The nation is always shocked by criminal cases such as Andrea Yates, a mother of five who methodically drowned all of her children in a bathtub then calmly called police, and Diane Downs, who shot her three children, killing one. but mothers killing their children are more common than we might think. Not only that but it is almost an obsession for us to find out why.Here we will take you into the lives of two such mothers. Do we understand why these things happen? The short answer is No but with more research and awareness that they DO happen then perhaps we can at least begin to understand. Are they all related to mental illness? I think not entirely, as we will see in the coming volumes so continue reading and exploring with us-- other murderous mothers and their lives.