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Lindsay Clancy's murder trial has an unusual feature: everyone in the courtroom agrees on the facts. Her own defense attorney told the jury she killed her three children. Prosecutors agree. Patrick Clancy testified about what he found in their Duxbury home. The surveillance footage, the phone records, the 911 call all line up. And yet a massive online audience insists the real story is something else. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, talks with Tony Brueski in a two-part conversation about what's driving people to reject a case that both sides have already settled. She explains why a tragedy of this scale creates demand for a villain bigger than a mother in psychosis — and why disproving a theory, point by point, tends to make it spread faster instead of dying out. Then she turns to the people posting the theories themselves, who describe real symptoms: shaking hands, lost sleep, rage over a family they've never met. Scott explains how the case functions as a container for something that has nothing to do with Duxbury — and what that's costing the people it's pointed at. Patrick Clancy, who buried three children and testified about finding them, is now getting death threats for a version of events neither the prosecution nor the defense has ever argued. Scott closes on what it would take to bring someone back from a conclusion they've already decided is true. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #TrueCrimeToday #LindsayClancyTrial #TrueCrime #ConspiracyTheories #DeathThreats #OnlineMob #TrueCrimePsychology 

Nobody disputes what happened to Lindsay Clancy's three children. Not the prosecution. Not her own defense attorney, who told the jury in opening statements that she did it. Patrick Clancy testified about finding Cora, Dawson, and Callan in their Duxbury home. Surveillance footage, phone records, and the 911 call all corroborate the same account. And still, a massive online audience has decided the entire case is a cover-up. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, joins Tony Brueski for a two-part conversation on why agreement from both sides of a courtroom isn't enough to satisfy people who've already made up their minds. She breaks down why a tragedy this size creates a psychological need for a villain worse than a mother suffering catastrophic psychosis — and why every fact introduced to correct the record just adds fuel instead of putting it out. Then the conversation turns to the people doing the posting themselves. They report real physical symptoms — shaking hands, sleepless nights, rage over strangers they will never meet. Scott explains how the case has become an outlet for something that has nothing to do with Duxbury, and what it's costing the people it's aimed at. Patrick Clancy is now receiving death threats over a version of events even Lindsay's own lawyer has never argued. Scott closes with what she'd say to someone who is completely certain of a story the evidence doesn't support. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #LindsayClancyTrial #TrueCrime #ConspiracyTheories #PlymouthSuperiorCourt #PostpartumPsychosis #TrueCrimePsychology 

The Lindsay Clancy trial has one detail almost nobody talks about: both the prosecution and Lindsay's own defense attorney agree on what happened. She killed her three children. That's not contested by anyone in the courtroom. Online, it's contested by nearly everyone. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, sits down with Tony Brueski for a two-part conversation on the psychology of an audience that has rejected a fact pattern both sides accept. She explains why correcting a conspiracy theory in real time — walking through the Apple Watch data, the body temperature readings, the actual testimony — tends to make believers dig in harder instead of reconsidering. It's not a bug in how people think. It's exactly how the mechanism is supposed to work. Scott then turns to the posters themselves, describing real, physical symptoms in people who've never met the Clancy family: shaking hands, lost sleep, a level of fury usually reserved for something personal. She explains what the case is actually standing in for, and what it costs the people on the other end of it. Patrick Clancy, who testified for the prosecution and buried three children, is now getting death threats over a theory neither legal team has ever put forward. Scott ends by describing what it would take — and whether it's even possible — to bring someone back from a conclusion they've already built their identity around. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillersLive #LindsayClancyTrial #TrueCrime #ConspiracyTheories #DeathThreats #TrueCrimeFans #TrueCrimePsychology 

Both sides in the Lindsay Clancy trial agree on the central fact. The internet rejected it. Men on X want punishment without engaging with the evidence. Women on Threads and Instagram built an alternate theory where Patrick is the real killer. The jury at Plymouth Superior Court is evaluating testimony from thirteen days of witnesses. The TikTok jury has been deliberating since opening statements.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, sat down with Tony Brueski for three conversations about the psychology driving the most divided trial in America. The complete interview covers why brains reject evidence, why the divide fell along gender lines, and what the obsession reveals about the audience itself.Shavaun identifies the specific mechanisms: proportionality bias demanding a villain equal to the tragedy. Confirmation bias filtering out every fact that doesn't fit. Projection among women who've cast Patrick as their own narcissistic ex. Displacement among men channeling unrelated rage into a righteous target. She explains why Patrick's remarriage became proof of guilt for both sides, why grief that doesn't meet expectations becomes suspicious, and why the platforms sort people into trenches instead of conversations.The conversation closes with the hardest question. A listener is convinced Patrick killed those children. She's sitting across from Shavaun. What does Shavaun actually say?Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott discuss the complete psychology of the culture war over Lindsay Clancy.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #LindsayClancyTrial #GenderWar #ConspiracyTheories #TrueCrimePsychology #PlymouthSuperiorCourt

Three weeks into testimony at Plymouth Superior Court, the Lindsay Clancy trial produced something nobody anticipated. Both sides in the courtroom agree on the central fact — Lindsay killed her three children. The only question is criminal responsibility. Outside the courtroom, the internet turned the case into the most vicious gender war in true crime history.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, joins Tony Brueski for the full three-part conversation on the psychology driving the divide. She covers the malfunction first. Why the brain demands a conspiracy proportional to the tragedy. Why debunking makes belief stronger. Why comment sections are full of people describing physical distress over a case with no connection to their lives.She moves into the gender split. Men on X are demanding punishment. Women on Threads and Instagram have constructed an alternate version of events where Patrick is a narcissist. Shavaun identifies what each side is actually fighting about — narcissistic-abuse survivors projecting their own experience onto Patrick, men channeling unrelated rage into a target that feels justified.The conversation closes on the audience itself. Where engagement becomes clinical. What death threats do to a man carrying Patrick's grief. Whether a woman locked into the conspiracy and sitting across from Shavaun could actually hear what she'd say.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott discuss the complete psychology of the Lindsay Clancy culture war.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #LindsayClancyTrial #GenderWar #ConspiracyTheories #TrueCrimePsychology #PlymouthSuperiorCourt

The prosecution says Lindsay killed her children. The defense agrees. Patrick's timeline is documented by surveillance footage, phone records, and the 911 call. And the internet responded by declaring war on itself — men on one side, women on the other, each convinced the other has lost its mind.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski for the complete conversation covering all three parts of their analysis of the culture war surrounding the Lindsay Clancy trial. Part 1 explores why brains reject evidence when the truth is too painful to hold — why the conspiracy theories got louder as more testimony entered the record. Part 2 covers the gender split that has no equivalent in true crime history — punishers on X, rescuers on Threads, neither side engaging with the courtroom. Part 3 turns the lens on the audience. Where engagement tips into obsession. What sustained online targeting does to a person already in grief. Whether someone locked in can reverse course.Shavaun has spent three decades treating people in crisis. The mechanisms she identifies in the Clancy audience — confirmation bias, proportionality bias, projection, displacement — are the same patterns she encounters in clinical work with cult survivors, political extremists, and trauma patients. The difference is scale. The internet gave those mechanisms an audience of millions.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, discuss what the Lindsay Clancy trial exposed about the people watching it.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #LindsayClancyTrial #GenderWar #ConspiracyTheories #TrueCrimePsychology #PlymouthSuperiorCourt

A woman in the comment section describes shaking hands. Another says she hasn't slept properly since the trial started. A third has been posting about the case every night past midnight for two weeks. They follow the Lindsay Clancy trial closely. They'd all tell you they care about justice.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to ask the question the true crime audience doesn't want to hear: at what point does this stop being about the case and start being about you?Shavaun has spent thirty years working with people in crisis. She recognizes the pattern in the Clancy comment sections — people channeling unrelated anger into a target that feels noble, mistaking emotional intensity for moral clarity, and using someone else's tragedy as an outlet for pain they haven't addressed. She explains why the people doing it can't see it, why the platforms reward it, and why the case itself gets worse as the audience gets louder.She addresses the human cost. Patrick Clancy receives death threats from people who've never read a court transcript. Lindsay has been reduced from a person to a debate prop. Creators with massive audiences are monetizing the conspiracy theories while the families live with the consequences.Shavaun closes on whether belief reversal is possible — and what she would say to the person who's convinced they've figured out what really happened.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, discuss when true crime engagement becomes something else.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #LindsayClancyTrial #TrueCrimeFans #OnlineMob #DeathThreats #PlymouthSuperiorCourt

Patrick Clancy remarried in April 2026 — Dr. Rachel Danis, a move to New York, a new life. That single fact became proof of guilt for both sides of the Lindsay Clancy divide. The men say a real father wouldn't move on. The women say a fast remarriage proves he never loved Lindsay. Neither interpretation comes from evidence. Both come from expectation.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to explain why grief that doesn't look right to strangers automatically becomes suspicious — and what that reveals about the people judging it rather than the person living it.This conversation covers the full gender split driving the most divided trial in the country. Men on X are demanding punishment without engaging with the psychosis defense, the medication history, or any of the testimony. Women on Threads and Instagram have constructed an alternate reality in which Patrick is a narcissist who drove Lindsay insane. Both sides agree on one thing — they're the reasonable ones.Shavaun identifies what each side is actually fighting about. A significant number of the women defending Lindsay are narcissistic-abuse survivors who've mapped their own experience onto Patrick. The men want a target for rage that has nothing to do with Cora, Dawson, or Callan. Both are performing justice. Neither is pursuing it.Part 2 of three with Shavaun Scott on the psychology of the Lindsay Clancy culture war.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, discuss why the fight over Lindsay Clancy has nothing to do with Lindsay Clancy.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #GenderWar #TrueCrime #LindsayClancyTrial #ConspiracyTheories #PostpartumPsychosis #TrueCrimePsychology

Comment sections across every platform covering the Lindsay Clancy trial contain people describing the same thing. They can't sleep. Their hands shake when they read the updates. They're posting at two in the morning with genuine fury about a family in Duxbury, Massachusetts, they have never met.Both sides in the trial agree Lindsay killed Cora, Dawson, and Callan. Her defense attorney conceded it. The prosecution built its case around it. The only question before the jury is criminal responsibility. None of that has stopped TikTok creators from accusing Patrick Clancy of being the real killer, comparing him to Chris Watts, and building theories around body temperature data and Apple Watch readings that have been addressed in testimony.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent thirty years studying what happens when a brain encounters information it can't accept. She joins Tony Brueski to explain why the people in those comment sections aren't performing — their bodies are responding to this trial the way they'd respond to a genuine threat. She covers the difference between analysis and fortress-building, why evidence makes the conspiracy stronger instead of weaker, and what it means when a case refuses to give you a villain.This is Part 1 of three conversations with Shavaun on the psychology of the culture war over Lindsay Clancy.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, discuss why the Lindsay Clancy trial is producing a measurable psychological response in the people watching.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #LindsayClancyTrial #PatrickClancy #TrueCrime #ConspiracyTheories #PostpartumPsychosis #PlymouthSuperiorCourt #TrueCrimePsychology

There are two Lindsay Clancy trials happening at the same time. One is inside Plymouth Superior Court, where the prosecution and defense agree she killed Cora, Dawson, and Callan and are fighting over whether postpartum psychosis made her not criminally responsible. The other is on TikTok, where creators have decided Patrick Clancy is the real killer.The second trial has no rules of evidence, no cross-examination, and no judge. It has millions of viewers, and the people inside it describe physical symptoms — shaking, insomnia, rage that keeps them posting at two in the morning about a family they have never met.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski for the first of three conversations about what's happening to the people watching this case. She explains why the brain can't accept a story without a clear villain, why more evidence makes conspiracy believers dig deeper instead of backing off, and why the physical stress response people describe in the comment sections is real. This isn't performance. Their bodies are responding to the trial as if the threat is in their living room.Shavaun has spent three decades studying threat response and belief formation. Every mechanism she identifies in the Clancy audience maps to patterns she's seen in clinical work with cult survivors, political extremists, and people processing acute trauma.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, discuss why the Lindsay Clancy trial is doing something to the people watching it.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #LindsayClancyTrial #PatrickClancy #TrueCrime #ConspiracyTheories #PostpartumPsychosis #PlymouthSuperiorCourt #TrueCrimePsychology

Men on X are posting that Lindsay Clancy should be tortured. Women on Threads have built a theory that Patrick Clancy is a covert narcissist who convinced Lindsay she was mentally ill. Both the prosecution and the defense say Lindsay killed Cora, Dawson, and Callan. Neither online camp has engaged with that.The men skip past the illness entirely. Thirteen medications, a Seroquel spiral, providers who allegedly never coordinated care — none of it registers. The women skip past the act. Command hallucinations, a defense concession, Patrick's own testimony describing a wife who got sick — none of it fits the narrative they've built.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to explain why each side lands where it does. She identifies a pattern among the women defending Lindsay — a significant number identify as survivors of narcissistic relationships, and they've mapped their own experience onto Patrick and Lindsay. Fighting for Lindsay feels like the fight they never had. Shavaun explains what happens when your own wound becomes the lens you see every story through, and whether you can tell the difference between projection and perception once the pattern locks in.She also covers why the men's punishment impulse bypasses evidence by design — because engaging with the complexity would collapse the certainty that makes the rage feel good.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, discuss why men and women are experiencing two completely different Lindsay Clancy trials.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #GenderWar #TrueCrime #LindsayClancyTrial #ConspiracyTheories #PostpartumPsychosis #TrueCrimePsychology

There's a version of this conversation where somebody says it's just the internet and none of it matters. Patrick Clancy would disagree. He's getting death threats from strangers who've never been inside Plymouth Superior Court. Creators with audiences in the hundreds of thousands are calling him a child killer. A Boston University researcher told the press that the social media response to this trial represents a failure of public discourse.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski for the final part of their conversation about the Lindsay Clancy culture war — and this one is about the audience. Not the case. Not the conspiracy theories. The people consuming the case and what it's doing to them.Shavaun explains how the Clancy case gives people something most daily life doesn't — permission to feel absolute moral certainty. The fury feels righteous. The engagement feels like justice work. The two-in-the-morning posting feels productive. She identifies this pattern as displacement aggression — rage that belongs elsewhere in your life finding a target that feels noble. The person doing it can rarely see it.She covers the moment when healthy engagement with a case tips into something a clinician would recognize. She addresses what sustained online hatred does to someone carrying the kind of grief Patrick carries. And she answers whether someone locked in can come back.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, discuss what the Lindsay Clancy trial exposed about the people watching it.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #LindsayClancyTrial #TrueCrimeFans #OnlineMob #DeathThreats #PlymouthSuperiorCourt

Lindsay Clancy has been turned into a symbol. For one side she's proof that mothers are dangerous and deserve the harshest punishment available. For the other she's proof that the medical system destroys women and that the real villain is the husband who moved on. Neither side is talking about a labor and delivery nurse from Duxbury who was prescribed thirteen medications by providers who allegedly never coordinated — a woman who got sick and lost everything.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, joins Tony Brueski for the final part of their three-part conversation on the psychology of the culture war surrounding the Lindsay Clancy trial. This segment turns the mirror on the audience.Shavaun explains what happens when a real person gets replaced by an idea — when the woman in the wheelchair at the defense table stops being Lindsay and becomes everybody's argument. She covers the line where case engagement becomes something worth clinical attention. She identifies the specific mechanism driving the two-in-the-morning posters — rage that belongs elsewhere in their lives channeled into a target that feels morally justified.She closes on two questions. Whether someone locked into a conspiracy belief can actually reverse it. And what she would say to a listener sitting across from her who is certain Patrick Clancy killed those children.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott discuss what happens when the audience becomes the story.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #LindsayClancyTrial #TrueCrimeFans #OnlineMob #DeathThreats #PlymouthSuperiorCourt

Patrick Clancy is getting death threats from both directions. The men who want Lindsay punished blame him for leaving the house. The women who've decided he's the real killer blame him for everything. He lost three children, testified for the prosecution, publicly forgave his former wife, and moved to New York to start over. None of it stopped either camp from targeting him.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, joins Tony Brueski to explain the one thing both sides share — and neither side can see. The men and the women are running the same psychological program. Both skip past the evidence that doesn't fit. Both reject complexity in favor of a clean narrative. Both feel certain they're the reasonable ones. The difference is the uniform — punishment on one side, rescue on the other.Shavaun walks through the specific dynamics. Projection among women who identify as narcissistic-abuse survivors and have cast Patrick as their ex. Displacement rage among men who need a target and found one that feels morally justified. And the role of Patrick's remarriage as an inkblot test — meaning something different to everyone who looks at it, revealing more about the viewer than about Patrick.This is Part 2 of three conversations on the psychology of the Lindsay Clancy culture war. Part 1 covers why brains reject evidence. Part 3 turns the mirror on the audience.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott discuss what the punishers and the rescuers have in common.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #GenderWar #TrueCrime #LindsayClancyTrial #ConspiracyTheories #PostpartumPsychosis #TrueCrimePsychology

Lindsay Clancy's own attorney told the jury she killed her children. The prosecution agrees. Patrick Clancy's errand timeline has been verified by CVS surveillance, phone records, and the 911 call. Every conspiracy claim circulating on TikTok — the body temperature, the Apple Watch, the timeline gaps — has been addressed in testimony or doesn't survive contact with the evidence.The theories haven't slowed down. They've accelerated. And the people posting them aren't stupid. They cite timestamps, reference medical records, and build chains of logic that look like research.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, joins Tony Brueski to identify the specific psychological mechanism that fires when the brain encounters evidence it cannot accept. She explains why the conspiracy believers' process mimics critical thinking without being critical thinking. Why debunking a specific claim strengthens the surrounding belief structure. Why people with zero connection to the Clancy family describe real physiological distress — insomnia, trembling hands, sustained rage — that maps to a genuine threat response.This is Part 1 of a three-part conversation exploring the psychology of the culture war over Lindsay Clancy. Part 1 covers the malfunction. Part 2 covers the gender split. Part 3 covers what the obsession reveals about the audience.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott discuss the psychology of evidence rejection in the Lindsay Clancy trial.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #LindsayClancyTrial #PatrickClancy #TrueCrime #ConspiracyTheories #PostpartumPsychosis #PlymouthSuperiorCourt #TrueCrimePsychology

Screening tools exist because the human eye misses things. There is a ten-question screen built specifically for postpartum mood disorders. Lindsay Clancy took it in November 2022 with a nurse practitioner and scored 23 out of 30. Testimony established McLean Hospital never gave it to her.The three first-degree murder counts against Clancy all carry not guilty pleas. Cora, Dawson, and Callan died on January 24, 2023. She admits causing their deaths. The not criminally responsible claim rests on postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder. The Commonwealth says she acted rationally and knew what she was doing.This is the full conversation with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, running all three parts.Part one explains the illness. A 2017 review in BMC Psychiatry puts postpartum psychosis at roughly one or two births in a thousand, and it usually arrives within days or weeks of delivery. Callan was eight months old.Part two examines the clinicians. Dr. Jennifer Tufts treated Clancy across fourteen video sessions without ever meeting her, and testified she relied on Clancy to volunteer whatever mattered. Dr. Alia Goodheart testified her caseload had never included one.Part three covers bipolar disorder, raised by a nurse practitioner in 2022 and written on the McLean discharge as severe depression with no psychotic features noted.Nightbird is her published memoir. Both doctors dispute the malpractice claims.The McLean admission began January 1, 2023 and ended with a discharge four days later. She has been in a wheelchair throughout the proceedings. Shavaun covers what changes in treatment once bipolar disorder is on the chart, and why a mood stabilizer alters the entire prescribing calculus.END LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#LindsayClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #PostpartumScreening #ClancyTrial #TrueCrime #McLeanHospital #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthSystem #PlymouthSuperiorCourt

In November 2022, a psychiatric nurse practitioner screened Lindsay Clancy with a ten-question tool built to detect postpartum mood disorders. Twenty-three out of thirty was the number. Extreme anxiety showed up on the same screen. Weeks later she was admitted to McLean Hospital, where that screening was never administered.Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three first-degree murder counts arising from the deaths of her children at their Duxbury home. Her defense does not dispute the killings themselves. The defense argues her illness put her beyond criminal responsibility. The state's case is that she acted knowingly and swiftly.This is the complete conversation with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, all three parts in one.The first covers the condition. A 2017 review in BMC Psychiatry puts postpartum psychosis at roughly one or two births in a thousand, and it typically arrives within days or weeks of delivery. Eight months was Callan's age.The second covers the clinicians. Dr. Jennifer Tufts saw Clancy across fourteen video sessions and never in person, and testified she never obtained records from other providers or had Clancy sign the releases. Dr. Alia Goodheart testified no patient with that condition had ever come to her, and that McLean obtained none of Clancy's prior records.The third covers bipolar disorder. A nurse practitioner told Clancy and her husband about it in 2022. A psychiatrist dismissed it on the absence of mania. McLean discharged her with major depressive disorder, severe, without psychotic features.She authored the memoir Nightbird. Both named doctors deny the allegations against them.Clancy's five-day stay at McLean ran from January 1 to January 5, 2023. Her lawsuit says a Columbia psychiatrist evaluated her for eight hours after the deaths and diagnosed bipolar disorder with psychosis and anxious distress with postpartum onset.END LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#LindsayClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #PostpartumScreening #ClancyTrial #TrueCrime #McLeanHospital #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthSystem #PlymouthSuperiorCourt

Four clinicians treated Lindsay Clancy in the months before her children died, and each of them has now testified about what they saw. None of them described psychosis. Her defense says she was hearing a voice instructing her to kill her three children and then herself.Clancy's not guilty pleas cover three counts of first-degree murder in the Duxbury deaths of Cora, Dawson, and Callan on January 24, 2023. The defense has never argued she wasn't responsible for their deaths. Prosecutors contend she planned it and carried it out knowingly.Tony Brueski brings in psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, who has practiced for more than thirty years across trauma, anxiety, depression, and the psychology of violence, for part one of a three-part conversation.The starting point is how uncommon this is. Prevalence figures cluster around one to two cases per thousand deliveries. Researchers describe episodes where disorientation and total clarity trade places inside the same day, which is why a patient can look fine in a twenty-five-minute appointment.Shavaun addresses the timing. This illness normally shows up within days or weeks of a birth. Callan had turned eight months.She separates psychosis from psychopathy, explains where an intrusive thought stops and a command voice starts, and takes on why Clancy told her providers one thing and her husband another. She closes on the fact prosecutors lean on hardest: that Clancy scheduled her own appointments, advocated for herself, and presented with clear, linear thinking right up to the day before.Her memoir, Nightbird, draws on the same clinical background. Two more parts follow this one.Clancy survived a suicide attempt the same day and is paraplegic. She attends her trial in a wheelchair. Shavaun addresses what it means that her final appointment with a psychiatrist happened on January 23, the day before, and that the notes from it recorded a flat, anxious, numb mood with no motivation.END LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#LindsayClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #PostpartumPsychosis #ClancyTrial #TrueCrime #MentalHealth #PlymouthSuperiorCourt #InsanityDefense #Duxbury

In late 2022, a psychiatric nurse practitioner told Lindsay Clancy and her husband that Clancy might have an underlying bipolar disorder. The antidepressant prescriptions kept going.The case involves three counts of first-degree murder, pleaded not guilty, after January 24, 2023 is the date all three died. She has never denied it. The defense frames this as postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder negating responsibility. Prosecutors argue she acted with clear intent and should answer for it.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott close out the series on the diagnosis and what it explains.Dr. Tufts testified the December 2022 bipolar question closed on the absence of mania. Clancy disagreed with the diagnosis, and the discharge paperwork read severe depression with no psychotic features noted.Shavaun explains bipolar I in plain terms, walks through why the average diagnostic delay runs six to ten years, and addresses what four months of anxiety and depression treatment could not account for.She gives the honest read on antidepressants and bipolar patients rather than the convenient one. The research conflicts, and a toxicology expert testified Clancy's drug levels were low.Shavaun Scott's published work includes Nightbird.Clancy scored 21 out of 30 on a depression scale with Jollotta on December 6, 2022, and Jollotta testified she saw no psychosis or mania that day. Clancy's lawsuit says a Columbia psychiatrist spent eight hours with her after the deaths and diagnosed bipolar disorder with psychosis and anxious distress with postpartum onset. Shavaun explains why depression is almost always the first label a clinician reaches for, and why a patient disagreeing with a bipolar diagnosis is part of the clinical picture rather than a reason to close the file.END LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#LindsayClancy #BipolarDisorder #HiddenKillers #Misdiagnosis #ClancyTrial #TrueCrime #PostpartumPsychosis #Antidepressants #MentalHealth #PlymouthSuperiorCourt

Everything Kevin Reddington is arguing in Plymouth Superior Court comes back to a single claim: that by January 2023, Lindsay Clancy was hearing a voice instructing her to kill her three children and then herself.Three counts of first-degree murder are on the indictment, and Clancy has pleaded not guilty. The Duxbury deaths occurred on January 24, 2023. That she killed them is not contested. Prosecutors say she acted with intent and full awareness.Tony Brueski sits down with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott for part one of three, and this conversation is about the condition rather than the courtroom. Shavaun has been in practice more than thirty years, treating anxiety, depression, and the psychology of violence.Published prevalence figures sit near one or two births in every thousand. Researchers describe it as a condition that shifts — a woman can be disoriented in one hour and entirely clear in the next. Understanding that pattern is the difference between following this trial and misreading it.The conversation handles the hardest fact for the defense. This illness usually arrives within days or weeks of delivery. The baby, Callan, was eight months.Shavaun separates psychosis from psychopathy for an audience that hears the two words as one thing. She explains where an intrusive thought ends and a command voice begins. She takes on why Clancy told her providers she had no thoughts of harming her children while her husband testified she told him otherwise. And she answers whether this illness reaches the part of a person that knows right from wrong.Shavaun Scott's book is Nightbird. Parts two and three follow.Judge William Sullivan is presiding in Plymouth Superior Court. Shavaun also addresses what the jury has already heard from four clinicians who described clear, linear thinking and no psychosis, and why that testimony does not settle the question the way it appears to.END LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#LindsayClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #PostpartumPsychosis #ClancyTrial #TrueCrime #MentalHealth #PlymouthSuperiorCourt #InsanityDefense #Duxbury

A psychiatric nurse practitioner named the condition out loud in 2022. Rebecca Jollotta testified she told Lindsay Clancy and her husband that Clancy might have an underlying bipolar disorder, and she prescribed an antipsychotic used to treat it. The antidepressants were not stopped.Three first-degree murder counts, three not guilty pleas. All three died at the family home on January 24, 2023. Reddington has argued postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder leave her not criminally responsible. Prosecutors say she moved deliberately and understood the consequences.Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott close the three-part series on the diagnosis itself.What pushed Jollotta toward bipolar disorder was partly Clancy's report of going forty-eight hours without sleep after starting an antidepressant. Dr. Jennifer Tufts testified she considered the same diagnosis in December 2022 and dismissed it on the absence of mania, describing the criteria as euphoria, very high energy, and grandiosity.At McLean, staff testified they observed symptoms that could indicate bipolar disorder and discussed sleep deprivation leading to a hypomanic episode. She rejected that conclusion. She left with paperwork reading major depressive disorder, severe, without psychotic features.On antidepressants and bipolar patients, the research does not agree with itself, and Shavaun says so. Jurors heard a toxicology witness describe low drug levels.Nightbird is among her published work.At McLean, Goodheart testified sleep deprivation can contribute to a manic episode and that she wanted to keep observing Clancy's sleep after discharge. Jollotta also testified Clancy's thinking stayed linear and goal-directed at every appointment, and that Clancy never indicated a plan to harm anyone. Shavaun explains why linear thinking and serious illness are not opposites.END LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#LindsayClancy #BipolarDisorder #HiddenKillers #Misdiagnosis #ClancyTrial #TrueCrime #PostpartumPsychosis #Antidepressants #MentalHealth #PlymouthSuperiorCourt

Nobody can play back what happened inside Lindsay Clancy's head on January 24, 2023. Her defense says a voice told her to kill her children and then herself. Prosecutors say she acted intentionally and rationally. A jury in Plymouth Superior Court has to choose between those readings.Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Cora, Dawson, and Callan at their Duxbury home. Nobody in the courtroom disputes that she did it.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski for the first of three conversations built to help a general audience understand what is actually being argued. Shavaun has more than thirty years in practice across trauma, anxiety, depression, and the psychology of violence.She opens with prevalence. Researchers describe episodes that move between disorientation and complete lucidity within the same day.The timing gets addressed head on. This condition usually arrives within days or weeks of delivery, and Callan was eight months old.Shavaun untangles psychosis from psychopathy, two words the public treats as interchangeable and clinicians do not. She marks the boundary between an intrusive thought and a voice issuing instructions. She explains why a patient would hide the worst of it from the people treating her. And she takes on whether this illness damages a person's grip on right and wrong, which is the question the insanity defense actually turns on.She is the author of Nightbird.The trial is running in Plymouth Superior Court before Judge William Sullivan. Shavaun works through why a jury of twelve people who have never seen this condition is being asked to decide whether it was present, and what that asks of expert testimony on both sides.END LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#LindsayClancy #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #PostpartumPsychosis #ClancyTrial #TrueCrime #MentalHealth #PlymouthSuperiorCourt #InsanityDefense #Duxbury

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Send us Fan MailContent note: This episode discusses suicide, intimate partner abuse, and traumatic loss.In this mini-series episode, I revisit number eight in the top ten most listened-to episodes: my conversation with Shavaun Scott, a psychotherapist and author who shares the story of her husband's revenge suicide — an act carried out on the very day she asked for a divorce, after 17 years in an abusive relationship.Shavaun brings nearly 35 years of clinical experience and 20 years of personal reflection to a conversation about complicated grief, the moral injuries of suicide, the psychological toll of intimate partner abuse, and what healing actually looks like over time. Her memoir, Nightbird, explores this journey in full.This is one of the most powerful and honest conversations in the podcast's history.Listen to the original episode: Episode 160 — Shavaun Scott | Revisiting Loss and Trauma 20 Years After a Revenge Suicide, and you can find all of Shavaun's information, including the links to her book and her website, on the same link.If this podcast is helping you, please consider leaving a 5-star review — it helps more people find this content when they need it most.Chapters:00:00 Welcome00:49 Today's episode01:27 Welcome to the Mini Series02:50 Top 10 - Number 803:29 About Shavaun Scott04:25 Husband's revenge suicide 06:43 What resonated with me07:27 Why it resonated with listenersSupport the show

The Duggar arrests have generated wall-to-wall coverage. The charges. The family's statements. The courtroom dates. But the psychology underneath — the mechanisms that allowed this to happen, the children caught in the middle, and the mother who knew Josh was abusing her daughters for years and never acted — that's what this series examines.Hidden Killers host Tony Brueski sits down with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott for a three-part conversation that goes deeper than any news report can. Scott brings thirty years of clinical expertise in trauma recovery, criminal psychology, and religious control — plus her own experience inside a fundamentalist system, documented in her memoir Nightbird.Part 1 — Sacred Denial — examines the family's reported witch hunt framing and the psychology of using faith to avoid accountability. Part 2 — Behind Locked Doors — examines the children at the center of this story who can't speak for themselves: four kids under eight with both parents arrested, locks on the outside of their bedroom doors, and a documented practice of striking infants to break their will. Part 3 — The Mother Who Stayed — examines Michelle Duggar's knowledge that Josh was abusing her daughters from 2002 forward and what that specific maternal betrayal does to the children who lived through it.Three parts. Everything the headlines aren't covering.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#DuggarFamily #ShavaunScott #IBLP #TrueCrimeToday #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #MichelleDuggar #JosephDuggar #DuggarFamilySecrets #ReligiousTrauma

Two Duggar family members have been arrested. Joseph Duggar faces charges involving a child — charges he allegedly admitted to twice. His wife Kendra faces separate child endangerment charges after investigators reportedly found locks on the outside of their children's bedroom doors. And according to sources close to the family, some members are framing the situation as a witch hunt motivated by hostility toward their Christian faith.Hidden Killers host Tony Brueski sits down with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott for the first installment of a three-part conversation examining the psychology underneath the Duggar family's response. Scott has spent thirty years working with people whose religious belief systems became the primary barrier to facing what they've done — and she grew up inside a fundamentalist system herself, which she documents in her memoir Nightbird.This conversation examines what the family's persecution framing actually reveals, what Jim Bob Duggar was building inside his family when he reportedly warned them for years that the world would be hostile to them, and what it looks like clinically when someone confesses to harming a child and immediately retreats into the same religious framework that shaped the environment where that harm occurred.This is Part 1 of 3.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#DuggarFamily #JosephDuggar #IBLP #TrueCrimeToday #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #SpiritualBypassing #ShavaunScott #DuggarFamilySecrets #ReligiousTrauma

Joseph Duggar has been arrested on charges involving a child. His wife faces separate child endangerment charges. And according to sources close to the family, some members are framing the entire situation as persecution — a witch hunt targeting them for their Christian faith.Joseph allegedly admitted to what he did — twice. He's reportedly reading his Bible in solitary confinement. Jim Bob Duggar has reportedly told his family for years that following Christ means the enemy will try to attack. So when criminal charges arrive, the family already has an explanation that has nothing to do with what anyone actually did.Hidden Killers host Tony Brueski sits down with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott to examine what that defense mechanism actually is, how it works, and what it costs the people living inside it. Scott brings thirty years of clinical expertise in trauma recovery and religious control — along with her own personal experience leaving a fundamentalist system, documented in her memoir Nightbird.This is the conversation about what happens when faith stops being a source of truth and starts being a wall against it. Part 1 of 3.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#DuggarFamily #JosephDuggar #IBLP #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #SpiritualBypassing #ReligiousAbuse #ShavaunScott #DuggarFamilySecrets #ReligiousTrauma

The Duggar family didn't exist in a vacuum. They were the most famous product of the Institute in Basic Life Principles — a fundamentalist Christian organization whose doctrine demanded total submission, isolated children from outside institutions, and used the language of faith to make silence feel like obedience.In Part 1 of this three-part series from Hidden Killers and True Crime Today, hosts Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke sit down with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott — a thirty-year licensed clinician specializing in trauma recovery and the psychology of violent behavior, and a survivor of fundamentalist religious upbringing herself, documented in her memoir Nightbird.IBLP's own published materials described leaving paternal authority as witchcraft, fear of dying in pregnancy as satanic, and rock music as more addictive than crack cocaine. Their homeschool curriculum deliberately excluded sex education. Their doctrine gave fathers absolute authority over every person in the household.This conversation examines how an organization gets that level of control, what it produces in the families who live inside it, and why systems like this survive long after everything comes out.Two Duggar brothers are now facing criminal charges. One is in federal prison. This part of the conversation is about the world that produced all three of them.This is Part 1 of 3.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#DuggarFamily #IBLP #BillGothard #TrueCrimeToday #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #ReligiousAbuse #DuggarFamilySecrets #19KidsAndCounting #ShavaunScott

The arrests are only part of the story. Understanding what's happening with the Duggar family — and why it keeps happening — requires understanding the organization that shaped them, the psychology of the men at the center of it, and what recovery from a system like this actually looks like.Hidden Killers hosts Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke sit down with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott for a three-part interview series that goes deeper than any crime report can. Scott is a thirty-year licensed clinician who has worked across forensic mental health, trauma recovery, domestic violence, and criminal psychology — and who grew up inside a fundamentalist religious system herself, documented in her memoir Nightbird.Part 1 examines IBLP — the doctrine of absolute paternal authority, the homeschool curriculum that deliberately excluded sex education, and the control mechanisms that kept millions of families inside a closed loop.Part 2 examines Josh Duggar, Joseph Duggar, and Jim Bob Duggar through a forensic clinical lens — what their patterns reveal, what the research says about faith-based handling of offenders, and what the complete absence of accountability produces over time.Part 3 examines healing — what it takes, what it looks like when it works, and what the specific people at the center of this week's story need right now. The victim. The children. The hundreds of thousands of former IBLP members watching this become national news.Three parts. Everything underneath the headlines.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#DuggarFamily #IBLP #ShavaunScott #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #ReligiousAbuse #DuggarFamilySecrets #ForensicPsychology #TraumaRecovery #19KidsAndCounting

Two Duggar brothers are now facing criminal charges involving children. A third is in federal prison. Understanding how one family keeps producing these outcomes requires understanding the organization that shaped them.In Part 1 of this three-part interview series, Hidden Killers hosts Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke sit down with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott to examine the Institute in Basic Life Principles from the inside out. Scott brings something rare to this conversation: thirty years of clinical experience working with trauma survivors and perpetrators of violence — combined with her own personal history inside fundamentalist Christianity, documented in her memoir Nightbird.IBLP's doctrine gave fathers absolute authority. Their own published materials described leaving paternal authority as witchcraft, fear of dying in pregnancy as satanic, and rock music as more addictive than crack cocaine. Their homeschool program deliberately excluded sex education — leaving generations of children without the tools to identify, name, or report abuse.This conversation examines how a system like that gets built, how it maintains control, and what it produces in the people who live inside it. The Duggars aren't the story. They're the symptom. This is the disease.This is Part 1 of 3.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#DuggarFamily #IBLP #BillGothard #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #ReligiousAbuse #CultExposed #DuggarFamilySecrets #19KidsAndCounting #ShavaunScott

Rob and Michele Reiner spent eighteen years trying to save their son. Seventeen rehab facilities. A feature film about his addiction. A guest house on their property so they could watch over him. And still, on December 15th, 2025, they were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Nick Reiner, 32, has been charged with their murders. This isn't a case about parents who didn't see it coming. It's about parents who saw it coming for nearly two decades and couldn't stop it. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent thirty years working with families in crisis, perpetrators of violence, and people trapped in cycles of addiction and mental illness. She's the author of "Nightbird" and "The Minds of Mass Killers," and in this interview, she breaks down what was likely happening inside the Reiner family long before that final night. We discuss why Nick's own words — that his drug use was never about the drugs, but about "killing the noise" — reveal something critical about what treatment was missing. We examine what happens to parents psychologically when they've exhausted every resource and still live in proximity to a volatile adult child. We look at why wealth and access to the best facilities offered essentially no protection. And we explore the warning signs that families often see but can't bring themselves to act on — because acting means treating your own child as a threat. If you've ever wondered how a family can do everything right and still end up here, this conversation offers uncomfortable answers. The Reiners aren't a cautionary tale about neglect. They're a cautionary tale about the limits of love when you're up against something love can't fix. #RobReiner #NickReiner #TrueCrime #FamilyViolence #AddictionRecovery #MentalHealthCrisis #ShavaunScott #Parricide #CrimePsychology #HollywoodTragedy Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

Rob and Michele Reiner spent eighteen years trying to save their son. Seventeen rehab facilities. A feature film about his addiction. A guest house on their property so they could watch over him. And still, on December 15th, 2025, they were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Nick Reiner, 32, has been charged with their murders. This isn't a case about parents who didn't see it coming. It's about parents who saw it coming for nearly two decades and couldn't stop it. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent thirty years working with families in crisis, perpetrators of violence, and people trapped in cycles of addiction and mental illness. She's the author of "Nightbird" and "The Minds of Mass Killers," and in this interview, she breaks down what was likely happening inside the Reiner family long before that final night. We discuss why Nick's own words — that his drug use was never about the drugs, but about "killing the noise" — reveal something critical about what treatment was missing. We examine what happens to parents psychologically when they've exhausted every resource and still live in proximity to a volatile adult child. We look at why wealth and access to the best facilities offered essentially no protection. And we explore the warning signs that families often see but can't bring themselves to act on — because acting means treating your own child as a threat. If you've ever wondered how a family can do everything right and still end up here, this conversation offers uncomfortable answers. The Reiners aren't a cautionary tale about neglect. They're a cautionary tale about the limits of love when you're up against something love can't fix. #RobReiner #NickReiner #TrueCrime #FamilyViolence #AddictionRecovery #MentalHealthCrisis #ShavaunScott #Parricide #CrimePsychology #HollywoodTragedy Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

Rob and Michele Reiner spent eighteen years trying to save their son. Seventeen rehab facilities. A feature film about his addiction. A guest house on their property so they could watch over him. And still, on December 15th, 2025, they were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Nick Reiner, 32, has been charged with their murders. This isn't a case about parents who didn't see it coming. It's about parents who saw it coming for nearly two decades and couldn't stop it. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent thirty years working with families in crisis, perpetrators of violence, and people trapped in cycles of addiction and mental illness. She's the author of "Nightbird" and "The Minds of Mass Killers," and in this interview, she breaks down what was likely happening inside the Reiner family long before that final night. We discuss why Nick's own words — that his drug use was never about the drugs, but about "killing the noise" — reveal something critical about what treatment was missing. We examine what happens to parents psychologically when they've exhausted every resource and still live in proximity to a volatile adult child. We look at why wealth and access to the best facilities offered essentially no protection. And we explore the warning signs that families often see but can't bring themselves to act on — because acting means treating your own child as a threat. If you've ever wondered how a family can do everything right and still end up here, this conversation offers uncomfortable answers. The Reiners aren't a cautionary tale about neglect. They're a cautionary tale about the limits of love when you're up against something love can't fix. #RobReiner #NickReiner #TrueCrime #FamilyViolence #AddictionRecovery #MentalHealthCrisis #ShavaunScott #Parricide #CrimePsychology #HollywoodTragedy Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

Rob and Michele Reiner spent eighteen years trying to save their son. Seventeen rehab facilities. A feature film about his addiction. A guest house on their property so they could watch over him. And still, on December 15th, 2025, they were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Nick Reiner, 32, has been charged with their murders. This isn't a case about parents who didn't see it coming. It's about parents who saw it coming for nearly two decades and couldn't stop it. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent thirty years working with families in crisis, perpetrators of violence, and people trapped in cycles of addiction and mental illness. She's the author of "Nightbird" and "The Minds of Mass Killers," and in this interview, she breaks down what was likely happening inside the Reiner family long before that final night. We discuss why Nick's own words — that his drug use was never about the drugs, but about "killing the noise" — reveal something critical about what treatment was missing. We examine what happens to parents psychologically when they've exhausted every resource and still live in proximity to a volatile adult child. We look at why wealth and access to the best facilities offered essentially no protection. And we explore the warning signs that families often see but can't bring themselves to act on — because acting means treating your own child as a threat. If you've ever wondered how a family can do everything right and still end up here, this conversation offers uncomfortable answers. The Reiners aren't a cautionary tale about neglect. They're a cautionary tale about the limits of love when you're up against something love can't fix. #RobReiner #NickReiner #TrueCrime #FamilyViolence #AddictionRecovery #MentalHealthCrisis #ShavaunScott #Parricide #CrimePsychology #HollywoodTragedy Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

Send us a textHOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich. Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast: bit.ly/SupportGTPodcast. Thank you! For more information, please visit Nathalie's website, join the podcast's Instagram page, and subscribe to the newsletter to receive updates on future episodes here.About this week's episode Today's guest is Shavaun Scott, a psychotherapist and author who shares a deeply personal and courageous story with us in our conversation. In her memoir Nightbird, Shavaun explores the devastating experience of her husband's revenge suicide, an act he carried out on the very day she told him she wanted a divorce. After 17 years in an abusive relationship, Shavaun was left not only with the trauma of a gruesome scene staged in her own home, but also with the complex emotional aftermath, grief not just for the loss of life, but for the relationship that never truly was. As a therapist herself, Shavaun offers a profound and nuanced perspective on the psychological toll of intimate partner abuse, the moral injuries of suicide, and the long road of healing. This is a powerful and honest conversation about trauma, survival, and the complicated nature of grief. About this week's guestShavaun has been a psychotherapist for nearly 35 years in Oregon and California in the US. Shavaun shares her passion for mental health and wellness through writing, speaking, and podcasting; she is the author of four books. While she has worked extensively with grief and trauma, she has also experienced it in multiple ways throughout her life. She lost her mother when she was 16, her father when she was 35, and her previous husband of 17 years died by suicide in 2004. Shavaun now lives and works from her home in the forest in Portland, Oregon, which she shares with her husband and a houseful of beloved animals.www.shavaunscott.com  www.instagram.com/shavaunscott/Support the show

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So many women in difficult relationships hold onto a dangerous belief: if I just love him enough, I can save him. Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott knows this illusion all too well. In her memoir Nightbird (Pierian Springs Press, May 12), she unflinchingly shares her journey through an emotionally abusive marriage, her husband's tragic suicide, and the painful yet liberating process of rebuilding her life. In this conversation, Shavaun and I explore: Why so many women feel responsible for “saving” their partners—and how that belief keeps us trapped. How suicide or the threat of can be a control tactic and how greater awareness leads to compassion. The structural and emotional barriers that keep survivors in cycles of abuse—and what it takes to break free. How trauma, grief, and loss can become unlikely catalysts for healing, self-discovery, and even freedom. The power of authentic connection in reclaiming identity and rebuilding after devastation. Shavaun's story is raw, sobering, and ultimately full of hope. Whether you've faced abuse, grappled with loss, or love someone who has, her voice is a reminder that healing is possible, and freedom is worth fighting for. Learn more about Shavaun's work and her book Nightbird at shavaunscott.com.   Pre-order my book Stronger In The Difficult Places: drzoeshaw.com/book   Free Downloads: Download the Steps to Healing from Complex Shame™ PDF: here Get the First Chapter of Stronger in the Difficult Places: here   Connect with me: Dr. Zoe Shaw on Instagram Dr. Zoe Shaw on Facebook Dr. Zoe Shaw Website

Have you ever stayed in a relationship far too long because you believed your love, support, or patience could save or fix him?If you've felt emotionally trapped in a relationship with a narcissist, convinced that with just the right therapist, one more book, or enough compassion, you could help him change—this episode is for you.In this episode you will discover:The one mindset shift that can finally set you free from trying to “fix” himHow to tell if a narcissistic person is using therapy language and trauma narratives to manipulate youThe emotional truth about how good-hearted women like you get trapped and how narcissists use your vulnerabilites against youPress play now to discover the mindset shift that will help you finally lay down the burden of saving him—and set yourself free.QUICK LINKS FROM EPISODE:Schedule a free Intro Session with Bre: https://tinyurl.com/freeintroseshpodShauvan's Nightbird memoir: https://www.shavaunscott.com/nightbird-a-memoir/RESOURCES FOR YOUR HEALING:

It's time to play the hits! We're here to recap AGT's recap of the top all-time Golden Buzzers. We go over some never-before-seen footage. We break down all the best moments, share our top 10 list, and discuss some social media view counts.  Grace Vanderwaal The Mayya Shumacher Calysta Bevier Tyler Butler-Figuerora Sara James Sky Elements Victory Brinker Brandon Leake AIRFOOTWORKS Dorothy Williams  Learnmore DYC Kodi Lee Darci Lynn Nightbirde Mzansi Youth Choir Summary In this episode of AGT Time, the hosts discuss the significance of the Golden Buzzer in America's Got Talent, reflecting on its evolution and impact on the show's format. They also touch on recent celebrity news, including the legacies of Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan, and how these figures relate to the entertainment industry. The conversation delves into memorable Golden Buzzer moments, the role of judges, and the future of talent shows, providing insights into the changing landscape of entertainment. In this episode, the hosts delve into the memorable moments from America's Got Talent, focusing on the golden buzzer performances that have left a lasting impact. They discuss Nick's golden buzzer for Miss Dorothy, the legacy of Cody Lee, the unforgettable performance by Darcy Lynn, and the heartfelt audition of Nightbird. The conversation also touches on the rankings of these performances and the significance of each act in the show's history. The conversation delves into various themes including the impact of guest judges on AGT, reflections on corporate culture during an annual meeting, personal experiences of living alone, generational differences in social behavior, and insights into the viral big board and social media's influence on AGT auditions. The speakers discuss the production value of the show, the challenges of corporate events, and the evolving nature of social interactions among younger generations. They also explore the significance of social media metrics in predicting success on AGT, emphasizing the importance of likes over views. Contact Information Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Threads | Bluesky |  Email About AGT Time Podcast AGT Time Podcast is a weekly podcast covering the hit NBC talent competition America's Got Talent. The hosts, Cody Patterson & Jay Bock, recap each episode during the regular season. We do rewatch older seasons during the offseason, have guest interviews, or review movies. AGT Commenter makes a frequent appearance on the podcast and gives his deep insight into America's Got Talent.  The podcast is typically recorded on Thursday nights and released on Fridays. Riverside.fm We are in the affiliate program for Riverside.fm. If you sign up using this link, then we receive a percentage from your subscription. This really helps us support this podcast.  #AGT #AmericasGotTalent   

If you've ever carried guilt after a devastating loss or wondered if joy is possible again, episode 352 is for you. Psychotherapist P. Shavaun Scott shares how she survived her husband's revenge suicide—and slowly found her way back to laughter, trust, and purpose. Through honest storytelling and clinical wisdom, she reveals how narrative therapy, safe relationships, and even dark humor can support healing. This powerful episode offers hope for anyone navigating grief.In This Episode, You Will Learn:(1:34) The power of narrative therapy(2:49) Writing as a tool for grief(4:32) How community shapes our healing(6:06) Shifting the story after suicide (10:12) Learning to trust again (14:28) What healing really looks like(19:41) Creating a gentle life(27:42) The turning point: Laughter in the pool In today's episode, I'm joined by P. Shavaun Scott, a licensed psychotherapist, author, and speaker with over 30 years of experience supporting those healing from trauma and loss. Specializing in narrative therapy, she's worked with both victims and perpetrators of violence. Her books—including The Minds of Mass Killers and her memoir Nightbird—blend clinical insight with personal experience. Based in Oregon, Shavaun also lectures on mental health and personal transformation, helping others reframe pain and rediscover meaning through writing, therapy, and connection.Throughout this episode, Shavaun offers both professional insight and personal reflection on grief and healing. She shares how writing Nightbird helped her move from guilt after her husband's suicide to clarity and self-compassion. She emphasizes the value of narrative therapy, strong support systems, and creative self-care practices. Whether through therapy, time in nature, or finding joy in small moments, her story reminds us that transformation is possible—even after deep loss.Connect with P. Shavaun Scott:WebsiteInstagramFacebookYouTubeXBlueskyLet's Connect:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitterPinterestThe Grief and Happiness AllianceBook: Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Nightbird Shavaun Scott on Trauma, Religion & Escaping the Darkness In this deeply personal and emotionally gripping episode of Murder in the Morning, Tony Brueski and Stacy Cole are joined by returning guest, psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott, for a raw conversation about her powerful new memoir, Nightbird. Known for her expert psychological insight on high-profile criminal cases, Shavaun steps into the spotlight to share her own story—one marked by religious indoctrination, generational trauma, abusive relationships, and ultimately, survival. With unflinching honesty and dark wit, she opens up about growing up in a strict Pentecostal household, navigating a controlling marriage marked by rage and personality disorder, and the haunting aftermath of a partner's staged suicide meant to emotionally destroy her. This episode explores: The trauma of religious extremism and its lifelong psychological imprint Why smart, capable people stay in abusive relationships—and how to break free The harsh truth about Cluster B personality disorders and the limits of therapy How writing a memoir became the ultimate act of therapy and healing Why helping others requires first confronting your own darkness Shavaun also reflects on the professional toll of working with child abuse victims, the emotional armor therapists must develop, and how surviving cruelty doesn't just lead to strength—it can lead to a mission. Whether you've lived through emotional abuse, questioned your religious past, or simply want to understand the psychological roots of pain and recovery, this episode offers profound perspective, compassion, and a roadmap for healing. Nightbird is available now wherever books and audiobooks are sold. You'll laugh, cry, and most of all—feel seen. Leave your thoughts in the comments—and don't forget to subscribe for more powerful conversations. Now streaming on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms. Hashtags: #ShavaunScott #NightbirdBook #ReligiousTrauma #ClusterB #ToxicRelationships #TrueCrimePodcast #PsychologicalSurvival #EmotionalAbuseRecovery #MurderInTheMorning #TherapistMemoir Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video?  Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

Nightbird Shavaun Scott on Trauma, Religion & Escaping the Darkness In this deeply personal and emotionally gripping episode of Murder in the Morning, Tony Brueski and Stacy Cole are joined by returning guest, psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott, for a raw conversation about her powerful new memoir, Nightbird. Known for her expert psychological insight on high-profile criminal cases, Shavaun steps into the spotlight to share her own story—one marked by religious indoctrination, generational trauma, abusive relationships, and ultimately, survival. With unflinching honesty and dark wit, she opens up about growing up in a strict Pentecostal household, navigating a controlling marriage marked by rage and personality disorder, and the haunting aftermath of a partner's staged suicide meant to emotionally destroy her. This episode explores: The trauma of religious extremism and its lifelong psychological imprint Why smart, capable people stay in abusive relationships—and how to break free The harsh truth about Cluster B personality disorders and the limits of therapy How writing a memoir became the ultimate act of therapy and healing Why helping others requires first confronting your own darkness Shavaun also reflects on the professional toll of working with child abuse victims, the emotional armor therapists must develop, and how surviving cruelty doesn't just lead to strength—it can lead to a mission. Whether you've lived through emotional abuse, questioned your religious past, or simply want to understand the psychological roots of pain and recovery, this episode offers profound perspective, compassion, and a roadmap for healing. Nightbird is available now wherever books and audiobooks are sold. You'll laugh, cry, and most of all—feel seen. Leave your thoughts in the comments—and don't forget to subscribe for more powerful conversations. Now streaming on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms. Hashtags: #ShavaunScott #NightbirdBook #ReligiousTrauma #ClusterB #ToxicRelationships #TrueCrimePodcast #PsychologicalSurvival #EmotionalAbuseRecovery #MurderInTheMorning #TherapistMemoir Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video?  Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

Nightbird Shavaun Scott on Trauma, Religion & Escaping the Darkness In this deeply personal and emotionally gripping episode of Murder in the Morning, Tony Brueski and Stacy Cole are joined by returning guest, psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott, for a raw conversation about her powerful new memoir, Nightbird. Known for her expert psychological insight on high-profile criminal cases, Shavaun steps into the spotlight to share her own story—one marked by religious indoctrination, generational trauma, abusive relationships, and ultimately, survival. With unflinching honesty and dark wit, she opens up about growing up in a strict Pentecostal household, navigating a controlling marriage marked by rage and personality disorder, and the haunting aftermath of a partner's staged suicide meant to emotionally destroy her. This episode explores: The trauma of religious extremism and its lifelong psychological imprint Why smart, capable people stay in abusive relationships—and how to break free The harsh truth about Cluster B personality disorders and the limits of therapy How writing a memoir became the ultimate act of therapy and healing Why helping others requires first confronting your own darkness Shavaun also reflects on the professional toll of working with child abuse victims, the emotional armor therapists must develop, and how surviving cruelty doesn't just lead to strength—it can lead to a mission. Whether you've lived through emotional abuse, questioned your religious past, or simply want to understand the psychological roots of pain and recovery, this episode offers profound perspective, compassion, and a roadmap for healing. Nightbird is available now wherever books and audiobooks are sold. You'll laugh, cry, and most of all—feel seen. Leave your thoughts in the comments—and don't forget to subscribe for more powerful conversations. Now streaming on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms. Hashtags: #ShavaunScott #NightbirdBook #ReligiousTrauma #ClusterB #ToxicRelationships #TrueCrimePodcast #PsychologicalSurvival #EmotionalAbuseRecovery #MurderInTheMorning #TherapistMemoir Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video?  Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

WARNING: This episode of WHEN DATING HURTS includes a description of an actual suicide. We issue a trigger warning about this. So, take care of yourself first. We are speaking with Shavaun Scott. You will want to take notes and tell others to listen to her story. Shavaun is a survivor, a psychotherapist, and an author. Her newly published memoir is entitled Nightbird. Like many survivors, Shavaun has been through the deepest depths of severe abuse. Today, she has not only ascended, she has taken years of suffering and transformed it into re-creating herself and saving others. This survivor story is certain to resonate with those who struggle with unhealthy relationships. If your friend or relative is in a relationship that worries you, this narrative will put a bright light on what can happen if steps are not taken. Please consider reading Nightbird by Shavaun Scott. Click this link and head to Amazon for a copy. Her memoir will resonate with anyone who has struggled with self-doubt, shame, and the quest for self-acceptance.  Thank you for listening to our WHEN DATING HURTS podcast, Bill Mitchell ⁠⁠WhenDatingHurts.com⁠⁠ NOTE: If you are a survivor and want to share your story of abuse on the WHEN DATING HURTS Podcast, please email me: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BillMitchell@WhenDatingHurts.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WHEN DATING HURTS book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (in paperback, eBook, and audiobook) can be found on Amazon. HELPFUL RESOURCES: • National Domestic Violence Hotline – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Hotline.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠– Call 800-799-SAFE • ⁠⁠⁠VictimsVoice⁠⁠⁠ – Everything they do empowers people to have happier, healthier lives beyond all forms of abuse. • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LoveIsRespect⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Call 866-331-9474 • RAINN (Rape Abuse Incest National Network) – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RAINN.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Call 800-656-4673 • SUICIDE HELPLINE: Call 988 DISCLAIMER: The WHEN DATING HURTS Podcast is providing this platform for information to be shared. We do not state with any certainty that anything is true or untrue. Understand that what you hear is the viewpoint of the people sharing. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only. Any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WARNING: This episode of WHEN DATING HURTS includes a description of an actual suicide. We issue a trigger warning about this. So, take care of yourself first. We are speaking with Shavaun Scott. You will want to take notes and tell others to listen to her story. Shavaun is a survivor, a psychotherapist, and an author. Her newly published memoir is entitled Nightbird. Like many survivors, Shavaun has been through the deepest depths of severe abuse. Today, she has not only ascended, she has taken years of suffering and transformed it into re-creating herself and saving others. This survivor story is certain to resonate with those who struggle with unhealthy relationships. If your friend or relative is in a relationship that worries you, this narrative will put a bright light on what can happen if steps are not taken. Please consider reading Nightbird by Shavaun Scott. Click this link and head to Amazon for a copy. Her memoir will resonate with anyone who has struggled with self-doubt, shame, and the quest for self-acceptance.  Thank you for listening to our WHEN DATING HURTS podcast, Bill Mitchell ⁠⁠WhenDatingHurts.com⁠⁠ NOTE: If you are a survivor and want to share your story of abuse on the WHEN DATING HURTS Podcast, please email me: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BillMitchell@WhenDatingHurts.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WHEN DATING HURTS book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (in paperback, eBook, and audiobook) can be found on Amazon. HELPFUL RESOURCES: • National Domestic Violence Hotline – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Hotline.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠– Call 800-799-SAFE • ⁠⁠⁠VictimsVoice⁠⁠⁠ – Everything they do empowers people to have happier, healthier lives beyond all forms of abuse. • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LoveIsRespect⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Call 866-331-9474 • RAINN (Rape Abuse Incest National Network) – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RAINN.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Call 800-656-4673 • SUICIDE HELPLINE: Call 988 DISCLAIMER: The WHEN DATING HURTS Podcast is providing this platform for information to be shared. We do not state with any certainty that anything is true or untrue. Understand that what you hear is the viewpoint of the people sharing. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only. Any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott discusses her memoir Nightbird, sharing her journey through religious guilt, domestic abuse, and personal trauma - including the revenge suicide of her husband - to illuminate the path from inherited pain to healing and resilience. Get your copy of Nightbird and learn more about Shavaun's work on her website!

Cody, AGT Commenter, and Minnesota Ryan got together to draft some Golden Buzzers for the 2025 AGT Madness Bracket.  Summary In this episode of AGT Time, the hosts discuss the Golden Buzzer bracket for America's Got Talent, detailing the drafting process of the acts, revealing statistics about past Golden Buzzer winners, and analyzing the matchups in the bracket. They explore the significance of each act, predict outcomes, and share their thoughts on the overall structure of the competition. In this segment of the AGT commentary, the hosts delve into the matchups of various contestants from different seasons, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses. They discuss the unique challenges presented by the bracket structure, particularly in the region of no patterns. The conversation highlights key contestants, their Golden Buzzer moments, and predictions for the upcoming rounds, emphasizing the excitement and unpredictability of the competition. In this segment, the hosts discuss the outcomes of the first round of the AGT bracket, highlighting significant upsets and performances. They analyze their predictions and the current standings, leading into the judge cuts where they anticipate matchups and outcomes. The conversation is filled with banter and reflections on past performances, setting the stage for the next rounds. In this segment, the conversation revolves around the dynamics of drafting talent for a competition, the unpredictability of matchups, and the excitement of Cinderella stories in talent shows. The hosts discuss their predictions, the scoring system, and the emotional rollercoaster of rooting for their chosen acts as they advance through the rounds. The conversation culminates in the anticipation of the final four matchups, highlighting the stakes and strategies involved in the competition. In this episode of AGT Time Madness 2025, the hosts discuss the Final Four predictions and matchups, highlighting Cinderella stories and confidence levels among the contestants. They recap the quarterfinals and update the scores before diving into the championship showdown between Cody Lee and Nightbird. Arguments are made for both acts, culminating in Cody Lee being crowned the champion of AGT Time Madness 2025, with reflections on the significance of both acts in AGT history. Contact Information Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Threads | Bluesky |  Email About AGT Time Podcast AGT Time Podcast is a weekly podcast covering the hit NBC talent competition America's Got Talent. The hosts, Cody Patterson & Jay Bock recap each episode during the regular season. We do rewatch older seasons during the offseason, have guest interviews, or review movies. AGT Commenter makes a frequent appearance on the podcast and gives his deep insight into America's Got Talent.  The podcast is typically recorded on Thursday nights and released on Fridays. Riverside.fm We are in the affiliate program for Riverside.fm. If you sign up using this link, then we receive a percentage from your subscription. This really helps us support this podcast.  #AGT #AmericasGotTalent     

“We ‘massage’ the truth to make it fit the narrative we need it to fit in our lives.”  –Andrew McCarthy In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Andrew talk about how Andrew got started in travel writing, and how writing himself on the page helped him see himself in the world (2:30); when he does and doesn’t conflate certain details in the interest of a good story, and how he balances the “micro” and the “macro” elements of a travel story (12:30); how he decides who to write about, among the many people he meets on the road, which details do and don’t drive the narrative forward, and what it’s like to meet travelers who recognize him from his acting days (23:30); how Andrew structures his travel stories, and what travel storytelling in common with his work as a TV director (31:00); how he balances his writing and non-writing work in life, and how he mixes personal details with place details in his travel writing (38:00); and how memory can be fallible, and how to best write about family members (47:00). Andrew McCarthy (@AndrewTMcCarthy) is an actor, television director and writer of such books as The Longest Way Home and Brat. His newest book is Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain. Notable Links: Paris Writing Workshops (Rolf’s travel memoir classes) Andrew McCarthy on travel (Deviate episode) Andrew McCarthy Proust questionnaire (Deviate episode) Paul Theroux (travel writer and novelist) “Chasing the Black Pearl,” by Andrew McCarthy (Tahiti article) Gustav Mahler (classical composer) Don George (travel writer and editor) The Snow Leopard, by Peter Matthiessen (book) “A Slice of Paradise,” by Andrew McCarthy (Hawaii article) “A Slice of Ireland,” by Andrew McCarthy (Ireland article) “Steeped in Darjeeling,” by Andrew McCarthy (India article) Osprey (species of bird) Finisterre (peninsula in Spain) Communitas (unstructured community of equals) A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson (book) Less than Zero (1987 film starring Andrew McCarthy) Nut graph (journalism term) Joan Didion (American writer) Marco Polo Didn’t Go There, by Rolf Potts (book) Claude Chabrol (French film director) Henry Miller (American novelist) Alison Steele (New York DJ known as “The Nightbird”) Vin Scelsa (broadcaster) Oliver Sacks (British neurologist and writer) Rob Lowe (American “Brat Pack” actor) “Courting Vienna,” by Andrew McCarthy (Austria article) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

“We ‘massage’ the truth to make it fit the narrative we need it to fit in our lives.”  –Andrew McCarthy In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Andrew talk about how Andrew got started in travel writing, and how writing himself on the page helped him see himself in the world (2:30); when he does and doesn’t conflate certain details in the interest of a good story, and how he balances the “micro” and the “macro” elements of a travel story (12:30); how he decides who to write about, among the many people he meets on the road, which details do and don’t drive the narrative forward, and what it’s like to meet travelers who recognize him from his acting days (23:30); how Andrew structures his travel stories, and what travel storytelling in common with his work as a TV director (31:00); how he balances his writing and non-writing work in life, and how he mixes personal details with place details in his travel writing (38:00); and how memory can be fallible, and how to best write about family members (47:00). Andrew McCarthy (@AndrewTMcCarthy) is an actor, television director and writer of such books as The Longest Way Home and Brat. His newest book is Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain. Notable Links: Paris Writing Workshops (Rolf’s travel memoir classes) Andrew McCarthy on travel (Deviate episode) Andrew McCarthy Proust questionnaire (Deviate episode) Paul Theroux (travel writer and novelist) “Chasing the Black Pearl,” by Andrew McCarthy (Tahiti article) Gustav Mahler (classical composer) Don George (travel writer and editor) The Snow Leopard, by Peter Matthiessen (book) “A Slice of Paradise,” by Andrew McCarthy (Hawaii article) “A Slice of Ireland,” by Andrew McCarthy (Ireland article) “Steeped in Darjeeling,” by Andrew McCarthy (India article) Osprey (species of bird) Finisterre (peninsula in Spain) Communitas (unstructured community of equals) A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson (book) Less than Zero (1987 film starring Andrew McCarthy) Nut graph (journalism term) Joan Didion (American writer) Marco Polo Didn’t Go There, by Rolf Potts (book) Claude Chabrol (French film director) Henry Miller (American novelist) Alison Steele (New York DJ known as “The Nightbird”) Vin Scelsa (broadcaster) Oliver Sacks (British neurologist and writer) Rob Lowe (American “Brat Pack” actor) “Courting Vienna,” by Andrew McCarthy (Austria article) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.