The Story of Betty Broderick | Housewife that Murdered her Ex-Husband | Murder Made Me Famous

Angry Betty. Betty Broderick is the former suburban housewife who skyrocketed to fame when she murdered her ex-husband and his new, much younger, wife in their bed in 1989. The ultimate crime of passion story includes explicit recorded phone calls during her contentious divorce and dramatic courtroom testimonies that captivated the country at the time.
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[@fabiwilliams4644]

She does the work, makes the sacrifices for which he barely gives her credit for & then dumps her once he's successful. I'm not surprised how things turned out

[@michellerenner6880]

Pretty common for a lot of partners in that position. And he thinks he did it all on his own.

[@usermc1234]

This is pretty common of alot of couples who work very hard separately.. especially in this era. Even my parents in the 2000s. But disconnection can only lead to dysfunction and a mismatch of expectations and fights to be the alpha.

[@alexsandra6316]

Proof is in the pudding, homeless people are predominantly males. It is the responsibility of the females to bring up children and provide for them. It doesn't always turn out this way. There are a few females out there who will destroy their mates. So men be careful who you are with.😱

[@DaisyChain3339.]

She was getting half and more. Grow up

[@Deggoo]

All of sudden she is fine after surviving jail but she can't bring back the life 2 God's creatures.

[@wenwaycreations]

I agree with what Betty's lawyer said at the end. Women are not valued for what they do, mother, wife, homemaker and all the rest. He was a selfish pig, who only thought of his needs and wants.

[@CarmenCastro-ce2qk]

💯👍

[@lucetothebridge]

She worked like hell for many years to put Breads on their table for her family AND his Study. He left her as soon as he reach the top, PLUS took her babies. Well.. I'm not too surprise to see the result.

[@67890311]

She put alot of hard work into her marriage to have a good result not for some young girl to benefit the benefit and her husband to treat her like a nobody. He had it all off her back drove her made and dragged her so far down her head went, he deserved what he got messing with someone's head is a dangerous game

[@ingridakerblom7577]

He was abusive. Emotional abuse, gaslighting. She did the world and her kids a favour. Narcissist will never do anyone any good. The kids are better without him

[@67890311]

@@ingridakerblom7577 👍👍

[@ellkmlmhmd]

Poor murderer! Axx hole victim!

[@marirothbauer5407]

Watched this movie very sad happens a lot husbands wanting a younger woman after his wife raised his children then dumps her.

[@usermc1234]

I always believe that a person will punish himself for what he's done, in ways no other man can. There is no need for you to punish anyone as you would a child, to whom you're trying to teach better habits. If anything, i have learnt that there must be a bottom line and boundary for where you cannot transgress, in order for you and someone else to be safe, mentally and physically. The best revenge there is, is to live well and treat yourself better than someone who's mistreated you, ever would. Betty's anger is justified, but she would have done alot better for herself taking his ailmony and making things up to her children, and giving herself a chance to live a new life she loved.. she never did love her life while she was married to him in any case.

[@abocas]

Do I hear anyone say anything about Betty supporting Dan for years and years, waited home for him on a regular basis only to get her husband's affair smacked in the face. And later getting "fined" by Dan for her swear words .... Losing the children, losing basically everything and then being committed to a psychiatric institution and then hearing her ex proposing to Linda publicly in an upscale restaurant. She went too far, yes, but I don't know if stand the same "treatment"

[@peterbradshaw8018]

It would run anyone mad. Never sacrifice your life for another period.

[@evernit]

She didn't lose the children , she gave them up herself. She left them all so-to-speak to teach him a lesson, hoping he would beg her to come back and help him out. But she completely misread the man. Until then she should already know better she'd been married to a successful lawyer who-firstly-could afford hiring a nanny if needed, and-secondly-didn't have to spend a penny while taking charge of his own legal battle against her. She became more and more delusional, and completely out of control of herself, let alone others.

[@sarahwales6276]

Yes they addressed those points in the video and yes, she went too far.

[@mariawill7197]

And to think about how she grew up well off before him makes it worse

[@tantalize5795]

​@@peterbradshaw8018 Marriage is based on sacrifice.

[@Kathy-kr1sv]

Always the PROMISE of it will be better soooon... He's a narcissistic USER Waiting for the UPGRADE Wife Never ignore RED FLAGS

[@harrieelias5756]

She was the best mom and extremely sweet supportive wife. But he abused her in every way possible. She gave him her life but he stabbed her on her back. Never undermine anyone. Be respectful humble and fair in your judgment.

[@Vancouverislandhippiechick]

100%

[@sarty88]

Extremely sweet & supportive 😂😂😂😂 her own kids would disagree with that. Life with her was not pleasant. Before any affair.

[@ronrosfoster]

He and the mistress deserved that. Sorry not sorry. But, if she just turn her back from these selfish despicable people and tried to move on and have a new life with her kids she might have won in life.

[@Zombie101]

no one deserves to be shot and killed in their bed, are you high

[@yuniwulandari3917]

This is one case I cant stand to say something.....he probably deserve it, or at least 'asked' for it. Infidelity happens, but never push someone too much

[@lisamareeaccary5132]

I agree, despite the fact she could have just left it be … but when so emotionally embroiled in the situation it’s not so easy

[@margaretdesaubin4456]

Nobody deserves what she did

[@missmew3499]

​@@margaretdesaubin4456nobody deserves to be treated the way she was treated either. He abused her mentally,. emotionally, and financially. He gaslighted her and tried to make her out to be the crazy one. He drove her to what she did. This case is the epitome of FAAFO.

[@MayFair-pf2og]

​@@margaretdesaubin4456do u think her husband is bright? He is one Evil man

[@silvanabaralha8665]

Really?...Unbelievable...

[@trixi1608]

I'm so sorry for their four children, they had to go through so much..

[@beetledune9264]

Nope,they are on their father side.

[@tanalie3497]

I feel sorry for Betty. He was an a***hole.

[@silvanabaralha8665]

Really?????

[@deborahburroughs8905]

@@silvanabaralha8665yes really!

[@joannaradacina2585]

BB IS A KILLER

[@harrieelias5756]

She did not kill for no reason. Shame on you justice system. She is not a threat to the public. Heat of passion drove her to do what she did. Parole board should not allow nonsense like keeping her in jail. She is not a pretender, she is honest.

[@lornarettig3215]

I fully agree. She is not a danger to the public. She was driven to genuine despair. I don’t treat people that callously and cruelly therefore I’m not in the least nervous of being shot because of it 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@rameshrolla1574]

Her own kids don't agree with u .. that's why she denied parole again and again... Tells how much mental trauma they suffered then and for the rest of their lives because of their mom

[@arrivagabry]

@@rameshrolla1574 because they don't remember the sacrifices she made for the family, they were too little, when my ex drove me crazy and I left my son thought it was my fault for breaking the family, now he is an adult and has his own, got to really know who his father was, and now he tells me I should of divorced even sooner. He was too young to understand at the time but now as an adult he knows what I went through.

[@deborahburroughs8905]

He comes from a family of lawyers so she will probably never be released sadly

[@Little_Aussie_20]

While I don't agree with her murdering them, I understand the desperation within Betty she worked for years so he could study and when he decided that she wasn't good enough for him he gets another woman takes her kids and leaves her nothing.. Sad case really ✌️💖

[@tantalize5795]

Sadly for women like Bette, Dan simply wasn't attracted to her anymore once the success rolled in. When younger attractive women started to pay attention to him because of it, that's when everything started going south. Being successful and giving into temptation is what literally kills a marriage. 😔

[@diannemadronero3092]

It's a pity nobody gave Betty any help. It's clear that she's been suffering mentally & emotionally because of what her ex-husband made her experience since they got married. He treated her like nobody since they married. I dont agree or support her killing her ex and his new wife, but I dont blame her for reaching to that point. I just wish she'll be sent to be treated with what she's experiencing now. It's either she's suffering from depression or any mental or emotional turmoil she's been going thru.

[@sharonbrown6595]

Yes she needed help but I heard he taunted her a lot saying she was crazy. She felt like he had no worth. Me too I wish she hadn’t killed people but she did and is paying the price for it. I also heard some of her kids or maybe all of them don’t have anything to do with her. All around very tragic

[@waywardangel6356]

I've been in her position. I can emphasise with Betty, alot! ❤ But taking a life, let alone 2, is not the way to go about it... and all the hard work she put into her children & they have nothing to do with her, is heartbreaking too 😢

[@marcj4788]

People don't look at it as an outsider just imagine what you would do and would you be able to cope with this? I'm not gonna lie about my opinion but she was treated worse than a stray dog, she was a great mother and wife and I'm gonna be honest with you I fully stand with Betty all the way and the justice system was failing her so real justice was called for, FREE BETTY and I hope these 2 horrible pigs are currently rotting in hell the both of you for destroying a great woman and mother, justice was served for them both but the justice system failed Betty by sending her to prison, she's a hero to me 💯💚🙏🇮🇪love from IRELAND 💚🇮🇪☘

[@tantalize5795]

​@@marcj4788 🤣😂🐖💨

[@daleesutherland7223]

You beat someone down enough,they either going to die or come up fighting,unfortunately she made some bad choices

[@beetledune9264]

Yup.but we didnt need any Dan and Linda.

[@gaoyiru-iv3hh]

What good choices could she ever have when basically deprived of everything by a cunning lawyer ex? what she could do?

[@cynthiabriones9204]

Dan pushed Betty to the wall. He took everything and lived with a younger woman taking her kids sorry I think I lose my mind too

[@lowkeylhove1386]

I don’t feel bad for him at all. He used her then tried to ruin her life. The least he could of did was be at piece with her. For the kids. Instead of continuously provoking her.

[@sarahwales6276]

What is this sociopathic logic people seem to have thinking that because someone treated another person poorly they deserved to be brutally murdered? It's unsettling that you walk among us.

[@sodense3402]

@@sarahwales6276he completely mentally broke her. its literal abuse so yeah i only feel bad for her having to go through all this and the kids for having no parents anymore. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@sarahwales6276]

@@sodense3402 I am not surprised that instead of expressing horror at the violent act she perpetrated on these two people you can actually relate to it. It's a scary world we live in.

[@freddy1571]

Very true,I am 62 male, and never wanted to bring children into this world and grateful for not doing so.

[@rosemimi973]

@@sarahwales6276everyone has a breaking point. He triggered her and she snapped. Give your wife who supported you through your studies/ gave birth to 9 children total half of the money and share custody of the surviving children without causing any problems for her. I bet she would have moved on without causing any trouble and he and his new wife would still be alive.

[@Cruella_DG]

Although I don’t agree with her murdering her ex and his wife. He did screw her over. She supported them through the hard times and he repaid her by upgrading to a newer younger model. She may not have been perfect, but marriage is a commitment .

[@dr1609]

he did not "upgrade".He married a callous,disgustingly slutty on-the-make young woman who hunted a married man.

[@islandblind]

I don't condone what Betty Broderick did here, but this is definitely one of those cases where the victim(s) weren't blameless.

[@dianameredith6868]

He pushed her to her limit. I was disgusted by him. She lost it.

[@liliivanova2920]

When you help a husband to get a degree, after he becomes successful, wins good money, other women look at him and invite him! Men always like younger women even they have a lot of children in the marriage. Males are always this way! Happened to my sister. They were young. She was with their 2 small children, but him evenings getting a degree. When children grew up 10-13, she found out he did have a mistress, besides good job and very respected! Then pregnant mistress and a divorce. The mistress was about 16 -17 years younger than him and also his coworker. My sister gave the divorce and went to work in Italy. In the time the mistress was mean to him when he used to get drunk. After having 2 children with her, he passed way of stroke, still very young 57 yo!

[@robertlove9796]

Just a point. I have been happily married to my wife for 44 years and would never let anyone spoil our marriage. Not all men yearn for a younger woman. We are not all like the man in this article as you suggest. Rob

[@liliivanova2920]

@@robertlove9796 are you a university professor, college principal, attorney or just a maintenance guy! That is a big difference.

[@sherlynjavellanam.d.811]

He got the dose of his own medicine

[@TrangNguyen-sz6xh]

@@robertlove9796 Thank you for sharing your story you are such a good and faithful husband your wife is lucky

[@tara-db]

Imagine working and taking care of the kids. Making money to support your husband. After your husband success then he dump you😢. They didn’t deserve to die but I can understand her suffer

[@whataboutthe90s]

It's the husband's fault. And the assistant is part of the problem that led to the death of the husband. Not all women will be martyrs of their man actions. There are women like Betty who fights back, who fought back.

[@evernit]

Shooting two people in their sleep, that's what you call fighting back? Try harder.

[@lukebignell7846]

He treated her in a particularly callous way especially how she supported him so much to become the big time lawyer. But she also lost the plot at the marriage breakdown. She handed all the cards to him by walking out on her house and then giving him the kids. She literally played right into his hands… And if she was that crazy to do something like that he wasn’t smart by treating her so badly at the divorce. He could have been a lot nicer than he was.

[@lesleynicol9538]

She’s no threat cause she got rid of the threat.

[@deborahburroughs8905]

I often wonder what he was thinking lying there on the floor, trying to reach for the phone to call for help. I always felt like his life passed right in front of his eyes. She did wrong, but so did he and so did his second wife. They bullied her even after they were married knowing she was sick.

[@CarmenCastro-ce2qk]

he was "killing" her slowly

[@peterbradshaw8018]

I don't condone murder but that man was asking for it.

[@lukebignell7846]

Betty was an idiot for walking out on the family home. It would have been impossible for him to make her homeless. She could have used his money to employ a lawyer and fought back. Mistake 1 was leaving the house to him. Mistake 2 was dropping the kids off with him. She really lost the plot with how she reacted to it, she literally gave him the win.

[@damieo8139]

Lesson: Never ever give your life for any man. He will disregard it in a heartbeat. Say no to struggle love. Let him build first. Don't build with a man. Build yourself.

[@frieda3357]

I'm not surprised how things tuned out. He was a dirty husband. 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@redbutterfly88]

If i didnt watch the story i would assume that betty is just an angry person. And i dont even need to fill her shoes to understand her sufferings. U cant go back in time and the time she spent in decades of mistreatment will never be compensated, and after all the sacrifice to raise children, work for husband shcool fees, being the family breadwinner in the begining of their marriage, ends up loosing her children and no money? i applauded her for not being sorry or remorsefull because even if shes in jail to her she feels that sense of herself a bit. not showimg remorse is not because shes not sorry. She needs that not to be depressed. Its her owm brain saving her. Of course shes sorry deep inside that shes not with her children. She not a treat so society and to her children, only to people who drives herr to mental madness.

[@peterbradshaw8018]

Women at teachers' college do the same thing Mr Boderick did, they allow a man to foot the bill then leave them for a more educated man. It is a dangerous thing to do. He should have compensated her. Share custody.

[@Mrssia000]

Don't feel bad at all for him and the mistress. Bety gave up so much for this cheating peace of sh**t. Without her he would be nothing.

[@evernit]

She didn't bring him to this world, much less she'd raise him to my knowledge. Instead, she killed two people eventually. Copy that concern, you *peace* of little miss genius.

[@theresagwhite3175]

Dan got rid of the maids on their honeymoon so Betty could take over the cooking and cleaning? I would have left him right then.

[@usermc1234]

But he makes so much money. Why did he get rid of them...

[@marcosta183]

Her ex-husband has provoked her to the core. She should be released by now. The Broderick man deserved some punishment, not death.

[@farahfhh5457]

Hể deserved it 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳✅✅✅✅✅✅ good job Betty ❤❤❤❤

[@robotboy370]

All three adults seem vile but Dan really takes it to another level.

[@usermc1234]

Did anyone consider contraceptives before daddy finished school? Husband is a medical doc, wife is a childcare nurse/teacher and no one can foresee how much physical and financial effort it will take, to care for a kid?

[@bjnboy]

They were fairly devout Roman Catholics, so birth control was a no-no fir them. But after her youngest was born, Betty got a tubal ligation.

[@obsec]

He had it comin' He had it comin' He only had himself to blame If you'd have been there If you'd have seen it I betcha you would have done the same

[@amulyak6750]

Its ironical how Betty's defense lawyer is male and the prosecutor aiming to punish her is a female

[@csag5193]

He got what he deserved, as did she. The children however, they have been left alone, completely.

[@Grey18887]

I been in her shoes but .. i choose to be happy and look for the new Beginns 🎉

[@liliivanova2920]

I write above! It happened to my sister. She also moved on.

[@marianscorner2003]

been there too but i choose to move on... but everybody copes with emotions differently, I'm just sad, the kids are always the real victims in all of these dramas

[@rosemimi973]

I had a guy cheating on me. We were not married but it still hurt. He eventually married her, so they were meant to be. I decided that a life well lived is the best „revenge“ and that was the right decision. By the end of the day, the new lady helped me a lot by taking a big problem out of my life. Today I do what I love in my job and i am married to a great guy. It took time though

[@lotusgift4212]

I feel pity for their children,base on this video Betty invest to Dan she supports him thinking their future,but then when Dan have achieved his dreams he totally forgot that he's a family man,he 4got that bcos of her wife he become a lawyer,he becomes more full of hisself he even take a gf,he just totally messed up his family,i know the action of Betty was really wrong but Dan put her on that situation,i just hope her families healing 🙏

[@cedelynbasbas7727]

Just glad that her kids still talk and visits her in prison... They're visiting her during her birthday, mothers day and during summer..

[@B1TKZH47]

Dan was the real S.O.B. I'll bet if he wasn't a prominent and 'popular' lawyer she might have received a much lesser sentence and been free long ago.

[@yenh1144]

Right and he got to be such a lawyer because of her patience and sacrifice.

[@ereeeeeeeees]

He asked for it, she spent all her youth to send him to a decent school and take care of the kids, and now that she isnt as attractive as before after 4kids, he cheated on her, he used her, i believe Betty would have been a wonderful person if she met the right one, she was strong to deal with all that by herself, i dont condone what she did, but she was obviously provoked by betrayal of the one she loved.

[@arrivagabry]

he would have cheated on the second wife too once she had her own kids, once a cheater always a cheater.

[@sherlynjavellanam.d.811]

That’s a lesson for cheating men

[@tantalize5795]

And horr mistresses.

[@simpleMarian]

She gave everything for him to be successful, i don't like that it happened but i dont feel sorry for him. I just hope she show them that she will succeed without him.

[@evernit]

How old are you? Well, I pretty much feel sorry for your IQ, simple as that.

[@harrieelias5756]

The justice system should change. Five minutes to marry and heinous divorce destroying lives. Shame on you.

[@marcj4788]

THIS IS CALLED TAKING OUT THE TRASH, THIS WIFE AND MOTHER WAS NOTHING BUT LOYAL AND HONEST WITH HER HUSBAND AND FAMILY, AND GOT NOTHING BUT DISRESPECT AND ABUSE BY HER HUSBAND AND THE CHEAP HOOKER HE TURNED HIS LUST TO, AND THE GIRL HE CHEATED WITH WAS PURPOSELY RUBBING IT INTO BETTY SHE SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN WITH A MARRIED MAN AND SHE PAID THE PIPER FOR HER GREED AND THE HUSBAND DESERVED WHAT HE GOT ALSO, BETTY GAVE UP EVERYTHING FOR HIM AND HE THREW IT BACK IN HER FACE WITH HIS SLUT, FREE BETTY SHE DONE NOTHING WRONG EXCEPT HAVE ENOUGH ABUSE BY 2 RATS, BLESS YOU BETTY ❤🙏💚👍🇮🇪🙏

[@tantalize5795]

😂🤣👏🏽👏🏽

[@tbirdbird714]

I’m torn… I understand how Betty feels. They need to let her out of prison. She’s done her time.

[@redbutterfly88]

Well its very easy to understand the betrayal and mistreatment. After all the decade sacrifice and without an apology or effort to make things right he deserve to die. people should know that u cant go back time and specially after decades. I think she had enough, she did her best and the only things that can save her from despair is to kill him. I dont think she even regret her decision even if she felt bad for the children that she worked hard for, i know most people wont undetstand her until u experience the same. She was mentally fucked up by the time she 😢

[@kabirbroadcasting]

very sad story

[@Laura-zy5jp]

The re-enactments in these documentaries are so very well done and very convincing and effective . This whole story conjures up the made for TV that was made in very early 90s of this event that starred Meredith Baxter as Betty and Stephen Collins as Dan. “ A Woman Scorned:The Betty Broderick Story. Betty was obsessed with getting revenge on Dan and Linda . She was way out of line and so wrong she paid the price when she was convicted and sentenced. Thanks for this excellent look back at the case.👌😊

[@Vancouverislandhippiechick]

well, I for one, would recommend, nobody be PUSHED that far! In my opinion, he baited, trapped, and taunted her Im for her and Im NOT sorry

[@karn5992]

I feel bad for the kids. Their parents were not a good match. Because of their flaws and mental problems they paid the ultimate price. Do i think he is a massive sob yes and i also think Betty was mentally unstable en should have been in therapie. I hope the kids can break the cycle.

[@peterradclyffe8056]

good for her

[@fannjohnson5608]

Broderick deserved it he pushed her over the edge

[@susanarsoniadou]

They were destroyed by a fly.Honey like money attracts flies. Linda would never have become interested in Dan had he been poor. He became rich because of Betty. In a sense, she created her own Frankenstein....Notice how he started fighting with her after he had graduated.

[@arrivagabry]

I divorced 30 years ago, my ex is now dead due to illness not because anyone killed him, but I am still angry if I think of it, because I gave him the best years of my life, only to be abused, lied and cheated on, parole board says she is still angry, of course she is, he abused her and she is full of scars, they never go away. when it keeps on going on for years you are frustrated and at a certain point you just can't take it anymore, everyone has so much rope you can pull, at a certain point it just snaps. without her sacrifices he would never of been successful. He owed it all to her.

[@cathal4921]

So terrible that Americans are still, so many decades later, talking about soccer moms and these 1950s ideals. In northern Europe, where I live, women want careers having nurseries, kindergartens and after school facilities or a husband that works less taking care of the kids till they come home

[@mariapilarme]

Northern Europe has the highest rate of suicides. Go figure!

[@rayne6737]

You obviously don’t know squat. You assumptions about America here and in other comments make that obvious.

[@terttu69]

Maybe, but if my husband would do that to me... Oh well 😆

[@lizcrawford1249]

The sad part is, is when there are marital issues, the husband usually runs to another woman! That's how they handle it!

[@priscilla7420]

Killing a cheater should not be a crime

[@kimberleyporter985]

Cheating is a form of mental abuse. The highest level of betrayal you can do to another.

[@margretsims1322]

"Better for a man to meet a lion in his path, than a bear robbed of her whelps"........

[@laurenpettis2469]

can you really blame her?

[@harrieelias5756]

She is provoked.

[@lisamareeaccary5132]

My mums sister my aunt lived through exactly the same experience here in Australia in the 1970s and if we had guns here especially with her drinking at the time in an attempt to numb the pain and breaking into their apartment, she would have shot them both dead , i have no doubt, so thank god we’re not allowed to have guns here

[@nickyakhmedova5845]

Last 30 Seconds say EVERYTHING!

[@mavisfrancis1425]

Don't use people. MARRIAGE is for better or for worse.

[@gina6573]

Betty never got to see that her husband would have dumped the new woman, too. And changed her for a even more younger woman. And so on and so on.

[@dr1609]

Why does nobody mention Dan's being a sociopath and the inherent unfairness of devaluing the huge contributions women make?

[@ldub288]

Americans are sociopaths and their legal system is run by criminals🤷

[@tantalize5795]

🤣😂🤣🐈💨

[@nara_saya]

I watched this case from another creator and they framed her to be this of a mental, not mention he cheating on her I just found out today, i assumed bc it alleged so they can not say that cheating.

[@reniatsandy94]

I don't feel sorry for him at all or his new wife, the husband asked for it and put his new wife throught it, if it wasn't for Betty you would have been a nobody. But than again they both put the kids through a rough situation they both didn't think or care about the poor kids feelings. Dan put her through it all.

[@erangafernando7100]

What a supportive wife and a good mother she was..She worked so he could persue his studies and gaining success.. Isnt it team work... I wish he remembered that .. I wish he remembered hia " family" When her man treats such a sacrificing and dedicated woman ( according to the documentry) that way, who wouldnt go hysterical... Feel sad for her and the kids too.. Also for the unlucky man.

[@TrangNguyen-sz6xh]

she intentionally shot them because I can see her intense frustration when she burns her ex-husband's clothing. She is a hot-tempered and dangerous woman. She does not have any remorse of what she did even after 20 years in prison.

[@snjezanakristo6048]

But Dan is a saint. He had remorse of what he did to her.

[@evernit]

@@snjezanakristo6048 She did it to herself, you little miss genius, and didn't mind either their children and the other person she would selfishly killed as well..

[@robyn874]

I can’t understand why Betty treated her children like pawns. The trauma she put the children through; with her malicious actions she still shows no empathy. As well as no remorse for killing their Father & leaving them without a Mother & a Father. She gave no for thought to how any of this was going to affect her children for the rest of their lives

[@snjezanakristo6048]

But the father was a saint. It makes me no surprise that everybody's gonna blame a woman.

[@metteschreinerberge5541]

@robyn874 I couldn 't agree more. Your children, your first priority. I understand her feelings very well. He betrayed her on every level. But the children were innocent. And her feelings were more important to her than theirs.

[@catnipsmile]

I read somewhere that Linda's family wouldn't bury her next to Dan. Only her name's on the stone. She's buried close to where her parent's lived in Utah. Her mom died at 39 yrs. old. I'm sure it affected her view on life. Her dad remarried a year later.

[@jash4fun364]

I am against her killings but her ex husband was an asshole...

[@bellablock5864]

A story like so many others. To support a man in this way - I'd never had done so. And I for sure not had children with that guy. If you think his studies take too long, just walk out! This way (without marriage, without children) you are free and can do with your life whatever you want! I think in the US people just still are hopelessly oldfashioned! They marry too quickly and too young.

[@lily5199]

That's why I'm still single. And they judge me for that. Silly ones.

[@CarmenCastro-ce2qk]

​@@lily5199really silly🙄

[@usermc1234]

When you lead separate lives, working hard separately, its hard to stay connected. Its not abt US or not.

[@tantalize5795]

That's what marriage is: supporting one another - man or woman. Otherwise wait until one or both are successful OR financially stable before marrying. This couple married when only she "came" from money and his studies were incomplete, then they're pregnant....

[@kimberleyporter985]

💔 Nothing ever good comes from cheating. 💔

[@nederlandsuperfan2051]

they made her going mad taking everything away from her and got what they deserved

[@beetledune9264]

Im not justify his actions,but he kinda deserved it.

[@beetledune9264]

Her*

[@lizbamford7848]

These stories are played out emotionally and mentally for both men and women that reach a cracking point. Money and loss of children through court is usually what tips them. Their brains seem to snap. Heart breaking for the children

[@rahulpotter1]

Yes. There will be two divisions of supporters and opponents of her. :)

[@sy6550]

Isn't this much more common for men? When women get full custody of the children and then the courts make him pay for her new life with the new lover? I guess they had to punish her, so men do not follow that example.

[@KA-vf7vy]

Well even in such a situation I don't think women are cruel enough to not let the kids spend time with their father in Betty's case Dan had negotiated Betty have them during alternate holidays and weekends and would suddenly change his mind and not have the kids meet her ,I mean being married for 20 years taking care of the family and kids and to have all that snatched away and have rules followed to see her own children would drive anyone crazy ,I mean it would have been hard to watch the man you were with for 20 years to find someone younger move on and the kids to also kind of side with the dad

[@crissaconway142]

Betty lost the plot completely. 🥀 😑

[@harrieelias5756]

You parole criminals but not her. She was pushed to the limit. She deserves to be paroled.

[@paularodrigues7440]

Zero tolerance for murder...no excuses

[@creamedmonkey]

If you can remember more than 2 minutes at a time this documentary isn't for you. It's biggest problem is Betty's side of it is presented as cast iron fact which leads to a lot of people cancelling out what was just said by the last person.

[@creamedmonkey]

It's probably why the likes are so low given the views.

[@des7133]

If this was a movie I would have been satisfied....... Poor children

[@endywilliams7340]

he asked for it!

[@ellkmlmhmd]

A lot of women showed so much sympathy for her and blamed the victim. These same women if the roles were reversed, they would still blame the man for killing the woman and would have called him bitter. You cant have it both ways! Killing is killing.

[@chloeuntrau4588]

Exactly! shocked to read the comments! I guess it's the new "feminism" where all men deserve the death penalty...THAT is sad, not her story.

[@sherlynjavellanam.d.811]

Well he deserved it. Cheaters will always be cheaters

[@lornarettig3215]

I sympathise with her. And if a woman used a man to get a very long and very expensive education that he paid for, overtook him with said expensive education, dumped him for someone half his age, then used her now considerable resource to deliberately humiliate and destroy him, then no, I would have no sympathy for such a selfish, repugnant, and juvenile woman when she got what was coming.

[@evernit]

@@lornarettig3215You can join her in jail then, you little miss sympathy

[@lornarettig3215]

@@evernit Why on Earth would I ‘join her in jail’?! Because I have sympathy for what her poisonous husband did to her?! Grow up, you nauseating adolescent.

[@robgray4534]

Can't help but feel there is a degree of hypocrisy around the attitude and framing of cases like this one, Clara Harris and Lorena Bobbitt when compared to the outrage towards OJ and other men who resort to homicide where infidelity is an extenuating circumstance. I'm not without sympathy for this woman, however, it seems there is far less empathy when a perpetrator is a betrayed male to the point that even suggesting the victim's conduct may have contributed to the his precipitating mental state is shouted down as victim blaming.

[@karenkurby]

How can that one lawyer say she’s still a threat to the community when the only one she wanted to get back at was her ex-husband and he’s dead. She’s no longer a threat to the community.

[@gl9577]

She wins the wig contest

[@mummabearmarie1109]

SORRY BUT I HAVE ALL OF MY SYMPATHY FOR BETTY

[@bloomblum]

Lesson number 1, don't be a come up woman. Number 2, you are not jesus, don't sacrifice yourself for no one even the kids.

[@chongoloidchoys1311]

they deserve it...she should have no remorse and still be freed

[@Soffity]

With his American accent I thought the voice over bloke was saying “ Sucker Mum” which was perhaps appropriate. ⚔️

[@yenh1144]

They messed up by having kids that young. If it was just them 2, there wouldn’t be so much financial pressure on Betty and as he was socializing with peers, she could of even joined some outings or had her own “girls night”. But no she was at home being a wife and mother to a single guy basically

[@hayshaniegopiechand6368]

He should not have taken the kids away. She spent her life taking care of them.....

[@usermc1234]

Even if he was being manipulative, he had valid reasons for keeping their children away from him. She had shown that she had no ability to control herself, and was verbally abusive and physically damaged items even though she didn't hit her children... being mentally unstable meant that a person could transfer her wrath to new victims in a flick. You probably haven't seen for yourself how harried women under stress have the tendency to go overboard when they disconnect from reality. I am a girl, and I'm speaking from experience seeing my own mother snap to become someone else in her despair and desperation and not realise it.