Patrick Clancy's GoFundMe and forgiveness

True crime · Heat 1.0 / 10 · 2 shows · 27m airtime

On January 27, 2023, two days after the murder warrant, Patrick Clancy launched a GoFundMe for medical and funeral costs and used its statement to publicly forgive Lindsay. He later told The New Yorker he was married to someone who got sick, not a monster. Reporting has since established that he had not spoken to Lindsay before releasing the statement and never visited her in the hospital before trial, that the Apple Watch and pill bottles were left in the nightstand drawer and not taken in the search warrant, and that he never administered first aid, leaving arriving EMTs outside with Lindsay while he went down alone still on the 911 call. Lindsay's hospitalization for postpartum depression and anxiety, days…

How 2 podcasts covered it

1. Rotten Mango, 2026-09-15 (19:49 to 21:55)
   Reads Patrick Clancy's GoFundMe forgiveness
   Reads from Patrick Clancy's GoFundMe statement, created two days after the arrest warrant, in which he forgave Lindsay and described their marriage, and notes his New Yorker line about being married to someone who got sick.
   New angle: Patrick Clancy's GoFundMe statement publicly forgave Lindsay and he told The New Yorker he was married to someone who got sick, not a monster.
2. Rotten Mango, 2026-09-27 (1:30 to 8:24)
   Reads the attorney's defamation warning
   Reads the statement from Patrick Clancy's attorney warning of defamation suits over claims he was involved in his children's deaths, and ties the conspiracy theories to the search warrant's gaps - the Apple Watch and pill bottles left in the nightstand drawer, never collected.
   New angle: The Apple Watch and pill bottles were left in the nightstand drawer and not taken in the search warrant.
3. Rotten Mango, 2026-09-27 (38:05 to 50:23)
   Reads the GoFundMe and the backlash
   Reads the full GoFundMe statement and the netizen backlash against it, then adds a scheduling fact: the statement went up four days after the killings, before Patrick's first call with Lindsay a week later, and he never visited her in the hospital before trial.
   New angle: Patrick had not spoken to Lindsay before releasing the GoFundMe statement; he never visited her in the hospital before trial.
4. Real Crime Profile, 2026-10-16 (6:06 to 7:20)
   Recaps the discovery and the ten-minute gap
   Recaps the discovery: Patrick returning from the errand, Lindsay on the ground with a shattered spine, the ten minutes before he checked the basement. It stays inside the account already on the record and adds no new development.
5. Real Crime Profile, 2026-10-16 (7:20 to 8:24)
   Adds his failure to give first aid
   Adds a first-hand detail about Patrick Clancy's conduct at the scene: he never gave Lindsay first aid or a blanket, and first responders described him standing over her body. It sits alongside the existing record on his distance from her.
   New angle: Patrick Clancy never administered first aid to Lindsay; first responders described him standing over her body.
6. Real Crime Profile, 2026-10-16 (8:36 to 9:39)
   Adds her postpartum hospitalization and weight loss
   Walks through Patrick Clancy's account of the night: he stayed with Lindsay outside until first responders arrived, then went inside alone and found the children, with the EMTs left outside. Adds that Lindsay had been hospitalized for postpartum depression and anxiety, had gone days without sleeping, and had recently lost 15 pounds.
   New angle: Lindsay Clancy had been hospitalized for postpartum depression and anxiety, had gone days without sleeping, and had recently lost 15 pounds.
7. Real Crime Profile, 2026-10-16 (9:42 to 10:59)
   Close-reads his movements on the 911 call
   Close read of Patrick Clancy's movements on the 911 call: he left arriving EMTs outside with Lindsay, told one to wait, went down alone and yelled 'she killed the effing kids' - the phrasing the hosts treat as evidence of a staged discovery.
   New angle: Patrick Clancy left arriving EMTs outside with Lindsay and went down alone while still on the 911 call.
8. Real Crime Profile, 2026-10-16 (10:59 to 11:47)
   Picks apart his wording on finding the children
   Picks apart Patrick Clancy's wording when he found the children, arguing the emphasis on 'she killed the effing kids' reveals he never considered an intruder. Analysis and speculation, not a new development in the case.