How a Texas Housewife Got Away With Murder—and Inspired a Miniseries
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Before Candy Montgomery—played by Elizabeth Olsen—captivated streaming audiences around the country, the real Candy was at the center of Wylie, Texas’s biggest scandal. Travel back in time to see how the developing case captured the kind of interest that has yet to wane, even after 40 years.
It wasn’t easy for the residents of 1980s-era Wylie, Texas to believe the gruesome details about Betty Gore’s death. That was true especially for Candy Montgomery, a churchgoing housewife who couldn’t quite believe that Gore had been gruesomely hacked to death in her own home. Even after Montgomery admitted to the murder.
See, despite that confession—and the 41 axe wounds found on Gore’s body—Montgomery was found not guilty of murdering her friend. According to her defense, she was only able to access the memory of Gore’s killing through hypnosis (a form of testimony outlawed in 27 states), and purported her actions that day were carried out under a blind, uncontrollable rage and in self-defense, after Gore confronted Montgomery about her extramarital affair with Allan, Betty’s husband.
While the incident left a lasting mark on the town of Wylie, a recent, broader interest in the case has resurfaced with Max’s new series “Love & Death,” based on original reporting of the event by Texas Monthly magazine. To help contextualize the impact of Betty Gore’s alarming murder, I’ve gathered some links that will transport you right back to 1980 in small-town Texas with the local news and neighbors abuzz that something sinister’s happened
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