Nocturnal Distractions Podcast

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THE FINALE IS HERE. And it's AD-FREE! That’s right, Part 5 and the conclusion of The Marybeth Tinning Saga. The episode is a bit longer than usual, but Kendra was ready to be DONE thinking about this real piece of work that only excelled at one thing in life: popping out kids, but that’s about it. The ending includes the death of their adopted son, Michael. The shocking (or not so shocking) impreg...

April brings use not one, not two, but SEVEN murders with motives that will make you scratch your head and wonder whats wrong with people.  *And again, I don't know why, but after the ad our mics screw up randomly and we sound like we’re under water or something. I blame Mercury being in retrograde... I got nothing*  Shoutout to World’s True Crime Podcast again! Be sure to check them out! Email us...

Kendra continues with Part Four of Five: The case of Marybeth Tinning who had 9 children, between the ages of 11 days and 4 1/2 years old, that all died over the course of 14 years.  Marybeth has 3 more babies, all of whom die before they are 6 months old. Her and Joe adopt a child. And doctors start to try to figure out just what is happening. Calls to CPS finally also start. But, unfortunately,...

April tells us about Clarence Victor who killed a woman, was let out on parole early, kills again, let out early again, kills AGAIN. WTF Nebraska? And talk about the death penalty and some of the differences between manslaughter, and the various degrees of murder (1st, 2nd, 3rd) loosely (very loosely) explained. Images to go along with episode will be posted later, when Kendra's brain starts worki...

So, Kendra was not feeling the whole Marybeth Saga tonight. She has it ready, but needed a break from the case. Since it's going to be wind up being a 5 parter. So instead we decided to celebrate our 20th episode by learning more about her and how she became intrigued with true crime and how it eventually morphed into this start of this podcast. And other interesting tangents. Ending with 40 of th...

Kendra continues with Part Three of _?__ :The case of Marybeth Tinning who had 9 children, between the ages of 11 days and 4 1/2 years old, that all died over the course of 14 years. Part Three will cover the Tinnings' short time as Foster Parents, the two different sides of Marybeth and how she basically picked a ‘mask’ to get what she wanted. She also gets a job as a waitress. AND she winds up p...

We're back! After Kendra got a little brain recovery from her vacation, April is starting us out this week with the tale of Emma Oliver, a 1930s-40s sex worker in San Antonio, Texas. After a string of arrests throughout the 30s and 40s, Emma seemed to have reached the end of her rope in 1949 when she stabbed a male acquaintance to death over $3 that he owed her.  After being found guilty and...

*TRIGGER WARNING: This episode includes the deaths of children* Kendra continues with Part Two of (???) covering the case of Marybeth Tinning who had 9 children, between the ages of 11 days and 4 1/2 years old, that all died over the course of 14 years. Part Two will discuss the deaths of her first three children, starting with her third born, Jennifer, who was born with hemorrhagic meningitis and...

April brings us the tragic case of 19 year old Kenneka Jenkins who attended a hotel party with her friends one night in 2017. Instead of the night ending with fun memories and laughter it ended with confusion and frustration when Kenneka disappears somewhere inside the hotel. Despite numerous requests by her mom to view hotel camera footage in order to try to find her daughter, and calls to the lo...

*The audio seems a bit feed backish for some reason, not sure what happened, so apologies ahead of time! Will try to fix it before next week 🤦‍♀️* Kendra is doing another deep dive, multi-parter covering the case of Marybeth Tinning who had 9 children, between the ages of 11 days and 4 1/2 years old, all die over the course of 14 years. The causes of death varied and were listed as natural, undet...

April just keeps dragging me farther back in history, this time to the 1400s! She will introduce us to Gilles de Rais. He went from a War Hero and the protector of Joan of Arc, to a convicted serial killer of 100 children. BUT, did he actually commit the crimes he was accused and convicted of? Listen up, and then you decide! And there might be a few tangents we go off on tonight... But we're not c...

Thomas Quick was once known as Sweden’s worst and most gruesome serial killer, confessing to killing 30 victims between 1965 and 1991. Thomas is charged and convicted of eight of the murders. And, in 2008 he WITHDREW ALL HIS CONFESSIONS and by 2013 ALL OF his convictions had been overturned and he was released from the hospital a free man. What the heck? How? What? Huh? Send an email with suggesti...

April is taking me on a trip back to the late 1920s in good ol Nebraska, and fills me in on the case of The Omaha Sniper, Frank Carter. Who was convicted of two murders, but claimed to have killed 43, and tells the executioners, at the last minute, that Frank Carter ISN'T EVEN HIS ACTUAL NAME. whaaat?? Who is this guy then? I had never heard about this case, so it's all new info tonight guys! Foll...

It's another missing person episode, Kendra style. 19 year-old Brandon Swanson had just finished his first year of college. After attending an evening party with friends, he left around 12am on May 14th, 2008, to drive the 30 miles to his hometown of Marshall, MN. He got his car stuck on the way home and after calling his parents to come help him, there was confusion about his location, and so he...

Bryce Laspisa went missing under very strange circumstances right before his sophomore year of college in 2013 and hasn't been seen since. Here's the link to the family's FB they have set up for him, there's phone numbers and contact info on it for any information you may have on Bryce!! https://m.facebook.com/100064511599937/ Follow us, rate us, download our episodes, support us, and follow us on...

*Ok, so still getting used to the mics and where to have them clipped onto our shirts, please forgive any overly static sound, we’re learning!* Tonight Kendra will take us back to the late 1800s - early 1900s, and introduce you to the Black Widow of the Heartland, Belle Gunness, our other female serial killer of the week. Who appears to have maybe, probably, most likely, killed up to 40 victims, a...

Ok everybody, we got us some mics to use when we record and we think it went fairly well, with a few glitches in there, but hopefully (fingers crossed) the sound quality is better than previous episodes! Either way, we were excited to use them anyway, like we’re all professional and shit. (Ha!) But anyways, tonight is April’s case! And we’re going way back to the 1600s people, so she can tell us a...

Part Two! It's a long one guys, but Kendra has a hard time condensing information when she's got so much of it rolling around in her head...you should see how long some of her FB posts are. But, she finishes telling April the story of the Stayner family and how they just couldn’t seem to catch a break when it came to their sons, Steven and Cary. During part two we finish up with Cary, who seems to...

Extra bonus episode for you all this week! April was ready with her first case and we wanted to get it recorded before she chickened out! This is one that Kendra hasn't heard before and it happened right here in our state of Nebraska. Apparently we don't just have cornfields and cows, we also have serial killers. 😬 We head back to the 70s (there seems to be a theme here with the 70s…) for the cas...

This week's story is actually going to be a two-parter because there’s just too much to fit into one episode! Join Kendra as she tells April the story of the Stayner family and how they just couldn’t seem to catch a break when it came to their sons, Steven and Cary. They go through the absolute worst and just when you think it can’t get worse, it does. During part one we begin with Steven, who at...

So back in July of 1976, in Chowchilla, California, three men carried out a mass abduction/kidnapping of an entire school bus of 26 kids (aged 5-14) and their bus driver after a day of summer school. They stashed all of them in a truck that was BURIED underground and left them there. They then went home to call in a ransom. However, things don’t go quite as planned for the kidnappers. They underes...

Did you ever stop and wonder which island out there is the most densely populated? No? Yeah, us neither. Until Kendra's Random Facts of the Day app popped up and told her about it. And she went down just a small rabbit hole and now you get to hear about it! Join our FB group or follow our Instagram to see photos of this Island! Do you have a topic you'd like us to explore? Contact us by email or o...

After much waiting, it's time to meet the other host of this podcast, April! Now she gets to answer the same random questions that I did in my intro. This is her first episode too so remember, don't judge too harshly, follow us if you'd like to hear more and you can email us at: nocturnaldistractions@gmail.com with any suggestions, topic ideas, fun facts about yourself, etc. Website: https://linkt...

Hello everyone! I'm Kendra, one of the hosts of this podcast. My partner in crime, April, is not currently available because, well, it's daytime, and she's sleeping. Why aren't I? I'm in that oh so lucky category of people who are up for basically three days straight and then crash for at least 12 hours. Insomnia plus anxiety is great fun! So, you get the pleasure of listening to me answer some ra...