The Darker Why

On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy’s three young children were found critically injured inside their Massachusetts home.
The case made national headlines—but the question of why quickly became far more complicated.
In our first episode of The Darker Why, we go beyond the timeline of the case and examine the layers underneath it: Lindsay’s mental health and psychiatric treatment, the medications she was prescribed, questions surrounding postpartum mental illness, the behavioral factors involved, and the systems surrounding her before the deaths of her children.
We also discuss Patrick Clancy’s perspective and the difficult questions this case continues to raise about mental illness, responsibility, warning signs, and what happens when multiple systems are involved in someone’s care.
This isn't about diagnosing Lindsay Clancy or deciding the case ourselves.
It's about looking beneath the headline.
What happened is only the beginning.
We want to understand the darker why.