The Story Behind the New Andrea Yates Documentary The Cult Behind the Killer

More than two decades after one of the most disturbing crimes in recent American history, the case of Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in the family’s bathtub, is revisited in The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story. The three-part Investigation Discovery docuseries, available on HBO Max beginning Jan. 6, reexamines the story through court records and medical history, while placing particular emphasis on the belief system the Yates family subscribed to leading up to the tragedy.