The Ilona Effect podcast

The Ilona Effect

Jason Whitesel

The son of his estranged mother has the opportunity to interview her and ask the questions about long-held family secrets, her years of drug addiction and how this affected his childhood growing up with his grandparents, her parents. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theilonaeffect/support

12 Episodes

The DNA Results Are In - Who Is The Father?
7/15/2021
24:27
After a three month hiatus, The Ilona Effect is back with a second Update Episode. A lot of new information has been discovered regarding the suicide of Ilona's father, and the Ancestry DNA results from Jason's test have finally been received. Listen to find out everything that has transpired during this time. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theilonaeffect/support
Husband (To-Be) #3 - I Beat Him With a Crowbar
3/31/2021
31:02
We learn what Ilona's two youngest daughters had to live through during her days of heroin and prostitution. Then we hear the story of what happens when you decide not to marry Ilona after promising to do so. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theilonaeffect/support
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The Day I Found Out My Mother Was a Prostitute
3/17/2021
37:09
In this episode we hear all of the sordid details of how drug addiction drove the mother of four into a life of prostitution. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theilonaeffect/support
Husband #2 - Shoplifting, Jail Time, and The Overdose
3/8/2021
36:40
As her heroin addiction intensifies, we learn the risks that Ilona will take to get her and her husband their next fix, even while she's pregnant and he is in jail. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theilonaeffect/support
Drinking & Drowning & Hangovers with Mom
2/11/2021
2:11:37
In this emotional roller-coaster of an episode, Ilona's two eldest daughters agree to join the podcast. Amy & Angela have the opportunity to ask questions to their mother, relive childhood experiences and tell their side of the story. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theilonaeffect/support
In Search Of: Biological Father & Sheriff’s Report of Grandfather’s Suicide
2/3/2021
13:41
In this first installment of the Update Episodes, Jason gives us news on the search for his biological father through 23&Me and Ancestry.com DNA testing. Also, after discussing his grandfather's suicide with his mother, more questions are brought to the surface and nobody has answers - time to request the Sheriff's report. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theilonaeffect/support
The Heroin Begins & Dad's Suicide
1/23/2021
1:04:36
In this episode we learn how heroin was introduced into Ilona's life and the lifestyle that came with it - plus the story of her father's suicide as explained by Jason who was there on the night it happened. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theilonaeffect/support
Husband #1 - Alcohol, Abuse, and Kitchen Fires
1/11/2021
1:11:34
In this episode we learn how Ilona met her first husband, and the rollercoaster-ride of a relationship they had. It is also revealed that after Jason received his DNA results back from 23andME, he may not be related to the family he found eight years ago. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theilonaeffect/support
A Garbage Can for Drugs, I Was
11/16/2020
55:39
In this hard hitting episode, we learn about being locked up, the beginning of drug addiction and the huge family secret of Ilona's son's biological father. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theilonaeffect/support
12 Year Old Runaway
11/1/2020
1:18:14
In this episode we hear how Ilona is a chronic runaway, is in and out of Juvenile Hall and how her drinking and drug addictions started all at the age of 12. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theilonaeffect/support

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