Nocturnal Distractions Podcast

History is in the making folks! Because April, that’s right, APRIL is bringing us a TWO PARTER!  *Sings “It’s the end of the world as we know it, it’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine…” * In all seriousness though, she will be telling us about The Evangelista Occult Murders, an unsolved case of the murder of an entire family of six in Detroit, Michigan in 1929. The parents were...

*Part Two*  **Trigger warning for everyone again: I will be covering child death, mental illness including  depression, post partum depression, post partum psychosis, eating disorders, and suicide.** Join Kendra as she dives into and tells April the tragic ending of the Andrea Yates Case.  If you haven't listened to our last episode, which is part one, please stop and go listen to that first becau...

*Part One* In June 2001, news broke that rocked the nation to its core. A 36 year old mother had killed all of her children, all five children, the oldest of whom was 7 years old and the youngest a mere 6 months. She drowned them all in the bathtub.  What more is there to really say after that right? She’s clearly evil, right?  Here’s the thing though, she wasn’t evil, though her act of course wou...

This is the case of Susan Cummings, a wealthy heiress, who shot and killed her boyfriend, an Argentine polo player named Roberto Villegas. On that day, Sept. 7th, 1997, Susan claims it was self defense, but based on the information gathered by the police and investigators. It was not as cut and dry as it might have appeared to be, which is why I am placing this in Level Four on the 22 Level Gradat...

*Fair warning, this inadvertently wound up being a MUCH longer part 2 than anticipated. I tend to dive deep and when the case takes place in a different country, more explaining is needed about court processes etc. So, that being said, this is a 2+ hour episode.* This is Part 2 of The Murder of Ana Kriegel, a beautiful 14-year old teen girl whose life was taken too soon. Even more tragically, her...

*NOTE: This is a re-recording of part 1, please take the time to listen even if you already listened to the original. I feel it's much better and there's a surprise guest too!* In May 2018, Ana Kriegel was a beautiful 14 year old living in Ireland when a classmate came to her home, asking her to go to the local park. She went with him and never returned. What followed shocked her community, and Ir...

A man received the heart of a suicide victim, married his widow, and years later killed himself in the same way his donor did.  A seemingly sad story about a woman who lost her husband to suicide and then found love again in the man who received his heart. Only to have that husband take his own life in the same way. Love found and love lost and found and lost again. Or was it? After a little diggi...

Jesus Borja, age 15, was surprised and shocked when he found out that the girl he wanted to marry one day, Rosa Guerrero, age 13, was suddenly and with no warning, married to an older man, Pedro Garcia, age 22. She had promised to marry Jesus and he thought they would be happy and have a family one day. Brokenhearted and thinking that his friends and acquaintances were making fun of him at the wed...

This case, in my opinion, fits into Category 1: Justifiable Homicide on The Gradations of Evil Scale Wendy Howard was abused by her ex-partner for almost 4 years before she was able to escape him. 14 years later, she finds that he has been sexually abusing the 16 year old daughter they share, for close to two years. After reporting the abuse to the police, the family is told to remain normal actin...

Season Two on Nocturnal Distractions will be a series that will cover Forensic Psychologist, Michael Stone’s, 22- level “Gradations of Evil” Scale. But what exactly is the definition of “evil”? And is there a way to classify one act of evil as being more evil than another? Or, what is the point of even dividing evil into levels? Could we use this information to rehabilitate perpetrators if possibl...

What do you get when you combine together: an insomniac, an obsession with true crime, an interest in psychology, a thirst for the answer to the question 'how and why do crimes happen', and a Bluetooth mic? You get a podcast called Nocturnal Distractions. What else?

Hey guys so this is not a normal episode, it's not a case or anything like that, it's just some updates on the podcast itself. Like some information about where it's going, what changes you might be hearing in it, and other such information that I feel you, as our listeners, should be aware of. because you're the ones that kind of keep the show going after all!! Resource if you would like to look...

As Kendra was hunting for pictures to post on the socials of Carl Panzram, who April presented in last weeks episode, she stumbled across a site where she was able to download the entire autobiography he wrote while in prison, in his own cursive handwriting. And... Kendra got intrigued. Really intrigued... So down the rabbit hole she went. She will be doing a deep dive into it over the next couple...

*Want episodes without ads? Join our Patreon!!* April is back with us this week and boy did she come prepared with a doozy of a case. Carl Panzram was a man who was doomed from the start. And those are HIS own words. At 5 he was a self proclaimed liar and thief. Abused during his childhood, by age 8 he was arrested for being drunk and disorderly. By 11 his mother had him sent to a reformatory scho...

*AD FREE VERSION AVAILABLE TO OUR PATRONS ON OUR PATREON PAGE!* Bringing us back to Nebraska today, Kendra (solo) will tell us the incredible survival story (cuz it’s nice not to talk about death all the time) of Anne Sluti. In 2001, the teenager was kidnapped in broad daylight from the parking lot of a shopping mall in Kearney, NE and held captive for six days. Her bravery, quick thinking, and ab...

This is Part Two on Satanism. If you haven't listened to Part One, I'd go listen to it first! This part includes some of the common myths (fiction) surrounding it and the facts (truth) of what Satanism actually is. To end the Spooky Season Kendra, she will be talking about Satanism. That's right. Satanism. What it's about, what they do, what they believe... However, as she dove into researching th...

We did not start out planning this episode to be so long, and we don't typically do this, but due to the length and technical audio issues, we broke it into two parts. To end the Spooky Season Kendra will be talking about Satanism. That's right. Satanism. What it's about, what they do, what they believe... However, as she dove into researching this information, she quickly realized that what she T...

*It hasn't been our week, a late episode and Kendras mic dies 9 minutes before the end, luckily she was done with the important info, and as we pride ourselves on being unedited and unscripted, it's been left as-is, so enjoy?*🥴 Stuck scrolling the endless interweb, Kendra was having a rough time finding a paranormal story or such to cover. She got to thinking about Halloween itself. Why the trick...

April finishes up the unsolved case of the Detroit Occult murders and we discuss the various theories about what happened more in depth and give our opinion. Was it mob dealings? Was it the tenant that stopped by the night before to give his final payment to Benny? Or was it Benny's old friend, who was also involved in the occult, and had been convicted of killing his whole family with an axe, who...

TW: Deaths of teenagers, and Suicide Kendra tries to see if she can ruin Halloween for anyone else…Because after researching this episode she has tarnished her once undying love of all things Halloween. This episode hopefully will make everyone aware of some of the dangers that come along with Haunted Attractions, home haunted houses, and seemingly innocent practical jokes. Add in the fact that th...

Kendra’s episode is belated by almost a week, but she is here to relay short spooky tales and then stories of some dumb criminals that should probably pick a different career path. Email us at: nocturnaldistractions@gmail.com Here's the link to all our listening platforms, socials, tip jar, etc: https://linktr.ee/nocturnaldistractionspodcast Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalDistr...

Another road trip for some spookies! Join us on another late night road trip adventure as we go out to Witches Bridge. We try to catch sight of anything creepy while April shares the tale of how the bridge got its name and some of the odd and tragic things that have happened on the site. Be sure to check our Instagram and other socials for videos and pictures of the bridge that we took while there...

First, we have a special guest host tonight, Kendra's...boyfriend? Person? Life partner? Dude she puts up with? They don't have a label really. But he's joining in for this haunted episode told by Kendra! In 2006 Susan, her daughter Jaime, Susan's boyfriend, Matt, and his daughter, Marie, move into a house in Moreno Valley in Southern California. And at first everthing is going picture perfect for...

We go for another night drive as Kendra attempts to show April the old Army Ammunition Plant again, which was an epic fail again. And April tells about the sad death of Vaclav "James" Parkos in the small town of Comstock, Nebraska, in 1935. Which leads to discussion of state mental hospitals back in the day, and how creepy the abandoned ones are, and THAT somehow leads to pondering why a certain b...

It’s basically spooky season, or close enough, so Kendra is going to be delving into the supernatural and paranormal instead of the regularly scheduled murder and shitty human beings. Including a special spooky collaboration episode with another podcast, to be announced at a later date! Today, she will tell the story of the Martin family who moved to Palmyra, Maine and after a year of living in a...