Farm bei Toronto, Kanada, auf die Leichen des ermordeten Hausherren Thomas Kinnear und seiner Haushälterin Nancy Montgomery stößt, stehen die Tatverdächtigen schnell fest. Der Stallbursche James McDermott und die Magd Grace Marks sind samt einem Wagen voller Diebesgut auf der Flucht, werden gefasst und verurteilt. Eigentlich ein klarer Fall. Bis man versucht die Details der Tat zu verstehen… Hört in dieser Folge von “Früher war mehr Verbrechen”, warum diese Geschichte nicht nur die Inspiration zu Margret Atwoods Roman „Alias Grace“ werden sollte, sondern uns auch heute noch vor d...
2021-09-181h 23
Histories And MysteriesEpisode 38: The Grace Marks Murders, Part One - Bad Luck of the IrishIn 1843, Upper Canada was rocked by a grisly crime that would later be adapted into a Margaret Atwood novel and a CBC television show -the wealthy Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery were found murdered, and their servants Grace Marks and James McDermott stood accused of the crime. To this day, Grace Marks remains one of the most controversial figures in Canadian history. Was she a cold-blooded murderer? Or was she just a scared girl in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Join us this week as we dig through Grace's original testimony, learn about Jessica's troubling relationship...
2018-07-051h 37
Happily Ever AftermathSabrina (1995)Hoping for a repeat of our Working Girl discussion, Diana apologizes for her pick Sabrina (1995). Polina agrees that assumed off screen makeovers and inadequate dinner montages left us wanting more. And how is that possible with a movie over 2 hours long? An ugly duckling (Julia Ormond) having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy (Greg Kinnear), but not before his business-focused brother (Harrison Ford) has something to say about it. Also stars Nancy Marchand, Lauren Holly, John Wood, Richard Crenna, Angie Dickinson, and Dana Ivey. (from IMDb.com) Check...
2018-07-041h 00
Engage Audiobook in Fiction, HistoricalAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Alias Grace Author: Margaret Atwood Narrator: Sarah Gadon Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 12-07-17 Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Genres: Fiction, Historical Summary: Now a major Netflix series - Atwood's most captivating, disturbing and satisfying work since The Handmaid's Tale. 'Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor.' (Grace Marks) Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or...
2017-12-0705 min