Religious housewife and mother of two turned out to be a monster with an axe

This is the true story of a religious housewife who is suspected of a terrible crime. No one could have foreseen such an outcome.
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[@curlyhairedkayla8239]

Striking someone 41 times is self defense? I’m finding her story hard to believe

[@jamiecronin967]

Candy was well liked and popular while Betty was shy and didn’t have friends. That was probably the reason why Candy got away with it. A lack of empathy for Betty because she wasn’t popular.

[@Hagridslefttoee]

Once or twice is self-defense. The minute Betty was not fighting back that was no longer self defense, Candy deserved jail time. Especially since she didn’t call the cops and left the baby there.

[@williepearl278]

Part of their defense was that at one point during their argument Betty wanted Candy to be quiet (I’m not sure what her exact words to candy were) and this triggered Candy. Apparently her mother would talk to her that way when she was a kid and she supposedly had a flashback and became enraged. Supposedly this is why she hit Betty with the axe so many times, but I’m calling billshit.

[@Hagridslefttoee]

@@williepearl278 I believe that’s bullshit as well, regardless of what happened Candy needed/deserved jail

[@williepearl278]

@@Hagridslefttoee I completely agree

[@yung_bonsai]

@@williepearl278 Also, if the show is to be believed, she literally took a sedative right before this happened.

[@MyLolle]

exactly!

[@momomo768]

Her name is now Candace Wheeler for anyone who is interested in avoiding her as a doctor

[@Ophanim_Cherub1.4]

Was the husband implicated?

[@kinged6792]

😂😂

[@xoliswamutambala5622]

This is terrible that it's a true story. that she showered, didn't call the police, left the baby crying... found innocent. May that woman's soul rest in peace and all women like her.

[@canadapapers]

Ya so true

[@shij5741]

IDC I think Allen knew

[@missmoanypants]

The other series about this event paints the victim as very unlikable. It’s almost like they wanted you to be on Candy’s side from the jump.

[@dalecooper9942]

Everything about this story is sad

[@TheMediaMicSpeaks]

What the movie didn't show was that her defense lawyer actually held the axe up to her and she was hysterical on the stand almost uncontrollable. This was the turning point as the jurors had never experienced anything like this prompting them to believe that she needs help rather than jail. Also, the movie didn't mention that when the sheriff searched Candy's home they found a novel that she had been reading about an axe murder that happened on Friday the 13th. Circumstantial at best, but who knows. All in All I believe she got away with murder. She would have been convicted today.

[@canadapapers]

Ya sickning

[@kathleenboswell8293]

She struck her 41 times if she was claiming self defence why not stop after the first two blows. Like jurors are dumb and everyone who believe that shit

[@portostrengthunion]

Ehhhh, white women rarely get convicted of murder even nowadays

[@nicoleparreira1024]

How do you know she had been reading the book?

[@TheMediaMicSpeaks]

@@nicoleparreira1024 Like I saidddddd the investigators found the book. Most likely it was book marked! Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

[@ovrlk811]

Alan gore wasn’t a victim in this like how he is portrayed, he literally gave his kids away to their maternal grandparents after his wife’s death and got a new wife with children, truly a despicable story.

[@sharenaruth9447]

Wait AL GOREEEE 🤯🤯

[@Kncperseus]

Doesn't sound that despicable to me. He sounds like a loser yes, but not despicable.

[@mobilegamestrial6972]

leaving your children to be taken care of by someone else isn't despicable? have some standards

[@Kncperseus]

@@mobilegamestrial6972 I've seen far more despicable acts. Standards today are a miracle.

[@ChrisDaAce27]

Nah the wife is despicable

[@CM-gz1if]

the fact that evil woman became a mental health counselor is perhaps the scariest part after the number of killing and leaving a starving baby unattemded for all night. It is scary wondering how many hidden paychopaths or deeply sick people who are in psychology or psychiatry professions.

[@CM-gz1if]

who in their right mind would see a let go murderer as a therapist? And worse allow her to be a therapist in the first place.

[@orsolyaritter7292]

The fact that she did not feel remorse and only wanted to prove it was self defense is so terrible. I am still not sure that Betty attacked her first. This case was so incredibly unjust. They let her go after brutally killing a mother of two.

[@jamiecronin967]

A mother of three. Her unborn baby too.

[@zizojaezekeom3565]

For the remorse part , i was attacked (bullied) by a classmate and i broke her nose and i felt no remove however i didn't bother explaining to Them why i did it because everyone knew and saw her bullying me and they did nothing

[@naiadolling]

@@zizojaezekeom3565I mean Candy was sleeping with this woman’s husband, pretending to be her friend and providing false support while messing with her man for the last two years or so- I feel like that’s a lot different than your story. You seem like you were standing up for yourself from a jerk- Candy was the jerk, which is the difference here.

[@roseandrews8523]

J.T. was the cop who investigated his wife as a potential killer? STOP 🤣💀

[@heygerald]

Imagine finding out she's the shrink you been seeing for 5 years

[@otmossampacado1550]

Well shrinks have high percentage of people with fucked personal lives

[@asmrful]

I just realized now that one of the cops is Justin Timberlake 😮

[@BlackberryTitties]

😂😂😂 I read this the same time I seen it!!!! Hilarious!

[@babaelihumachine2644]

Really?where?

[@littlegreenbean3848]

@@babaelihumachine2644the main cop that investigates

[@Faerygodessmrb]

I call bullshit on her self defense story. Betty was tired from being a stay at home mom, plus her baby was still so young, so she was most likely sleep deprived from the baby. I don't believe that she grabbed that ax and threatened her. Psycho was just mad cause Betty's husband ended their affair. It's obvious she lied, and that she was, is a narcissist.

[@24kRobot]

Man, I am super impressed with the art, costume design, and set dressing and locations. They really nailed that era. Hairdos, clothes, cars. The Tupperware! Major nostalgia. Thanks for summing up this movie for us.

[@h.dungore839]

I like how you can shot someone on their back on your property and it’s considered a murder instead of self-defense cuz the intruder is running away from you, but killing a woman by stabbing her 41 times is not considered a murder🤷‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@allisonlew4508]

She probably got off b/c she was "religious".

[@AgentSickOrange]

No because she's a woman

[@otmossampacado1550]

Also because she is a female n the idea of the angelic image of a female being evil was unfathomable

[@RavennaRose928]

Oh yeah that happens. I'm sure you heard of the Nationwide story about that woman who hit 3 kids that were getting on the bus in Indiana. I live in the area. She got a short sentence because of her community ties and because she was a "good Christian girl". She literally had NOT ONE OUNCE OF REMORSE FOR THE KIDS SHE KILLED. She did not care. Didn't try to check on the kids she hit. Asked a guy what she hit and he said you hit a bunch of kids and probably killed them all! All she did was get back in her vehicle and called her lawyer and cop friend.

[@CM-gz1if]

the devil in sheep’s clothing…

[@zizojaezekeom3565]

​@@otmossampacado1550that's not true, women get punished worse because they are held to higher standards than men, it was because she's religious and white

[@Thepateisgreat]

Candy was a giant WEIRDO who was good at playing a wholesome normal person. Terrifying how many candys there are in the world, we pass them on the street/ in the grocery store every day. It’s insane to think about.

[@thescarletbaroness]

Now she 'helps' mentally unwell people. Glorious Justice System

[@pennivalenti6602]

I remember this story when it happened. They seemed the most unlikely people that this would happen to. The killer, seemed like she would be the last person you would expect to do something like this. But, it goes to show you that you never truly know what not only goes on in other peoples homes, and definitely what is going on in their head.

[@PrivateCitizen-oz6bo]

Wow, you must be like old.

[@DontBeToldWhatToThink]

It only happened to her because of her husband though

[@teresianjenga1211]

This is sick😢

[@julieoluna8887]

Very.

[@Ironworker69]

Jessica Biel played this so well and convincing

[@jesteralfonso8409]

Totally agreed to the other comments! Candy is no innocent woman she had an affair with his husband's friend. And because of it the wife became unstable and tried to kill her but things turned around. All that happened should have prevented if she did not cheat. And now she has the chance to have quite and good life as psychiatris.

[@sheridaninnes5190]

Pat was the WORST I think he actually stayed with her after everything.. what a poor excuse of a man.

[@roguejester4986]

Last I checked they divorced.

[@toobaaaapi]

It shows in the above video that they divorced after 4 years, maybe the reason he stayed with her even for those four years was because he felt guilty that his behavior turned his wife into a monster.

[@otmossampacado1550]

​@@toobaaaapii doubt u can turn anyone into a monster by refusing to sleep with them

[@jamiecronin967]

Probably because Candy kept having affairs. She is a true psychopath.

[@toobaaaapi]

@@otmossampacado1550 absolutely, but many people don't know that, maybe her husband in his guilt and pain started blaming himself, I am not saying he was right in thinking so, but he might have been blaming himself, some people have the tendency to do that.

[@beck1365]

Betty’s husband played by the creepiest bad guy ever on Law & Order SVU

[@lorensdeguz8877]

Barba helped someone get away with murder 😂

[@pamelalansbury94]

Imagine cheating on your wife so your wife takes a job as a woman who cheats on her husband and murders her affair partner’s wife….so you take a bit part in your wife’s movie as a cop who lets the murderer go.

[@justagirlandherphone]

Haha, I see what you did there...

[@edjackson4389]

😂

[@joelizak6772]

I wonder if she's still a practicing psychologist? Wow! I wonder if she's on that better help app!

[@757Princess]

I know this wasn’t a joke but 😂😂😂

[@au_barb]

💀💀

[@luckyduck2022]

It’s crazy a killer got away with murder. Women need to be held accountable just like men. It’s sickening to know the Candy in real life never got jail time and now working as a mental health counselor. The irony of this sad story. She left the baby alone in the e house after she murdered the mother. Now she’s living among us freely; what a messed up world we are in.

[@tessajones9393]

Love and Death is a really good tv show with Elizabeth Olsen of the same story.

[@missvivian8026]

Is that Justin timberlake in a movie with his wife

[@canadapapers]

I thought so

[@carli.savedbygrace]

Yes it’s him

[@bluelilly22222]

Your country's laws are as messed up as our's(India)....always criminal gets victimised n victims gets criticised, due to the loop holes in the system.... Wow😢

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

It’s not like that anymore. This incident happened in 1980. States take rape and murder very seriously today, even in liberal states like mine (Massachusetts.)

[@wanya_telborn]

Um hood up even back then we are still NOT AT ALL LIKE INDIA Geez

[@ebayerr]

TV Mini Series with five episodes.(Mon, May 9, 2022-Fri, May 13, 2022) Jessica Biel as Candy Montgomery Melanie Lynskey (She was Rose on Two and a Half Men) as Betty Gore The killing took place in Wylie, Texas, on June 13, 1980.

[@julieoluna8887]

Thank you.

[@julieoluna8887]

Is there also a film?

[@ebayerr]

@@julieoluna8887 You're welcome

[@ebayerr]

@@julieoluna8887 Yes In 1990 HBO Max did a tv movie called,“Love & Death”

[@julieoluna8887]

@@ebayerr 👍👍👍 Grazie ancora.

[@mekareactsandreviews3026]

What the entire Fuck...She lit got away with cold blooded murder..

[@nickerskine6326]

@@historicaltruther6300 that would explain a couple of things.

[@Souchi-ito]

​@@historicaltruther6300 why don't you put down your inceldom? It's getting cringe. Oj Simpson also got away with murder and he was a man.

[@CaptainChapin]

@@historicaltruther6300oh pls

[@SmallWinch]

@@historicaltruther6300Okay Incel Lord

[@fur_baby_mama]

I wonder what the wig budget was for this movie?

[@Cluelocc]

😂😂

[@Sierra8869]

😂😂😂😂

[@kevinawarner1005]

😂😂

[@FrugalFamilyFliesAgain]

😂😅

[@jsmith2609]

😂😂😂😂

[@Destinyirus278]

The thing I hated about this tv show was the fact they tried to victim blame.. they tried to make it like “oh the victim was a mean teacher who got fired for being mean to a student” & the whole episode was trying to paint the victim like she was an awful mother & an awful wife & an awful person so that somehow meant she deserved it? I just was disappointed with the direction of that. It felt like victim blaming because they made the k*ller seem like such a good person who just “snapped” like it was some normal accident. In reality the k*ller was a typical narcissist who seemed “perfect” to the outside world but was evil enough to commit such a heinous crime.. and the fact the k*ller is now working as a therapist & has no consequences to her crime.. just sad af the victim never got justice

[@ememmichaeludo2044]

This is a classic case of miscarriage of justice, poor woman didn't get justice for her death and that of her child. On a lighter note, that police with the mustache is Justin Timberlake. 😊😊

[@donnaleach8119]

@ememmichaeludo2044: …and Candy is played by his wife; Jessica Biel!

[@RuBuNsGo]

I imagine later someone saying, "wait she stricked jer 42 times with the axe while she was on the ground, doesnt that prooves that there was too much hate in the crime and is not self-defense" and didnt she bluntly admited to kill that woman and returned to normal life like nothing? The judge: Oh shit I forgot that. And now she cant be judge twice by the crime.

[@RuBuNsGo]

The american justice system if you are white and religious and live in 1970s you get away with anything.

[@sherhinofc3315]

You know what is sick ,candy is working as a mental health counselor now.

[@Dr_Larken]

Did Allen get the money back for the tickets to Switzerland?

[@JannyMaha]

She probably did get her money back. Those days airlines were much more lenient than they are today.

[@doriangray7112]

I think its funny that Betty cried cuz she didn't have time to lose the weight from her first child birth when she had like 8 years to do so 😂

[@CaptainChapin]

Weird how she confessed and still wasn’t convicted 😂😂😂 but hey Go Candy I guess

[@TheeHoneyBadger7093]

Candy killed that woman and got off...shame on The State of Texas....

[@mohammadameenzulueta5820]

Horrible situation. I don't want to think again about this true, boring, horrible reality that's around us all.

[@BrizzB]

This shit is like one long run-on sentence. I need some charts snd graphs to decipher this mess.

[@GoddessPower777]

shameful they let her go free

[@chiggywiggy524]

Self defense

[@EnclosedPoolArea]

If she was anything other than a religious white woman, she would still be in prison.

[@angahbg9089]

​@@chiggywiggy52441 times is not self defense

[@canadapapers]

I think due to many serial killers lose those days. And of course the forensic methods not good enough she got away. Though she taking a bath while victims child cryed should have moved jury. Sad for the victim really

[@tavaleze1491]

Why does that Sheriff look like a more older version of Justin Timberlake 😂

[@BunnyBiteASMR]

Because that is Justin Timberlake LOL

[@au_barb]

💀💀💀

[@tavaleze1491]

@@BunnyBiteASMR waiittt what????

[@MagicalGirlRose319]

21:23 41 made me remember Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her father forty whacks When she saw what she had done she gave her mother forty-one

[@bensteel1936]

This is 100% rose after Charlie died in two and a half men

[@jupiterapollo4985]

How many miniseries and movies are they going to make about this god damn woman...

[@samanthacrump1976]

This is the first time I’ve heard of her.

[@jupiterapollo4985]

@@samanthacrump1976 Theres another mini series with her and like two other movies.

[@samanthacrump1976]

@@jupiterapollo4985 wow

[@queencrissymarie2890]

OMG I've heard this on so many podcasts 😦😦😦😦😦this is one that will stay with you. They always said her name is candy but anything from sweet 🤣

[@sibulelentsonkota7948]

41 times? Too much

[@keboonplumeria5266]

I remember this on primetime news

[@sweettt4737]

I just realized one of the police officers was Justin Timberlake!

[@cademancaden]

You realize his wife is Candy lol

[@nicoleparreira1024]

Who the heck is Elaine?! lol. I laughed out loud at Candy becoming a mental health counselor. Soooo What I heard is that her defense attorney got in trouble for colluding with the prosecution, correct? That’s a real thing to sanction. But what was the rest of him getting in trouble? I guess no one here has seen the movie so….i may never know

[@firebomber221]

I didn’t realize that two movies about this story came out around the same time, one with Elizabeth Olsen. It looks like Pat played in both. This one is better imo

[@TheLeslieTripathyLegacy]

Corrupt people got away😢 with

[@Fruitdrink2000]

Where is the adopted son? He disappeared

[@jazminmuro9692]

I have heard of this story before. I was shocked by this. So many secrets yet not enough evidence to clarify the case.

[@heyheyitsred]

For some reason, I kept thinking the actress is Christy Turlington. I had to google and find it’s Jessica Biel. Lol oops.

[@capitalgainz9434]

what happened to the adopted boy?

[@neacienation]

I read this book I remember the ssshhhh part.😮 chilling.

[@Destinyirus278]

This story was so sad cuz the victim never got justice.. the k*ller was a typical narcissist who seemed “perfect” to the outside world, she was popular & no one would expect her to commit such an evil act… the issue I had with the show was how they victim blamed & tried to make the victim seem like a “bad person” cuz she was shy & unpopular at times it almost felt like it was trying to justify the crime & I felt bad for the victims family watching this.. also it’s sick that the k*ller is free, no consequences she’s now gone to work as a (Thearpist, last I read online) it’s a very sad story about how mean girl cliches can be the reason a monster is found “not guilty”… she left that baby crying for days, & she stabbed her over 40 times.. she’s a monster & it’s scary to think she’s still out there & the victim & victims family never got justice

[@TheSlong123]

Holy crap! Just noticed that Jessica Biel's husband, Justin Timberlake, is in this...

[@staceywebber8808]

Love watching the recaps but this one was long literally nearly the whole movie crammed into 26 minutes 😅

[@davidwiener1792]

The killer was clearly Mrs. Voorhees. Did y’all see the date of the murder? 😂

[@SS-gh6jy]

I couldn’t finish the series knowing the murderer got away and not just that she became a well known psychiatrist and lived a full happy life. 🤬😡

[@SmallWinch]

She what?

[@carollen5633]

Sorry Bro, anything regarding abused children and deranged parents I can't watch. Thanks just the same. ✌ ✌

[@i_bleed_makeup1187]

What an underwhelming ending.

[@MrCrazyFox1]

Wow

[@evidenthustle]

I like this for them, Justin Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel in same movie ❤

[@fastgurrrl]

Sick!

[@TSC-hr7ir]

remember this

[@TheGhost1414]

I believe there are tv series as well

[@mandy7131]

Wow she got away with it 😮😮😮

[@otmossampacado1550]

I can see a woman like that becoming a shrink because quite high percentage of shrinks have messy and fucked up personal life

[@xikineko]

Self defense = 41 axe blows?

[@reganwolf4405]

At least everbody is happy now😂 ..

[@michelleclarke1022]

True story

[@PollyO_YT44]

It’s driving me crazy the narrator keeps calling him their adopted son. He’s their son once he was adopted. Sorry may seem trivial but it was annoying to hear him keep calling him that.

[@jennaywilliams1024]

And his adopted son went back to foster care 😂 so yeah that was wise

[@kevinawarner1005]

Did not know justin timberlake was in this 😂 though

[@astridediva]

I don’t like then end but it’s realistic. Just doesn’t always get served !!

[@bradleynoneofyourbizz5341]

Of course it's realistic. This is a true story.

[@williamwoody7607]

I can’t believe you could make Jessica Biel look bad.

[@frogssmile4102]

sick sick woman

[@Gracitagouv]

I Ttink Ive seen this movie. Is that Justin Timberlake? eeeew. I remember hating Candy's hair. Is that a perm? eeew

[@andreeakokovics9873]

What is the name of the movie ?

[@VirgoCali89]

Sadly true

[@littlegreenbean3848]

Am i tripping but is that justin timberblake?

[@ArmandyLaPearl]

Justin and Jessica are in this awww husband and wife lol

[@careexpress3312]

Wow I had no idea this is based on a true story does anyone know the actual names of the people so I can look this up😮😮😮😮

[@imohbalu]

hi what is the movie name

[@robertcringle4865]

I suspect the adopted boy "David" that kid's got problems.

[@Cottonball-gz4cr]

Anyone have a recap addiction 😂?

[@xXluluchanelXx]

this is not the kind of thing you should watch a recap for. just watch it.

[@samanthacrump1976]

It’s very confusing

[@14catsand1human]

41 times.....

[@kumarg3598]

Is this a copy of another movie with scarlet witch actor?

[@jeskvell3254]

Betty's Cinderella's step sister who dressed as a horse

[@Kel_Rod]

Justin Timberlake

[@davebradley4498]

You say words weird

[@WhirledPeasFursure]

Holy cow, THIS IS SOOO BORING....... I don't understand how you can turn a very interesting story into such a monotonous terrible book report...