Podcasts about Kingston Penitentiary

A shadow in G Range!  Story conveyed from a former historical guide.  A, seemingly, well-known ghost in Kingston Penitentiary leads me to research the last two murders before the Prison was closed in 2013.  Who is the Shadow Man?  Let's figure it out together.---COMMENT AND READ ARTICLES CONTACT FORM*Opening Music (Royalty Free) - ⁠Dance of Deception by Kevin MacLeod⁠*

Welcome back for the 4th and final segment to the Kingston Penitentiary series.   Historians note that the worst prison riot occurred 52 years ago in Attica, New York, when 1200 inmates gained control of the Attica Correctional Facility and took 42 staff members hostage.  The end result was 43 people dead, 10 of them being correctional officers.  However, on April 14, 1971 just 5 months prior to the Attica, New York riot, Kingston, Ontario saw its own prison riot at Kingston Penitentiary. While the Kingston Pen riot saw less death than in Attica, it also very much embodied chaos, death and was a violent tragedy in its own right. -K&O   Rate, Review and Subscribe on the platforms of your choice. Check us out on Instagram to join in the discussions about the case! Comment on the case related post, we can't wait to hear your thoughts. @podcastbyproxy Intro music made by: https://soundcloud.com/aiakos  Sources: ‘Tuck that shirt in!' — the last order before the Kingston Penitentiary riot began | The Star 'A TERRIBLE MESS': Recalling deadly Kingston Pen riot, 50 years later | Toronto Sun Looking back on the shocking Kingston Pen riot of 1971 | TVO Today Visiting Kingston Penitentiary 50 years after the riot | The Kingston Whig Standard (thewhig.com) Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary by Catherine Fogarty 

Tune in this week to get Part 3 of the Kingston Penitentiary Riot series!   Historians note that the worst prison riot occurred 52 years ago in Attica, New York, when 1200 inmates gained control of the Attica Correctional Facility and took 42 staff members hostage.  The end result was 43 people dead, 10 of them being correctional officers.  However, on April 14, 1971 just 5 months prior to the Attica, New York riot, Kingston, Ontario saw its own prison riot at Kingston Penitentiary. While the Kingston Pen riot saw less death than in Attica, it also very much embodied chaos, death and was a violent tragedy in its own right. -K&O   Rate, Review and Subscribe on the platforms of your choice. Check us out on Instagram to join in the discussions about the case! Comment on the case related post, we can't wait to hear your thoughts. @podcastbyproxy Intro music made by: https://soundcloud.com/aiakos  Sources: ‘Tuck that shirt in!' — the last order before the Kingston Penitentiary riot began | The Star 'A TERRIBLE MESS': Recalling deadly Kingston Pen riot, 50 years later | Toronto Sun Looking back on the shocking Kingston Pen riot of 1971 | TVO Today Visiting Kingston Penitentiary 50 years after the riot | The Kingston Whig Standard (thewhig.com) Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary by Catherine Fogarty 

Historians note that the worst prison riot occurred 52 years ago in Attica, New York, when 1200 inmates gained control of the Attica Correctional Facility and took 42 staff members hostage.  The end result was 43 people dead, 10 of them being correctional officers.  However, on April 14, 1971 just 5 months prior to the Attica, New York riot, Kingston, Ontario saw its own prison riot at Kingston Penitentiary. While the Kingston Pen riot saw less death than in Attica, it also very much embodied chaos, death and was a violent tragedy in its own right. -K&O   Rate, Review and Subscribe on the platforms of your choice. Check us out on Instagram to join in the discussions about the case! Comment on the case related post, we can't wait to hear your thoughts. @podcastbyproxy Intro music made by: https://soundcloud.com/aiakos  Sources: ‘Tuck that shirt in!' — the last order before the Kingston Penitentiary riot began | The Star 'A TERRIBLE MESS': Recalling deadly Kingston Pen riot, 50 years later | Toronto Sun Looking back on the shocking Kingston Pen riot of 1971 | TVO Today Visiting Kingston Penitentiary 50 years after the riot | The Kingston Whig Standard (thewhig.com) Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary by Catherine Fogarty 

Historians note that the worst prison riot occurred 52 years ago in Attica, New York, when 1200 inmates gained control of the Attica Correctional Facility and took 42 staff members hostage.  The end result was 43 people dead, 10 of them being correctional officers.  However, on April 14, 1971 just 5 months prior to the Attica, New York riot, Kingston, Ontario saw its own prison riot at Kingston Penitentiary. While the Kingston Pen riot saw less death than in Attica, it also very much embodied chaos, death and was a violent tragedy in its own right. -K&O   Rate, Review and Subscribe on the platforms of your choice. Check us out on Instagram to join in the discussions about the case! Comment on the case related post, we can't wait to hear your thoughts. @podcastbyproxy Intro music made by: https://soundcloud.com/aiakos    Pre-roll Promotion brought to you by: Bittersweet Infamy Sources: ‘Tuck that shirt in!' — the last order before the Kingston Penitentiary riot began | The Star 'A TERRIBLE MESS': Recalling deadly Kingston Pen riot, 50 years later | Toronto Sun Looking back on the shocking Kingston Pen riot of 1971 | TVO Today Visiting Kingston Penitentiary 50 years after the riot | The Kingston Whig Standard (thewhig.com) Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary by Catherine Fogarty 

Kingston Penitentiary operated as a maximum security institution housing some of Canada's most heinous criminals for 178 years.  Historian J.A. Edminson wrote in his book The History of Kingston Penitentiary quote “If KP's walls could talk, we would indeed have stories of drama, of tragedy, of cruelty, of every vicissitude of human emotion”. -K&O   Rate, Review and Subscribe on the platforms of your choice. Check us out on Instagram to join in the discussions about the case! Comment on the case related post, we can't wait to hear your thoughts. @podcastbyproxy Intro music made by: https://soundcloud.com/aiakos    Sources: List of notable Kingston Penitentiary inmates | Globalnews.ca Kingston Pen: 7 things to know about Canada's notorious prison | CBC News Kingston Penitentiary - Wikipedia Kingston Pen's children, child killers, murderers and monsters | CBC News 7 Things You Need to Know About Kingston Penitentiary – Visit Kingston CBC investigates Kingston Pen | CBC News 10 most notorious prisoners of the maximum security Kingston Penitentiary - Macleans.ca Microsoft Word - 2017.05.31 Traditional Territory Acknowledgement in Ont. (ofl.ca) Historic and Notorious Kingston Penitentiary – Visit Kingston Behind the Iron Bars: Exploring Kingston Penitentiary – Visit Kingston 7 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Kingston Pen – Visit Kingston Kingston Penitentiary earned its reputation | The Kingston Whig Standard (thewhig.com)

In honor of my tour to one of Canadas most notorious prisons, this is part one of Kingston Penitentiary . For Patreons, part 2 is available NOW. In this episode, we will go through 9/10 of the heavy hitters who once lived within the limestone walls of this maximum security institution. Next week we will cover #10. as well as the alleged hauntings, riots, and escapes.Support the showIf you're interested in receiving bonus episodes, early release dates, an everything scary sticker and ‘thank you' as well as a shout out on our regular feed! Please join at Patreon//everythingscarypod571

Kingston Penitentiary was a maximum security prison in Canada that was located in Kingston, Ontario and is located between King Street West and Lake Ontario.  Kingston Pen as it's referred to was built between 1833 and 1834 and officially opened on June 1st, 1835 as the Provincial Penitentiary of the Province of Upper Canada.  At the time that Kingston Pen closed down it was one of the oldest prisons in continuous use in the world.  Kingston Pen was eventually replaced by Millhaven Institution.  Before it was closed down as a full maximum security prison, in 1971 it would be the site of a riot that lasted for four days and that riot would result in the deaths of two inmates and the destruction of most of the prison itself.  There were hostages taken, there were inmates beaten to death and nearly to death and there was a whole hell of a lot to the story.  Intro Music: Provided by Gallagher Music Gallagher on Spotify Gallagher on Apple Music Gallagher's Latest Album Sources: Whig-Standard - Kingston Pen History Whig-Standard - It Was a Terrible Mess Visit Kingston - 7 Things about Kingston Pen Wikipedia - Kingston Penitentiary Incredible Kingston - Kingston Pen Riots Toronto Sun - A Terrible Mess Whig-Standard - Timeline of Riot Toronto Star - "Tuck That Shirt In" TVO Today - Looking Back on the Shocking Kingston Pen Riot

Welcome to this years last episode of the Mid-Week Mini Spook (MWMS) series. A series that preps all you weirdo's for Halloween. Every Wednesday in October, get your spooky fix as your host Alex tells small tales to surely leave a chill down your spine. This year, for the first time ever, there is a theme. Ontario, Canada may not necessarily be the most reported haunted location in the world, but that doesn't mean there's no eeriness when it comes to this province. Get ready for this years MWMS series of Ominous Ontario. This week, Alex discuss the history and, some of the reported haunts, of Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario. I hope you've enjoyed this years MWMS - have a safe & spooky Halloween! Listener discretion is advised. Shout out to our Patrons Tom, Bailey, Angela, Jon, Alicia, Lynn, Shadow, Courtney & Cheryl! Thank you for supporting Weird Distractions on Patreon. You can also support the show on Patreon and get monthly bonus episodes, behind the scenes footage, and more! Weird Distractions is also on Buy Me a Coffee if you want to support the show with a one-time donation. You can also find WDP merch on Redbubble. If you want to provide feedback or even your own weird story to be read on air in an upcoming Listener Distractions episode - please email: weirddistractionspodcast@outlook.com. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, please consider rating & reviewing. It's the best way to support the show (for free). Thanks for listening! Weird Distractions is a proud member of the Cultiv8 network: https://www.patreon.com/cultiv8podcastnetwork/  Resources: Wikipedia - Kingston, Ontario - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Ontario  Ultimate Ontario website - 10 Haunted Places in Ontario We Dare You to Visit - by Kevin Wagar - https://ultimateontario.com/haunted-places-in-ontario/  Visit Kingston website - https://www.visitkingston.ca/see-do/kingston-penitentiary/  Stones Kingston website - http://www.stoneskingston.ca/penitentiary-city/kingston-penitentiary/  Global News - “Spooky Kingston: Ghosts stories from the downtown core” - by Mike Postovit - October 30th, 2019 - https://globalnews.ca/news/6102235/spooky-kingston-ghosts-stories/  Historic Places website - “Kingston Penitentiary National Historic Site of Canada” - https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=13265  CTV News Ottawa - “List of notable inmates of the notorious Kingston Penitentiary” - by the Canadian Press - September 26th, 2013 - https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/list-of-notable-inmates-of-the-notorious-kingston-penitentiary-1.1471857  The Whig website - “Whig-Standard timeline of Kingston Pen riot” - by The Whig-Standard - April 13th, 2021 - https://www.thewhig.com/news/whig-standard-timeline-of-kingston-pen-riot  The Whig website - “Kingston Penitentiary earned its reputation” - by Patrick Kennedy - Sep 27, 2013 - https://www.thewhig.com/2013/09/27/kingston-penitentiary-earned-its-reputation  All Women's Talk website - “7 MORE HAUNTED LOCATIONS IN CANADA …” By Shannon Pete - https://allwomenstalk.com/profile/shannon-pete/ - https://travel.allwomenstalk.com/more-haunted-locations-in-canada/#2  Queens Journal - “My encounter with the Kingston Pen's notorious deceased employee” - by Riley McMahon - October 23rd, 2019 - https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2019-10-22/postscript/my-encounter-with-the-kingston-pens-notorious-deceased-employee/  Curiocity website - "5 of the most haunted places in Ontario with terrifying histories” - Oct 15, 2021 - https://curiocity.com/haunted-places-in-ontario-that-have-terrifying-histories/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our Season 3 Episode 8 we take a look at The Best of Season 1! Featuring Gibraltar Point in Toronto, Ontario (S1E1), The Grand Theatre in London, Ontario (S1E8) and Finally The Kingston Penitentiary in Kingston, Ontario (S1E4). Without our audience, we would not be able to do a best of, Thanks for your support from all of us at PFC! Stay Tuned for the Best of Season 2!  

If you listened to season 1 you would have noticed a common theme; everyone went to Kingston Pen! .Housing inmates from James Donnelly to Paul Bernardo- Kingston Pen was the longest running maximum security prison in all of Canada at the time of its closing. .Music in this podcast is brought to you buy: The Underscore Orkestra.You can check out their work at https://www.theunderscoreorkestra.comAnd don't forget to buy us a cold one!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bestiesbandbpod

Hi folks, happy October! Today we talk with author and producer Catherine Fogarty about her book, Murder On The Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary. Check out the show.

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Infection control epidemiologist Colin Furness discusses whether or not we should be wearing masks even while outdoors; A Queen's University student is raising awareness about intergenerational trauma by starting with the youngest generations. We'll speak with Prishni Seyone about her new 40 thousand dollar fellowship grant to work with young people who are dealing with old hurts; Dr.Chris Simpson, a cardiologist with Kingston Health Sciences Centre describes how rising rates of infection are putting pressure on hospitals across the province; Social media is a double edged sword -- it helps us connect but also causes stress.. Kingston Instagram blogger Anna Ruck share her strategies for managing social media stress; Cornwall Mayor Bernadette Clement explains why she thinks her city should be designated as one of the province's COVID-19 hotspots; Scott Russell of CBC Sports previews the Tokyo Olympics; Dr. Barb Pek is a family and emergency room physician in Hamilton who is driving around the city vaccinating homebound people; Author Catherine Fogarty talks about her new book "Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary".

Fifty years ago, a deadly riot at Kingston Penitentiary shook the country. It was a response to decades of horrendous conditions that led inmates to take over the prison. Catherine Fogarty chronicles the event, its aftermath, and what's changed in the years since in her new book: "Murder on the Inside: The True Story of The Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary." Fogarty is also founder and president of Big Coat Media and Story Hunter Podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey everyone!! On this week's episode we have a special guest, Richelle from Haunted Walk! Listen to her tell spooooky stories of landmark sites in Canada!   Check out Haunted Walk at https://hauntedwalk.com/ Correction: Fort Henry was built in 1832 and Kingston Penitentiary was built in 1835! Also, the courthouse was opened in 1857! And also a thank you to the guides who shared their stories for this episode! We appreciate you!

Ashley Avery is a queer feminist, advocate, mother, and poet. She is currently the executive director of Coverdale Courtwork Society, a non-profit community-based organization that provides support to women and gender diverse people who are involved in the criminal justice system. She holds an Honours Diploma in Social Service Work from Seneca College as well as a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Women’s Studies from Mount Saint Vincent University. Ashley is also in Graduate school, studying for a Masters in Women & Gender Studies under the supervision of El Jones and Dr. Rachel Zellers. In 2020, her work to support the exodus of over 41% of the jail population in response to covid-19 won the Michael McDonald Access to Justice Award. We also have Robert Clarke with us today. During his career with Corrections Canada, Robert Clark rose through the ranks from student volunteer to deputy warden. He worked with some of Canada’s most notorious prisoners, including Tyrone Conn and Paul Bernardo, and he dealt with escapes, lockdowns, murders, suicides, and a riot. But he also arranged ice hockey games in a maximum-security institution, sat in a darkened gym watching movies with three hundred inmates, took parolees sightseeing, and consoled victims of violent crime. In his monograph Down Inside, Clark takes readers into prisons large and small, from the minimum-security Pittsburgh Institution to the Kingston Regional Treatment Center for the mentally ill and the notorious (and now closed) maximum-security Kingston Penitentiary. He challenges head-on the popular belief that a “tough on crime” approach makes communities and prisons safer, arguing instead for humane treatment and rehabilitation and for an end to the abuse of solitary confinement. Robert Clark began his career with Corrections Canada in 1980, working in the gymnasium at the medium-security Joyceville Institution. Over the next thirty years, he worked at seven different federal prisons and in almost every conceivable role. Robert lives in Kingston Ontario. Before drafting questions for this podcast, students read the “I’m very careful about that: narrative and agency of men in prison,” a 2006 article by the late John P. McKendy.”

In 1966 the people of Windsor, Ontario and then the country were shocked when a young man recently released from the Kingston Penitentiary went on what became Canada's first shooting spree. A horrific crime that was a key part of an unusual and head-scratching story.

We had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Janet. Sharon and Janet worked together briefly at Bowden Institution. Janet speaks about her experience at Kingston Penitentiary, what brought her to Alberta, and her career at Bowden. She has taken a few breaks from Corrections over her 19-year career and attributes those personal breaks to the longevity of getting through some of the tough times.

Interested in incorporating some spooky history into your Canadian history teaching? Kat MacDonald brings her interest and expertise in dark tourism to talk about bringing in spirits to our history education may humanize the past even more for students. We focus on Kingston Penitentiary but expand our discussion to talk about dark tourism more generally. Connect with her on social media: https://twitter.com/AcadianDame Follow Samantha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrSCutrara See all the Source Saturday videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLpPhMEW_jxqClGskVJgNeA More about Kat: Kat MacDonald is currently finishing up my master's in Public History at Western University. She focus on a variety of topics but some of her favourites include commemoration and remembrance, the world wars, social history and of course, dark tourism. She has worked as an Intern at Banting House National Historic Site, the birthplace of insulin and is currently working as a Communications Officer for the Museum of Ontario Archaeology and as a TA in the history department of Western. She plans on doing a PhD on dark tourism, and more specifically exploring dark tourism in her hometown of Kingston, Ontario! She had a chance to explore some of Kingston's darker sites during her undergrad at Queen's University while creating a documentary that explored the past, present, and future of Kingston Penitentiary. Learn more about me at https://www.SamanthaCutrara.com/ Order Transforming the Canadian History Classroom: Imagining a New 'We' today: https://www.amazon.ca/Transforming-Canadian-History-Classroom-Imagining/dp/0774862837 https://www.ubcpress.ca/transforming-the-canadian-history-classroom #MeaningfulLearning #Spookyhistory #ChallengeCdnHist

Welcome to episode 19 of Nor'Western Whispers!Turn down those lights, but keep the volume on high. You wouldn't want to miss out on those Whispers. Today, Nate and Amy explore the hauntings at the Kingston Penitentiary along with some of the history of the very old prison, located in Kingston, Ontario. The ghosts that roam the halls are sometimes really protective, but also sometimes might be negative. Overall, tours are still possible, but no longer are the living held in the prison against their will. If you'd like to let us know your experiences, contact us in the following places: email: norwesternwhispers@gmail.com Facebook: Nor'Western WhispersInstagram: @norwesternwhispersTwitter: @whisperspod

At a closing prison, only a few people remain incarcerated when their warden is found "fried". His son (Alastair Forbes) has been working on the case for years, and has some issues with the police's original investigation. The warden of the Kingston Penitentiary also offers his advice, and defines the important clue!

At a closing prison, only a few people remain incarcerated when their warden is found “fried”. His son (Alastair Forbes) has been working on the case for years, and has some issues with the police’s original investigation. The warden of the Kingston Penitentiary also offers his advice, and defines the important clue! Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

Join us for episode 4 where we take a look at Craigdarroch Castle, Bell Island, Kingston Penitentiary. We also visit one of our listeners emails, a great story about family watching out for their loved ones, and lost items. We would love to hear your own personal experiences with the paranormal as well, contact us at paranormalfilescanada@gmail.com  

For four days in October 1932, during the height of the Great Depression, prisoners at Kingston Penitentiary revolted, protesting conditions in the prison until the guards and militia regained control. The shock of this event led to public calls for prison reform, changes within the prison system, and eventually the 1938 Royal Commission on the Continue Reading

There’s so many great summer music festivals in Kingston that it’s nearly impossible to take them all in. So, we’ve created a special edition of the Kingston Live podcast as your audible guide to as many of Kingston’s 2019 summer music festivals as we could jam into one episode! Hosts John and Riley talk to the organizers behind Kingston’s hottest summer music festivals, who share all the exciting details on the plans and performances for the 2019 season, including a sneak preview of the sold-out Rockin’ the Big House concert in the historic Kingston Penitentiary. Hosts: Johnny San john@kingstonlive.ca Riley Jabour riley@kingstonlive.ca Links: YGK Craft Beer Fest https://www.forthenry.com/events/beerfest/ Skeleton Park Arts Festival http://skeletonparkartsfest.ca Kingston Buskers Rendezvous https://www.downtownkingston.ca/events/2019/kingston-buskers-rendezvous Wolfe Island Music Festival https://www.wolfeislandmusicfestival.com Back to the Farm Beer & Music Festival https://www.mackinnonbrewing.com/festival/ Limestone City Blues Festival https://www.downtownkingston.ca/events/2019/limestone-city-blues-festival Rockin' the Big House https://www.unitedwaykfla.ca/rockin-the-big-house/ Kingston Live Music Listings www.kingstonlive.ca Kingston Events, Accommodations & More www.visitkingston.ca Feedback: Your suggestions, ideas and criticisms are important and encouraged. Please let us know what you think by commenting here, or by email at podcast@kingstonlive.ca

In this week's show, we try to be more open-minded, talk some acoustic guitars and guess who completely forgot someones birthday.  Cartridge Club Chicago Con is coming up. We discuss some good (and bad) movies that we have watched. How did Tony Iommi play guitar with missing fingers and one of us visits the Kingston Penitentiary. ----> Discuss this episode on our forumSUPPORT YOUR STCPOD FOR FREE BY SHOPPING THROUGH OUR AMAZON LINKS FOUND AT http://www.stcpod.com/​STCPOD SWAG: https://www.teepublic.com/user/stcpod Logo remaster courtesy of Ryan O'Reilly @ryanovision Twitter: https://twitter.com/STCPod STCPod Website: http://www.stcpod.com/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/starttocontinue iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/stcpod/id1060217107 Instagram : STCPod Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=56723&refid=stpr Podcast URL: http://stcpod.podbean.com/    

In which I talk, in rather rushed fashion, to great Canadian author and "bad" feminist Margaret Atwood about literary tourism: 'place' and her novel MaddAddam, Harvard and The Handmaid's Tale, and the Kingston Penitentiary and Alias Grace, also the real and the imaginary, the unreliability of eye witnesses, following the research, Samuel Johnson, Ernest Hemingway, food and underclothing, bodies, space and smell, plus the importance of plumbing. 

Reclaim your thyme with Kelly & Molly as they recap Part 5 of the Netflix adaptation of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace. They complain about Emo Edgar Alan Poe, uncover the "u up?" of Victorian Canada, throw some side eye at Grace's sexual jealousy, remind everyone that girls love horses, promote Burlesque Tuesdays at Kingston Penitentiary, hate on the We Heart Kids Club, and provide some unrated & uncut Handmaid's Tale analysis. Help us reclaim our 5-star rating by reviewing us on the iTunes store and recommending us to your friends! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Canadian Communist Party leader Tim Buck arrested for left-wing beliefs. Not many politicians hold a post for 35 years, but Timothy Buck did exactly that. Born on January 6, 1891 in England, the machinist and labour leader immigrated to Canada in 1910. There he rose to the rank of general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada in 1929, a post he held until 1964. He ran for Parliament several times, gaining 25 per cent of the votes at least twice, but never made it to MP. Of course, the existence of the Communist Party worried many Canadians, among them Prime Minister R.B. Bennett. Fearful of a left-wing uprising during the Great Depression, he ordered police to take action against party leaders. On August 11, 1931, they arrested Buck and other Communist Party members across Canada for sedition: incitement to rebellion. Buck was convicted and spent two years in Kingston Penitentiary for his political beliefs. He died in 1973. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

TransCanada Transpondency an audio travelogue of sorts   A binaural recording of the Kingston Pen tour with PAB alumni. (Earbud warning: sound volumes will vary) Kingston Penitentiary is a former maximum security prison built in 1833 and closed in 2013.

Should Canada’s most infamous maximum security prison be preserved, redeveloped or torn down? Our five uniquely qualified guests share their thoughts on the past, present and future of the Kingston Penitentiary. We will also take a trip to Alcatraz Island for a personal tour by one of the longest serving Park Rangers and hear about his experiences working at the world’s most famous prison. City of Kingston Pen Consultation Page Guests: Glen Shackleton, Tour Operator Janice Nickerson, Genealogist Geoffrey James, Photographer Laurie Armstrong, Director of Media Relations – San Francisco Travel Assoc. John Cantwell, Alcatraz Park Ranger

Serial Killers, we would like to dismiss them all, as being some kind of sub specious of humanity, perhaps in order to distance ourselves in some futile attempt to feel safe, that no one in our circles could ever commit the barbaric crimes that these serial killers have. But according to our guest tonight, Elise Torres, who has done extensive research on serial killers, they are our neighbors, churchgoers, close friends, parents and maybe the very person sleeping right next to you, your husband or wife. I do a lot of shows with frightening content, from UFOs, to paranormal, to real life conspiracies, but none frighten me as much as serial killers, because 3 of the worst ever serial killers in Canada were housed not two blocks from our Kingston broadcast centre in the Canada's maximum security jail, The Kingston Penitentiary. What motivates this blood lust? Well that's what we are going to be looking at tonight; a reminder no children because we are going to be graphic.

This episode features our interview with Christina Baker Kline, the author of our Genealogy Gems Book Club featured book Orphan Train. The book spent five weeks at the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestselling list as well as time at the top of The Bestsellers List in Canada, and by now after reading the book you know why. Christina will share how the book came in to being. And why she first hesitated to write it. And how, although this is a novel, in fact the details of Vivian's story are true thanks to her extensive research. And Christina sheds light on the effect that being an orphan had on the children of yesterday and the children of today. NEWSAnd I want to kick off this episode with something new here at Genealogy Gems. You know, a lot of announcements and press releases about new record groups constantly cross our desks – some large and some for niche. Well we are now going to round these up for you in a blog post at genealogygems.com every Friday. Watch for the genealogy records that your ancestors might appear in–but also watch for the kinds of records that may be out there for your kin, which might help you break down your family history “brick walls.” PRISON RECORDS. Kingston, Canada, Penitentiary Inmate Ledgers, 1913-1916, . According to “The ledger includes frontal and profile mug shots, the inmate's name, alias, age, place of birth, height, weight, complexion, eye colour, hair colour, distinctive physical marks, occupation, sentence, date of sentence, place of sentence, crime committed, and remarks of authorities.” And speaking of FlickrIf you're interested in historical photos, there has never been a better time to try the Flickr Creative Commons. Flickr is a popular photo-sharing site that's keeping up well with the times: its new app was on the “Best of 2014″ App Store list for iPad apps. It's a great platform for sharing your favorite photos with family and friends. But wait, there's more! An important part of the Flickr world is Flickr Creative Commons, which describes itself as part of a “worldwide movement for sharing historical and out-of-copyright images.” Groups and individuals alike upload old images, tag and source them, and make them available to others. Like what kinds of groups? Well, there's the photostream, with over a million images in its photostream! And how about the (U.S.) , with over 23,000 photos? Look for your favorite libraries and historical societies–and check back often. New additions post frequently. For example, as of December 2014, The Netherlands Institute of Military History now has a photostream. According to a blog announcement, “The Institute exists to serve all those with an interest in the military past of the Netherlands. Its sphere of activities covers the Dutch armed forces on land, at sea and in the air, from the sixteenth century until now. The staff of the NIMH administer a unique military history collection containing approximately 2 million images, of which they will be uploading many to the site.” At this posting, only a couple dozen images show up so far, like the one shown here. Check back–or check with the Institute to see what they'll be posting soon–for more images. Here's a tip: Those who post images to Flickr Creative Commons offer different rights to those who want to download and use their images. (and searchable here by the kinds of rights you want), those rights may include the ability to use a photo as long as it's for noncommercial purposes and proper credit is given. Perfect for a responsible, source-citing genealogist! CEMETERY HEADSTONES. The is now also searchable at FamilySearch.org. The original site with over a million headstone photos isn't new. But some people don't know about the site, and its search interface isn't as pretty or flexible. So we think it's nice that FamilySearch is hosting that data, too. According to FamilySearch, the collection is still growing. “This collection will include records from 1790-2013. The records include a name index of headstone inscriptions, courtesy of , which is a family history database of records and images from Canada's cemeteries.” HISTORICAL PROPERTIES MAP INTERFACE. The state of Delaware in the United States has launched an updated version of its . Use this interface to explore houses, districts and National Historic Landmarks in your ancestor's Delaware neighborhoods. Maybe a place they lived, worked, shopped, worshiped or attended is still standing! Not sure how to find record sets like these for YOUR family history? Here's a tip! Use the “numrange” search operator in Google to locate records from a particular time period. Do this by typing the range of years to search (first and last year) into your Google search box, with two periods in between (no spaces). For example, the search “Kingston Penitentiary” 1900..1920 brings up the ledgers mentioned above. This tip comes to you courtesy of the book by Lisa Louise Cooke–the fully-revised 2015 edition that's packed with strategies that will dramatically improve your ability to find your family history online.   MAILBOX From Cassandra: "I stumbled on your podcast a few months back and enjoy listening to it when occasion permits. Today, I listened to episode 22, where you spoke about turning your video iPod into a Family History Tool. Although technology has come a long way since 2007, the topic of this podcast reminded me of how fortunate I am in having an iPad mini. I appreciate that you emphasized the value of mobile devices in aiding the genealogist in various tasks. Your podcast brought to mind an experience I had last summer where my tablet became my genealogy tool. I went to visit my great aunt living just 30 minutes north of me and talked for an hour about her parents, siblings, and grandparents. (All of which were recorded.) The next visit I made was two weeks later with my parents accompanying me. We arranged for my aunt and her younger sister to be there. Bringing stories and photos, we had a marvelous evening! Besides recording animated conversation and anecdotes, I was able to use my tablet to "scan" pictures. With their permission, I have since edited and shared photos online along with their stories. As circumstances would have it, one of my aunts suffered a stroke only a month later. This has been a great sorrow for my family, but in thinking back I am so grateful I had the time to visit with her; what an opportunity to have preserved those precious conversations and photographs! Thanks for your podcast and for the valuable tips and stories.  P.S.  in my blog along with the value of using tablets in family history work in July last year. There is a picture of me and my Aunt Connie with my impressions of the first visit"     From Terri:  "I am so glad I found you and all the fun things you have to offer to all of us working on our Family History.  I was listening to a webinar with Gena Philibert-Ortega and she mentioned your Genealogy Gems Podcast and how useful it was.  So I went on immediately and downloaded it on my iPhone.  It has been so much fun and I have already gleaned so many helpful hints from it.  Recently, on my drive from San Antonio to Houston and back, I listened to many the ones in your archives.  Well, the Podcast led me to your website where I decided to become a premium member and have already taken advantage of many of the videos and podcasts.  I then signed up for the newsletter.   I have installed Google Earth on my computer and have already begun plotting my Family History.  It is so much fun!  With your great video on using old pictures to help find places you lived, I have been able to find the home we lived in right after I was born, 57 years ago.  It still stands, and except for a few minor renovations and a paint change, looks very much the same.  I have attached the old pics and the one from Google Earth.  It was a very exciting moment!  (I am the little one crawling around on the right of the picture) My father is 79 and he has been the one, for many years, encouraging me to delve into the family tree.  We have some interesting story lines out there that have been fun to look into.  One of the things I found was an American Revolutionary Ancestor, in my father's line, which led me to apply for the Daughters of the American Revolution and my app was accepted in December.  I was inducted this last weekend and my dad was there to see it.  That was a very special moment.   After watching your videos on YouTube, I have started a blog, "Unearthing My Family Roots”.  It is in it's infancy but I am enjoying it and hope to start incorporating family history and genealogy into it after the “Cruise Log” is complete.  You can find the blog .   As you can see, I am taking full advantage of my membership, so you can imagine my disappointment when I found out that you are coming to my local genealogical society meeting (Genealogical Society of Kendall County) in March and I can't be there.  We are expecting our second granddaughter around that time in Missouri and I am going up to help. :)  I know you will be wonderful and everyone will go home with lots of takeaways.  Thank you for all you do and I look forward to all your future GEMS!" From Lisa: Thanks for writing and I'm thrilled to hear you have become a Genealogy Gems Premium Members and that you are enjoying it! And I'm particularly happy to hear that you are putting Google Earth to good use. Congratulations on your new blog. You are a talented writer, and I thoroughly enjoyed your series on the day you found the family bible and shared it on Google+. It is so similar to my own introduction to the family history obsession! I'm sorry to hear I won't get an opportunity to meet you at the upcoming seminar. I'm really looking forward to Kendall County because all of my dealings with the folks there so far have been delightful. Recently I heard from Sue, whose story offers a compelling reason to use Google Scholar for genealogy research! Read it below–then I'll tell you a little more about Google Scholar: “I've been using computers for genealogy research (among other things) for about 30 years and am pretty good at finding most anything on the internet whether it pertains to genealogy or something else. It's a continuous learning experience because computer, the internet and genealogy on the internet are always changing and updating. After hearing your seminars at RootsTech 2015], I tried out a couple of Google searches for my husband's 3rd great-grandfather Silas Fletcher. Silas lived on Indian Key in the Florida Keys in the early 1820s. My husband and I and our son visited Indian Key several years ago and the young lady who took us out in the boat had actually written her college thesis on Silas! Of course, we didn't think to get her name or any other information. So I Googled “scholar paper Silas Fletcher' and the first item on the search turned out to be her thesis! I also found a second thesis on Indian Key and a research paper a third person had written–and they both contained information on Silas. In the footnotes I found references to deed books (book number and page number) that contained statements written by Silas, his wife Avis, their daughter Abigail and Mike's 2nd great grandfather William H. Fletcher about their lives and movements in the Florida Keys. With that information I went to Familysearch.org and found the deed books I needed for Monroe County. I was able to go find their statements very easily instead of having to ‘browse' through the books on the off-chance I would find something (which I do if I don't know the exact book where the record would be). I can hardly wait to try out the rest of what I learned at your seminars to see what else I can find!” Sue's experience is a great example of using Google to dig for your family history. One little-known feature on Google is , which would help Sue and anyone else more easily find material like what she describes: doctoral dissertations, theses, academic papers and more. Your keyword searches in Google Scholar will target results from academic publishers, universities, professional societies and more. Though scholarly literature gets a bad rap sometimes for being boring or highbrow, they do something genealogists love: THEY CITE SOURCES. Sue cleverly read the footnotes of the materials she found and they led her right to a key source she needed. Here's another resource she could find using the details found on Google Scholar in a Google Image search: a map of his community! My newly-updated, revised book The Genealogist's Google Toolbox has an all-new chapter on using Google Scholar. Among other things, I show you advanced search strategies and how to use Google Alerts with Google Scholar for continuous updates on your favorite search results.          GEM: Interview with Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan TrainOur Featured Book – 1st Quarter 2015  by Christina Baker Kline spent five weeks at the #1 spot  on the New York Times Bestselling list and is now on top of The Bestsellers List in Canada. When you read it you'll see why. Here's the storyline: Vivian is an Irish immigrant child who loses her family in New York City and is forced to ride the ‘orphan train.' Orphan trains were a common solution in the late 1800s and early 1900s for care of abandoned or orphaned children in New York City and other places. The children were loaded onto trains and paraded in front of locals at various stops across the countryside, where they might be claimed by just about anyone. After following Vivian's life through her childhood and young adulthood, we fast-forward. Vivian is 91, and a teenage girl named Molly comes to help her clean out her attic. Molly is a Penobscot Indian who is in the modern foster care system. Gradually they realize they have a lot in common, and you'll love the ways they each respond to that. To me, the book is about the importance of family identity. Each of us has a family storyline that existed before we were born and brought us into being. Vivian's and Molly's experiences remind me how important it is to know and value our family backgrounds. Of course I loved learning more about orphan train riders, too. That chapter of history is now a vivid reality to me. . Tune in to upcoming episodes of the as we talk about Orphan Train and interview Christina Baker Kline!   Northwest Genealogy ConferenceAugust is a beautiful time in the Pacific Northwest, and I'll be heading to Washington state for the upcoming  Northwest Genealogy Conference in Arlington WA, just one hour north of Seattle  August 13, 14, and 15, 2015.    The Northwest Genealogy Conference will feature 3 full days of classes from speakers like Cece Moore and Judy Russell, and I will be there as well teaching 3 classes on Evernote and mobile technology. And there will be an exciting exhibit hall where you can see genealogy products and services up close. If you're new to genealogy, they've got something just for you too! The is sponsoring free Beginning Genealogy Classes in conjunction with the that will be held on Wednesday 12 August from 1:00pm to 5:00pm at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center. Seating is limited, and pre-registration is required. Registration opens on April 1, 2015 Head to    Profile America: Deadly InfluenzaWednesday, March 11th. One of the most devastating public health crises in history hit the U.S. on this date 97 years ago — and experts are still studying it, hoping to head off a similar global pandemic. The first cases of what was called “Spanish flu” were reported among soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas. By October, the worst month, 195,000 Americans perished. By 1920, nearly one-in-four Americans had suffered from this strain of the flu, killing about 600,000. Worldwide, estimates put the death toll up at 50 million or more. Even less dramatic strains of flu can be deadly, necessitating medical research. There are some 112,000 medical scientists and 6,700 medical laboratories in the U.S. today. The output helps America's 737,000 physicians and surgeons in maintaining our health. Profile America is in its 18th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau. Sources: NAICS 621511     

In February 2009, it was discovered that Canada's Public Safety Minister, Peter Van Loan, alongside the Correctional Service of Canada, had planned the closure of all six of the prison farms owned by the people of Canada and operated by CORCAN - the branch of the Correctional Service that operates rehabilitation programs that provide employment training to inmates. The farms are located in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick. The closure of the farms has resulted in a wave of opposition across the country from organizations, unions and individuals who see the farms as playing an important rehabilitative role, they further the growing interest across the country to support local agricultural infrastructure, they produce food for their own operations, and they hold the potential to become even greater models of economic, environmental and social sustainability. Deconstructing Dinner was not granted an interview with Minister Van Loan, and judging by the questionable reasons provided for the prison farms closure, it's not surprising the Minister was not interested to explain and defend those reasons. In early June 2009, Deconstructing Dinner's Jon Steinman visited Kingston, Ontario, home to two of the six farms set to close over the next two years. After viewing the perimeter of Kingston's Frontenac Institution, Jon is convinced that the farm is almost certainly the largest urban farm in Canada (see image below). He sat down across from the Kingston Penitentiary with Andrew McCann - a vocal opponent of the announced closures, to learn more about the situation and the efforts underway to stop the closures. Guests Andrew McCann - Urban Agriculture Kingston (Kingston, ON) - Andrew connects scholarship with community development through his work on global and local food systems. He is turning his masters thesis into a book which visions collaboration between the polarized worlds of "sustainable local food" and "agricultural biotechnology". Cultural and environmental history underpin his writing, as well as his paid work in Kingston's food system where he has been a CSA (Community Support Agriculture) market gardener, lab tech on the Canadian Potato Genome Project, and initiator of the National Farmers' Union's Food Down the Road: Toward a Sustainable Local Food System for Kingston and Countryside. He recently helped found the Kingston Urban Agriculture Action Committee which has been working with the City of Kingston to develop a progressive municipal policy on community gardens and urban farming. Andrew also instructs Sustainable and Local Food for all Canadians - an on-line distance education course offered by St. Lawrence College. Dianne Dowling - Farmer Dowling Farm (Kingston, ON) - Dianne farms with her husband Peter on Howe Island - located in the entrance to the St. Lawrence River. The dairy farm is also home to a vegetable CSA operated by their daughter and her partner. Dianne is the Vice-President of the National Farmers Union of Ontario's Local 316, representing farmers in Frontenac and Lennox-Addington counties and the city of Kingston.