Season 1, Episode #2 – Grace Marks

A sketch of Grace Marks and James McDermott as they appeared
at their trial for murder in Toronto, Ontario, 1843

Chronicle and Gazette, 2 August 1843

The Trials of James McDermott and Grace Marks (1843)

The Liberal, 4 August 1955

Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush by Susanna Moodie, Chapters 10 and 15

Primary Documents from the case: https://aliasgracerivendell.weebly.com/grace-marks–case.html

Alias Grace (1996) by Margaret Atwood

Alias Grace (2017), directed by Mary Harron, written by Sarah Polley, CBC Television/Netflix

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