Andrea Yates: The Mother Who Went Too Far Pt. 1
6/22/202654 min
On the surface, Andrea Yates was a former valedictorian, nurse, and a devout mother of five from Clear Lake, Texas. But deep down, Andrea was consumed by religious guilt, postpartum psychosis, and the manipulative teachings of a fringe preacher who convinced her that demons were pursuing her family. This episode traces her deteriorating mental health across nearly a decade of mismanaged care, isolation, and unchecked delusion that all came to a head in June of 2001.
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First 90 secondsVanessa Richardson· Host0:00
[suspenseful music] Hi listeners, exciting news. Crime House Plus and Murder: True Crime Stories are celebrating America's 250th by dropping a four-part limited series on the crimes that built America. These are the crimes and cases that gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and a murder that built America's missing children movement. Follow Murder: True Crime Stories for a new episode every Monday leading up to July 4th, or you can listen to all of them right now with Crime House Plus. To join, go to crimehouseplus.com, or if you're listening on Apple Podcasts, tap try free at the top of this show's page.
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Vanessa Richardson· Host0:51
We've all experienced intrusive thoughts, like waking up in the middle of the night with the sudden fear that something terrible will happen to us or the ones we love. Or worse, that we'll do something terrible to them. Usually, intrusive thoughts are manageable. We can cope with them through positive self-talk or seeking help from a professional, and hopefully we can break out of it. But in some cases, dark thoughts are stronger than any coping mechanism. They may even be stronger than medication. And when that happens, nightmares can become reality. In the early