Andrea Yates: The Mother Who Went Too Far Pt. 2
6/25/202650 min
On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five young children in the bathtub of her Houston home, convinced she was saving their souls from eternal damnation. A devout mother battling postpartum psychosis and major depression, she had fallen under the influence of extremist preacher Michael Woroniecki, whose teachings persuaded her that only death could protect her children from the demons she believed were hunting them. This episode examines the intersection of severe mental illness, religious manipulation, and a justice system forced to grapple with one of the most harrowing cases in American history.
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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. [suspenseful music] This is Crime House. These days, we talk a lot about our truths. We speak our truth, live by it, and stand by it. Usually, when someone refers to their truth, they're talking about their emotions, perceptions, or opinions. It's a way of expressing our side of the story. But for some people, personal truth can become completely separate from objective reality or the actual truth, and when that happens, there's no telling what one person's truth may drive them to do. In the case of Andrea Yates, her truth was driven by complete fear