{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Lindsay Clancy Could Follow Andrea Yates' Path","description":"Two mothers. Two psychotic episodes, according to their defenses. Two insanity verdicts — one already delivered, one hanging over a Plymouth County jury room. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to map the road Andrea Yates has traveled since 2006 and measure how much of it waits for Lindsay Clancy.\n\nYates was acquitted by reason of insanity two decades ago. She has spent every year since inside a state facility, and the people closest to her case say she remains there because the system has no exit built for someone with her history. Shavaun explains the machinery that produces that result: commitment renewals with no limit, and a release standard that demands proof of safety from a person whose diagnosis is permanent. The doctors inherit total authority over a life the moment the verdict lands.\n\nFor Clancy, one wrinkle makes it heavier. Her trial featured experts who couldn't agree on what she has — her defense described bipolar disorder with postpartum psychosis, while a prosecution expert testified he found evidence of neither. Shavaun unpacks who resolves that dispute once the jury goes home, and why the answer matters more than the verdict itself.\n\nTony closes with the question every listener will be arguing about: whether the hospital is the compassionate outcome everyone assumes — or a quieter version of forever.\n\nEND LINKS:\n\nListen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292\n\nWant to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1\n\nJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/\n\nInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod\n\nDISCLAIMER:\n\nThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.\n\nHASHTAGS:\n\n#LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #TrueCrime #LindsayClancyTrial #AndreaYates #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #MentalHealth #HiddenKillers #Massachusetts","author_name":"Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5040505-hidden-killers-with-tony-brueski-true-crime-news-commentary","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43810348/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}