Five Family Annihilations Happened While We Were Judging Lindsay Clancy

While millions followed the Lindsay Clancy trial and debated postpartum psychosis, motherhood and criminal responsibility, a series of horrific family killings was unfolding across America. Between July and August 2026, the cases of Joshua Deel, Kristopher Karolkiewicz, Ronald Williams Sr., Nathan Brown, and Alan Smith left entire families destroyed. Yet the Clancy case became something more than a criminal trial.

Online, some commentators used her actions to attack women generally, and one petition even called for repealing the 19th Amendment and women's right to vote. This episode looks at five devastating cases that unfolded around the same period and asks a simple question: why do we sometimes treat one person's horrific actions as evidence against their entire gender?