Oct. 14, 2026

Woman Accused Of Stabbing Toddler And Husband To Death At Pocono Resort

Woman Accused Of Stabbing Toddler And Husband To Death At Pocono Resort
Woman Accused Of Stabbing Toddler And Husband To Death At Pocono Resort
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Woman Accused Of Stabbing Toddler And Husband To Death At Pocono Resort

A disturbing story out of the Pocono Mountains; police say a 27-year-old woman stabbed her 3-year-old son and her husband to death while they were staying at the Great Wolf Lodge in the Pocono Mountains. Metallica Harrison has been charged with two counts of murder after she called 9-1-1 to tell the dispatcher she “needed help dying” and that her husband and son were “already gone.” The family had been on an extended vacation at the resort and while police have no known motive in this case, what Harrison said after they arrived, sounded eerliy similar to the Lindsay Clancy case.

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00:00:02
Speaker 1: Hey there folks, it is Wednesday, October the 14th, and another disturbing incident in which a mother has killed her child, and then afterwards gave some very disturbing statements. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ, Robes, obviously, Lindsay Clancy. That story made so many headlines. We heard some other stories afterwards about mothers killing their kids. Robes, this is one where there's a three-year-old dead and the husband is dead. and robes the location and her behavior afterwards, makes this once again robes one of these mind-blowing what-the-hell-is-going-on stories.

00:00:41
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is such a bizarre and tragic story that needs to be better understood, but the details are so disturbing because, yes, the setting. The setting speaks volumes. This was a family that seemingly was on a beautiful vacation in the Poconos Mountains. we have seen this particular resort advertised ad nauseum here in the Northeast in New York City. We hear about the Great Wolf Lodge, family fun. This is where you go to bring your kids to be in the outdoors, but there are fun family activities. And this family had been there for a couple of weeks. It seems like they invested in some sort of Indian summer or late summer, early fall getaway where they wanted to just be nestled together and starting in late September.

00:01:33
Speaker 1: You said on vacation together, Robes, it was an extended vacation that they extended at least once they checked into this place late or mid September almost, and weren't slated to check out until early or mid October almost. Oh, they spent at least three weeks. Yeah. Scratching on a month. So it's, This is really a bizarre story, Robes, and it all happened in a hotel room, and police were alerted to an emergency by the woman herself. All right, so let's start with that, Robes. First of all, the fact that this happened in a hotel room. This is a hotel that's probably full of people at the time to think that somebody's next door or across the hallway. While this is happening in this room, according to police, Robes, is disturbing as hell.

00:02:20
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just thought about that. You're in a family-friendly resort. You've been there. at this point, they checked in on the 21st of September, and this was the day that this happened, was the day they were supposed to check out, I believe, October 11th. But to think that the bellmen, the front desk folks, even probably the maid service, they all probably knew this family coming and going. You kind of get comfortable in your new setting. They'd been there for weeks. So I'm sure the staff And other vacationing families knew them, saw them. They were probably at breakfast every morning. Oh, yeah. This is, I mean, to think that this was happening in that setting, and yes, to imagine families and other couples all around them while this murder scene was taking place in the middle of the day.

00:03:08
Speaker 1: And there's no indication, Robes, to what you're saying about the stab, at least at this point, that there was anything odd about this family. There was any disturbance, any problems. And, Robes, you wouldn't think... A family of three, young parents and a three-year-old, that's the last direction you're going to look for a threat or a problem. But that is who this family was. They checked in, as you said, Robes, on the 21st. But at some point, they extended their stay. I think they were supposed to leave earlier, but around October 5th, they extended it to October 11th. So they were supposed to be there until at least then. So police on Monday, Robes got a 911 call, 3 o'clock in the afternoon. And it's a woman. Who appears to be in distress. And the woman in robes happens to be the woman who is in room 2030.

00:03:54
Speaker 2: Yeah, she's saying, she basically tells them that she's having a hard time dying. That she can't die and she needs their help to die. And she's asked by the 911 operator if anyone is in the room with her, if she's alone, if she's by herself. And she says this to the 911 operator. My husband and son are already gone in the bed in the living room. They're already gone.

00:04:22
Speaker 1: I'm sorry.

00:04:24
Speaker 2: I don't want to be here anymore.

00:04:27
Speaker 1: She then goes into Rome explaining to them that she can't find the right vein in her neck to kill herself. She's having a back and forth with a 911 operator. asking for advice and help to kill herself. What in the world was happening? So police do arrive. They find her in the room. She does have superficial wounds on her neck and on her wrists, but they find her husband. Charles Robinson is his name.

00:04:59
Speaker 2: Charles Harrison?

00:05:00
Speaker 1: Excuse me. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Harrison, her name. We haven't said her name as well yet is Harrison. Her name is Metallica Harrison. She's 27 years old, but yes, her husband's name is Charles. Harrison, they said he was stabbed multiple times. The three-year-old, they said, had one stab wound to the chest found in the room as well. They said two knives were found, a butcher knife and then a smaller knife. But the hotel said, looking at those, those were not knives that they keep.

00:05:30
Speaker 2: And that is so bizarre. Where did she get these weapons? Would she have brought them from home and planning this, plotting this, premeditating this for all these weeks, waiting until the final day of their vacation?

00:05:45
Speaker 1: That doesn't sound necessarily right. But my question was about the setup at Great Wolf Lodge. If you stay for a while, do they have little kitchenettes? Are people in there cooking? Did they bring stuff? That was the only other explanation I had. But the idea that she brought these with the intention of doing this weeks after they got there seems a little odd.

00:06:13
Speaker 2: All of it seems odd. You can't imagine what would lead to this. And I'm also just curious about her husband, that she was able to overpower him, that she was able to. I was just trying to get my head around how that could have happened. I believe they said he was in the living room on the couch.

00:06:31
Speaker 1: Is that what she said? There was some report that the complaint said he was on a mattress.

00:06:36
Speaker 2: On a mattress.

00:06:37
Speaker 1: All right. So that could have been a pullout, frankly.

00:06:39
Speaker 2: Yes. And I'm wondering, did she wait till he fell asleep? And yeah, in the bed, in the living room. So yeah, it sounds like a pull out couch situation. So I'm wondering like, did or was she able to do this or begin this while he was sleeping? It just seems so strange to me that she would be able to overpower him and be able to do this.

00:07:00
Speaker 1: They do, um, Robes, they have surveillance video that shows the two of them the night before. Um, They had left the room. She left around 7 o'clock, said that she went to use the microwave. They can see she did that. Went back to the room. Then around 9 o'clock, I believe it is, they both left and they went to an arcade. So they didn't see the child, according to the authorities. So maybe the kid went to sleep and they went to the arcade for a little while and came back. But they were out of the room, they said, for a couple hours. So maybe the kid was sleeping. But the last time They saw them. Anybody going to the room was that night from the arcade. But, Robes, what happened? You were having a good enough time that you're having fun at an arcade with your husband. So when did? And, again, they don't know. There was no time of death I've seen, Robes. So she called at 3 the next afternoon. Is that when it happened or did it happen that night?

00:07:57
Speaker 2: Ooh, this is tough. And they also said that they found the knives, but they say they also found several pill bottles they haven't described or several bottles of medication. They don't really know, but they say they found containers with what they think was blood in them. So this is a bizarre scene. Containers with blood inside, several bottles of medication. two knives that don't belong to the hotel or to the resort because they were described, I believe, as having a teal handle. So they were specific knives that looked very different than anything the resort had on their property. So this is just a story that absolutely needs some details filled in for us to fully understand.

00:08:42
Speaker 1: It's weird and disturbing as things were in the hotel room. Things got Bazaar as well in the ambulance ride. They took her. Yes, she has been charged with two counts of murder, but they took her robes to the hospital where it appears it was a pretty interesting ambulance ride.

00:08:59
Speaker 2: Yes. So she was asking the EMT workers how deep her veins are, quote, for the next time. So implying that, yes, she still intends to kill herself. I believe she kept saying, I'm not supposed to be here. she wanted to be dead. She said, I fucked up. I just needed the energy and strength. And then this was maybe the best, I don't know, indication of where her head was, when or why she committed these murders. She said, every day I work so hard to be the best person, the best mother, the best wife, It wasn't supposed to end like this. I was supposed to have my happy family. That's what I envisioned since I was a child.

00:09:45
Speaker 1: What does that mean? What was happening with her, Robes? What happened? We'll find out more, surely. But right now, at least, no one has come forward, robed into reporting. anything untoward or odd about this family. We certainly will find out, well, I say certainly, but hopefully, we'll find out more here, but this is another Robes. Yes, we think back to Lindsay Clancy and some And this woman was talking about wanting to be with her husband and child, them in a better place and what she envisioned.

00:10:24
Speaker 2: And trying to be the perfect mother and the perfect wife and the perfect person. And somehow something inside of her snapped and she just didn't want to do it anymore anymore. And again, you can't get into the minds of the irrational, but I just don't understand why you end up killing everyone around you. And then somehow, I guess, I don't know, she says she was too weak. She wasn't able to kill herself. That, I don't know, it doesn't make sense to me.

00:10:54
Speaker 1: And a lot of the Lindsay Clancy story and trial didn't make sense to a lot of people as we learned a whole lot more about mothers, how they deal after having kids, their mental health after having kids. And yes, some of this story makes you think to Lindsay Clancy. But do you recall the name Corey Walsh from last month? Yes, there is another mother with a similar story to this one. out of the Poconos, we will remind you of. Stay here.

00:11:33
Speaker 2: Welcome back, everyone, to Amy and TJ. We are talking about a tragic and puzzling story out of the Poconos where, yes, once again, and I say once again, you have a mom who Killing her three-year-old child also killed her husband, tried to kill herself, wasn't successful. And yes, this is all sounding eerily similar to Lindsay Clancy, but also to Corey Walsh.

00:12:00
Speaker 1: Yeah, this was a shocking story. We got out of Illinois last month. Robes, 40-year-old woman, Corey Walsh. And the way the headlines put it, she was, quote, unquote, invested in the Lindsay Clancy trial. She had been texting with her friend group and other moms about the Lindsay Clancy trial. And what was it? It was during jury deliberations? When was it? Or was it during the actual announcement of the mistrial? Like within hours, she kills and strangles her two-year-old. Uh, yes.

00:12:28
Speaker 2: And she, yes, was invested in the, as she had been texting, I believe it was during jury deliberations because she was texting with a friend group about whether or not they thought she should be found guilty or not guilty. And this is just a strange story where you wonder if something like the Lindsay Clancy trial. It inspires, I hate to even use that word, but creates an idea in someone's head that maybe they should do it or they are connected in some way to feeling those same feelings. And somehow it incites them to take action. It makes them feel like they're not so alone and that if they did it, maybe she should do it too. I don't know what goes on. But there certainly is a bizarre connection, a through line between these cases.

00:13:19
Speaker 1: Corey Walsh has pleaded not guilty and her attorney and her family are saying yes, that she did have some kind of a psychotic break there in Illinois. So that will be the defense in that case. But similar to the one in Pennsylvania Robes, Corey Walsh tried to harm herself as well, unsuccessfully. So is that, you know, we've been covering familicide and men killing their families and then killing themselves ropes, Corey Walsh, uh, Metallica Harrison, Lindsay Clancy failed in their suicide attempts.

00:13:51
Speaker 2: Yeah. And it's weird because look, the men in all of the cases we've been covering have used guns and they put a gun to their head and it's done. I don't know why the women in these cases, maybe they just don't have access to a firearm, but they have been using in these cases, knives.

00:14:08
Speaker 1: Well, strangulation here for.

00:14:10
Speaker 2: Strangulation for the kids, yes. But for themselves, to try and kill themselves, they've used knives. So Lindsay Clancy obviously tried to use a knife and then jumped out the window. Then you had Corey Walsh try to use a knife and she was in a bathtub. So it was the idea that she would drown and bleed out.

00:14:27
Speaker 1: I don't know.

00:14:28
Speaker 2: And then this... 27-year-old woman, Metallica Harrison, again, tries to use a knife. But I thought it was interesting. Did you read that the EMT workers or folks who worked on her said that there were no hesitation wounds with her, which I thought was a bizarre thing to put into the notes?

00:14:47
Speaker 1: I saw them only as superficial. Superficial.

00:14:49
Speaker 2: So yes, meaning that she just I don't know. She said she didn't have the strength or the energy, but maybe she just didn't have the will. I find it so odd that you could have the will to stab your toddler, but then not be able to stab yourself.

00:15:06
Speaker 1: That's a three-year-old kid. They said I had one stab wound to the chest, a three-year-old child. Just think about the size of that body, what it takes to put a blade. And I say that in that we've got to figure this out. If this is the next thing, the new thing, yes, we talk about familicide and the men who are taking out their families. These are women who are attempting to do the same. And this is a woman now, and those other stories of familicide with men, yes, they have the power to overpower. This is a case now where Patrick Clancy left the house, and then she did her thing. Corey Walsh, there was no husband.

00:15:41
Speaker 2: Yeah, father was traveling for work.

00:15:44
Speaker 1: This man was in the room. This is different now. What was going on?

00:15:49
Speaker 2: I'm wondering too, like with the pill bottles found, the only way I could imagine she could have successfully stabbed him to death is if she maybe laced a drink with some sort of sedative.

00:16:00
Speaker 1: Again, now that goes to another level of sinister.

00:16:03
Speaker 2: Of premeditation.

00:16:05
Speaker 1: And again, they went in, they see them going into that room late at night. Was he asleep at night when it happened? She didn't call until three in the afternoon the next day, but Well, it's possible. What a mess. But got to put this.

00:16:18
Speaker 2: On your radar.

00:16:18
Speaker 1: We got to pay attention to these stories because something is happening.

00:16:21
Speaker 2: Yes.

00:16:21
Speaker 1: Something is happening. Well, folks, we appreciate you, as always, spending some time with us. For my dear Amy Robach, I'm TJ Holmes. We'll talk to you soon.