The Mother Who Killed Her Children: Andrea Yates
Legally Brunette
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4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Andrea Yates called the police on herself to confess to an unthinkable crime. She drowned all five of her children in a bathtub while her husband was at work.
Emily and Shane are taking a deep dive into this horrific scene and detailing how postpartum psychosis, a cult-like preacher and a seemingly oblivious husband played into it.
Though there was no doubt Andrea executed the act, how was she found “not guilty”? What does her ex-husband have to say about her in a new 2026 docuseries?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, guys. Welcome to another episode of Legally Brunette. I will be your host, Emily Simpson, with Shane, with Shane. Today, the bulk of this episode, we're going to go into the Andrea Yates case because there's been a new documentary that's come out that's kind of, you know, re-addressing it and getting into. |
| 0:20.6 | And it's on, what was that on? Was it on? It's on ID, but know, re-addressing it and getting into... And it's on... |
| 0:21.6 | What was that on? |
| 0:22.1 | Was it on... |
| 0:22.6 | It's on ID, but it's also... |
| 0:23.9 | I watched it on Hulu, but I think it's also on HBO Max. |
| 0:27.4 | It's new. |
| 0:27.9 | I think it came out January 6th. |
| 0:29.7 | We're going to take a deep dive into that. |
| 0:31.3 | But before we get into that, there's been a lot in the news about Timothy Busfield, who I didn't know who he was. |
| 0:40.7 | The only... |
| 0:41.1 | Do you not recognize his face when he saw him, though? |
| 0:43.1 | Did you? |
| 0:43.6 | I didn't. |
| 0:44.1 | He has a recognizable face from some dramas and stuff, but... |
| 0:48.2 | So it says Timothy Busfield has been facing or faces a judge on child sex abuse charges and this is in new mexico um when i |
| 0:57.5 | saw like it came you know where i get my news where do i get my news instagram so when i saw like the |
| 1:03.1 | instagram thing start to pop up and it was showing him i didn't make really any connection to it |
| 1:09.8 | until i saw a photo of him and Melissa Gilbert. |
| 1:14.4 | And then I thought, oh, I don't. |
| 1:15.8 | Okay, he is a somebody. |
| 1:17.0 | And it said it was her husband. |
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