Lindsay Clancy "Postpartum Psychosis" Defense, Perez Hilton Legal Questions, and NEW Nolan Wells Timeline, with MK True Crime Hosts | Ep. 1377

August 11, 2026

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The husband, Patrick Clancy, had spent the day with his wife Lindsay and their three young children. She seemed depressed but not alarming. He left to run an errand for their six-year-old. When he returned, he found her on the front lawn, having jumped from a window, with superficial cuts on her wrists and neck. She told him she had tried to kill herself. He called 911 and stayed with her for four minutes. Then he asked where the children were. She said, "In the basement." He waited for paramedics to arrive before checking. His footsteps can be heard on the 911 recording, followed by a scream, then primal cries. "She killed the kids," he shouts. The dispatcher responds, "Oh shit." This is the emotional core of the Lindsay Clancy trial, now underway in Massachusetts. Clancy admits she killed her three children — ages one, four, and six — with exercise bands. The question is not guilt, but whether she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, a rare mental break from reality, or was merely depressed and criminally responsible.

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1 Timestamped Outline
2 (00:45) **Welcome and Episode Overview** - Megyn Kelly introduces the show and previews the major cases to be discussed
3 (05:46) **Lindsay Clancy Case: The Horrific Scene** - Matt Murphy, Mark Geragos, and Dave Ehrenberg describe the events of January 24, 2023
4 (11:16) **The Legal Standard: Postpartum Psychosis vs. Depression** - The panel explains the Massachusetts insanity standard and the central question for the jury
5 (14:10) **Prosecution's Case vs. Defense Strategy** - Mark Geragos argues the jury won't hate Clancy, and the defense is effectively shifting blame to the mental health system
6 (19:42) **Dr. Tufts' Inexperience Exposed** - The defense cross-examines the young psychiatrist about her credentials and failures
7 (22:14) **Patrick Clancy's Testimony on Intrusive Thoughts** - The husband describes his wife's confessions of wanting to harm their children

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Guests on this episode

Matt Murphy Mark Geragos Dave Ehrenberg

Show Notes

Megyn Kelly is joined by Dave Aronberg and Phil Holloway, hosts of The MK True Crime Show, Mark Geragos and Matt Murphy, hosts of In The Well, and Mark Eiglarsh and Jonna Spilbor, hosts of Positively Legal, to discuss the disturbing Lindsay Clancy trial and the central question of murder versus "postpartum psychosis," the heartbreaking 9-1-1 call from her husband after discovering their three children, the defense's case that Clancy was not responsible for her actions, whether Lindsay Clancy's defense is building sympathy with the jury, the impact of seeing her in a wheelchair and revelations about her extensive medications and mental health struggles, the challenges facing the prosecution, whether medical professionals are to blamed for Lindsay Clancy killing her three kids, the shocking sentence for Jesse Butler after two ex-girlfriends accused him of assault and strangulation, why prosecutors allowed him to receive a juvenile offender deal despite initially originally facing 10 felony charges, the open questions we still don't know about the facts and evidence, the allegations that a male high school wrestler assaulted a female opponent during a match, the decision not to prosecute the wrestler, legal questions surrounding Perez Hilton's disturbing self-harm livestream, whether TikTok could be held liable for allowing it to stay on the platform so long, what happens next with Hilton's kids, new witnesses claiming they saw Nolan Wells alive hours after the boat left, reports his parents haven't turned his phone over to law enforcement, and more.

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Aronberg- https://substack.com/@davearonberg

Geragos- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIPm6JAyEJ_dXRy9Md3YVyz_u_SWuVbXC

Murphy- https://www.instagram.com/mattmurphylaw

Spilbor- https://www.instagram.com/jonna_spilbor

Eiglarsh- https://speaktomark.