About this episode

The episode discusses the brutal murder case of Taylor Schabusiness, who attacked her lawyer during her trial for killing and dismembering Shad Thyrion.

Green Bay, Wisconsin, 2023: A woman accused of an unimaginably brutal murder has just attacked her own defence lawyer in the middle of court. By this point, Taylor Schabusiness had already confessed to killing 24 year old Shad Thyrion and dismembering his body inside his mother’s home. But as her trial approaches, Taylor’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic. She attacks another lawyer, disrupts proceedings and is eventually brought into court restrained and wearing a spit hood. Her defence argues that she was not legally responsible for what she had done… but was Taylor genuinely experiencing severe mental illness, or was she deliberately trying to convince everyone that she was? Resources: The Compassionate Friends: https://www.compassionatefriends.org/ https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresources Follow Outlore Podcast here: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@EleanorNeale Insta - @outlorepodcast https://www.instagram.com/outlorepodcast/?__d=16d TikTok - @outlorepodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@outlorepodcast Get to know me on my Personal Channel YouTube - @ellieneale1 https://www.youtube.com/@ellieneale1 Insta - @eleanorneale https://www.instagram.com/eleanorneal... Tiktok…

People in this episode

Host: Eleanor Neale

Topics covered

• murder
• trial
• mental illness
• courtroom attack
• dismemberment

Keywords

• Taylor Schabusiness
• Shad Thyrion
• murder trial
• courtroom attack
• mental illness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Compassionate Friends

Places: Green Bay, Wisconsin

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