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When Faith Collides with Psychosis (Andrea Yates)
What is up my crime crazy people!
Welcome to Veil of Humanity where we explore the thin line between conscience, fragility, and accountability. ! We are your hosts Melonie Yelvington and Kimberly Taylor
TW: Giving fair warning that this case will discuss child’s death and mental breakdown. Please handle with care. We will list resources in source notes if you or someone are needing help. Please please reach out to someone,anyone, even to us. Seeking help I can’t stress enough on how important this is. Just know someone cares about you.
On a quiet June morning in 2001, in a modest home on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, a tragedy unfolded that would shock the nation — and force America to confront the darkest corners of mental illness, motherhood, and faith. Thirty-six-year-old Andrea Yates, once described as a loving, devoted mother of five, dialed 911 and calmly told the operator she needed the police.
Within minutes, officers would discover a scene that defied comprehension — each of Andrea’s five children, from 6-month-old Mary to 7-year-old Noah, lifeless in the family bathtub.
What drove a mother — by all accounts intelligent, compassionate, and deeply religious — to commit an unthinkable act?
Was it evil, or was it illness?
And how did her husband, Rusty Yates, and their shared belief system intertwine with a tragedy that seemed both spiritual and psychological?
This is not just the story of a crime.
It’s the story of a woman at war with her own mind — and a system that failed to see her slipping away.
So, grab your favorite beverage and a pillow to scream into as we discuss this very sad, tragic case.
Just so you know…we are a fan of the cursey words and will probably use them.
Ok Biss are you ready?
To skip the more graphic section on the deaths please skip from 9 Min 50 Sec to 10 Min 47 Sec
https://www.samhsa.gov/
https://womenshealth.gov/TalkingPPD
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/faculty_scholarship/104/
https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/11/court.archive.yates8/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Yates
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Music is By Myuu and Lucjo
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By Kimberly Taylor and Melonie YelvingtonWhat is up my crime crazy people!
Welcome to Veil of Humanity where we explore the thin line between conscience, fragility, and accountability. ! We are your hosts Melonie Yelvington and Kimberly Taylor
TW: Giving fair warning that this case will discuss child’s death and mental breakdown. Please handle with care. We will list resources in source notes if you or someone are needing help. Please please reach out to someone,anyone, even to us. Seeking help I can’t stress enough on how important this is. Just know someone cares about you.
On a quiet June morning in 2001, in a modest home on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, a tragedy unfolded that would shock the nation — and force America to confront the darkest corners of mental illness, motherhood, and faith. Thirty-six-year-old Andrea Yates, once described as a loving, devoted mother of five, dialed 911 and calmly told the operator she needed the police.
Within minutes, officers would discover a scene that defied comprehension — each of Andrea’s five children, from 6-month-old Mary to 7-year-old Noah, lifeless in the family bathtub.
What drove a mother — by all accounts intelligent, compassionate, and deeply religious — to commit an unthinkable act?
Was it evil, or was it illness?
And how did her husband, Rusty Yates, and their shared belief system intertwine with a tragedy that seemed both spiritual and psychological?
This is not just the story of a crime.
It’s the story of a woman at war with her own mind — and a system that failed to see her slipping away.
So, grab your favorite beverage and a pillow to scream into as we discuss this very sad, tragic case.
Just so you know…we are a fan of the cursey words and will probably use them.
Ok Biss are you ready?
To skip the more graphic section on the deaths please skip from 9 Min 50 Sec to 10 Min 47 Sec
https://www.samhsa.gov/
https://womenshealth.gov/TalkingPPD
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/faculty_scholarship/104/
https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/11/court.archive.yates8/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Yates
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Music is By Myuu and Lucjo
https://soundcloud.com/myuu/what-could-have-been?si=4de61a3d60854ac0953fac9694af724e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Phoenix by Lucjo https://soundcloud.com/lucjomusic
Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0
Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/lucjo/phoenix
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/7yyGe3GOOH8