Ep. 18: Emma 'Straight Eight' Oliver. Key thing to know: if you owe her $3, just pay her back...

Nocturnal Distractions Podcast

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 sentenced to death it was determined that along with an unknown history of her childhood, she also had signs of organic brain damage, and it was stated that she was psychotic and had only limited contact with reality... The state of mental confusion and type of symptomatology seemed to indicate a definite schizoid type of psychosis. So was Emma a cold blooded killer? Or a victim of untreated mental illness and circumstance?

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In episode shout outs to: @evilpuddingpodcast (who you heard at the start of the episode) and Charnell @crime.curious !

Thursday Kendra will be continuing with the Marybeth Tinning Saga, Part 3!