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Copy Cat Killer

September 11, 2026

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Copy Cat Killer

In a Chicago suburb, a mother of four named Corey Walsh allegedly murdered her two-year-old son Barrett by hanging him from a rafter in her basement. Hours before, she had been texting friends about the Lindsay Clancy case—the Massachusetts mother who killed her three children and whose trial had just ended in a mistrial. The timing was uncanny. Walsh's own two older children came home from school, found their brother's body, and ran to a neighbor for help. That same neighbor reportedly found Walsh in an upstairs bathtub with a knife in her hand, cuts to her wrist and thigh. The question hanging over the case: was this a copycat crime, or another instance of a mother experiencing a psychotic break?

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  • 1 Copy Cat Killer — Navigation Outline
  • 2 Episode Summary
  • 3 (01:05) **The Corey Walsh Case Introduced** - A suburban Chicago mother of four is charged with first-degree murder after her two-year-old son Barrett is found hanging from a basement rafter
  • 4 (04:02) **The Horrifying Scene Unfolds** - Details of what happened when the older children came home from school
  • 5 (05:07) **The Defense Attorney Connection** - Andrea Lyon, who famously represented Casey Anthony, is now representing Corey Walsh
  • 6 (06:36) **The Disturbing Timing** - Corey Walsh was texting friends about the Lindsay Clancy case hours before killing her son
  • 7 (08:44) **Bail Denied** - The judge refuses pre-trial release, keeping Walsh in the adult detention facility rather than a psychiatric hospital

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Lyndon Blake

Show Notes

A Lindsay Clancy obsessed woman is at the center of a murder investigation involving her two-year-old?


Lynden Blake details the Corie Walsh case. Do we have a copy cat on our hands? In this episode of That’s So Criminal we explore how Clancy’s trial has impacted society moving forward.


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