This episode contains in depth discussion of infanticide, postpartum psychosis, suicide, and severe mental illness. Listener discretion is advised.

In 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a case that shocked the nation and was quickly labeled as one of the most horrific crimes in American history. But what if the story most people remember is incomplete?

In this episode of When Killers Get Caught, host Brittany Ransom revisits the Andrea Yates case with updated medical, legal, and psychological context focusing not on shock value, but on what the system missed before the tragedy ever occurred.

Andrea Yates suffered from severe postpartum psychosis, a rare but life-threatening psychiatric condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and a complete break from reality. She had a long, documented history of mental illness, multiple hospitalizations, suicide attempts, and explicit medical warnings not to be left alone, not to stop medication, and not to have more children. Those warnings were ignored.

This episode breaks down:

• The warning signs of postpartum psychosis and why it is a psychiatric emergency

• How religious extremism and untreated mental illness collided

• Why Andrea Yates’s first trial resulted in a wrongful conviction

• How misinformation in court influenced a jury

• What changed after her acquittal by reason of insanity and what still hasn’t

• Why women with postpartum psychosis are still more likely to be incarcerated than treated
  

More than two decades later, Andrea Yates remains confined to a state psychiatric hospital. Her case is now taught in medical schools and cited in maternal mental health advocacy yet many of the same systemic failures remain.

This is not a story about a monster. It’s a story about untreated illness, institutional failure, and a tragedy that unfolded in plain sight.

Because when systems fail, the truth always leaves a trail.

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The True Crime Story of William Chester Minor and the Oxford English Dictionary

In 1872, a former U.S. Army surgeon named William Chester Minor shot a stranger to death on a London street. Declared criminally insane, he was confined to Broadmoor Asylum where he would unexpectedly become one of the most significant contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary. This true crime story explores murder, mental illness, and how one fractured mind helped define the English language.

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He stood at the altar as a man of God and lived in secret as a killer.

In the early 1900s, Hans Schmidt became the only Catholic priest ever executed in the United States. Sworn to celibacy and spiritual authority, Schmidt instead lived a double life that ended in ritual murder. After illegally marrying a young immigrant woman and impregnating her, he brutally murdered and dismembered her when the truth threatened to surface.

But Anna Aumuller’s death was only the beginning.

As investigators followed the evidence from the Hudson River to Manhattan, and back across the Atlantic to Germany, they uncovered a disturbing pattern of violence, fraud, and institutional silence. Counterfeit money, insurance murder plots, and links to other unsolved deaths suggested that Schmidt’s final crime may not have been his first.

In this episode of When Killers Get Caught, host Brittany Ransom examines the psychology of Hans Schmidt, the warning signs ignored by those in power, and how authority and belief can be weaponized when accountability is avoided.

Because no matter how carefully someone hides behind faith, power, or position, the truth always leaves a trail.

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Hey everyone in Serial Killer country!

In seeking people connected to justice to speak with in Season 3, Neama Rahmani is the perfect person for the podcast.

One of the youngest graduates of Harvard Law, recruited by a massive corporate law firm, then a transition into prosecuting America's most wanted and finally landing on trial law protecting people from unscrupulous bosses and celebrity divas.

Neama and I discuss the trajectory of his life, his current cases against some of the biggest names in media and how he's helping people in his own way.

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Evil Among Us: Ted Bundy : https://tubitv.com/movies/702357/evil-among-us-ted-bundy?start=true

Sins of the Father: The Green River Killer : https://tubitv.com/movies/672505/sins-of-the-father-the-green-river-killer?start=true

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Hey everyone in Serial Killer country!

This weeks podcast is a little different. We are talking to Nika Nikoubin, a young woman who attacked a man unprovoked last year and then blamed it on a US drone strike.

An interesting podcast for sure as we learn about Nika's upbringing and how she ended up in a hotel room in Las Vegas stabbing her date and unaware of ever doing it?

Want to learn more about Nika's story? She wrote a book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGSYD3CC

Nika's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nika5n?lang=en

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Evil Among Us: Ted Bundy : https://tubitv.com/movies/702357/evil-among-us-ted-bundy?start=true

Sins of the Father: The Green River Killer : https://tubitv.com/movies/672505/sins-of-the-father-the-green-river-killer?start=true

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Hey all my True Crime Friends,

Todays podcast is a doozy. If you haven't seen Sadie on tiktok @lilmiss80 then this episode will be new to you. Sadie is currently 25 years old from Denver, Colorado but when she was 18 years old her boyfriend tried to kill her and her unborn child and almost succeeded.

Today, Sadie and I have a frank discussion about her assault and also about the effects of bullying on victims, recovery from Domestic Violence and a future after experiencing it.

Episode Trigger Warning For:

Sexual Assault

Discussion of Drug Use

A violent physical attack

Domestic Violence

Hospitalization

If you want to support Sadie on all socials under the name Sadie Solstice or @lilmiss80 and her lifestyle brand @GetLifeOfficial, which was inspired by her near death experience.

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Welcome to a brand new episode of When Killers Get Caught! Thanks for stopping by and giving this podcast a listen.

In Season 3 I'll be doing normal deep dives on my own but I also wanted to talk with people who've been effected by crime, so you'll be hearing from some writers who felt connected to crime and victims too. 1-2x a month we'll have these special guests as a way to speak to people involved in cases and not just about them.

Our guest today was just a young 20 year old college student when her father in law used her as an alibi for a heinous murder. That murder consumed Stephanie for decades until she wrote the book A Quiet Time and then to Stephanie surprise, cold case detectives opened the case back up and now she was part of the case in a different way. The experience of being on the other side of the justice sysstem inspired Stephanie to write her final book about the murder: True Crime Redux. You can reach out to Stephanie or buy any of her books on her website https://www.writerkane.com/.

Watch Brittany on tv!

Evil Among Us: The Golden State Killer

https://tubitv.com/movies/100002110/evil-among-us-the-golden-state-killer?start=true

Evil Among Us: Ted Bundy

https://tubitv.com/movies/702357/evil-among-us-ted-bundy?start=true

Sins of the Father: The Green River Killer

https://tubitv.com/movies/672505/sins-of-the-father-the-green-river-killer?start=true

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! We’re so excited to be back!