The Subtext: Lindsay Clancy & the Question of Justice

In this episode, Lee and Savannah talk about the ways Lindsay Clancy’s trial is sparking conversations around mental health, justice, and culpability.

This week, we tackle a story listeners have been asking us to cover: the case of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother who killed her three children in 2023 after months of worsening psychiatric symptoms and a cocktail of nine prescribed medications. We dig into postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression, why true-crime audiences reach for alternate-perpetrator theories even when a defendant has admitted to the act, and how mental health plays a role in seeking justice amidst tragedy.

**This episode was recorded on August 31st, 2026 prior to the declaration of the mistrial**

Things we mentioned in this episode:

Brandon Flowers album THRASHER (open.spotify.com/album/4AWBFHgvBgI9ah66wq1TEo?…)

Join us for a No Small Endeavor live show:

September 26 - The Fisher Center at Belmont University (bandsintown.com/t/108827340?affil_code=&ap…)

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Missing Me by Ayana Lage (amzn.to/4xsJag9)

Royal College of Psychiatrists: Postpartum psychosis (rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/mental-illnesses-a…)

Wicked: For Good - The Subtext (open.spotify.com/episode/3Nu4DqFD3YE0fwY0H9TKj…)

I Study Women Who Kill Their Children. Lindsay Clancy Deserves Mercy. NYT Opinion by Michelle Oberman (archive.is/20260825192138/https://www.nytimes.…)

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