Published Aug 17, 2026, 7:00 AM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 1 source
How ‘forensic fandom’ in Lindsay Clancy trial threaten postpartum psychosis awareness
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Meghan Cliffel was riding the subway in New York City in December 2015 when she became convinced the entire city belonged to a cult that was plotting to kill her and her two daughters. When she got back to her Manhattan apartment she believed the talking heads on the television were speaking to her directly, threatening her, and that the refrigerator was emitting poisonous gas. Her husband, she feared, was part of the cult too. “I punch him in the face trying to get to the kids,” Cliffel recalle