The Urdanivia Tragedy

Recently, the nation turned its attention to Massachusetts and the trial of Lindsay Clancy, leading to serious discussion about mental health and the consequences of a mother's heinous actions.However, in the spring of 1960, one mother from Pennsylvania left a nation asking the very same questions when she went on trial for taking the lives of her five children. This is the astonishing true story of Ruth Mae Urdanivia and her even more astonishing fate.