Natural Life Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:13:14 -0400 https://www.naturallifepodcast.com/ en-us © 2026 Natural Life yes efc94908-327c-5ddf-bbe1-1b86498eb61b Richard Kelly Kemick serial true Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) True crime, prison, marriage, murder, Richard Kelly Kemick https://storage.buzzsprout.com/ni2qmha2k5wn5bn3qnj7zaeckmsw?.jpg Natural Life https://www.naturallifepodcast.com/ Richard Kelly Kemick Act 5 Act 5 Christian McNeil is sentenced to natural life without the possibility of parole, plus two years for the firearm. The sentence is not the start of the answer but the start of the question: What should we do with Christian McNeil?

A quarter of a century after the shooting, Christian reaches out to Lynda Harris, Nathan’s mother, for the first time. He wants a clean slate before his and Bridgette’s wedding day, which has finally arrived. But will the wedding itself?

]]> Christian McNeil is sentenced to natural life without the possibility of parole, plus two years for the firearm. The sentence is not the start of the answer but the start of the question: What should we do with Christian McNeil?

A quarter of a century after the shooting, Christian reaches out to Lynda Harris, Nathan’s mother, for the first time. He wants a clean slate before his and Bridgette’s wedding day, which has finally arrived. But will the wedding itself?

]]> Richard Kelly Kemick Buzzsprout-10207042 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 04:00:00 -0700 2224 1 5 full true Act 4 Act 4 What is it like to be the parent of a murderer? What’s it like to be their sibling? Three days before the shooting, Nathan had beaten Christian’s brother Adam. Now, Nathan is dead, Christian’s in prison, and Adam is exiled to Florida. None of them are ever coming home. 

The wedding between Christian and Bridgette is so close it seems inevitable. But the families of both the bride and groom are hoping it proves otherwise. 

]]> What is it like to be the parent of a murderer? What’s it like to be their sibling? Three days before the shooting, Nathan had beaten Christian’s brother Adam. Now, Nathan is dead, Christian’s in prison, and Adam is exiled to Florida. None of them are ever coming home. 

The wedding between Christian and Bridgette is so close it seems inevitable. But the families of both the bride and groom are hoping it proves otherwise. 

]]> Richard Kelly Kemick Buzzsprout-10118333 Sun, 06 Mar 2022 03:00:00 -0800 2259 1 4 full true Act 3 Act 3 Bridgette Burnett was married to a prisoner for seven years. He got out, and now she’s engaged to another—one who is never leaving.

During the decades that Christian has been locked-up with all his basic needs given to him, Bridgette has been having to scrap and struggle. The world now is much crueler than the one Christian left. And is it a world that he even wants to return to?

]]> Bridgette Burnett was married to a prisoner for seven years. He got out, and now she’s engaged to another—one who is never leaving.

During the decades that Christian has been locked-up with all his basic needs given to him, Bridgette has been having to scrap and struggle. The world now is much crueler than the one Christian left. And is it a world that he even wants to return to?

]]> Richard Kelly Kemick Buzzsprout-10081355 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 01:00:00 -0800 1911 1 3 full true Act 2 Act 2 Conjugal visits—whether you’re married or not—have never been allowed in Michigan prisons. But there's more than just sex that Christian is missing out on now that Bridgette has been banned from visiting. 

It’s a long list of regrets, and it all begins with Christian arriving home, twenty minutes after the shooting, to tell his mother that he killed Nathan Harris. 

]]> Conjugal visits—whether you’re married or not—have never been allowed in Michigan prisons. But there's more than just sex that Christian is missing out on now that Bridgette has been banned from visiting. 

It’s a long list of regrets, and it all begins with Christian arriving home, twenty minutes after the shooting, to tell his mother that he killed Nathan Harris. 

]]> Richard Kelly Kemick Buzzsprout-10008802 Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800 1916 1 2 full true Act 1 Act 1 Michigan, 1996. Nathan Harris and Christian McNeil meet in the parking lot between the Red Devil Restaurant and the Battle Alley Barbershop. It will prove the final moments of Nathan’s life, and it will prove the final moments of Christian’s life as he knew it. 

Twenty-three years later, Christian meets Jamie, another inmate, and hears about Jamie’s wife.

]]> Michigan, 1996. Nathan Harris and Christian McNeil meet in the parking lot between the Red Devil Restaurant and the Battle Alley Barbershop. It will prove the final moments of Nathan’s life, and it will prove the final moments of Christian’s life as he knew it. 

Twenty-three years later, Christian meets Jamie, another inmate, and hears about Jamie’s wife.

]]> Richard Kelly Kemick Buzzsprout-9950201 Sun, 13 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0800 1615 1 1 full true Trailer Trailer Natural Life is a limited podcast series chronicling the life of Christian McNeil, who is serving a lifetime sentence without parole in a Michigan prison.

February 14, 2022

]]> Natural Life is a limited podcast series chronicling the life of Christian McNeil, who is serving a lifetime sentence without parole in a Michigan prison.

February 14, 2022

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