Betty Broderick - Headliners & Legends, 2003 (Part 1 of 2).

[@regalgs51]

Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6rTiIqhjNN5e9Esi=hZQCY9c69rTgp38i

[@JoLowden-oz9no]

When someone says they don't love you anymore there is really no place to go. Just say goodbye.

[@alp7928]

Well said.

[@judyledbetter3915]

Sad, But True. God Bless 💗🙌

[@lyndarowe7191]

Yes,you can't make someone love you😢 hard but move on. Rejection is hard to accept

[@judyledbetter3915]

@@lyndarowe7191 Word!😥 God Bless 💗🙌

[@judithgannon5642]

Maybe if she was able to leave with her dignity and lots of all that money he controlled.

[@patriceyoung7479]

The same treatment was handed to me by my ex-husband and the woman he left me for. To me my priorities were my children and our family life. It had to remain happy and intact for the sake of those precious kids. I took the high road throughout the whole long nightmare. Fast forward over 20 years and life is so good. My children are adults now with children of their own. We are happy and thriving. Do not sink into the crazy revenge world Betty did. Think of your kids first, last always.

[@Melbas2024]

Yep❤

[@opaulamorgan4265]

I'm sure it was difficult for you but you made the right choice, using your head instead of delving into revenge and bitterness which would have ended up harming you and the children. Betty Broderick did not take the high road, she wanted to make Dan pay for his betrayal of her and she did, but she is now paying for it in prison. In her selfishness to exact revenge on Dan she left her children without the guidance of either parent, and yet, she still shows no remorse for killing Dan and Linda because she feels they deserved to die for what they had done to her.😢

[@thisisfortwitter2293]

Betty was apparently known for referring to Dan as "the faggot" & being very toxic towards him prior to him leaving her. Their own mutual friends were on record attesting to this. I understand your right to express your own hurt from your situation, but it may not be totally fair to Dan to portray him as the villain simply for leaving Betty. He's not here to tell his side today.

[@RatCityprincess]

@@patriceyoung7479 agreed, most secure in their life woman would take the high road. Sounds like Betty was having a nervous breakdown.

[@ivonevallejo6966]

Creo que a ella le dolió la humillación y los sacrificios que hizo creo que todos solo miramos a través del cristal pero quisiera saber dónde estubo su familia porque ver qué le hacían eso a tu hijo y el muy astuto retiro el dinero y todo para dejarle sin nada en fin el decir que me dé los $14.000 y era feliz le descontó las deudas de su ropa y los bienes que se iban a quedar con él en fin la hipocresía la vemos solo con el ojo que nos conviene 😊

[@Kensington2714]

I was in my twenties when this came out, I remember how scary it was to see what happened. I had 4 kiddos and worried about getting dumped when I got older. Which did happen. But I would never kill my ex. Moved on remarried, happy with my husband and my ex lives in squaller. His now wife ignores him & he is truly unhappy. Sometimes Karma comes back. I think Linda would have gotten sick of Dan. Betty lived a good life without Dan. I just don’t like the way ALL of Dan’s friends stuck up for him. They knew he was sleeping around. Both lost their lives and the kids have struggled. Sad all around. Great, great video👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@sweetness1586]

hmnn !

[@haintedhouse2990]

every time an unbalanced female murders her man, from Betty Broderick to Jodi Arias to Shayna Hubers they crank out the same BS about how they were mistreated. truth: they got dumped - get in line ladies, deal with it like the rest of the grown-ups

[@jacquelinesento425]

Yeah I thought that was really sh@tty her friends turned against her and started hanging out with Dan and Linda. They were not true friends. Linda just took over Betty's life without all the hard work.

[@user-cr4tu6qh1n]

Well, I guess your ex is not a lawyer and did not use those tricks to drag you to courtrooms for 5 years...... He and his new wife are just vicious.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@user-cr4tu6qh1n Betty was an impossible-to- please high maintenance pain-in-the-ass who eventually blossomed into a hefty foul-mouthed terrorist. i would've ran screaming into the arms of another as well.

[@AndriaBieberDesigns]

Betty aside, Dan was a narcissist, and was gaslighting her. He 100% abused that woman and drove her nuts. He knew exactly what he was doing and then we turn it around on her so everyone thinks she’s crazy. And then she does snap

[@haintedhouse2990]

he didn't drive her nuts, she caught that train from her batshit parents. she also never snapped, she had been planning to kill both of them for 5 years, took a refresher course in firearms training, told her daughter "you know i had do it, i couldn't let him win, one of us had to die" - no snapping, she simply closed the book on her 5 year plan.

[@foxgloved1]

i always felt sorry for Betty

[@gaganorthofthe49th62]

Yes she snapped I agree

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@gaganorthofthe49th62 i disagree. she told her friends he'd be sorry. too much planning and plotting. like i said - 5 years.

[@gaganorthofthe49th62]

Good for you@@haintedhouse2990

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

Wow! Linda looked like a younger version of Betty. Same profile and hair.

[@ItalySicilian1-zr2xx]

Linda wasnt a beauty ,she was average

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@ItalySicilian1-zr2xx with Betty always playing the victim combined with her nails-on-a-chalkboard voice i would've ran screaming into someone else's arms too.

[@dorisbove2210]

​@@haintedhouse2990oh please

[@megadevilkitty777]

Her twin

[@iamyoda1980]

@@haintedhouse2990😂

[@ecaldwell9]

He said he knew he made a mistake, because he realize that she was not someone that he could have control over.

[@haintedhouse2990]

he knew he made a mistake when she mutated into an impossible to please foul-mouthed pain-in-the-ass.

[@StellaAdler_]

Bravo!! Exactly!! Something a narcissist would def say!

[@loralieisa]

For real?

[@cheapcraftygirlsweepstakes2338]

Betty’s a diagnosed narcissist. Once they were married she didn’t have to hide her true self. She admitted under oath that she started threatening to kill Dan during the first year of their marriage.

[@cheapcraftygirlsweepstakes2338]

@@StellaAdler_Betty is a diagnosed narcissist (by three different evaluators).

[@jillijane9793]

If i had someone paying me over $14,000 a month in allimony, and no longer had to put up with his nonsense, i would be happy as can be

[@dianecrow6068]

She was getting sixteen thousand, not just fourteen thousand.

[@nicoleackerman205]

Both I would be yeah.

[@MrDaRiAn21]

💯

[@crystalglopez91623]

14,000 in todays money (2023) is about $40,000 monthly!!!!

[@Trac82]

It wasn't about the money. What part don't you understand? When one pushes a person's button continuously, better watch out for the push back. That's how it works.

[@missj.d9187]

I think if her ex gave her full honesty and respect everything could have been avoided. Nobody has to be together forever but give someone the dignity and respect for bringing your children into the world. Even if he waited a year before Starting another relationship it would have given everyone dignity. Those kids lost everything and everyone. I hope they are doing well and are happy now.

[@missymanny8286]

My Mother cheated on my father. He didn't kill her......he never even let us kids know what happened!! If we ever even bad mouthed her after having an argument with her, he would say "Hey! That's your Mother. You'd better show her respect." When I'd say, "Well she divorced you so you should....." he said, "That's none of your business & she is the Mother of my children & no matter what, I will never say an ill word about her & neither will you, got it?" People make CHOICES. She CHOSE to punish EVERYONE for what happened to HER. She left 1 daughter with a lifetime of guilt using her key to get into Dan's house to kill him. She left all of those kids without their parents & having their names be famous because they're associated with this double murder & people bad mouthing their murdered father. Selfish, selfish, selfish

[@fahimabemberry9756]

Even his secretary left him for being selfish and placing a none experienced 21 year old over her 😒

[@missj.d9187]

@@missymanny8286 sounds like you had a very reasonable parents despite their flaws but it's doesn't sound like one of your parents used the legal system to terrorise the other over years again and again. A clean fair equal financial break would have gave both parties a chance to move on and provide equally for the children. I would never condone murder but I can recognise when someone tries to break a person and totally destroy them in every single area. Emotionally, financially, self respect and the ultimate insult to a mother is to alienate her children. Like I say I personally feel giving dignity and respect to the injured party can avoid a lot of pain or even worse!

[@nickiabbott5060]

She really DID make him the man he is.....I felt a little Less badly for her, altho, when I read she was ‘awarded’ 16k a month.....of which she did deserve, I Get how Hard ir must be to give up our dream man and our dream Life.....I would (foolishly) try and fight for it.....I Get how she dropped them off one by one, thinking “now they’ll realize how much I do everyday....” he did - and he did take good care of them...

[@haintedhouse2990]

tired of reading about what Dan should've done. Betty could've started with refraining from calling him 'asshole' and 'faggot' in front of friends and co-workers. she loved to dish it out but always played the victim when it was time for paybacks.

[@rachaelclarke9951]

I think that her husband not only disrespected betty but also his own children because if you love your children you are respectful to their mother.

[@haintedhouse2990]

same goes for Betty, if you love your children you don't address their father with 'asshole' and 'the faggot' and if you love your children you don't blow their father's brains out. talk about disrespect.

[@loralieisa]

He paraded Linda in front of their children which was deeply disrespectful to them.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@loralieisa i saw a picture of the 4 kids posing with Dan & Linda at their wedding - the kids actually looked happy. probably a nice break from the usual shit storm between Dan and Betty

[@loralieisa]

@@haintedhouse2990 You seriously think the kids were happy knowing the torment they went through??? Smiles are part and parcel of posing for pictures.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@loralieisa if i was posing for a picture with someone who wasn't nagging my father into a coma i'd sure as hell look happy.

[@musicfanhawk4523]

Betty would have had so much if she would have just let him go, and just done her own thing, he wasn't worth it. She definitely was temporarily insane.

[@haintedhouse2990]

temporarily?

[@Krista674]

Exactly, to the point of snapping! That’s too bad she threw her life away over the man that betrayed her..

[@Muushca03]

I think because he egged her on it was hard to let go. She thought maybe he'll change his mind.

[@yogabee2222]

She's crazy, no wonder he didn't want to be around her, move on 😮

[@loralieisa]

@@haintedhouse2990 He was just as sick as her and if not more. All he cared about was hiding money from Betty. THe wife that supported him and the whole household so he could study.

[@schawnettarobinson8584]

I always felt sorry for her. She sacrificed for her husband, and he dumped her for someone younger. I learned to get over things. People will hurt you. Betty couldn’t take it.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

Men/Women do that. You have to expect it.

[@judithgannon5642]

He did more than that. He kept messing with her.

[@rainydaywoman5758]

So what, she's not the first woman to be dumped! And she won't be the last. That's no reason to murder!!!!!! She was a social lite, wealthy spoiled woman who felt scorned for being dumped!

[@kleeamd8274]

​@@judithgannon5642how did he keep messing with her?? She was a complete psycho

[@judithgannon5642]

@@kleeamd8274 read through the comments, and more accounts of this case.

[@angiep5514]

Dan was a narcissist; gaslighting her to no end. This eventually broke her. 💔

[@kswhiteyak]

I agree 💯

[@bdlimea7018]

I was married to the same for 20yrs but I didn't shoot him and his girlfriend he was cheating on me with. I don't know how I feel about her honesty.

[@patrickdamore5821]

Dan was definitely a Narcissist, but make no mistake…Betty was a Borderline who knew the difference between right and wrong.

[@maxineheller9345]

I know all about narcissist and yes he was!

[@jessicabates1223]

@@bdlimea7018 Sadly too many do these days but I do see and understand your point here.

[@melissaburton3400]

The best thing she could have done is just go one with life and walk away but I do have empathy for her. I got divorced because of adultery and it was so painful. I can't imagine being with someone and helping him become someone wonderful then being thrown away like I didn't matter.

[@wainikitiqasevakatini388]

9l9

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

To also be outcasted: 1 against him, his new wife, his legal system, etc, might have been harder for her to retain any attorney that would go up against her lawyer ex. And, could any be so trusted? Another question?

[@loralieisa]

@@maryannsinopoli1751 BY the time Jack Early got the case Dan hid millions of dollars and practically told the judge he was a pauper. He took his time actually getting the divorce finalized so that he could deduct Epstein credits for his own pocket.

[@loralieisa]

@@maryannsinopoli1751 Jack Early was a good attorney but he came in late in the game. Dan had already set up many landmines and legal maneuvers that damaged Betty. He got away with pretending the marital estate was $60,000.00 and Betty's half was $30,000. In reality he was a millionaire.

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

@@loralieisa that lady prosecutor went way out of bounds on that case painting a sick portrait of the case. Destroying Betty’s character without objection from adversary. More abuse.

[@milliejimenez9434]

Dan was looking for that. Everybody blames Betty for everything, but i believe she lost it when she saw them together in bed. No one gives her credit for all the work she did so he could finish law school. Then he meets a 21 yr old and starts sleeping with her, then marries her! I feel sorry for her. She needed emotional help or a good friend to listen and help her. Dan wanted to have a brand new life for himself. He wasn't even thinking about Betty's sacrifices with the children and work to help him become the lawyer that he was. This is happening a lot. A woman works and help her husband and for what, so he can fall in love with a younger woman and then kick you to the curb.

[@judithgannon5642]

Medical school and law school

[@judithgannon5642]

Dan got his medical degree at Cornell after their first child Kim was born, but then decided to also pursue a law degree at Harvard, during which time Betty worked to support the family

[@caseyhstuver]

The way Dan just threw Betty away after all she sacrificed for him, plus he was gas lighting her. If he really believed she was crazy then why did he continue harassing her? I think Betty cracked. He finally broke her. There is just so much here to untangle. But I do not feel sorry for Dan or Linda. He was also his own worst enemy.

[@montezumaflight]

He took the kids. Her last foundation. That’s really what broke her.

[@Muushca03]

​@@judithgannon5642 and buried their 2 day young baby alone

[@rejanedesevigne]

Such a very sad story. Betty needed some help, that is for sure, but her ex and his new wife were just as much to blame. The only innocent ones are the children 😢

[@kimthreadgold2755]

She's a bloody murderer

[@kimthreadgold2755]

She is a good actress just doesn't understand how people perceive her.

[@kimthreadgold2755]

She could have gotten help, I thought she did. Many men leave their spouses for younger women....he didn't live

[@skygodess87]

So sad!! No one wins!!

[@maxineheller9345]

Nope. Dan had a midlife crisis we with a young girl. I don't blame her at all!!!!

[@chubbyJess]

thanks for uploading this. I had not seen these photos or videos of betty. she is beautiful. I hope she can be free

[@regalgs51]

You’re welcome. I’ve had it on a VHS tape for 20 years and I finally got around to converting it to a DVD so I could post it on here. Long overdue. I recorded it when it aired on tv originally. I have seen every documentary that I can find on this case, and in my opinion this is the best one of them all. It has home movies from inside the Broderick house, unseen photographs of Betty, Dan, and the family, and an interview with Betty herself. I’ve never been able to find this episode on the internet, so I uploaded it because I knew there would be people who would love to see it. The MOST elusive show/documentary that I have always wanted to see and that I’ve searched for for years is the episode of 20/20 from roughly 1991. I even wrote multiple emails, wrote letters, and called the “contact us” number for 20/20 to no avail! Thanks.

[@kellypolfleit3942]

There’s got to be a line drawn when it comes to children. Sadly, it doesn’t appear she was thinking of hers.

[@lynnie6120]

Nor was Dan!

[@Lilibear-1]

Neither was here, he. Ain’t no saint

[@jayneschwalger7554]

She was still a beautiful woman, also dating a handsome man. Bitterness had really set in and revenge was utmost in her mind. She set out to kill her husband and his new wife and she accomplished it.

[@loralieisa]

losing her kids sent her over the edge. Her boyfriend Brad wright was much better looking than Dan and younger than him to boot. He sounded like a really nice guy.

[@tycollins7841]

He thought he was gonna livr a peaceful life after committing adultery

[@dianecrow6068]

We are not an Islamic society and we do not have laws that punish adultery with violence at the hands of an ex.

[@loralieisa]

He wanted to hire a hitman to get "Betts" out of the way and save even more $$$.

[@loralieisa]

@@dianecrow6068 It's easy to divorce a wife or marry another wife in most Islamic countries.I don't believe you know what you are talking about.

[@k.c.r.5974]

No he never thought that. He knew Betty was always an evil psychopath

[@ginnyronning9532]

❤❤

[@samanthalake5011]

Free Betty! She has done enough time for this crime. #teambetty

[@a.p4066]

She will certainly die in prison where she deserves to be with others like her

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

YES FREE BETTY, SOON. Let this 76 year old senior go HOME. To heck with remorse- stop this further abuse - it’s merely a word that even I would be reluctant to utter with case circumstances! Free This Senior Woman! November 7th, was her Birthday, let her leave for home! It’s time….

[@a.p4066]

@@maryannsinopoli1751 Men get life in prison for less than Betty’s crime. She will certainly die in prison

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

@@a.p4066 I hope that’s untrue. It’s time for courts to really acknowledge abuse of women. As was clear in this case by both of these deceased people.

[@a.p4066]

@@maryannsinopoli1751 She killed two people while they slept and you still refer to her as the victim?

[@paulawhitehead7321]

I don't condone violence, but I understand. He should have divorced his wife if he wanted to start a relationship with Linda. Linda did not help the situation either. She knew she was playing with fire.

[@haintedhouse2990]

i don't understand her insane bullshit and i thank God I don't.

[@loralieisa]

Linda saw a rich old man twice her age that could give her a lavish lifestyle. If there was no money to go after she wouldn't given him the time of day.

[@welshwitch2126]

She worked to put him through med school, then worked to put him through law school! She busted her ass for that guy and then he gaslit her and dumped her for a younger woman. That could break any sane woman. I don’t condone murder, but I can see why this happened.

[@dianecrow6068]

Dan's family paid for his schooling at Notre Dame.

[@davidaustin4854]

@@dianecrow6068but they & he DIDNT pay the bills for living. Home, food, kids, bills, B days, c-mas, So yeah… who cares about his other schooling.?

[@ronniestar8762]

alot of people who have had a partner or spouse that has pushed them to the point of breaking point, I know I have and not just once! Being lied to manipulated made you to feel like youre the crazy one, you just have to move on, living a happy life is the best revenge, she had the resources and her kids, she wasnt going without money, youre right nothing condemns murder but I too have felt this frustration

[@haintedhouse2990]

Betty didn't love Dan anymore than he loved her. he was her investment. she had been trained by her cold-as-ice parents to marry a motivated catholic and start raking in the bucks - love wasn't required. Betty was more pissed about loosing her perks at Neiman Marcus than being dumped.

[@dianecrow6068]

@@haintedhouse2990 Exactly. Hearing about how she wasn't living the lifestyle she thought she was entitled to is such a slap in the face. Since Linda did not come from money, was not a college graduate, and was really not anything much, Dan must have really loved Linda and after his youth was gone, first youth, since money and looks and academic status wasn't anything that Linda had. Betty talked about money all the time in relation to the murder, but she had been stalking and harassing him for SIX YEARS up to the murder. Betty didn't just snap, Betty was stalking, harassing, attacking his property, and making death threats up until the time she marched into his home and committed double murder.

[@RatCityprincess]

I've always felt a little sorry for Betty. I honestly think her ex husband drove her to bat shat crazyness. That doesn't mean I think anyone deserved to have their lives taken for being a douche. Had Mr. Broderick moved out asked for a divorce and split everything down the middle fairly I don't believe this tragedy would have ever happened. Mr. Broderick asked his wife to sacrifice in order to meet his goals and Betty complied because it would benefit the family as a whole. Then Mr. Broderick gets what he wants and kicks his wife to the curve. Rubs her face in it. Anyone in that position would have at the very least wanted to retaliate. I don't think I'm capable of taking a life but I've never been that screwed over by someone I loved and lived to help. The only innocents in this story are the girlfriend and the children. Hopefully society has learned a lesson from Betty's mistakes. Who knows maybe several spouses followed this story and decided to do what's fair and give their spouse half and treat their expartner with respect during the divorce process. Betty may have saved other families from repeating this tragedy. I do believe she deserves to pay for her crime but I can't help feeling a little sorry for her.

[@haintedhouse2990]

for over 30 years we've heard only her side and i don't buy the victim bit. she was an impossible-to-please handful and i definitely can't believe anything she says after hearing "I never ever had any intention of shooting anybody" seriously?? she really believes her own bullshit.

[@judithgannon5642]

@@haintedhouse2990 so you're OK with his actions, including finances. He messed with her head too.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@judithgannon5642 Betty might have received more of a financial fair shake from Dan if she could've refrained from calling him everyday with profanity or tried parking her car on the street, not through the front door of his house.

[@judithgannon5642]

@@haintedhouse2990 some people are skipping over things that he did. Even these accounts don't include everything. He knew her well, which is why he chose to keep her close with control. Many people would have wanted to give her enough to propell her to go. Some men would have wanted to treat her well as a former partner they're dumping, out of conscience. He enjoyed the game. The ferocious lawyer she helped create used it on her. He knew her well. Then I guess he realized it, the vicious divorce activities, went on so long that the brakes were shot. Glad he experienced that foreboding. As I said previously, he enjoyed poking the bear. It does screech so prettily.

[@juliedepaolo9971]

​@@haintedhouse2990Betty deserved half of their marital assets whether she used profanity or not. Her ex husband used every tactic known to strip her of what she was entitled to and call her crazy to boot. He murdered her emotionally and she murdered him physically.

[@MissClemintine]

I feel sorry for her. Her ex husband’s new wife would send her weight loss advertisements and cut outs of anti aging cream in the mail. I don’t think anyone should be killed over that but she was unstable and she had supported him while he was growing his career then just dumped and made to live at a much lower standard than she was used to.

[@kleeamd8274]

So?? What about what Betty did to Dan & Linda?? Calling them & leaving literally HUNDREDS of obscene messages on their answering machine That's ok?? Yet Betty is the poor victim because she got some ads for anti aging cream & weight loss products.....are you serious?? How about when Betty drove her truck through the front of the house or lit Dan's clothes on fire?? Those behaviors pale in comparison to receiving weight loss ads???? GMAFB

[@kimthreadgold2755]

82,000 is minimal

[@kimthreadgold2755]

She needed to let go

[@kleeamd8274]

@@kimthreadgold2755 she received $16g p/mo in alimony. That's $192,000 p/yr She received a $650g beach house She received her share from the sale if the other house She did not get child support as she did not have custody of the kids & for good reason, as she was extremely unstable

[@helenal.7881]

They never got along! Ever. And it sounds like Betty was extremely emotionally unstable. To add insult to injury, Betty got TWO abortions while married against Dan’s wishes!! That will surely do a marriage in!

[@morganwhite2176]

Definitely should be some empathy for her. You can see her husband’s nasty character in the threatening letter he sent to the one person who supported her. He used his money to threaten her and used his lawyer friends to bully her. What planet was he on to think he could take everything away from his wife, including the children, and she’ll be ok. So he took her life, and she took his. Till death do us part it says.

[@Moonglow23]

Huh, I really don't think till death do us part applies to the murdering of your spouse

[@morganwhite2176]

@@Moonglow23 Its no laughing matter that they destroyed each others lives so should minus your laughing emoji. A couple is dead, the wife went to prison and the kids lost all their parents, so there’s nothing funny about that.

[@Moonglow23]

@@morganwhite2176 oh I see you have no sense of humor. If you lighten up, you may live longer. Life is full of tragedy and comedy ✨Would a tear satisfy your tender sensibilities? 😭

[@ChrisIrving-et3tf]

Toxic..tragic all the way around. Sad.

[@boop79]

Alot of people in the comments don’t understand narcisstic abuse. You can’t get it unless you lived it

[@juliawindstar]

And Betty is the narcissist. This is what people don't see because the narc (Betty) is a great gaslighter and manipulator. She's got people fooled in this comment section 😂

[@loralieisa]

@@juliawindstar She was a person diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Dan was the narcissist.

[@AmericanPatriot-1776]

I grew up with a narcissist older sister hell bent on destroying me. She almost did because I no longer believed in myself. I fought past that, I finally told her our relationship as sisters was over. I'm married almost 40 years to someone who is good to me, and funny, he had an older sister who was the exact same way. We were both treated like we were idiots. We had my hubby tested, his IQ is 165, mine is 139, so we're not idiots.

[@vickitaylor680]

Sadly, Dan treated her like an adversary in a court case with a coldness he probably used in his practice. I know someone like that. Winning is everything and human feelings don’t matter.

[@rainydaywoman5758]

So what

[@Sharon-fw9qw]

HIS feelings mattered to HIM. but that's All.

[@loisbeyer5336]

We all know more than one someone like that. Unfortunately.

[@kleeamd8274]

​@@Sharon-fw9qwactually it was the other way around. Betty was a narcissist who only cared about herself. All her actions proved that

[@dianecrow6068]

Betty never cared about that cold ruthlessness when it provided her with a luxury lifestyle. She never cared when other people were losing money hand over fist.

[@CoopyKat]

Her husband and his new girlfriend were both creeps. They both drove her to this, but I wish she'd met someone else and moved on and away from that idiot instead of destroying her own life.

[@haintedhouse2990]

with the exception of self defense, you can not instill homicidal violence into someone's psyche, the capacity to murder is either in you or it's not. "i couldn't let him win, you know I had to do it, one of us had to die" says Betty to her oldest daughter. sounds like she was living in a bad western. she was batshit waay before Linda showed up.

[@judithgannon5642]

@@haintedhouse2990 you don't know how she was before "Linda showed up" We know she worked lots of jobs, had lots of pregnancies, no lovers.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@judithgannon5642 sure we know, early friends of the Brodericks remember her verbally abusing Dan with names like 'asshole' and 'faggot' at home and in public. a friend told Betty to ease-up with the insults, her response was "oh he doesn't care." apparently he did care, Betty could really dish it out but was ill-equipped to handle the payback - obviously.

[@catherinegoodman94]

She should be paroled has served enough time.

[@megadevilkitty777]

Unfortunately betty had no emotional support from her family

[@ccc56ccc]

I feel sorry for Betty. I certainly know it takes two to tango and she is certainly no saint. Now I certainly don't think murder was the answer. I don't believe anyone should take a life unless in self defense and you fear for your own life. I do believe that Betty "lost it". I do think she was mentally abused by Dan. I don't think Dan was the nice guy like some want to have you think. First, he should have kept it in his pants, and second, Linda should NOT have been messing around with a married man. That speaks volumes about Linda and knowing he was married with 4 children. I do believe Linda was not good to Betty and being the young immature age Linda was - yeah I can see her sending those nasty things to Betty. So you had a woman here "Betty" who was already broken and Dan and Linda is going to try to break her more? That was not a wise decision because all they did is drive an already stressed out disturbed lady to MURDER. The true heartbreak here is the children. I have so much empathy for the children having to go through something like this. I wished it had never happened. Betty is paying for her crime and has spent many years in prison. I would like to see her get out and try to re-build her life and re-build her life with her children. Betty sacrificed so much to this marriage and worked hard while he was climbing the latter to success. Then she throwed away like an old shoe and replaced with younger leather. Sad! Children be good to your Mom and love her (we all make mistakes). We only have one MAMA.

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

@ccc56ccc thanks for making several good points. Betty has been an abusive victim and I can understand her not admitting to remorse even if at times she feels so. The parole board system is abusing this lady further by their demand that she must feel remorse. This is unacceptable for a condition for release as set forth in this case where extreme mental abusive cruelty was directed by the two deceased towards Betty driving her over the edge! She needs to go HOME. Sooner than later.

[@loralieisa]

@@maryannsinopoli1751 Betty did express remorse at her parole hearings. She referred to Dan and Linda as "two wonderful people." They are not following their own rules. Her daughter Lee wants her mother to live with her.

[@loralieisa]

@@maryannsinopoli1751 No, Betty should just spit it out: I" feel remorse." Her daughter wants her out of there. Three little words she may not even mean.

[@PrincessofPower84]

I miss this show! I used to watch this on Saturday mornings. I've always felt bad for the kids, especially their sons. Imagine being 10 and 13 and having your entire world turned upside down. Very sad. And Rhett looks just like his Dad.

[@loralieisa]

They are all cute kids.THey wound up with theit unkles ex wife for a while. Given the chance I would love to take in beautiful children like them. I would get them alll the help I could.

[@elmobolan4274]

Dan gas lighted her until he was ready to leave....

[@alexandrasymeon5893]

He should have left before he began the affair. It's his fault.

[@elmobolan4274]

@alexandrasymeon5893 he used her to get to the top, and he was aware of his intentions. He said right after he married her that he knew it was a mistake. He should have manned up and left her then....

[@FB.2002]

Toxic men take up for other toxic men, then a lot of men like to destroy women for whatever reason.. Dan was doing these awful things just cause he could, he was flexing his power. He got what he deserved.

[@b.m.t.h.3961]

Most definitely, Dan and the tart deserved what they got.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@b.m.t.h.3961 they didn't deserve to be murdered - only thing sadder than BBoderick are the saps who defend her

[@freshpaint7659]

And vice versa. All of these nuts posting on here justifying murder are as crazy as she still is.

[@charlottebarnes6761]

Betty was much prettier then Linda and much more descent. We love you Betty

[@Mrs.Currie]

*than

[@brenda1005]

Everyone has a limit, and she was pushed to hers.

[@MyMusiclover28]

I don’t condone what Betty did, but I can 100% understand why she did it. The pain, loss and betrayal must’ve felt like a living hell to her. There are no winners on this case, only losers, including the innocent children. Betty has paid enough for her crime. She lost everything, including her freedom. IMHO she should be paroled

[@haintedhouse2990]

personal responsibility and accountability always go down the toilet with Betty Broderick as well as her defenders. she was an impossible to please foul-mouthed pain-in-the-ass years before Linda showed up - she brought all her misery on herself, but like a good sociopath she does her damage then points the finger at everyone else - after all it was Dan's fault that she pulled the trigger 5 times. please.

[@tsukie11]

You can understand?! Wow! We have all been in bad relationships, and many of us have been abused, or been with narcissists and the differences when I was in bad relationships I wanted to kill myself not anyone else and I’m sure I’m not alone in that thought. Betty Broderick is a delusional psychopath. She could have had a life well actually she believes she is having a life. I think the murder of her ex, and his wife gives her happy thoughts every single day, but she could’ve had a real life with her children. She had someone in her life she wasn’t destitute she could’ve had a good life but instead she only thought about herself, she ruined her children’s lives she ruined the lives of the families. She is worthless.

[@zaing4425]

@@haintedhouse2990She’s still alive that’s for sure.

[@onetime7408]

She is unrepentent

[@zaing4425]

@@reality_bites_ You don’t understand because you already took one side which clouds your judgment. At the ends of the day, the children are the true victims and suffered the most, but the adults deserved what they got, and I believe it is a punishment from heaven.

[@blacknbougie8021]

This is why it's important to not build a man up. If a man really wants you he'll come to you whole & at least if he doesn't, he's making it happen himself. It's bad enough Dan discarded Betty but after all she'd done for him - im sure that exasperated the pain. He didn't even have the decency to respect her & try to end things amicably. He WANTED Betty to hurt, after everything she did for him, he handed her his a&& to kiss smh😢. Poor Betty, i hope she gets out one day💔

[@TruthHurtsSoGetAHelmet]

Weird how much Linda resembled a young Betty.

[@dila4834]

The younger version.

[@alexandrasymeon5893]

Linda looked so awkward as she was walking down the aisle with Dan. I mean the real Linda. She walked like a man.

[@missinterpretation4984]

Unsettling kind of

[@loralieisa]

Linda was a plain looking skinny blonde. Betty in her prime was drop dead gorgeous. (pun intended).

[@alexandrasymeon5893]

@@loralieisa Betty was drop dead gorgeous as a young woman. Linda when walking down the aisle with Dan looked so awkward the way she walked. I felt more sorry for Betty than Linda and Dan. They put her through hell. Betty deserved half of the estate and she got barely nothing.

[@cindymcintyre6697]

She's a hero in my opinion

[@Shawn0912]

I agree. I understand her pain.

[@haintedhouse2990]

yes, very brave to ambush 2 sleeping people, land in prison and leave your children with no parents. only a delusional female would find this heroic.

[@LeannMyway]

@@Shawn0912 me too! I live with the same shizzzzz! I hate it!

[@lakesidesusan6745]

Protect yourself now! Get out soon as you can!

[@ronniestar8762]

putting her kids through that and taking lives makes her a hero? shes trash

[@rainydaywoman5758]

She doesn't even cry tears. She just makes her voice high pitched. She murdered two people, she deserves to stay in prison.

[@hollyb6885]

Home-wreckers like Linda need to take note of this case.

[@The_AutumnDiaries]

Big time!

[@jamesmaclean7324]

Her new man had a nice income to.

[@melissalegazpi118]

I agree ☝️

[@hb2862]

Say what? Are you supporting violence based off of a breakup or affair? Wow! Really? Not worth it. I got cheated on. Im not going to prison for that. Moving on is better.

[@hollyb6885]

@@hb2862 No I’m not supporting violence. I’m anti home wrecker. Home wreckers should be aware than most spouses don’t want their homes wrecked. Most will simply take the cheating spouse to the cleaners but some will pull a Batty Broderick.

[@kidgrebo1]

$16k a month is a lot in 2024, it was an insanely how amount in 1989.

[@BelleBlack1]

Thank you for this! Love the old Lifetime movie

[@regalgs51]

You’re welcome. I recorded this 20 years ago when it aired on tv and held onto the VHS tape. This episode cannot be located anywhere on the internet. I finally got around to converting it to a DVD, then uploaded it on here. I’m glad you enjoyed it! Somewhat coincidentally, I converted and uploaded it on November 7 of this year, which was Betty’s 77th birthday.

[@BelleBlack1]

@@regalgs51 Did you think she'd still be in prison 20 years ago when you first recorded this?

[@regalgs51]

@@BelleBlack1yes. Because she won’t say she’s sorry or accept any responsibility. The parole board doesn’t like that.

[@Moonglow23]

@@regalgs51 Betty is too proud and fixed in her opinions so as she is unrepentant, she will probably die in prison. Pride goeth before a fall...

[@marcosjuarez7809]

Oh, Meredith Baxter’s portrayal of Betty Broderick looks more like Elyse Keaton, Alex Keaton’s mom in Family Ties. Amanda Peet’s portrayal of Betty Broderick was somewhat okay but it has no strong conviction. It would be much better if it was a feature film and I have this picture in my mind that Kate Winslet would portray Betty Broderick, Leonardo DiCaprio would portray Dan Broderick, Margot Robbie would portray Linda Kolkena Broderick, and Alyson Hannigan would portray Kerry Wells who was the prosecutor who got Betty Broderick convicted and sent her to prison.

[@MarianaColton0574]

I Feel He Got To What He Deserved. You Don't Play With Anyone's Emotions. Play Fair When It Comes To Divorce Finances and Don't Make the Children Pawns.

[@Netti103]

Finances aside, taking the kids was his BIGGEST mistake. Don’t mess with a LOVING mothers children!!

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@Netti103 oh please. Betty never loved her children otherwise she wouldn't have blown their father's head off. she was more pissed about loosing her perks at Neiman Marcus.

[@misty28882]

Exactly....he used her to get to where he was. He was a narcissist who used his wife! He got what he deserved unfortunately he was a lying narcissistic adulterer

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@misty28882 Betty was an impossible to please high maintenance pain-in-the-ass who eventually blossomed into a hefty foul-mouthed terrorist - i would've ran screaming into the arms of another too.

[@loralieisa]

@@haintedhouse2990 She didn't shoot either them because of perks at Neiman Marcus. Totally ridiculous.nSHE WANTED HER KIDS BACK>

[@lisajeter9511]

Betty has done enough time in prison! It’s time to Free Betty NOW! She’s paid enough

[@haintedhouse2990]

if she wants out all she's gotta do is show some authentic remorse to the parole board - she can't do it, she's still glad they're both dead. she aint goin nowhere

[@bdlimea7018]

Would you feel the same if Betty had murdered someone you love?

[@hlowrylong]

She hasn’t admitted she committed a wrong. She could decide that her children are ‘trying to drive her crazy’, and decide it’s justified to kill one of them. So not only has she not been rehabilitated, she hasn’t seemed to get the therapy she needs. I understand her anger and resentment, and victim mode, but the right type of therapy and medication could have helped her develop resilience. So many women have had her experience, and most of them move on and develop a new life.

[@kimberlymordal7215]

Gaslighting…denial of affair! Made her crazy. No excuse for murder had Linda and Dan lived on he would have cheated on her too! It’s in his character.

[@missinterpretation4984]

Yep. Would have been interesting to see how that would’ve played out. If they really were the type of ppl they seemed, they would have been miserable.

[@loralieisa]

Linda cheated on him with an old boyfriend just prior to the wedding. She was with him for the $$$$

[@emilyperkins9947]

If the roles were reversed, no one would be defending a man for being a psycho... No one would be saying he was driven to it... And all these years later, no one would be saying that he should be released... It's mind boggling

[@Lucky4991]

Both of her sons are gorgeous!!

[@adwoamk8918]

Perfectly said. 'Betty was acting out of desperation' 'Dan is acting out of control'

[@TheresaCullen-ey8rw]

Betty did right men should not treat women like dirt x

[@helenal.7881]

The Narrator has no idea what a basketcase Betty is. Betty just refused to get over her rage

[@boop79]

Not true at all. Dan drove her crazy

[@helenal.7881]

@@boop79 Not true at all. Betty drove everyone crazy. Everyone else just dealt w her histrionic/Borderline Personality Disorder in far more constructive ways (like Dan divorcing her so he could try and have some peace for example). But Betty wouldn’t let that happen.

[@psarahgalarneau]

I can’t believe I had to scroll this far to find a sane person in these comments. Betty’s narrative is complete BS. Nobody drove her to this, she wanted to do this for years. These days if you make homicidal threats like she did, you get put on a psych hold. As it should be. The only thing Dan did wrong was marrying a narcissist like Betty.

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

@@helenal.7881 you on Mars? Linda was an evil one to deal with. Never allowing Betty to get past her to speak to Dan. That alone will stir up enormous anger issues. Now, free from that turmoil, the only road out that was an automatic nervous system response!

[@helenal.7881]

@@maryannsinopoli1751 you’re not even in this solar system!! You obviously have NOT watched the trial!!! If you said you did and still come to the conclusion you posted you’re lying! Watch the trail!!!! Betty was the EVIL ONE TO DEAL with!!! It’s actually very sad that Dan didn’t pull The trigger on Betty first. She is one batsh!t woman. It’s sad but true.

[@helenal.7881]

So needless. Betty was beautiful and smart! She did not have to resort to double murder. Tragic

[@judithgannon5642]

She was still slim and beautiful when he left. She went fat and nuts, unfortunately. Because a lot of women of her then social station find another rich man. Of course their husbands don't keep control and psychologically abuse them. Even Henry 8 gave an ex wife a house and didn't rent it to her.

[@haintedhouse2990]

smart people don't resort to double murder.

[@helenal.7881]

@@haintedhouse2990 i totally agree of course with you but what I mean is she had the intelligence to go forward and make something of her life w/out Dan. But she chose rage and jealousy instead.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@helenal.7881 you are correct and she had chances to move forward - a decent settlement, nice ocean-front home and a new boyfriend so she chooses murder, prison and abandoning her kids. hard to feel bad for her.

[@lucyterrier7905]

Interesting Linda looks like Betty's younger sister.

[@sorangjung8140]

Nah I would say Linda looks like a much younger cousin of Betty’s

[@elsagarcia887]

I went through a horrible marriage I didn't have to do anything..God said revenge is mine God almighty told care my biggest problem. I'm living very happy now amen.

[@janekingsmill4280]

Betty is nuts from the beginning. She had no right to kill them

[@CharlotteKeyser-o9o]

Agree. She was nuts before she married him

[@juliawindstar]

Agree

[@Lilibear-1]

He was no saint either he was an asshole and Linda a hie they deserved each other till the end

[@christineribone9351]

it was well known that linda was a gold digger. She targeted wealthy guys and was passed around. Mr. B. probably slept with her even before he hired her at his office. Linda wasmt his.first infidelity. He wss runnong around on Betty for a long long time. He used Linda all the time he was going to school. once he got his career underway, he was looking for a way to have both worlds. He gaslit Linda for decades, never giving her emotional peace. He enjoyed manipulating her and driving her crazy. Its part of his narcissistic perdonality disorder. Poor Betty wore her heart on her sleeve. She was the ultimate victim. When it came to the divorce, he had the upper hand all the way. It is a "good old boys" system, and he pulled all the ropes. She was out of her league at game playing. He slayed her first in the legal battle, the family situation, and the financial arenas. She was reamed. Ultimately, her raw emotions took over. She lost it and crossed the line. At some point, they both knew it was a deadly battle.

[@haintedhouse2990]

BBroderick was an impossible-to-please foul-mouthed handful years before Linda came along, addressing Dan as "asshole" and "faggot" in front of friends and co-workers. maybe she would've got a fair shake from Dan if she could've refrained from leaving messages for "Linda the c*nt" or tried parking her car in front of his house, not through his front door.

[@a.p4066]

There is no justification for murdering people in their sleep. Betty will definitely have a miserable end in prison

[@christineribone9351]

@@a.p4066 Are you talking to me? I never never said killing them was "justified".

[@a.p4066]

@@christineribone9351 In calling her “the ultimate victim” you appeared to justify her actions. She was never a victim but a women scorned

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@a.p4066 Betty says she feels safer in prison than out in the world, which makes no sense since she executed the 2 humans who she was obsessed with - totally batshit.

[@lostallhope675]

His own secretary before he hired linda for her position, quit cause she was disgusted on how she was treated, he gave linda more money then her who was working for him longer and was more experienced. She saw the nonsense going on between Dan an Linda.

[@loralieisa]

She wasn't providing extra servicesbthat he sought.

[@deborahcooper9085]

I don’t agree with murder at all but Dan was begging for it. You don’t keep children away from their mother. Dan is the one that should have lost 90% of his estate to Betty due to his infidelity. At least that’s the case in Texas if infidelity can be proven. Linda should never have allowed the children to be used against Betty. She found out didn’t she. I hope the children are doing well.

[@alexandrasymeon5893]

Yes, Linda was just as much a part of the gaslighting of Betty as Dan was. The middle daughter told the court that Dan and Linda would call Betty names like the beast, ect...

[@haintedhouse2990]

please. the future of her children meant nothing otherwise she wouldn't have blown their father's brains out leaving them with no parents.

[@loralieisa]

@@haintedhouse2990 Are you up voting your own comment here?

[@newnormal1841]

Dan the monster. 🤺💐

[@haintedhouse2990]

Betty the beast.

[@newnormal1841]

@@haintedhouse2990. I have empathy with Betty. Shes done the minimum time. Dan lied and denied. Typical text book sadistic narcissist. Sets up a wicked scenario then blames Betty. Dan was a user. Used Betty up. Forced his children to live an amoral life. Dan did not attempt to make an amicable separation. Well he's/shes in heaven. Karma ? Is Betty a dangerous threat ? I don't think so, but who knows ? Children - son said he'd like her to come home. Are you looking for her remorse, your revenge, retaliation? Penitentiary - repent She admitted As long as she doesn't repeat offend -marry an adulterer esp if he- husband prospect- is a known adulterer cheater, fornicator. 32 yrs. Long time. Do you think she would do it again ? I don't think so but who knows ? She could start groups, write books, ? How to recognize monsters before it eats one? 🤺💐

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@newnormal1841 Betty had been trained by her strict parents to look for a motivated catholic, marry and start raking in the bucks - love was not required. She never loved Dan, he was her investment. I doubt she loved her children as much as she claimed, otherwise she wouldn't have blown their father's brains out. She was in love with the lifestyle and her perks at Neiman Marcus, not Dan Broderick.

[@alexandrasymeon5893]

@@haintedhouse2990 The same goes for Dan. He did not love her. Only for her paying the bills while he went to med and law school.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@alexandrasymeon5893 so they didn't love each other but 2 people are still in their graves, family member's lives ruined and 4 kids lost their parents cause Betty got dumped - her sense of entitlement is disgusting.

[@creolelady182]

Betty Broderick was typical of women in her day who saw marriage and family as her whole identity and I would have to blame the Catholic Church on this . Once she lost that man and family- that was it for her.

[@TheHighPriestessStudio]

Dan gaslighting her and slandering her as a mother didn’t help. I feel she was pushed to the edge of no return. He played with her. Everyone has a breaking point. No a single one of us are perfect. And even though she was getting $14k a month once you are used to a certain lifestyle it’s hard to break. She stood by him and gave up so much dedication to see him right. Yes she made a mistake. But it’s easier to see when others make mistakes. Stop judging her none of us here has that right, there’s a greater judge we all will face.

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@missinterpretation4984]

I relate to her in a certain way where when you’re raised strict religious in a cold environment and you work so hard to follow all the rules but life doesn’t turn out. It’s like every single time you bit your tongue and shut your mouth and accepted abuse with a smile just wants to come flying out in rage. My situation isn’t comparable to hers and I don’t think I could ever hurt someone but I just know that pinned up good girl rage feeling. It’s intense.

[@haintedhouse2990]

during Betty's early 'sacrifices' she was also a foul-mouthed pain in the ass addressing Dan as "faggot" and "asshole" in front of friends and co-workers. she was verbally/physically abusive years before Linda came around. i would've ran screaming into somebody else's arms as well.

[@FreddieandBrenda]

Linda knew Dan was married! While Dan was denying the affair, he paid for Linda’s apartment, teeth and bought her a car! Sorry I don’t feel bad for Dan and Linda.. Do I believe in murder, no , but they continued to harass Betty until she snapped! I think Betty should get out of jail, she’s in her 70’s now and no threat to no one

[@elizabethsalvatore1633]

This was a great series called “ Dirty John”. Holly Robinson Peet did a fantastic job of making Betty so real in the series.( Netflix?) Dan was played by Christian Slater. He was great as Dan, BUT , Holly really did a fantastic job in the series.💯‼️* BTW, in my opinion, HE DESERVED IT! He treated her like poop! She was plowed over like a snow mound!

[@BelleBlack1]

There's a Lifetime movie from the early 90s that spins Betty as the psycho one. Who knows what the truth is.

[@triciadevereaux9601]

Holly Robinson Peete didn’t play Betty, Amanda Peet did.

[@haintedhouse2990]

Once again Netflix re-writes history making Betty look more like Joan of Arc rather than a domestic terrorist.

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

@elizabethsalvatore1. I agree with your comment posted. She was so abused by both of the deceased. She is 76, a senior, who has spent too much time behind bars as often thought of as a punishment prerequisite of the legal community of peers of Dan Broderick whether fact or a falsehood? Being kept in prison because she will not utter mere words for remorse- is a total uncalled for outrage. She must not remain a legal pawn any further by this system which doesn’t wish to comprehend instability from all sects of abuse, legal, court actions, jealous retribution’s, all directed at Betty from numerous entities. She did not set out to murder; rather she was driven from insanity, her automatic nervous system took complete control over her being, rendering her helpless for all actions! These courts must start to truly realize the ramifications these contributing factors take upon a female’s mind, actions, when under this severe debilitating malice called abuse! It is a real hindrance to emotional health and well being. She could never even speak to her ex husband over a telephone as Linda took over control, even at their office! Too many factors overlooked and not taken into consideration for the complete degradation of Betty Broderick. The legal system needs repair! Each person has their own coping skills which do break down over repeated performances of turmoil. Free Betty, suffer no further- free Betty- it is time to let her go HOME!

[@jenntj7488]

Anger never makes you thinks clearly… Teach your kids how to handle their emotions especially anger . Decision out of anger never ends well . She is perfect example of it ,ruined her hard work dedication for her family , all for nothing gone … all she had to do was control her madness think of her issues in clear calm manner and most importantly should’ve let him go … no matter how hard painful it was

[@chimi1924]

I side with her.

[@PhotoAmbrosia]

Dan was a narcissist and he pushed her to her limit. He asked for it and she gave it to him. He thought he had control-nope. He never should have underestimated her!! I think Betty had no choice but to win at least once.

[@Batman-jc5uc]

Betty is right where she belongs, in jail. No matter how bad her ex husband was, there's no excuse to murder him and his new wife. Betty should have used all her energy that she used to hate her ex husband and channeled it into loving her children. Betty is incapable of moving on. That was her downfall.

[@bdlimea7018]

Wow, I'm shocked at all the people excusing someone who murdered two people.

[@GenX7119]

​@@Batman-jc5ucand he is right where he belongs🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Batman-jc5uc]

@oglxxi7337 So I guess you're a supporter of murder.

[@catherineharcourt8592]

They were both narcissist most likely. But to hate X more than loving the kids is a terrible way to live, like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. Terrible for children. She was narcissistic too.

[@mistydaniellegoodman4674]

Wow she is something else wow

[@MsMusicmaniac2]

who?

[@angelabrundrett6408]

Thought I’d seen everything on this case. Apparently not! Thanks for posting.

[@judithgannon5642]

And this doesn't tell all. That divorce dragged on a long time and "things were done"

[@sunnyshonte5367]

Yeah it's crazy because I've literally seen everything on this subject but I don't remember seeing this

[@hazelpearson7807]

She’s done her bit and should be allowed to live out her life now in freedom. The public are at no risk from this woman her focus was and still is her ex husband and the woman that knowingly started an affair with a married man. There would have been no peace for Betty with them walking the planet, not enough alimony in the world or new men in her life was going to calm the torment his betrayal caused her.

[@rosamaryful2]

That NASTY friend of Dan and Linda’s KNEW and probably helped SEND those DISRESPECTFUL MESSAGES to Betty. That’s one of the reason’s why LINDA is “laying” and Betty is “standing”

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@Krissy8319]

Facts!

[@cazzag9526]

Went through an eerily similar situation with my ex husband. Nobody got shot but if I had a gun i honestly think I would have used it. Its horrible how divorce, affairs, the legal system, potentially losing your kids has such an impact on your mental health and sanity.

[@rebeccacrocker5322]

Dan was wrong how he did this...i feel for Betty

[@dila4834]

Yes. He took everything from her and dropped her.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@dila4834 she was an impossible to please foul-mouthed pain in the ass who loved to dish it out but was totally ill-equipped to handle the payback.

[@mindyourbizok]

​@@dila4834 He didn't take anything to Betty. He had the right to have an affair.

[@dila4834]

@mindyourbizok I worked 3 jobs when my husband lost his computer programming job. I put him through school to become a Therapist. I paid the mortgage, private school for our daughter and all expenses. Good thing he didn't act like Dan. He would have found himself in a similar place.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@dila4834 you're a saint. love to hear his version.

[@socorromedrano7399]

Accepting the "Battle" is lost, is of the most importance.

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

Doesn’t Linda choose a wedding date that was symbolic to Betty and Dan? I am sure I remember some date set for Linda’s wedding to Dan that was in April, and of significant importance to Betty when with Dan!

[@missinterpretation4984]

Yeah why would you get married in the same month??

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

@@missinterpretation4984 to harass Betty that jealous, control freak Linda did on spite I bet!

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

Because Linda found an evil pleasure to push Betty over the edge. I am happy it backfired on Evil Linda! Remorse is bull under such a malicious other female - free Broderick.

[@brendaleverick3655]

When Dan dumped her, Betty should have just given him and Linda the kids and taken the $9000/month. She could have rested, relaxed, gotten massages, therapy from a Psychiatrist, along with an anti-depressant and a tranquilizer. She could have joined a gym, gone on a diet, and become a regular church attender. She could have begun dating someone new and started a new life. But, we women are not always that reason- able.

[@zeldapowers8094]

Sounds ideal, but it’s more complicated than that in a lot of ways. I think she should have used it to upgrade herself and get a revenge body and start a new life; eventually be healthy enough to mother her kids again…would’ve been great for everyone. Dan and Linda probably wouldn’t have lasted either. Betty could’ve been the winner in the long run if she had better hold of her wild emotions

[@LINDACOSTA-fu7ku]

THE 4 KIDS GROW UP TO BE LOVELY PEOPLE, SHE MUST BE THANKFUL FOR THAT, BETTY HAD HER HEART BROKEN BY DAN ITS THAT SIMPLE THANK YOU,

[@haintedhouse2990]

her heart wasn't broken, the Broderick marriage was more like a business deal (her son's quote) love was not required. Betty was more pissed about loosing her perks at Neiman Marcus.

[@amberam7437]

Free Betty!

[@sadaf6998]

I most totally agree… she should be free.

[@kleeamd8274]

​@@sadaf6998no. She should rot in jail where she belongs & luckily she very likely will :)

[@roshelltannen9698]

Betty was hard working, smart, and stylish. She helped make him. He used her. I'm not saying killing him was right. It wasn't. I feel for their children, but I certainly understand her. And she should be released. They're still punishing her.

[@loralieisa]

Murdering them was wrong but I know her blood boiled to the point she had to do it and couldn't help her self.

[@roshelltannen9698]

@loralieisa I feel Betty. I loved Netflix's series about her. It humanized her. Dan wasn't a good person.

[@ShellyBomb]

⚖️ ~ Broderick vs. Broderick and subsequent cold blooded murders shook the San Diego legal community & beyond! I lived here then, my father a trial attorney knew Dan Broderick professionally --- the demise of Dan & Linda's marriage was well known, and, many sided with Dan; especially once Betty's unhinged behavior begins to surface. It's all so sad and heartbreaking 💔 - in the end there were NO winners ... 😢

[@loveisthekey7]

Free my girl Betty

[@MsLemon1971]

She should be freed. That whole legal system in San Diego failed her from the settlement after the divorce and especially after the murders.

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

Exactly! Free Betty!

[@gaifawcett9760]

I was married to a male just like Betty. I learnt from that marriage that there is an evil in this world that you cannot see or touch, but will suck the very life from you. If it doesnt seem right, its not. No benefit of the doubt!

[@Lilibear-1]

Did you cheat on your husbands with a younger man?

[@Mrs.Currie]

I hope you're doing ok these days! Yes... I know what you mean by the evil in a relationship that sucks the life out of you, very slowly one word/ moment at a time.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

That gold necklace gift was a nasty thing to do.

[@haintedhouse2990]

agree. and those 5 bullets she fired - super nasty!

[@loralieisa]

@@haintedhouse2990 Dan looking for a hit man to kill betty. Wonder hiw nant=y bullets he would have fired.

[@Lilibear-1]

I thought the same

[@rhondabitler5474]

It's uncanny how much young Betty resembles Linda to a point.

[@Mrs.Currie]

Yes... sometimes I can't tell who they're showing a photo of, they look so similar

[@gracesanity6314]

Betty was never well. She would be hard to deal with.

[@sandradee1579]

The catalyst for all of Betty's behavior was rejection. Period.

[@skel760]

Period. Lol. The catalyst to all of Betty’s behavior was narcissistic abuse, gaslighting and legal/financial abuse. Period.

[@sandradee1579]

Betty was never abused legally or financially nor do I believe Dan was a narcissist. What spurned Betty's behavior was rejection, anger & jealousy hence Dan set boundaries she didn't adhere to. In a div agreement she had the world on a string & fkd it up. Her emotions clouded her judgement.

[@dianecrow6068]

Betty was drained because she was attacking Dan all the time instead of working on developing a life of her own. She wasn't being attacked by Dan, he was pushing back against her attacks against his property and his new wife. He had never had any life with her in that Balboa Park mansion.

[@manonlaviggne1085]

And you know that how?

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@manonlaviggne1085 i never believed Betty's claims of continued harassment from Dan & Linda - they both wanted to forget about her insanity. favorite BBroderick quote: "I just wanted them to leave me alone" says the woman who calls them everyday with profanity and makes her entrance through the front door of their house with her car.

[@judithgannon5642]

"his property"

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

All seem here to forget; Dan was a big wheel of a title with the Bar Association if I am recalling it correctly. He had connections. All too sadly, connections stick together, sometimes enabling what should not be possible under normal conditions or circumstances??? Guessing!

[@loralieisa]

@@haintedhouse2990 Linda didn;t live in the house when she drove through the door, He was holding her children hostage with his tart friend.

[@opaulamorgan4265]

Betty's anger and rage was more about Dan's betrayal. The money was important, and the only way to try and get back at Dan for what he had done to her. She was jealous of Linda because she had taken her place in Dan's life. she wanted to continue to be Mrs. Dan Broderick and enjoy the lifestyle she had become accustomed to as his wife. She felt that Dan"owed" her for all the years she had sacrificed helping him through law school and medical school and his betrayal was more than she could take. I think that Betty intentionally killed Dan and Linda, she felt that they deserved to die because of what they had done to her. Unfortunately, her anger at Dan took precedence over the welfare of the children who are now without either of their parents. I feel a lot of empathy for Betty but she is not the only women whose husband betrayed her, but despite being smart and capable, and not left penniless, she just couldn't let go and move on with her own life and it had devastating consequences for everyone involvolved.

[@sheriwright5411]

Team Betty. Dan wanted everything his way.. Even when they split. He was a lawyer, he had friends. She didnt have a chance. Did he split things evenly?? Since she put her life on hold to support him through law school, then his practice. Linda rubbed things in her face. Sending fat n wrinkle cream ads. He n Linda cheated all along. Linda is a younger version of Betty. They pushed this woman over the edge. Im sorry. But im siding with Betty. They destroyed this poor woman.And her entire life.

[@haintedhouse2990]

Betty destroyed her own life, made up half the shit about being sent wrinkle cream ads - no proof. she was an impossible to please handful who eventually blossomed into a hefty foul-mouthed terrorist. i would've ran screaming into the arms of another too.

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

You are so correct. I believe Linda was the nasty player , jealous of Betty’s past life connection with Dan. She tried to anger Betty to no end, she had an evil streak in her character, is exactly how I feel about Linda. San Diego had no ethics to keep this trial here, none whatsoever! And, to top that off, holding it to Christmas time when jurors wish to be home! Courts are aware of this…. Further abuse of Betty Broderick, no doubt! So, now, the Parole Board, hinders this abuse even further, with sick word remorse, why, what a set-up, from a system that revered Dan The Attorney!

[@loralieisa]

Betty in her prime was a gorgeous woman Linda is nothing to look at with a plane square face. Her body was slim and that's all she had.They were both blonde and that's where the similarities ended.Oh I forgot they both had an overbite. I don't understand how Dan put his children through all that,never mind his wife but then again he was a narcissist.

[@dianekeane7740]

If there was something "not quite right" about Betty from the beginning, then most certainly, the same could be said of Dan. He exploited and then gaslighted Betty with a vengeance. In response to all the: "why didn't Betty just move on?," Dan's cruel and calculating abuse towards his wife and the mother of his four children made that impossible. And to all those: "men leave their wives for younger women all the time," what in the hell kind of consolation is that to a woman driven completely over the edge by a callous, unfaithful husband? Dan was literally playing a game of Russian roulette by continuing to taunt Betty and break her down. Dan not only asked for Betty to retaliate against him and Linda; he positively demanded it, and he almost always got what he wanted. Almost.

[@haintedhouse2990]

Betty Broderick was a high maintenance impossible-to-please pain-in-the-ass who eventually blossomed into a hefty foul-mouthed terrorist - i would've ran screaming into someone else's arms too.

[@dennisgoff3056]

Betty went crazy 😢.

[@haintedhouse2990]

she was batshit waay before Linda showed up.

[@lianadevilliers9058]

Im all for Betty!!

[@pinaopina]

When she got cheated on was on 1983 the murders happened in 1989. It wasn’t jealousy it was his ex bullying her and gaslighting her abusing his power in the courts against her. He used her economically to make it to law school.

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@hipatiadealejandria2452]

After 10 years and 7 pregnancies she was not any more the bombshell he had married meanwhile he seemed to blossom even physically , so "it s time to switch for a new model". I can not understand why this poor woman still stays in prison after 30 years.

[@ohwell94]

The only ones I felt sorry for were the children

[@haintedhouse2990]

i also feel for the surviving members of the Brodericks and Kolkenas, having to deal with the nerve of Betty thinking she had the right to snuff out 2 lives.

[@b.m.t.h.3961]

​@haintedhouse2990 Maybe the families of Dan and Linda should have taught them about loyalty and integrity? Linda was known to chase married men, she was a disgrace

[@ohwell94]

@@b.m.t.h.3961 it takes two to break up a marriage and as far as I can tell ALL of the 3 principle adults involved hold some part of responsibility

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@b.m.t.h.3961maybe Betty's family should've taught her it's not alright to blow your husbands brains out even when your pain-in-the-ass persona has sent him screaming into the arms of another.

[@loralieisa]

@@haintedhouse2990 You are so ridiculously hateful. You probably need to seek help. What you aare writing in not normal.

[@NeldonGentry]

Linda should have found her own family instead of taking someone else. Dan was an abusive user & got what he wanted. Free Free Free Betty He was no good😢

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@djr6876]

Like the son inferred, it was more a contract than a marriage and Dan broke that contract. Unforgivable, In Betty’s mind.

[@marcosjuarez7809]

But she murdered her ex-husband and his new wife out of her jealousy. Betty Broderick was a jealous woman she depended on him for money and most troubled marriages have ended because of financial difficulties. It’s about money and not infidelity.

[@loisbeyer5336]

I naively married someone like that, a contract marriage. No relationship. He pretended until he got me there. All an arrangement. Repulsive. I left. Betty could have gone to law school. I'm quite sure she would have been admitted. But she had to WIN and she's ok with being in prison for this. He wasn't even a true husband, I dropped my "Dan" before he had any girlfriends. I think Betty should have been on birth control. I know she was a Catholic and I know she wanted a large family, but Dan was abusive from the get-go.

[@loisbeyer5336]

I saw Rhett on tv once, he said that his parents marriage wasn't at all about love, that it was an arrangement. She had the kids and he supported them. My ex had a first wife. I once asked his brother did they love each other, and they had twice as many kids as the Brodericks. His brother said he never saw any love or affection in many years of marriage, that the wife and daughters served the meals and the husband and men did whatever, and I couldn't find a single photo of the two of them together - just her with a kiddie and him with a kiddie. He told me he "made a living" and his first wife BORE the children......yes, she BORE them. Like a machine. He seemed very surprised when I wanted to sit next to him at the dining room table, and didn't want me to touch him. Queer. I don't pose as the wife. Betty was beautiful at her wedding, Dan was a poor student. She could have found a true husband who wanted a normal life, but maybe brought home the average living wage. I'd rather live in a small rented apartment than the way I was living in the melodrama. I couldn't take it. It was sucking the life out of me.

[@marcosjuarez7809]

@@loisbeyer5336 An arrangement because it was Betty Broderick who arranged the arrangements because she manipulating Dan. She wants someone to love her, but she arranged. Maybe, that’s because you didn’t know that Betty once threw a bottle of ketchup at Dan. I’ve seen the Betty Broderick case on American Justice with Bill Kurtis. Most people don’t know who Betty Broderick really is did not see American Justice with Bill Kurtis. Oh, Betty Broderick, before the second trial began, was insubordinate when prison guards were taking Betty to solidarity confinement for acting up.

[@marcosjuarez7809]

@@loisbeyer5336 Oh, Betty Broderick has come from a large Catholic family. Her parents were strict Catholics who want to have all the expectations of their children, but they never taught her how to shallow the pride that she had.

[@3x3mm]

I remember this story from back in the day the movie story also.

[@loralieisa]

The movie was fiction and made it appear linda and dan got together after he separated from Betty,

[@coolcat3452]

He drove her to the wall!…lessons to loose men!!