Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 54m
Clancy trial turns on psychosis, medication and courtroom testimony
Every Key Moment From the Lindsay Clancy Trial, Blake Lively's Final Humiliation, and Brian Entin's Dispatch From Clancy Courtroom | Ep. 1386
The episode examines how competing accounts of Lindsay Clancy’s mental state could shape the trial’s interpretation of the killings and any insanity verdict.
- 1Testimony traces Clancy’s anxiety, insomnia, hospitalization and medication concerns before the killings.
- 2Prosecution and defense experts sharply disagree over whether psychosis explains Clancy’s actions.
- 3Courtroom observations capture Patrick Clancy’s anguish, the jury’s dynamics and the public’s divided reaction.
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The courtroom account of Patrick Clancy discovering the children moves from initial coherence to anguished screams.
The brief
The episode follows testimony about Lindsay Clancy’s escalating anxiety, severe insomnia, hospitalization and medication concerns before the deaths of her children.
A seemingly ordinary dinner order and a brief, coherent phone call become central to the argument over how psychotic Clancy could have been.
Brian Entin describes Patrick Clancy’s reaction after discovering the children, while the courtroom absorbs testimony from competing psychiatric experts.
The central dispute is whether alleged command hallucinations and postpartum psychosis explain the killings, or whether the prosecution’s account better fits the evidence.
The discussion closes with the possible consequences of an insanity verdict and allegations involving Timothy Busfield, alongside Melissa Gilbert’s defense of him.
What was said on this episode
16 statements · 3 positive · 12 negative · 1 neutral
A House flip would significantly affect the economy.
“if the house flips, it's a big deal for our economy”
Listen at 1:51
Gold rose more than 12% before the 2024 presidential election.
“the price of gold jumped over 12%”
Listen at 2:04
Gold hedges against uncertainty.
“It's a hedge against uncertainty.”
Listen at 2:07
Megyn Kelly doubts Lindsay Clancy had postpartum psychosis.
“I personally am not convinced that she suffered from postpartum psychosis or any psychosis at all.”
Listen at 6:03
Kelly opposes an insanity-based acquittal for Lindsay Clancy.
“I don't think that this case is one for a not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.”
Listen at 6:11
Kelly believes the prosecution is losing the courtroom likability contest.
“I think the prosecution, though they are absolutely losing the likability contest”
Listen at 15:08
Kelly believes jurors are bonding more with defense counsel than the prosecutor.
“The jury's bonding much more with defense counsel, in my estimation, than they are with the ADA.”
Listen at 15:26
Kelly recommends life imprisonment for Lindsay Clancy.
“And he was sent off to prison for the remainder of his life, which I think is what should happen to Lindsay Clancy.”
Listen at 20:52
Kelly says suicide hotlines should help callers without a specific suicide plan.
“The suicide hotline needs to have a come to Jesus moment about, helping the people who have gone to the trouble to tell you they want to kill themselves, but haven't yet come up with a plan.”
Listen at 28:20
Clancy’s medications appeared to worsen her condition.
“the medications made the problem worse or so it appeared.”
Listen at 29:27
Fragmented psychiatric care can worsen risks for patients.
“the right hand doesn't know what the left hand's doing. And before you know it, you're really playing with fire.”
Listen at 30:01
Kelly believes Clancy understood her conduct was wrong.
“She absolutely understood that.”
Listen at 30:40
Kelly interprets Clancy’s restaurant choice as evidence of planning.
“That, that is planning.”
Listen at 31:14
Kelly believes Clancy genuinely intended suicide.
“I think she did want to die.”
Listen at 37:12
Kelly says Clancy’s methodical actions indicate sound mind.
“all of that is evidence that she was of sound mind.”
Listen at 37:38
Kelly says Zoloft or Prozac generally do not cause psychosis and child killing.
“generally taking zoloft or prozac does not cause psychosis and make you kill your children”
Listen at 1:11:58
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