Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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While Lindsay Clancy is fighting murder charges in a Massachusetts courtroom, social media is exploding.

Armchair lawyers at home, forensic analysts, psychiatrists, and medical professionals have taken over, throwing in their two cents about the case. Not all of it is factual.

"I can't believe what I'm seeing on some of these TikToks that are out there and some of the dangerous and reckless theories that I'm seeing," said crime podcast host Annie Elise.

But those videos are the ones getting noticed. The likes and comments are all racking up.

"People look at it as entertainment, and in the comments of all of these videos, whether it's an outlandish theory or not, I'm seeing 'grabbing the popcorn. Can't wait for court to start.' 'We're gonna have a watch party when Reddington's defense starts,' and I'm like, 'this is not entertainment. Three children lost their lives. You're losing the plot here,'" said Elise, who hosts a mass following with her true crime podcast, "SERIALously."

Elise spoke with Scripps News Group Senior National Correspondent Alex Miller about the case and the misinformation online.

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