rant · moment 3 of 13

Threads Takes: The Dating Coach and the 'Patrick Did It' Theory

from Lindsay Clancy, Darline Graham, & The American Woman | The Tim Dillon Show #510 · #510

8 min

He reads two Threads posts about the Clancy case — a dating coach hoping Lindsay finds love and starts a new family, and a user who took one abnormal psych class and concludes the husband is the real killer — treating both as profound insight.

In this bit10 moments
  • Tim explains his sympathies in the case are primarily with the mother.
  • People assume he's not emotional because he doesn't cry publicly like other commentators do.
  • A dating coach on Threads posts a hopeful vision for Lindsay Clancy: acquittal, medication, peace, and the chance to build a family.
  • Tim pitches a TLC show called "Second Chances" following Lindsay Clancy's recovery.
  • The case has become a rallying cry, but Tim finds it disturbing that some people, including the female prosecutor, still want to blame the mother.
  • Women showing up in pink to support Lindsay represents something positive in a world where women are forced to compete with each other.
  • Another Threads user proposes the "Patrick Did It" theory: the husband attempted to murder Lindsay first, then killed the children as witnesses.
  • The theory-poster cites credentials from an abnormal psychology group project on mothers who kill their children, pivoting to argue Patrick was the killer.
  • Tim notes the defense attorney and Lindsay herself haven't pursued the theory that the father did it, yet he treats the Threads analysis as credible.
  • Tim anticipates criticism that he's being sarcastic and rejects the notion that people understand his approach.
Mentioned here

Lindsay ClancyThreadsTLC

All 13 moments in this episode →