Lindsay Clancy (thread 15), Episode 5: When Madness Keeps Its Wits: Isaac Ray and the Clancy Case

This episode pulls Isaac Ray into the Lindsay Clancy trial to remind us that mental illness doesn’t always look like the movies—people can plan, reason, and still be profoundly disordered.

Let’s walk through partial insanity, irresistible impulse, and why the law’s tidy rules often fail to capture what’s happening inside a mind. It’s complicated, uncomfortable, and worth thinking about together.