The article argues that social-media users are wrongly treating the Lindsay Clancy murder trial as an unsolved mystery, despite her admission that she killed her three children in January 2023. It says this has fuelled hostile and unsupported allegations against her former husband, Patrick Clancy, turning a family tragedy and criminal trial into online entertainment.

Prosecutors contend that Clancy planned the killings while clear-minded, while her defence says medication and postpartum psychosis affected her; jurors are deciding between prison and secure psychiatric treatment. Online theories have focused on Patrick’s behaviour, work, remarriage and isolated courtroom observations, although the article says nobody in court disputes his innocence; it also notes growing interest from studios and documentary-makers.