07/09/2026
🧠 THE VOICE — IF YOU BELIEVE LINDSAY REALLY HEARD IT, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS?
One of the biggest questions in the Lindsay Clancy case is whether the voice she described was a genuine auditory hallucination — or whether her account changed as she spoke to different people.
If you believe Lindsay really did hear a voice, there is still something worth looking closely at:
She didn't describe the voice exactly the same way every time.
Different witnesses and experts testified about what Lindsay told them.
🔹 Dr. Paul Zeizel testified that Lindsay told Patrick, with Zeizel present, that she heard a male voice telling her she had no choice, that she had to kill her children and then kill herself.
🔹 Chaplain Sheila Cavanaugh testified that Lindsay told her she had heard a voice and that if she didn't follow its command, she and her children would not be safe. She described it as male and persistent.
🔹 Dr. Phillip Resnick testified that Lindsay described a command hallucination in which a voice told her she should kill the children and that it was her last chance to kill them and then herself. He also testified that she heard the voice multiple times.
🔹 Dr. Kirk Heilbrun testified that Lindsay described a clear, unfamiliar male voice that was present for roughly the 18 minutes it took to kill the children. He also questioned whether what she experienced could have been an intrusive thought rather than an auditory hallucination.
🔹 Dr. Gregory Saathoff testified about accounts in which Lindsay described the voice repeatedly telling her it was her “last chance” and that she had to kill the children before killing herself.
And then there is another important detail.
When Dr. Zeizel was asked whether Lindsay had ever reported hearing a voice to Jennifer Tufts, Rebecca Gelada or Leticia Dukes, the answer was no.
So here's the question:
If you believe the voice was real, do the differences in what Lindsay reported make you doubt her story?
Or could those differences be explained by describing a traumatic experience to different people, at different times, while being treated for serious mental illness?
And if you don't believe the voice was real, which part of the testimony is most important to you?
I'm not saying there is an easy answer.
I'm asking what you make of the evidence.
👇 If you believe the voice was genuine, does the changing description matter to you? Why or why not?
