{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/673cc507ed940338802529a1/695bc54cb1ddb8392c3c0bbc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"When the Mind Breaks - Inside the Clancy, Simms, and Greist Cases","description":"<p>Some&nbsp;of the most devastating intersections of mental illness and violence&nbsp;occur in&nbsp;cases&nbsp;that are unthinkable-when&nbsp;parents killed their children while experiencing&nbsp;episodes of&nbsp;<strong>active&nbsp;acute&nbsp;psychosis</strong>.</p><p>In this episode of&nbsp;Koltergeist, we&nbsp;discuss&nbsp;just 3&nbsp;of the many&nbsp;stories of fractured reality—where delusions overrode&nbsp;instinct.&nbsp;We examine what psychosis looks like&nbsp;in deeply unwell parents and how when symptoms go unrecognized or&nbsp;misunderstood,&nbsp;they can lead to irreversible outcomes-cases of filicide-where a parent kills their own child.</p><p>Mental illness&nbsp;does not&nbsp;discriminate by age,&nbsp;race, gender,&nbsp;income,&nbsp;or&nbsp;education.&nbsp;It can take root in any home, unravel any mind, and alter&nbsp;anyone’s&nbsp;life.&nbsp;These cases&nbsp;will&nbsp;challenge our most basic ideas about intent, culpability,&nbsp;compassion,&nbsp;and justice.</p><p>These are&nbsp;stories of Lindsay Clancy,&nbsp;Romechia&nbsp;Sims, and Richard Greist.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode Sources:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/1129560989/?match=1&amp;terms=lindsay%20clancy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oct 26, 2023, page A5 - The Republican at Newspapers.com™</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/1133926221/?match=1&amp;terms=lindsay%20clancy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oct 16, 2024, page B4 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com™ - Newspapers.com™</a></p><p><a href=\"https://people.com/lindsay-clancy-husband-patrick-speaks-out-child-killings-8728284\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsay Clancy's Husband Speaks Out After Killings, Says Wife Isn't a 'Monster'</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-hearing-weighs-psych-records-and-reporters-notes/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsay Clancy hearing weighs psych records and reporter's notes | Court TV</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK544304/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Postpartum Psychosis -&nbsp;StatPearls&nbsp;- NCBI Bookshelf</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/983668581/?match=1&amp;terms=romechia%20simms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sep 15, 2015, page 4 - The McDowell News at Newspapers.com™ - Newspapers.com™</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/665906662/?match=1&amp;terms=romechia%20simms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apr 23, 2016, page A2 - Lexington Herald-Leader at Newspapers.com™ - Newspapers.com™</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/108403561/?match=1&amp;terms=romechia%20simms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jun 07, 2015, page A25 - The News Journal at Newspapers.com™ - Newspapers.com™</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/816283007/?match=1&amp;terms=%20greist\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 11, 1978, page 1 - The Morning Press at Newspapers.com™ - Newspapers.com™</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/185357527/?match=1&amp;terms=%20greist\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 23, 1980, page 35 - Philadelphia Daily News at Newspapers.com™ - Newspapers.com™</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/867051046/?match=1&amp;terms=%20greist\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Aug 03, 2022, page B3 - The Philadelphia Inquirer at Newspapers.com™ - Newspapers.com™</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/1065483096/?match=1&amp;terms=Janice%20greist\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 12, 1978, page 1 - The Reporter at Newspapers.com™ - Newspapers.com™</a></p><p><a href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2787197\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2787197</a></p>","author_name":"Anne & Megan Kolter"}