Hysterical Women: women's mental health crises and the media that defines them
Aug 17, 2026 · 43 min · 12 segments
Show Notes: Our recap of week three of the Lindsay Clancy trial. Trigger warnings noted at the beginning of the episode. Please check out Part 1 for the background of this case Connect with us!…
But this was someone who said...
So he s- saw her at the hospital to guard her or whatever they were doing while she was admitted to the hospital, and they sort of made a, like they made a thing that a man was allowed to see her and shut the door.
That's what the Commonwealth said.
It sounds like that was the psychiatrist that they're gonna-
Yeah
... have testify about her.
So then the defense says the psychiatrist was hired by him, Kevin Reddington, and that he s- he...
And then on the defense's cross-examination, Kevin Reddington is pointing out that the Commonwealth is trying to say Zaisel, who's a respected psychiatrist...
I, I believe he's the psychiatrist that testified in the Andrea Yates trial as well.
Oh, is he?
I think so.
I'm not...
Don't quote me on that.
Okay.
That he, that the Commonwealth is trying to say that he instructed Lindsay to report-
Yeah
...
the voices.
Which also, I was seeing articles that was saying this is the prosecution's theory of the case, that this is where s- this idea came from and stuff.
Also that the new theory of the case, we haven't heard this at any point previously of, like, even in the opening statements, I don't think there was anything about she received this instruction from a doctor who will tell you about la- You know, it just is sort of like, oh, is this another idea that they're throwing out there?
Right.
Yeah, it seems like they're trying to throw anything that could c- could create doubt.
And yeah, I just Googled it.
But this was someone who said...
So he s- saw her at the hospital to guard her or whatever they were doing while she was admitted to the hospital, and they sort of made a, like they made a thing that a man was allowed to see her and shut the door.
That's what the Commonwealth said.
It sounds like that was the psychiatrist that they're gonna-
Yeah
... have testify about her.
So then the defense says the psychiatrist was hired by him, Kevin Reddington, and that he s- he...
And then on the defense's cross-examination, Kevin Reddington is pointing out that the Commonwealth is trying to say Zaisel, who's a respected psychiatrist...
I, I believe he's the psychiatrist that testified in the Andrea Yates trial as well.
Oh, is he?
I think so.
I'm not...
Don't quote me on that.
Okay.
That he, that the Commonwealth is trying to say that he instructed Lindsay to report-
Yeah
...
the voices.
Which also, I was seeing articles that was saying this is the prosecution's theory of the case, that this is where s- this idea came from and stuff.
Also that the new theory of the case, we haven't heard this at any point previously of, like, even in the opening statements, I don't think there was anything about she received this instruction from a doctor who will tell you about la- You know, it just is sort of like, oh, is this another idea that they're throwing out there?
Right.
Yeah, it seems like they're trying to throw anything that could c- could create doubt.
And yeah, I just Googled it.
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