Trial Story - Betty Broderick (1992)

From the Court TV series "Trial Story" - this is "A Woman Scorned: The Murder Trial of Betty Broderick."
There is no doubt Betty killed her ex-husband and his second wife but should she be found guilty of Murder in the 1st Degree or Manslaughter?
This episode covers Betty's second trial; the first trial resulted in a hung jury.

[@carolmahoney2109]

Betty's whole identity and sanity was based on being with Dan. No man is worth that.

[@MariaLPerez-ji1fp]

If you live by their acceptance.... you will die by their rejection....

[@goddesssynergy4577]

@@MariaLPerez-ji1fp boom

[@joannaradacina2585]

@Kittie Kellie Upset , angry YES, killing NO

[@czechchicklet6890]

@Kittie Kellie She hated her ex more than she loved her children, just saying.

[@rita6459]

No man is worth it believe me no man

[@alp7928]

She said ' I made him my whole life" that was her first mistake .

[@hello15848]

She had 4 kids, her kids were her life. She wasn't being honest, she was deflecting.

[@JazminePaden1012]

@@hello15848 no she wasn’t she meant that she made him her whole life, from the beginning all she did was advance his life. That is why when he left she felt like she lost herself because he was a her whole life besides her kids she had nothing.

[@melissavelasquez3486]

Yup

[@alp7928]

@@JazminePaden1012 exactly. Thank you!

[@aprilstone31]

Definitely a big mistake. It's good to invest in your own aspirations before making a big commitment like marriage or children.

[@sarahzachattack]

I know this pain that Betty felt. You have this life, marriage, home, family and then all of the sudden it’s like it never happened. These narcissists can just walk away and act like you never existed. After 13yrs, a daughter and another on the way... my husband just walked away for another woman. Without one ounce of remorse for me or our children. That’s what hurt the absolute most! My husband, my partner, my best friend... and he just left. It almost broke me

[@nomsantsoane3984]

When did he walk away that narcissistic?

[@truthseeker8615]

I’m sorry you went through that

[@lillyanderson3623]

But you didn't commit murder.

[@PJ-qs7xz]

May God bless & protect yo & your children.

[@rtp1968]

God bless you and your family.

[@Jeri-nh3ph]

My dear mother, God rest her soul was severely abused by my father. After years of her not around my father, my mother’s true personality was able to shine. She was sweet, loving,docile and I’m so proud to call her Mom.

[@bonnytaylor7558]

Jeri ..bless her, I hope she found happiness ❤❤❤

[@maartjegoede9330]

Abuse can really change a person, a lot of times on a physical level so im happy to hear about your mom doing well. I feel permanently changed, maybe i'll find myself one day.

[@CazalasMichele]

This is so common in the hospital. You see the successful powerful surgeon divorce the wife he married in medical school. He leaves her for the cute young nurse that is gaga over him due to status and money. Women need to stop giving their power over to men!

[@marwilliam9070]

I find this ironic because it's more common the other way around. A cheating woman takes a man's children, half of his assets and his house. And he's told to suck it up and not do shit. But when it happens to women, now all of a sudden y'all mad

[@Josie-6]

@@marwilliam9070 it’s not more often the other way around. Stop pulling things out of your ass and claiming they’re statistical fact.

[@sylviaking8866]

@@marwilliam9070 According to statistics for both 2018 and 2019, men are more likely to cheat than women as supported by the data from the recent General Social Survey which says that 13% of women and 20% of men admitted to having sex with someone who is not their spouse while married.

[@lookbehindufool]

Yeah thats right crazy..

[@kay8698]

Betty worked and paid the bills and supported him while he was in college ,she supported him, then when he gets out of college and finally gets a job, he dumps her for the secretary

[@razzmataz9753]

My dad left my mom for a woman 23 years younger than him after being married to my mom for 38 years. It was the hardest thing my mom had ever faced because when you’re a house wife that’s the only thing that defines you and so i get why Betty did everything she did and feeling she had

[@christinekelly7769]

Back in the 90's they would ask anything and get answers no objections."Were you fat"? 😂

[@razzmataz9753]

@@christinekelly7769that is so true 😂 i am so used to today’s crap that this was a shocking examination for me 😅

[@wandafox6906]

You never go to murder bc he left you for another woman!

[@LydiaTheDog-op9wy]

You get how Betty loved her children so much that she took their father away from them?

[@grammylisa1]

@@LydiaTheDog-op9wy He also did a lot of shitty things to their mother.

[@jeanhansel5805]

I'm just glad I got out of my abusive marriage before any children came along. Emotional abuse, together with an overbearing mother-in-law, is just as damaging as physical abuse.

[@christar9527]

Been there. Went through worse with my own family. Thank goodness I’m not crazy violent like Betty.

[@pommiebears]

I ended up in a shelter with two kids, no money, no house to wallow in self pity in, like Betty. She was getting her dues out of Dan. But, he was such a terrible husband….she didn’t want to lose him. How does that make sense? I left my ex and the relief was tangible. We got away. This nut….she was incandescent with jealousy and rage because he replaced her. She’s off with the pixies.

[@cutecatsdiam]

@@pommiebears man!

[@zydration3538]

It's true, especially when a mother is emotionally abusing her children.

[@ulaper6465]

I understand you and good for you darling. He is now someone else's problem. God is surely watching over you. I was in similar situation for years. Emotional abuse and from time to time physical. The physical abuse was done to me by my step daughter. After my divorce, I dated for a while and ALL of those so called "well rounded professionals" were actually scumbags (every one of them). I love being single.

[@vickygoodrich4761]

I understand the anger, the pain, the betrayal and the frustration. He really did do her wrong in so many ways, but when you slip out in the middle of the night while everyone is sleeping, carrying a gun, drive to their house and let yourself in with stolen keys! You didn't go to talk! You went to murder!

[@natashajohnson588]

Exactly!!

[@pommiebears]

Agreed! Also, she dumped her children. It takes a cold woman to dump her children. I know, my own mother dumped me.

[@kevinmalone3210]

​@@pommiebearsDon't feel alone, my mother dumped me too. It's not an easy thing to deal with.

[@RaynaBaus]

But

[@tinavasquez7206]

​​@@pommiebearsI'm sorry to hear about you having to deal with that. I can only imagine how difficult it was.

[@brandyyolidio4213]

All 3 of those adults owe those kids a huge apology! Long before Dan left the home, he was cheating on Betty and took his kids around Linda. How horrible that was for them. Betty did the unthinkable for sure, but those kids were involved in ther mess before that.

[@Kiki-yw9kc]

Dan was a narcisstic, he used Betty and when he made it he dropped her like a brick.

[@runningthunder6923]

Yep! Narcissists make the laws too, needs to be laws against the wicked ways the abuse people.

[@jillmartin355]

I felt that as well, until I heard her conversation with her son. He’s literally begging her to come home.😭😭

[@christiansoldier77]

Ginger Snap No she was the narcissist That is why she will never get out of prison

[@Kiki-yw9kc]

@@christiansoldier77maybe so but Dan had a major part in it all

[@christiansoldier77]

@@Kiki-yw9kc Dan didn't do anything to be killed for. Betty is a lunatic

[@snowbunny1066]

I actually think her husband messed with her head. The way he took away her alimony. Taking the children away 100% is just cruel. He drove her insane.

[@kimessex4011]

I Agree 1MILLION percent, that's what he got , for gaslighting Betty, telling her she was crazy. And that she was imaginating things. FREE BETTY

[@kimessex4011]

@Terri Larsen OH SHUT UP, FREE BETTY

[@gingerleamcwow435]

You free that woman and her kids would turn up dead. She is still VERY much delusional and has taken NO responsibility for what she did. Watch her parole hearings and more recent interviews. She's still mad & talks like she's the victim. Betty Broderick will always be dangerous.

[@Lord_Hillcrest]

@Terri Larsen Totally agree.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@Terri Larsen agreed - I can't imagine the heartbreak and rage the Kolkena and Broderick families must still feel towards the nerve of this woman thinking she has the right to snuff out 2 lives - so glad she's locked up.

[@westvirginia5200]

I can't believe he fined her and sold a house without her knowledge. That her name was on. That's the stuff that would make anyone become temporally insane

[@cosmicwoman8044]

Sometimes i think its wise to stay single till ur 40 and enjoy life and develop urself. And dont rush into commitment

[@forgottenpalace4472]

This comment sits with me so well.

[@miamarks2925]

Appreciate this guidance.❤️

[@ClassPresidentAlejandro1999]

what month did this aire?

[@jerseygirl2364]

Agree!!

[@ivettestar9168]

💯

[@carolynhicks6271]

I don’t condone violence in any manner or adultery. But, with all the work and sacrifices Betty made for this man I can understand why she flipped.

[@anglophils645]

She didn't "flip". She had been divorced for five years, when she went over to Dan's house, and killed him and his new, second wife. She had deep emotional and psychological problems, that can only come from childhood. If you have a strong sense of self from your parents, you will never become obsessed and desperate to hang on to a man, the way Betty did about Dan. You'd say, "Good-by, good riddance, you know where to send my check", and get on with your life. She had a beautiful house, four children who loved her, other friends and family who loved her, and $14K per month in alimony--and still couldn't move on. Her parents created someone with no self-confidence, and no self-love. They created someone very insecure and personality-disordered. She can't admit a mistake. She is so insecure that she still cannot admit that killing the father of her children was wrong. Therefore, she has never been paroled. She'd have been released from jail years ago, if she had ever said that she was wrong, and sorry for what she had done. she still says that it was all Dan's fault.

[@chiablum1453]

​@@anglophils645 most sane & right comment.

[@haintedhouse2990]

i don't condone adultery but by the the time of the murders Betty had blossomed into a hefty foul-mouthed terrorist and she expected Dan to come back?? i would have ran screaming into another's arms as well.

[@juliedaly2381]

We will never know his side; it just go's to show you can't lose yourself for someone else

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@juliedaly2381 the Brodericks played mean but I don't buy the victim bit Betty's been playing for 30 years. old friends remember her being a handful years before Linda showed up

[@Susiehighschool]

I was terrorized by my wealthy doctor husband who convinced me to quit my career at its peak & work for him but he had all the money. A year later he had an affair & I felt the emotions of wanting to kill him, just thoughts bc I could never but no one can understand the slow shred of your entire soul until you’re dealt it. So anyway, it’s not right what she did but, can relate

[@tyrellanderson4722]

So, you had no thought to protect yourself. Mmm. Why?

[@metteschreinerberge5541]

Well, I happen to disagree with those defending Betty Broderick. I totally understand her feelings. I have been through the same. I understand her feelings on every level. I suffered extremely pain. And it took very long to recover. But as I and others going through this, share these feelings, we would never ever commit insane actions like this. What about the children?? She cames across as an unstable and selfish woman. A victim, yes. But not entitled to do what she did.

[@deborahcooper9085]

I’ve been through a similar situation and thank God no one ever got hurt because you can push a mother too far especially when it comes to her children. These two touted her as well and went too far with it!! I hope her children are doing well despite what happened.

[@JessDAblessed710]

This woman is a selfish psychotic manipulative, narcissist. She chose Power over peace, Manipulated everyone involved, and any actual truth to the situation ….. she was more invested in trying to manipulate her children’s way of thinking over creating some kind of stability and peace and comfort for them, even in the court footage. It is quite clear that she is the most divisive of people, and that she will attempt to create her own false narrative at any extent including murder. How this evil manipulative divisive woman was offered anything but a life sentence, and how she managed to manipulate any kind of sympathy from anyone with a working brain is FARRRRR beyond me. I WISH ALL OF HER CHILDREN, NOTHING BUT PEACE AND LOVE AND HAPPINESS IN THEIR LIVES, AND I AM SO TERRIBLY SORRY THEY HAD TO GROW UP WITH THE PARENTS THEY DID .

[@SonjaBritton-c2x]

Yes I agree I can’t believe all the comments defending her sad world she should have thought of her children

[@wandafox6906]

@@SonjaBritton-c2x she should have not killed bc she was hurt …. I would have thought of my Children!

[@pommiebears]

@@wandafox6906 Betty is a diagnosed Narcissist. Most mothers think of their children. Betty thought of herself.

[@pamelad7732]

This is a prime example why you can't play with peoples heart and their emotions. Especially when a person helped you become who you are.Dan drove her insane.

[@PJ-qs7xz]

Well said.

[@laurenmay2098]

I think she was already unstable, she wasn’t going to let that go. He was not a good person, didn’t deserved to die though, but he was a horrible person.

[@lillyanderson3623]

She had no right to murder anyone.

[@rtp1968]

You are 100% correct!!!!

[@ttrainor70]

She has narcissistic personality disorder. She was already insane

[@birdie9240]

The conversation between her and her son was heart breaking… that poor little guy. She let her anger take precedence over the feelings of her kids. That poor little boy. But that dad was using those kids to get to her too. Like she has to quit calling it they can’t see her? That’s bs. If those kids wanted to see their mom they should have been able to no matter how many times she called and cursed on the phone. Both of them sound awful. I feel bad for those kids.

[@haintedhouse2990]

for all her claims of her children meaning everything to her she had an odd way of showing it - "you didn't know your father was f*cking his secretary" what kind of mother talks to their kid like that? she's disgusting.

[@pattygaret141]

Dans fault he abused her to the point she lost all sanity

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@pattygaret141 Betty was nuts way before Linda came along. all this "abuse'" that Dan supposedly did or did not do was more of Betty's bullshit excuses for double homicide.

[@rhondabitler5474]

I agree. He's childish, controlling and psychologically abusive. Who's he to say who can see whom.

[@Jkaye13]

It was court ordered that she didn't see the kids because as Danny said ..'her bad words'. She caused her own problem.. did you not hear Kim and Danny say that SHE brought them back to their dad?! She HAD her kids and dumped them in his yard when she got upset with them.. who does that? She was an unstable, unfit mother who used her kids as a pawn back and forth as a reason to stay connected to her ex.. she's an entitled narcissist who uses everyone for her benefit.. and she deserves to be in prison. Her nagging, derogatory, controlling behavior drove this man to the arms of another woman.. l don't know how he put up with her for 16 years!

[@MsMbarkley]

What the children had to endure is tragic.

[@kkheflin3]

And none of them want anything to do with her. All in their late 30's now. They lived this nightmare. They watched their mother burn their father's clothes in the backyard, watched their mother drive her car and plow it into their house which would have killed them if they had been in that area, came home from school to see red spray paint and obscenities all over the house, seeing when they got home from a Christmas party that their tree had been trashed and all the presents destroyed etcetera etcetera etcetera These poor children. I'm sure they had severe post-traumatic stress disorder and I hope they got decent therapy. Good grief. My heart breaks for those children.

[@peterkrahn2224]

I cant even fathom on what the children had to go through. Basically, loosing both parents at a young age, being put in the middle of this nightmare. It must have been tough for Kim to testify against her mother, it is something that no child should go through. I hope they are living successful and prosperous lives now and while, they differ on her mom's release I hope that they have been able to bonded as a family despite this tragedy.

[@kay8698]

@@kkheflin3 only 2 of them dont want anything to do with her,, Dans brother brainwashed them,

[@perkinsvalentine]

@@peterkrahn2224 Listen to the kids, Betty's a wreckingball. She probably caused near violence amongst her first jury.

[@camxdidxthat]

@@perkinsvalentine did you read her comment. These kids were traumatized. She ruined their lives and feels no remorse because her feelings were hurt.

[@gabriellechung356]

What a tragedy. No winners in this situation especially the kids. Dan and Linda didn’t deserve to be murdered but they kind of rubbed it in to Betty. Just sad all around.

[@kapatip9936]

LIFE IS 10% WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU AND 90% HOW YOU REACT TO IT.

[@AMTSA1]

I think it's more 50/50

[@deedeemendiola5770]

WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU REPOST

[@kapatip9936]

IT DID ALREADY. I AM STILL ALIVE AND HAPPY COZ OF CHRIST. 😂😂😂🙏🙏

[@haintedhouse2990]

yep. Betty is 90% nuts.

[@glorifyenjoy]

I agree. Dan was wrong to commit adultery and gaslight her like he did, but she allowed herself to be consumed by bitterness. She had ample finances and the moral support she needed to move on, but chose to allow herself to be controlled by rage. Very sad.

[@MG-ot2yr]

Betty's biggest mistake was marrying Dan

[@peartfaldo]

and gaining weight

[@foreheadnutz]

And killing him

[@lizadivine3785]

@J Moore and he was well on his way to being a alcoholic. Had he lived he would probably háve lost everything by now and would be sick from cirrhosis.

[@sanderkonto297]

@J Moore Well u can get a hair translant. Also u can just shave it, i know alot of people who look better bald then with hair

[@lillyanderson3623]

Dan's biggest mistake was marrying Betty. Nothing was ever good enough for Betty. She started threatening him with divorce from the first week of their marriage. She was calling him a nerd and a faggot in front of their friends.

[@moda78z]

Thank you! I appreciate these old court tv classics 👍

[@ginacash8895]

I mean after everything he put her through who wouldn't have lost their mind

[@kenyapressley6706]

a woman devoted to her children, that is who

[@diarich9123]

Aww, I remember this case. At that time I was I young and in my early twenties married with 3 lil babies. My heart went out to Betty, But then. I took the society view of Betty and that She was the crazy one….Now, looking at this case I’m in my early 50 and married over 30 years, I certainly have more understanding of who Betty, truly was. She’s wasn’t crazy, what we are witnessing is a woman who was mentally abused by her narcissistic cheating lying husband! 💔

[@YPEFFLE]

She could have lived a nice life, she was getting paid 16k a month in the 80s! That's 34k a month in today's dollars. She thoughts she deserved Dan for the rest of her life but it just doesn't work like that

[@diarich9123]

@@YPEFFLE. It’s sad, that she couldn’t get pass losing “Dan”. Her focus all her marriage was him. And that’s sad. She sacrifice herself waiting on the day, he had promised her. (Good life)When that day arrives he brings another woman, in the picture! 💔you are right She could’ve had a great life, if she would’ve took her grief of losing her ideal life, and healed herself, from the broken pieces he left for her to pick up.

[@haintedhouse2990]

early friends of the Brodericks and later the 2 older daughters remember Betty being a foul-mouthed pain in the ass years before Dan met Linda. Betty definitely had a way with words and her caustic wit with verbal insults were usually aimed at Dan. then people act appalled for him getting her back ?? Betty loved to dish the crap out but cried victim when it was her turn to take it.

[@marcosffontes]

@@YPEFFLE True. She Will can buy a toy boy.

[@teresawicks9859]

Unfortunately not a reason to give my life of freedom up for a dirty cell

[@Julie44Inlouisiana]

A man can invoke temporary insanity with their treatment. I can totally see betty’s point of view. I know of 2 people who are still alive today because I didn’t have a gun.

[@sharonjackson268]

Wow...I'm glad you didn't have a gun, no matter the hurt and pain it's not worth it!

[@Julie44Inlouisiana]

@@sharonjackson268 you are so right. In the heat of the moment, it’s tough. Especially if someone has anger issues. I was young. I know better now lol

[@kay8698]

Betty worked and paid the bills and supported him while he was in college ,she supported him, then when he gets out of college and finally gets a job, he dumps her for the secretary

[@vonna6430]

Me too!

[@lichttraegerin3308]

There is no right to end peoples life's!

[@ranstxx]

Ive been through what shes been through, and it nearly destroyed me. It would turn anyone insane

[@nadershadani2854]

Me too

[@juliekibbe9221]

Something similar happened to me. I will never ever date or have another relationship again. I would rather have surgery without anesthesia then go through that again.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@juliekibbe9221 ouch! - your love life musta been a whopper.

[@juliekibbe9221]

@@haintedhouse2990 - yes. I am happy to be alone.

[@nz5652]

It is unfair for Betty her husband betrayed her but once you hear the pleads of the 11 year olds boy begging for her to let her anger go for his sake it would of made a sane mother melt and pride/ego what ever was hurt by her husband less important

[@anitaconner8886]

Many comments here are totally void of personal responsibility. Whether it's a man or a woman -- we all have total control over our own responses to anything that happens to us. Betty poured contemptuous gasoline over a fire that would have burned out, although the children's lives were ruined with this nasty divorce. Every thing she lost when Dan divorced her was entirely her own fault. He would have worked with her and Betty would have ended up financially comfortable and stable, although she would never have gotten what she demanded and thought she deserved. She never ever put those kids first. Betrayal in a marriage is zero justification or defense for her actions. She vandalized property -- repeatedly on tape threatened to kill him (I heard them -- very believable) -- dumped off kids vindictively on his doorstep -- and intentionally placed those kids in the middle of her vile threats and rage against Dan. There is no sympathy that is deserved for Betty. She is without a soul and absolutely remorseless. Betty still believes she deserved everything of value she had when married to Dan, and that she had a right to do anything to either get it back, or to get revenge on him. Save your sympathy for the children --and for the dead people she viciously and intentionally murdered.

[@karendarnall1243]

I agree with you, however none of us know what we might do in the same situation or any situation when all sense of reason disappears.

[@karenbarber4968]

Right on!!!!

[@karenbarber4968]

Right on!!!!

[@karenbarber4968]

Right on!!!!

[@karenbarber4968]

Right on!!!!

[@ellew4573]

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

[@COCOB2096]

Dan drove Betty insane and she was treater unfairly. That's why she shows zero remorse. She was bullied!

[@luzlara1389]

Yes! And that Linda didn’t help, she had no shame my God! She should have been embarrassed to face the children! Cause she is the cause of the whole mess...No, she still had the nerve to call their mother hurtful names in front of them, hadn’t she already cost them enough pain? I would’ve been embarrassed to face them to begin with..and if she called their mother all those offensive names in front of them, I can only imagine the names she called her when they were not around...she had a mouth of her own

[@luzlara1389]

@@Kensington2714 Yeah, that Linda was conniving just like the one that my ex left me for...their evil intentions are to target married men because we, the wives already helped mature, become responsible, most already have assets or are working towards them..they want it ez, they want to just come and take your place and benefit from the fruits of your labor...which is exactly what happened to me., and my ex, his wife and his daughters the ones that received child support because I helped financially, smeared me, the daughters called me names and told me I was despicable to them that they felt sorry for my son (their half brother) for having a mom like me, that they were happy their father had left me and they adored the new wife...they don’t know that if they spent weekends, outings, vacations with his dad it was because I made my ex look for them..when I got together with him the youngest one was more than a year old and he hadn’t seen her ever. And you yourself know that they acted wrong but yet it’s like they’re happening, like all these good things are coming to them..and I remember I was afraid that my son wouldn’t think that I had been the evil one when he saw them celebrating while I was at home crying, depressed and drinking..not wanting to get out of bed, my son was already an adult so I was neglecting only me. That’s why I like you don’t approve but understand Betty’s actions..I know that the women that come in to destroy homes have no lives for the rest of their lives...no matter what they’re projecting... it’s a mask, their lives are empty..me, I stopped drinking and doing well. I was glad to read your reply and see that you have been blessed with someone that loves and takes care of you and your children, he sounds extraordinary, enjoy life and love while your ex and that woman reap what they sow.. hay ha ha Best💜

[@luzlara1389]

@J Moore Yes! Thank you for reminding me sometimes we focus more in the betrayal that we neglect to realize that they are the ones that lost...him cause he won’t have me anymore and her cause she’s with him!! Thank you again💜

[@sabrinag4512]

That’s not what her kids say!

[@haintedhouse2990]

it was a very short drive. do some homework - the woman had screws loose for years. not everyone has the emotional reactions of a psychotic toddler.

[@nenenash7]

Soooo the new wife came into Bettys home and talked bad about the kids mother to them 😳 Aww hell naw

[@luzlara1389]

Right? She had no shame, I would‘be been embarrassed to face them and this one had the nerve...can you imagine the names she called her when the kids were not around. That Dan sure scored with Linda....NOT!

[@TheQuinones100]

Fucked up huh and she rubbed it in her face

[@ContactsNfilters]

Just my opinion, but I don't think anybody is worth going to prison for. I don't care what they say or think about you.

[@luzlara1389]

@@ContactsNfilters no, nobody is ...but I had a similar experience and I can understand where Betty is coming from...I too was so hurt and felt so used and they rubbed it in my face over and over...it crossed my mind several times...I didn’t give into that impulse but I see how that can happen

[@zizancat5995]

However betty is a queen in home.... which queen who wanted be insulted by a new comer

[@riverebec1]

She dumped her kids on his front step saying if she wasn't going to be Mrs. Dan Broderick, she wasn't raising his children. Many believed Betty had sent the hate mail to herself. As for the fines, evidence at the trial proved that despite all of his threats, Dan never missed a payment to Betty. She's just a liar. "Just die, go away, get out of my life" -- that's why she killed him.

[@espiritualme2048]

Moral of the story, never do nothing for no Man.!! Let him fight he's battles.

[@haintedhouse2990]

and you don't sound bitter at all. now go feed those 13 cats.

[@mtbiker4life918]

She was abusive

[@repentANDobey]

pretty sure thats not the moral of the story! how about domestic violence isn't okay. try and get help getting away so that no one gets hurt. no one is worth going to jail for and don't risk your freedom for feelings. How about be faithful to your marriage and treat each other with respect, put God/Jesus and the church ahead of your marriage, then the marriager, then the kids. you cant have a successful marriage if cheating is involved andc that doesnt happen if you put God first and then your marriage. no time to cheat, you honor your vows. thats the moral of the story

[@daisy4750]

He definitely used her from the beginning. He used her to support him while he went to school and he wanted to her to have children so she can be very dependent on him and for him to advance his career by having a “family” because it looks good. A family was important back then to make a good impression today no one cares about families.

[@mtbiker4life918]

@@daisy4750 after some thought about this I have to agree with you. This is what happens when you stop appreciating what you have. Greed and lust take over.

[@MohammedSyed11]

I sympathyze with her. He was being a huge piece of crap and his new wife was loving it.

[@haintedhouse2990]

She was an over bearing foul-mouthed pain-in-the-ass. he was no angel but do some research. you'll see her saint act was just that - an act.

[@cecilejoubert7933]

I blame Betty's eldest daughter for very ungrateful against her own mother who stood up for her 4 children!

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@cecilejoubert7933 quote from Betty to oldest daughter: "i hate your guts, why would i want to see you? the thought of you makes me sick and i wish you were never born."

[@cecilejoubert7933]

@@haintedhouse2990 Betty never said that to her eldest daughter - she lied about it! My daughter also blames me for her brother's death and it is NOT TRUE! My son OD on drugs and I did everything I could to get him therapy, but he was never interested!

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@cecilejoubert7933 how do you know she lied? were you a part of the Broderick household? so many amateur sleuths on this case - this quote came from the daughter while she was testifying in court. i can't see her lying about this - however I can definitely imagine Betty saying crap like that. have you heard the tapes of her talking to her son on the phone when he was eleven? it's disgusting. what kind of mother talks to her kid like that?

[@otto1630]

betty was emotionly abused by her husband dan. thats why she doesnt have remorse because it was about her survival.

[@haintedhouse2990]

she doesn't have remorse because she's evil. glad she's locked up.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@J Moore it was a very short drive.

[@veryfine69]

Yes, at some point you grow numb.

[@lillyanderson3623]

Her survival?? She wasn't able to survive unless she murdered Dan and his new wife? No thought for her children and what it would do to them? Betty is a monster.

[@sylviaking8866]

@@grandmaida7819 They both were toxic as hell.

[@yvettealiceacaba4841]

She’s lying. She dropped the kids off on Dan’s doorstep, and said she didn’t want them back. She thought that would destroy his new relationship with Linda, and when it didn’t, she began to terrorize them even more. If a man doesn’t love you anymore, and wants to start a new life without you, let him go and start a new life on your own. You don’t terrorize him and kill him. She’s an evil, manipulative and lying narcissist.

[@carriewittbrodt5072]

Exactly

[@angelicalimaxavier998]

I think you are wrong. She wanted him the fell how it’s to take care of children. Always the heavy weight of raising children felt more in the mother side. She was jealous because she knew that he was having good times with Linda. Ok. But I don’t believe not even for a second that she didn’t wanted her children back.

[@Jkaye13]

@yvettealiceacaba48 Nailed it! 👍🏻🎯🎯

[@noah031411]

@@angelicalimaxavier998 how can you say that when the woman was mentally torturing her children? Even after she went to prison for this crime, she called home blaming her children for something she did. Betty was not a loving, caring mother. She used her children to get back at Dan. honestly I truly believe she would’ve murdered her children just stick it to him.

[@dewilew2137]

Dan Broderick was a textbook narcissist. From love bombing and idealization, to devaluation and abuse, to the discarding. It’s a horrible thing to be subjected to, and they don’t ever change. His second wife would have found that out eventually if they’d both lived long enough.

[@mardyross2838]

I got to viewing on YT about this case, generally recalling it being in the news when it occurred but not following it. Someone suggested the Netflix series 1 of Dirty John, and the 2nd season is Brodericks. (The first was a case from Newport Beach just N of S.D.) They used different actresses for young adult and middle adult, and it seemed like her behaviors and demeanor were very different which seemed more script than actress, and was perhaps oversight and due to different actresses. At the time this occurred I was recovering from an illness that had unknown cause and it co-occurred with Melody Beaty coming to my University town touring the book Codependent No More. Later I'd learn the term "Identified Patient", and see how it applied to my parents and my process after reading the book. I focused on the identified problem person and literally worked through decades of issues from the one (mother), and got done and realized I needed to repeat for the less obvious (father). On Netflix it shows him telling friends she wouldnt kill him because he was the money source for her. He had not set the alarm system that night and probably others. Did he feel immune from what happens to many in his situation? Was that his PD at play? His becoming or staying friends with people she knew can be a PD thing but it also could be they felt a need to network to help her and talk to each other. Two of them got pagers per the series, for the purpose of intervening if needed. And since that time, the info about NPD has branched out to include more introverted types. I think theres more to the story if more interviews were done with people from the 1950s, 60s, 70s.

[@user-wickedflower]

@@mardyross2838 nobody gonna read that epilogue it’s a comment section not your personal diary

[@tutubalogun484]

@@user-wickedflower 😂😂😂

[@imtired2983]

And so was her daughter, she chose money and lifestyle. Too bad

[@thankuwelcome2153]

You nailed it I was thinking the same throughout this. If only Betty would have sat back and calmed down she would have witnessed Dan treating Linda even worst. The narc CANT change!

[@TheChoralist]

Had they not been killed he would've absolutely did the same to Linda kolkena! Just like what he did to the daughter! Who the hell disinherits a 17 year old child because they have a drug problem (it was only marijuana at that) all the resources he had to get her help but nope just like a narcissist he was true to nature. "Do what I say or ill punish you" smh ppl talk about Betty so bad but Dan used the kids as chess pieces more than her ! He was just more sneaky and underhanded with it

[@tessabishop5455]

Thechoralist It's also the fact that she was fighting an "attorney" long before she divorced him. He was driving her crazy, gaslighting, her. He knew what he was doing. He had a great reputation. 3-11 Years was a fair sentence. Life No. Maybe 11 years Yes.

[@ebaymotorhomes]

@@tessabishop5455 Don't be a sentimental idiot. Life was appropriate for the murder of the mistress alone.

[@dewilew2137]

I came here to say this. The exact same cycle Betty experienced, love bombing, idealization, devaluing and abuse, then the eventual discard. It all would have happened to Linda at some point. As soon as he got bored or realized that she isn’t as perfect as he thought, because no one is, she would have been next to go.

[@dewilew2137]

Narcissists don’t change. The patterns don’t change.

[@rtp1968]

Well said!!

[@stephaniesarah8412]

What a dysfunctional mess.. Betty talking to her young kids about her marital issues as if they’re her adult friends, and Linda calling Betty fat and crazy etc to the children at the dinner table.. the whole thing is wild. Poor kids.

[@elishasmith1499]

I used to feel sorry for her but she really thought he owed her for raising their children and she owned him. She berated him in front of their children and was never satisfied that's enough to drive anyone away. Destroying property violating restraining orders she was in total control of what she was doing and her hot headed nature ultimately ended 2 lives.

[@Jkaye13]

Nailed it! 👍🏻🎯🎯

[@goldengirl1047]

Linda was by far an angel.Sitting at the dinner table committing adultery with their father and calling their mother fat.

[@grammylisa1]

I read that she had several affairs with married men. She was just looking for a rich husband, nothing more. Very sleazy!!!!

[@dimechick]

Totally agree. I don’t think she deserved to be murdered for it but you’re absolutely correct. Linda was no angel & it seems like she liked drama.

[@lillyanderson3623]

Linda isn't here to refute your claims.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@dimechick you say Linda was the one who liked drama?? are you familiar with this case at all?

[@carriefawcett9990]

Whoopie f*cking Doo! What's that got to do with the price of fish? She did NOT deserve to be murdered in her bed!!

[@antoniafaheerty6980]

The phone call with her son was heartbreaking. She was wrong for that.

[@haintedhouse2990]

also driving the car through the front door, leaving the kids on Dan's doorstep, her violence and foul-mouth witnessed by the kids years before Linda came along, using the children as pawns....those poor kids are probably still in therapy.

[@amadao.4180]

Being ALLOWED to talk to her son like that is nuts. Dan was recording for his personal divorce case. Could've had her jailed wellllll before. Several educated and esteemed people saw Betty's deterioration and did not intervene

[@mariaashley8490]

She wasnt in her right mind .

[@PJ-qs7xz]

@@haintedhouse2990 the anger, reason for anger, husband's lies, foul mouth words, out bursts came after her husband started cheating with Linda, lying & gas lighting Betty. Prior to the new skill-less Receptionist's arrival & Dan chose her Mrs. Broderick was unaware of how her husband manipulated her to financially carry him, them during pregnancy or not.

[@haintedhouse2990]

PJ Betty was a foul-mouthed pain-in-the-ass years before Linda came along - the children and friends of both Betty and Dan were witnesses to her verbal abuse. Read Bella Stumbo's "Until the 12th of Never" - you'll see Dan wasn't the only asshole in this train wreck.

[@TheKrmoore]

Anyone can snap when pushed to their breaking point. Yes even sane people can snap.

[@dagny8336]

Yes, those voices in her head drove her to the breaking point.

[@samiahw3667]

Very true!! 💯

[@haintedhouse2990]

she didn't snap. she had been foaming at the mouth over killing them both for 5 years. she simply completed her mission. now she sleeps like a baby. sick.

[@sylviaking8866]

@@grandmaida7819 If her husband was a narc, he would have found many ways to triangulate her with the new lover. One really has to go no contact but she did not due to her children. She was clearly unstable and people seem to turn a blind eye to his cruelty. This was a time bomb waiting to go off. NO CONTACT PEOPLE. Don't look back.

[@kay8698]

Betty worked and paid the bills and supported him while he was in college ,she supported him, then when he gets out of college and finally gets a job, he dumps her for the secretary

[@riverebec1]

If she wanted "to get away from them" why was she constantly calling, threatening, and harassing them? Why didn't she just leave THEM alone? The only person Betty Broderick was being victimized by was Betty Broderick. Dan and Linda may have been insensitive jerks, but it was Betty who was driving herself crazy. Her feelings were simply not reality.

[@ElBitch]

🙄🙄🙄

[@gratefulheart5454]

You can see who she truly is by the way she disregards her children back then and even now. The way her son has to beg her for civility is so sad. I noticed she turned on the poor little boy too when he reminded her she left them all at the dad's doorstep.Her obsession is very clear.she's where she belongs. I personally think she was capable of harming her children too. The father was correct in seeking full custody. He was so correct, he's not alive anymore.

[@ElBitch]

@@gratefulheart5454 🙄🙄🙄

[@Heirphoria13]

The first sane comment ive seen Thanks

[@keepernyu-kc6xy]

Premeditated. How or where did she get the keys to their home?

[@sarahs2288]

I’ve been looking for this for years! Thanks for posting.

[@asclosetocrime]

You're welcome and thanks for commenting. That's exactly what I hope to hear when I upload something. Well, that or "I never seen this before."

[@geidovoolain4343]

I think her husband was incredibly cruel. A lot of women would have reacted the same as she did, turning up, being defiant etc. I think she should be released.

[@scottdelong1]

He never physically abused her and gave her plenty of money. She had every right to be hurt and angry; she had no right to murder two people. And she still refuses to take responsibility, casting herself as victim. Thus she will almost certainly die in prison, a fate she richly deserves.

[@lowlowseesee]

@@scottdelong1 I agree with everything you said. however the lack of physical abuse almost means nothing. destroying someones mind with gaslighting and fucking with her ability to parent literally can fuck the wives head up for the rest of their lives. he didnt beat her because he didnt need to, he controlled her through court corruption and gaslighting and stonewalling and probably a bunch of other things

[@scottdelong1]

@@lowlowseeseeTotal agreement. The gaslighting and obvious cruelty pushed her over the edge. Nevertheless, she shows signs of classic narcissism and still refuses to take responsibility for her actions. She doesn't seem to think she did anything wrong(!) Gaslighting, cruelty, and callously trading in the woman who put you through medical AND law school for a younger, prettier model are indeed awful. But murdering two people is several degrees of magnitude worse.

[@IslandGirl-nt6ry]

One thing parole boards look for first and foremost is remorse. Betty has never shown that, not even once. She has taken no responsibility for the murders of two people. The true victims here are the children, caught up in a adult dangerous game they had no part in but will suffer from for the rest of their lives. That business of "oh I was going to kill myself" she got right out of the Jean Harris playbook--the woman who killed the man who invented the Scarsdale diet. She did exactly the same thing, murdered him when he tried to dump her then said she went there to kill herself. I just heard for the first time recently that Betty actually had another relationship she was in during all of this after Dan left her. Poor wretched guy whoever he was, but Jesus if she can manage to snag a guy with that kind of baggage in her life, wow. Part of me feels for her especially during the times Dan was obviously running around on her then messing with her mind and calling her crazy. That came back to bite him because he obviously had no idea how dangerous she really was, didn't make sure she didn't have access to the house, no alarm system? And an angry exwife who had said she was going to kill him dozens of times. So many lessons to learn here.

[@crinklecutchip]

@@lowlowseesee agreed. abuse is abuse.

[@amberlinmchugh8115]

They should've had a change of venue being that Dan was a hotshot lawyer in san Diego. I lived two cells Dien from her about 12 yrs ago, we would chat sometimes since we're from the same area and she told me that they would've approved her parole if she would show even a speck of remorse. She said she told the board if given the change she'd kill them again. Don't think she really wants to leave. She is truly broken

[@amberlinmchugh8115]

Jeez the typos, sorry my pug is trying to help me type.

[@eva5601]

How sad.

[@amberlinmchugh8115]

@@eva5601 It was, I don't think she had anything out here anymore

[@ABC-pw5fq]

It's to bad she can't pretend to have any remorse for her crime? While I was reading other comments from a different video it also Said Linda was sleeping with her ex boyfriend too? Dan didn't even pick a winner? Seems like Betty is happy to stay in prison, just standing by her opinions? To bad for Betty?

[@kay8698]

Betty worked and paid the bills and supported him while he was in college ,she supported him, then when he gets out of college and finally gets a job, he dumps her for the secretary

[@leibaluv3204]

I understand how hard this is but I would never give anyone the satisfaction of being this mad! Ever!

[@laurarocio8208]

Totally agree with you .

[@bernadetebruunprabha]

She has been brainwasted for when she were Young. Therefore she lost her abilty to trust in herself. Futhermore is only recently there has been more and more focus on narc. Traits.

[@pommiebears]

@@bernadetebruunprabha what a load of BS. Stop defending murderers. She had no right to break into a house that wasn’t hers, and kill two people.

[@bernadetebruunprabha]

@@pommiebears stop your self and your own shit - ofcause is not okay to kill another Human being, and not and not and yet people kill and become murders- ? And? What can you do about it? So keep you own shit

[@elainenilsson5472]

Apparently you don't.

[@missolesoul]

I'm sorry but when she found out he lied to her, she doused his clothes on fire and said to him,"Liar liar pants on fire" LOL!

[@Larsen3306]

Lol

[@christar9527]

She is a Scorpio and they get crazy with revenge. She needed some serious psychological help but narcissists like her never think they are the problem!

[@francinerosie2631]

I felt so sorry for betty. I think she was a victim of a very selfish husband. I know what she did was terrible but when you are pushed to the edge and cast aside like an old shoe. What woman would let him get away with it. She was a wonderful mother to her kids. God bless you Betty

[@hlowrylong]

Baloney. A strong woman deals with this adversity, her cross to bear, enjoys the alimony and moves to new goals. She gets therapy and dotes even more on her children. She gets a personal trainers and hooks up with a hot young man. Her solution was selfish and illogical. She needs a lot of therapy, but is likely borderline or histrionic.

[@jblue705]

@@hlowrylong Believe it or not, she was actually dating AND living with a ‘hot young man’ - in her beach house - at the time she committed the murders. She really had no or little ability to put things in perspective.

[@hlowrylong]

@@jblue705 I totally forgot about that - you’re right - what a terrible, evil person. I can imagine being angry at my ex, but taking him away from his children is awful.

[@haintedhouse2990]

a wonderful mother who's selfish obsession left her kids parentless. hardly mother of the year who put her kids on the back burner so she could nurse on her deadly obsession with Dan. Narcissistic to the core.

[@YPEFFLE]

If she was a "wonderful" mom she wouldn't drop her kids off at his house 1 by 1. I'm sure she thought once he sees how hard it is to care for them he would want her back. She could have had a nice life on 16k a month (34k in today's dollars with inflation) she thought she deserved Dan for the rest of her life

[@sweetdixie8498]

What I don't understand is why Dan played judge and the State did absolutely nothing to him he should be in jail

[@haintedhouse2990]

Betty's theatrics and bad behavior stole the show. Perhaps it's easier to get away with playing judge when your wife is hogging the spotlight.

[@erinloo8921]

@@haintedhouse2990 he treated Betty like a child. How did anyone expect her to behave ??

[@haintedhouse2990]

like a grown-up who excepts adult responsibility and not react like a psychotic toddler. who said he treated Betty like a child??

[@erinloo8921]

@@haintedhouse2990 so you hv been in the same position? Betrayed lied to punished for natural reactions ??? He earned what he got and so did his gold digger.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@erinloo8921 sorry Loo your logic is fucked. Murdering two people because they got married and moved on with their lives is something out of the dark ages. she's a double killer with no remorse. glad the cow's locked up.

[@helenal.7881]

Betty tries to paint Dan like such a bad person but yet she desperately wanted to stay married to him.

[@olubukonla7352]

for the money, and social status.

[@eugeniasyro7315]

I have a lot of sympathy for her. He tormented her.

[@lillyanderson3623]

Betty is a cold blooded murderer and she made her kids orphans.

[@lillyanderson3623]

@J Moore It's been inferred. She committed a double homicide leaving her children orphans yet people defend her. I will remove the word "angel". You seem to think just like Betty. "Go away"? That's what Betty did to Dan and Linda, she made them go away. 🙄

[@haintedhouse2990]

@J Moore you're bitching at Lilly Anderson for repetitive comments and you've said to me at least 3 times "you don't know enough about the case." classic.

[@haintedhouse2990]

it becomes boring trying to make sense to you. you can't even comprehend my last comment correctly. you sound as batshit as Betty.

[@haintedhouse2990]

​@J Mooresorry honey but it's true - I'm a real prick.

[@luvleeana]

She dumped the kids off she thought Dan couldn’t make it without her.. but he did. And that pissed her off

[@Josie-6]

She put him through school two separate times, so no, he couldn’t have made it without her, 🤣but he left her the second he could after everything she’d done for him.

[@lillyanderson3623]

@@Josie-6 She drove him away.

[@terryrollins1973]

Yep typical single mom move, Dan called her bluff and the kids were better off with him anyway. Claimed she didn't want custody because she couldn't afford to keep her kids on $16,000 alimony she was sponging off Dan

[@luvleeana]

@@terryrollins1973 I wouldn’t generalize single moms… my son doesn’t get dumped off. I enjoy spending time with my kids. I can’t get enough of them. She was in it for the money the entire time. Period

[@carolecompton9270]

​@@lillyanderson3623 Betty didn't drive Dan away when she was putting him through law school and medical school ...

[@eva5601]

She was the only one working as a teacher, while he studied to be a lawyer. He didn't work, she paid for everything, and she even paid for his college tuition. His money was also Betty's money, not Lindas!

[@oig40203]

Betty got plenty of money.

[@cecechannel2]

Still gives her no right to take their lives. Dan was the victim of Betty's abuse. Betty drove Dan into the arms of Linda. I hope she rots in prison.

[@jazzm4360]

I’ve been through a similar situation…I’ve been gaslighted, physically, verbally, emotionally and mentally abused by my husband who I have been on and off with for 10 years, married for 6.. I had my first psychotic break/first bipolar episode after my husband told me he had cheated on me..I can honestly say i would take the physical abuse ANY DAY over the emotional torment. 😭💔

[@jazzm4360]

He’s put me in jail for snapping slightly and pushing him when he told me he was going to screw his ex from 10 years ago and her sister, while I was pregnant with our 5th child..he cheated on me while I was pregnant with our 4th..seemed remorseful and I forgave him.., I’m on probation now for pushing him after he disrespected me by threatening that..while he’s been guilty many times of punching me leaving bruises on my arm, slapped me, choked me/put me in choke holds, slammed me into a door, punched me in the stomach when I could have possibly been pregnant (trying to conceive), thrown things, etc..and he gets to look like an innocent “victim”.

[@olubukonla7352]

@@jazzm4360 why would you allow someone like that impregnate you 5 times???

[@pommiebears]

@@jazzm4360STOP GOING BACK TO HIM! Are you nuts, woman? Find your strength, straighten your back, get some high heels on, and laugh as you walk, no run, away! I can say this because I’ve done it. Ended up in a shelter with two kids. I at least had my kids, and my sanity. Stop being his whipping woman, and get out of there! Edit..and, don’t have more babies with a man who would punch you in the stomach. Have some self preservation and get out!

[@zydration3538]

So an entirely not similar situation...

[@englishlanguagewithnina5965]

There should be some kind of legal recourse for women when men try to do this to them. He willingly took her years and hard work and then gaslit her and left. I sympathise.

[@elizabethfrancois2344]

Ah shut up he paid her off she lived a good life she is a wicked witch

[@JSmedic1]

She has plenty of money just not the prestige of being a lawyer's Wythe anymore. She had a choice. She chose wrongly.

[@JL-uo1di]

I totally sympathise with her as well. He was clearly a narcissist with purely selfish intentions and once he got rich, he ended up with a money digger that was as vile as he was.

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@JL-uo1di Betty was a money digger as well but she had the cloak of a marriage to appear proper to San Diego's elite. she didn't love Dan anymore than he loved her. she loved the perks at Neiman Marcus more. Betty and Dan were both users.

[@carolecompton9270]

@@haintedhouse2990 I 2nd that emotion... ♡

[@sheathompson8896]

Betty was not well and chose to handle her anger violently and murderously. She ruined her own marriage just as much as he did through adultery. Sounds extremely dark. Sorry for the kids. Wonder how their lives turned out.

[@melanyblake1470]

I agree. Betty treated Dan horribly. No excuse for Dan to mistreat her if he did but the children witnessed how she always ruined everything with her bad attitude.

[@bcatblues725]

I totally agree with you. Betty was only concerned for Betty. Not the kids not Dan and Linda’s life

[@alexandrasymeon5893]

While raising the kids, Dan left Betty alone most of the time while he was building his client base and going out for drinks with friends. I would be infuriated too. Dan was not a model husband.

[@bcatblues725]

@@alexandrasymeon5893 And she darn sure wasn’t a model wife. No, she had to murder her kids father.

[@alexandrasymeon5893]

@@bcatblues725 Of course not. They were both narcissists but Dan should not have gaslighted her about the affair. He was so sure she wouldn't murder the "Golden Goose," but found out otherwise.

[@norajohnson899]

She had Infidelity PTSD and was emotionally abused. She snapped.

[@alexnowarski]

so true. After watching Netflix series ‘Dirty John’ I see now her husband was very much alike to grandiose Narcissist. Looks like Betty collapsed after years of psychological abuse and was victim of permanent non-stop and emotionally heavy narcissistical abuse.

[@samiahw3667]

Yes!

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@alexnowarski yeah, base your beliefs on a Netflix series that has taken the real story of the Brodericks and re-written it to appease the Me Too movement, our politically correct obsession and to do damage control over Meredith Baxter's rather unflattering portrayal of Betty Broderick (i thought it was spot on). I'm not a 'Dan fan' by any means but I dont buy this new Joan of Arc image they're trying to tag Betty with. The Brodericks were a match made in hell and she was about as far from a saint as you can get. Find a copy of "Until the Twelfth of Never" by Bella Stumbo for an unbiased, realistic account of what the Brodericks were really like.

[@oppositewolf]

@@haintedhouse2990 ty!! lol...i giggled when i saw "infidelity PTSD" ....ohhh plahhhhheeez........Betty was just as unhappy with that marriage since the beginning as he was....she was ticked that he wanted to bow out before she was ready to do it (as she threatened divorce for years and years----supposedly it was a *cough, BLUFF) She wanted half of what dan had/earned-the end...she drove herself crazy with that at the heart of it....he had no intentions of giving her half

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@oppositewolf agree. Betty brought most of her misery on herself but like a good sociopath she always pointed the finger at others, like in the one interview I saw and she says "two people are dead that could have had wonderful lives." well damn Betty why do you think they couldn't live those wonderful lives?? her dis-association with responsibility is record breaking.

[@lolacole5653]

She should have moved on. Many women get divorced and see the husband get a younger woman. Devastating, but keep it moving. She drove her ownself crazy.

[@jodif916]

He left one of his daughters out of his will, the other three were financially stable after his death,it shows the parents are selfish and only cared of themselves, what a awful legacy to be left. To you who reads this comment,keep safe and well with the pandemic,best regards from the U.K. ❤️

[@nagatomutsu844]

yeah I also noticed that. His reason is the second daughter had some performance issues. Their eldest kinds were brainwashed into cold blood morons as well, especially the eldest daughter. But I heard the eldest daughter is divorced by now. Karma for her.

[@jodif916]

@@nagatomutsu844 hi hope you are well, thank you for the update, it’s a sad case with many lives touched, so much loss. Keep well ❤️🇬🇧

[@isay207]

His oldest daughter is a addict

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@isay207 not surprising. couldn't blame any of them for wanting to numb memories of the shit show they grew up with.

[@tyrellanderson4722]

@@nagatomutsu844 karma?? Oh, get a life.

[@korihagerud4624]

Meredith Baxter did a great job playing Betty in the TV movie , A Woman Scorned

[@geniasmith5791]

She sure did I luv her 😊

[@dianpan8132]

She won an Emmy for it, didn’t she?

[@korihagerud4624]

@@dianpan8132 Yes she did . Very well deserved.

[@haintedhouse2990]

yes - much better than Amanda Peet who's a good actress but mis-cast as Betty Broderick - too thin and petite.

[@lillyanderson3623]

"Her Final Fury" was excellent.

[@renee6668]

No man is everrrrrrrrrrrr worth leaving or loosing your kids smmfh

[@dariahughes5564]

*Losing* I agree 100% Never wrap your identity in a man. No matter what, be able to support yourself and kids, cuz they will leave eventually. As women, we have to protect ourselves and never give our power away to ANY MAN, EVER! GREAT comment, Plz take care out there! Daria 💜 #STAYHOMESTAYHEALTHY

[@bobrob3841]

Alize. Please learn the huge difference between losing and loosing. Please.

[@djr6876]

@@bobrob3841 I see this grammatical mistake made often, maybe an auto correct problem.

[@rita6459]

No man is worth it

[@bobrob3841]

@@djr6876 You're too kind. I assure you it's ignorance and laziness.

[@zydration3538]

I love how 90% of comments are "I don't condone what she did but here's why I condone what she did"

[@robbylebotha]

All from women who are equally as sick as Betty. Psychopaths

[@vishmael1028]

She is not crazy by any means. She supported him and he impregnated her not 1 time but 4 so she could not have been too crazy. Money changes people and I am sure this was a huge blow to all that she had done for him. She should not have murdered but she should not be in prison now either. The movie pained her to be crazy but he was arrogant and Linda was not ver nice either. Calling her fat and I am sure that was not all she said about her.

[@beatle1956]

Oh, that's right. It's legal to murder your ex-husband and his wife, if the the ex-husband "mistreats" you. His wife is just collateral damage.

[@christiansoldier77]

Victoria Mathews She isnt crazy but she has a serious neurosis She is a textbook Narcissist and those type of people only think about themselves and ultimately destroy their own lives That is Betty in a nutshell

[@amadao.4180]

Betty was pregnant 9 time

[@Josie-6]

More than that, she had miscarriages and one child died shortly after birth.

[@Josie-6]

@@christiansoldier77 she’s a narcissist? She paid to put him through two separate Ivy League schools while pregnant, and he left her for his secretary.

[@hawkflying2527]

She said he was constantly wanting to marry her. She had the jobs, was in college, had a car. He was in college, no jobs, no money. Surely she would have seen his dorm room and realized before marrying him where she would have to live. Why marry so soon? She really did have goals. College then marriage. One at a time. Too bad she gave in. Too many women (and men) don't realize their goals because they move too fast into a relationship. Ladies, and gents, take time to get to know someone. I realize back when Betty got married most goals for women were to just get married and have kids. But now, learn to rely and support yourself. If you know you can take care of yourself you at least have an out if this or abuse happens. Of course, moving in with someone you've known for only a few weeks (happens now) doesn't help a relationship.

[@pinkpugginz]

people married fast back in the day because it was "proper" and due to lame religious ideals about sex before marriage

[@prettygrrrlll1850]

Betti did complete college and was working as a teacher when she married Dan.

[@lalixlili]

@@pinkpugginz He married her because she was a catch, he was not.... Dude was a user from day one. He never really loved her that is why he dumped her and got remarried... He wanted a fresh start with a woman he chose for "herself" not for things she could do for him...

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@lalixlili wow i never knew all this - thank you Miss Cleo.

[@kay8698]

@@haintedhouse2990 Betty worked and paid the bills and supported him while he was in college ,she supported him, then when he gets out of college and finally gets a job, he dumps her for the secretary

[@enaane8463]

He used her up to advance himself, and than he replaced her with a woman half of her age. Even this was not enough, they both called her fat, mailed her face lift creams, weight lost meds, played with her nerves, dignity, motherhood, etc. It is sad that she ended up like this. If Betty just waited for another year or two his new, young bride would kick his old butt in a heartbeat. No 20-30 year old stays with any sugar daddy too long. Takes his money and moves on...

[@kittyb275]

I do believe some of what she said. But what proof does she have that anything she says is true? Its easy to make all these crazy allegations when he isn't alive.

[@marcosjuarez7809]

Do you think so? Betty Broderick, in my mind, is before Jodi Arias and before Shayna Hubers.

[@annette2892]

Or maybe she had no right to kill them. Or maybe he finally found a sane wife. And I know crazy. Am a woman who ran through two great guys and ended up with the father of... nevermind. I don't know any of you!😘🤣🤣🤣

[@kittyb275]

@@annette2892 how is the new wife sane? She slept with a married man. And harassed his wife. She's not any better.

[@dellahicks7231]

We only ever had Betty telling us that was what Dan and Linda did. What we do have, is Betty on tape using offensive language in reference to Dan & Linda, while speaking with her young son. Those poor children were ripped apart by both their parents.

[@citygirl729]

Betty's irrational behavior didn't do anything to help her situation with Dan. She blames Dan for everything but it seems that she was obsessed about the fact that her marriage was ending and couldn't handle it so she killed him and his new wife, if she couldn't have him nobody could! Betty's version of events differ from everyone else's, including her own children, family and friends.

[@vickiecopeland500]

Thank you!! Betty was very delusional. They had problems way before Linda came along. Her children know the truth. He didn't take the kids she left them one by one. Her behavior is what kept the children away by law. She needs help.

[@nathandevine437]

Keep in mind that Betty and Dan was not together for more than 5 years that's when she decided to kill him not when Dan and Linda got married. Betty stored hate in her head for Dan and Linda for a very long time. Linda came into the Broadwicks debacle.of a marriage when she was only 19years old. I personally thought she was older because Linda was a Flight Attendant and out of experience myself as a Flight Attendant you had to be 21 years old in order to work in the Airline Industry as a Flight Attendant.😊

[@kevinmalone3210]

Sorry, but it's not as cut and dried as you mentioned. She slaved and supported Dan for years, so he could become successful. Raised their children, went through numerous pregnancies, and after he makes it, he dumps her for a newer model. She became outraged, and who wouldn't in that situation. She needed to move on, but couldn't.

[@Jkaye13]

@@kevinmalone3210 '..and he slaved and supported her' in a lavish lifestyle that she didn't want to give up.. and despite getting a house on the beach and $16,000 a month.. she killed him because she wanted to make him pay for leaving her.. she couldn't stand the fact that he was actually happy with someone else.. classic narcissist! And she had a live in boyfriend when she killed them!

[@Beau_lea]

I support her 1 million percent sorry to the kids but this woman was really brought down to the last sanity she had.

[@pad6080]

I agree

[@Sparrowdean]

You are as unhinged as she is. She wasn't forced to marry Dan, she chose badly, he was an unworthy husband. He wanted out of the marriage, let him go, take as much money as you're entitled to, start again and do better next time, should you decide to enter into another relationship. It benefits no one at all to remain in a marriage with a man who neither loves or respects you. What has she achieved? She damaged the lives of her children and has spend decades in prison instead of enjoying the freedom divorce from Dan would have given her. The lives of Dan and his wife wasn't worth what she sacrificed.

[@nomsantsoane3984]

@@Sparrowdean people should learn there's nothing wrong with starting afresh. And advice i once got from my sister is that allow yourself to lose everything but not your mind.

[@Sparrowdean]

@@nomsantsoane3984 You are absolutely right and that was good advice from your sister. I'm not saying it wouldn't have been painful, but pain will soon pass. There are so many possibilities, pleasure and fulfilment to be had in starting afresh on your own terms. I can't imagine anything worse than living with a man who doesn't love me.

[@nomsantsoane3984]

@@Sparrowdean yes sometimes a loss is a gain of something greta

[@caroldanzer3621]

She’s the ultimate victim here - she wasn’t a match for mr lawyer . How cruel could he be - powerful and taunting - turned the kids and everyone against her

[@marymary20]

She’s alive. She’s far from the ultimate victim. Many women are betrayed and mistreated...they don’t murder the father of their children.

[@mariazouaniaagustin9910]

But even the one he married was not a fit, he simply wanted a younger woman.

[@mtbiker4life918]

She was the abusive one...not him.

[@mtbiker4life918]

@childishpropaganda yeah after verbally and physically abused him.

[@nitagirl614]

@@mtbiker4life918 I agree. Her kids were witnesses to her abusing him.

[@mahaharb5055]

A bad mother is one who does not care enough about her children to keep them safe. Betty, put her own selfishness above her child's!!

[@Larsen3306]

You’re right !! She is the lunatic and she IS also a narcissist !

[@Stevia_Dunn]

This is so true.

[@TheSybil47]

I don't think she was easy to live with. She's quite scary, and intimidating. He paid her back the money that she contributed in the beginning, but some people always feel, that the person who they supported financially, owe them something in return for the rest of their lives. Of course it hurts a lot to be dumped, after so many years, but she didn't love him, she wanted to own him, so leaving them alone was not an option.

[@ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc]

It was a covenant marriage, not a business deal. To her, that is. She was in their marriage for life. There’s cold, hard facts. Then there’s the complex story of lives, needs, love, betrayal, heartbreak. What Dan did, how he did it was the worst thing he could’ve done to his wife who has borderline personality disorder. ⛽️ on 🔥 Betty was on 🔥 from adultery Dan was ⛽️ by lying, gaslighting She needed lots of the opposite

[@amymay6591]

I don't know how so many twisted people defend this crazy insane woman! I don't feel bad for her, look at her eyes...tells you all you need to know. She abused him in the marriage which led to the divorce she then abused him and her children through the separation and divorce. She is certifiable NUTS. How people defend her is baffling to me. She MURDERED two innocent people while they were SLEEPING...she left hundreds of abusive voicemails for her children to hear...volatile vm at that caught on recording with her son. Imagine how ahe was to live with???? I would've left her to. Betty Boop is a narcissistic evil witch and she needs to rot in her cage for the rest of her pointless life.

[@judithgannon5642]

$28,000?

[@Trac82]

🤭🤪

[@jacquelinesento425]

Her own kids were so afraid of her . She kept telling her husband she wanted a divorce he finally gave her one and moved on . Did not end well

[@arnaldomonge6486]

From a man’s perspective. This woman has suffered enough! Let her go free.

[@24pekanpie]

Prime example as to what happens when you work with your man from nothing to something. They leave you for someone younger than you and share all of the money on the person who wasn’t there from the beginning. Not saying it was right for her to kill them but ... 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@pinkpugginz]

yup build a man up and it will be your ruin.

[@johnross6786]

Lmao 🤣😆

[@marydavis7978]

We live and learn! Life is not perfect when the music stops the dance is over! Move on!

[@sandife4nandes365]

If my ex purchased a million dollar ocean front home and paid me 16,000.00 per month, I would have been pleased.

[@lizym8146]

Exactly, I know money isn't everything but even in today's world that's a lot of money! I bet she sits in prison just fantasizing about what could have been.

[@PotatoPieYT]

@@lizym8146She earned half his money and he would threaten to take alimony from her if she misbehaved.

[@OumTHMDY]

​@@lizym8146 I think that the fact he and his mistress/wife aren't around anymore to live the good life, Betty felt should have been hers, is more satisfying to her to bask in than that sea side home.

[@frowniebrown86]

I believe he tormented this woman 100% but she deserves the guilty verdict. His rejection deeply wounded her, and he twisted that dagger. It’s not right. However, she had no control over this man. She wanted to force this marriage to work because she put her whole self worth and life into it. That is where the desperation came from, she was running from this pain of rejection and abandonment. She let that take highest priority over anything, including her children. That’s where she fucked up. She was too busy being heartbroken that she abandoned her own children emotionally while he took them physically. If you love your children you would never take THEIR father from him just because you lost your husband. They have no parents now.

[@user-bx8ol3yv3d]

I feel sorry for her also. She was scorned, but first he used his power to completely destroy her. She did not deserve that. He pushed and pushed just because he could. He was a narcissist. The children should be ashamed of siding with their father.

[@haintedhouse2990]

if I saw mom pulling the shit that crazy-pants did i would have been begging with my life to stay with dad.

[@korihagerud4624]

I read one of the female jurors said : I just don’t know what took her so long .

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@korihagerud4624 for over 30 years we've only heard Betty's version and I don't buy the saint act for a minute.

[@korihagerud4624]

@@haintedhouse2990 nor do I . She was no saint and there is no defense for what she did . Move on , find another man , get a career . I referenced the jurors comment bc that’s from the jury in the first trial that hung .

[@korihagerud4624]

Watch the TV movie called a Woman Scorned . Meredith Baxter did a great job .

[@toddlea2624]

Just a quick follow up, Her claims of having no money is complete BS! She had plenty of money and was living in a beautiful home but it did not satisfy her.

[@sandradee1579]

Totally agree, she got a very considerable financial settlement, beautiful home, alimony etc. Disappointed, saddened & depressed at the dissolution of her marriage, yes but she should've moved forward & raised her kids. Period.

[@gracecatz3996]

The new wife looked like the younger old wife. I'm sure he played dirty. War of the Rose's that ended badly. No way I would have killed them.

[@vickiheitman9771]

I have just said the same thing he went for a younger model of what his wife was when they was younger

[@wendybest1142]

DAN was a narc for sure,pure evil....poor betty was trauma bonded....acted out of crazinest,which he drove her to

[@missyfazenbaker705]

That was my first thought too was of the roses

[@thankuwelcome2153]

Dan was for sure a narcissist. If Betty would have sat back long enough she would have witnessed him do the same to Linda. Yet and still team Betty!

[@barbmurray8557]

Team Betty lmao 🤣 😂 😆

[@barbmurray8557]

Were you cheated on?

[@thankuwelcome2153]

@@barbmurray8557 nope . He did wayyyy more than cheat!

[@marcosjuarez7809]

Team Betty? She murdered her ex-husband and his new wife over jealousy.

[@thankuwelcome2153]

@@marcosjuarez7809 it was much more than jealous he drove to the brink!!!!!

[@kit-katnews5721]

Betty had custody of her children Dan left the home and didn't take the kids but Betty was not having it and his single life was going to end, Betty was angry and wanted to throw a wrench in Dan and his new wife's life so she dropped her kids of on his doorstep and drove away knowing that nobody home when she left them on his doorstep, her own daughter told the courts she dropped us off on his doorstep with suitcase in hand abandoning us there? Now Betty tried to say he took them away and that was not true, Betty had a new boyfriend living with her yet she wasn't happy she left him home and went to Dan's and murdered him and his wife, she just couldn't get past the fact that Dan as a Lawyer being away so often for long periods of time out of state can cause a love loss marriage with distance between them they grow apart, DAN PAID HER A GREAT SPOUSAL SUPPORT FOR HER AND THE CHILDREN BUT SHE REFUSED THE MONEY THE KIDS AND TO LET GO OF HER BREAD AND BUTTER. SHE PLANED AND EXECUTED IT AS PLANED.

[@johnnybird5466]

He wasn’t required to give her spousal support. What boyfriend did she have?

[@Jen-lc5yc]

I find it disturbing that in the tape recorded conversation between her and her child son, she is answering him as though he was not even her own child Sh was answering him in a manner in which an adult or outsider would be spoken to.

[@haintedhouse2990]

agreed. which goes against all the "my children were my world"crap. you don't say to an 11 year old "you didn't know your father was f*cking his secretary"

[@christar9527]

She was a horrible mother.

[@cellytron]

I’m kind of Team No One here; everyone acted badly in one way or another… buuuuuuut you can absolutely see the trauma Betty put the kids through and that was BEYOND not okay. That phone call with the son broke my heart, this was her own SON, crying and begging her to just let it all go so they can heal, and she starts gaslighting him and saying that his dad had ruined him as a person! Like how are kids supposed to respond to that? “The person that you love, and you share half his DNA, is a jerk and I won’t ever let you forget it.” So helpful, Mom! The daughters seem exhausted and like they had to grow up really fast and really suddenly, and that there was a lot of role reversal. They clearly parented their mother much more than she parented them. I don’t know how old they are here, probably both early 20s, but the fatigue and grief in their eyes make them seem so much older. I mean just imagine getting a frantic phone call from your mom at 7am and she’s like “help i just killed your father”. I don’t know if my first reaction would be “alright Mom, come on over, we’ll figure this out”. They clearly felt they had to care for her and put their own grief and horror aside.

[@skel760]

That Kerry wells is something else. She acts like she has a personal vendetta against BB. She behaves so angry. So contemptible. I can’t stand her.

[@ezrc9294]

agree

[@judyevancic4926]

Obsessed behavior became her fate. When she didn’t listen to her closest friends who supported her, she just wouldn’t listen. This story is absolutely not believable. She knew ahead of time how they would react to her being in their bedroom in the middle of the night. He was hounded too much by her crazy behavior. So she is where she belongs by not having done taking both of their lives. Crazy behavior…

[@isabellavalencia8026]

That fool actually thought she was justified in murdering them....what a hatful soul!

[@Confessions089]

I'm sure that's exactly how she felt being used and lied too. However I'm not condoning what she did and in the end she lost horribly.

[@isabellavalencia8026]

@@Confessions089 sounds like you are trying to justify it. You do realize that they both already moved on...he had a new wife and she had a new boyfriend. There was not threat to her just her crazy jealousy and she murdered them while they lay in their bed. She is right where she belongs

[@isabellavalencia8026]

@@judithwilliams3147 and that is wrong that's why she is still in prison where she belongs. She also had a new boyfriend but just couldn't let go so she went over their and murdered them while they were in their bed and defenseless and then ripped the phone out so they couldn't get help so she's exactly where she belongs and if you think that that's okay that speaks to your character and not knowing what's right and wrong

[@Jan-on1qb]

The oldest daughter looks just like her father.

[@haintedhouse2990]

yeah that happens with families. blow her head off too?

[@zizancat5995]

I thought she had regretted againt her mom..

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@zizancat5995 huh?

[@teresawicks9859]

The girl in the black Jacket and white shirt ( Kim) looks a lot like her mom too

[@natlovesfashion27]

I’m 43 now but was about 10 or 11 yrs old when this happened. And I thought back then, that Betty was just a woman scorned. Listening to this trial today, I now realize Dan Broderick was a Narcissist that emotionally abused his wife. And it ended with her snapping and killing him.

[@elainenilsson5472]

Bingo

[@elainenilsson5472]

@Toss Away Wrong. It ended with her putting a bullet in both of them. Typical guy thinking with the wrong head.

[@TheOne-sw8hn]

100 percent

[@swolfe9668]

Betty CHOSE to commit murder, she could have walked Way and started her life over

[@elainenilsson5472]

@@swolfe9668 Why should she have to start her life over? Wasn't she involved in a life time commitment already? You can kill someone with out stopping their breathing. There are worse things in life than death. They had no problem taking her life...literally.

[@purplelilac1387]

Betty’s best revenge would have been to move on and live a happy life. No one is worth your freedom, no one! I recommend the book “Until the Twelfth of Never” by Bella Stumbo. Bella Stumbo states facts and does not take sides

[@roseannpeters4570]

You're so right best revenge is a life well lived sadly her jealously took over

[@annewhite5730]

Excellent book.

[@pommiebears]

I couldn’t agree more.

[@glitter7777]

I’m currently reading this. I learned of it in the comments. It is an excellent book.

[@Josie-6]

True, but that’s hard to do when he takes your kids, house, money, and sanity…

[@angeldip5797]

Instead of teaching “critical gender theory “ in grade school, perhaps they should try EMOTIONAL REGULATION! This never would have happened if Betty knew how to regulate and control her emotions. She’s AWFUL bc of her emotional volatility. Dan didn’t make it easier but he also just wanted to be left alone and she couldn’t abide. She was 100% wrong and responsible for taking TWO LIVES and ruining her childrens lives as well, taking their father and step mother, as well as herself away from them at young ages! She’s truly dangerous and she is where she belongs.

[@lolacole5653]

1:06:00 says it all. She acts teary eyed, then that smirk.

[@keithabney4665]

exactly. she's got the shaky voice - no tears. a terrible actress

[@ginacash8895]

I don't know why she didn't claim temporarily insanity

[@lisag.4054]

Anyone else notice how his housekeeper looked just like Betty and was also named Linda?

[@viyannalangager5843]

I completely understand the anger and rage. I understand the breaking down. I understand the tears. I have experienced all of those things and multiple affairs. What I don't understand is killing him. Even with horrible abuse, chipped bones, years of therapy to heal, I could not have murdered anyone.

[@Yuhon100]

I am on your side also, she was a victim of abuse by her husband, not physically but it drove her into frustration and anger. She was a wonderful wife to Dan, but when she gets older, she starts to change, and Dan thinks that she is, according to what she said on the witness stand that Dan thinks that she is fat, boring, ugly and stupid, after Betty works so hard that puts him to be a successful person, and he dumped her for a young and beautiful woman. I have been following her story since the 1990's when I first arrive in San Diego.

[@nadiazahroon6573]

I wish you happiness, you deserve it.

[@rita6459]

I understand you🙏🏻

[@pommiebears]

I’ve been there too, with a monster ex husband. He beat me, raped me, and made me feel like rubbish. Tried to take my children too. I understand the anger, the hate, and the hurt.....but, I don’t understand the double murder. Her children needed their mother, regardless of what they thought, and she deprived them of both parents. My love for my kids is stronger than the hate for my ex.

[@rita6459]

@@pommiebears God bless you & your children 🙏🏻

[@moirapettifr7127]

Dan was the proverbial "scumbag" and his mistress was an accomplice in "triggering" Betty. In that sense they were their own murderers.

[@kay8698]

He bullied the hell out of betty ,,Betty worked and paid the bills and supported him while he was in college ,she supported him, then when he gets out of college and finally gets a job, he dumps her for the secretary

[@terryrollins1973]

All these women sympathizing with her need to go feed their 30 cats and keep their relationship advice to themselves 🤣🤣🤣

[@TandC9876]

That’s a really awful thing to say. Hope you feel better, and you basically prove our point.

[@terryrollins1973]

@lynnetteduncan7407 proved what? That you are single with alot of cats 🤣🤣🤣 spreading your legs isn't a deed for life, get over yourselves

[@Confessions089]

That's probably why you have 30 relationships at one time or back to back. Only people who live their lives like that make statements like you have.

[@andreasmith5923]

Set her free. She is no danger to society

[@haintedhouse2990]

agreed - just the Krispy Kreme factory.

[@sammyjo2852]

@@haintedhouse2990 🙄

[@eva5601]

My mom's cousin arrived to America from Cuba, with her husband, to work in a textile factory. She and two co-workers raised money, so they could own their own textile factory. During this time she paid for her husband's schooling. When he became a lawyer, he dumped her like a hot potato, for a younger woman. Karma, for him, because the mistress he had, dumbed him a few years later. After my mom's cousin divorced that loser, she met and married a man who was a multi millionaire. She owned stocks, a penthouse in Manhattan on 5Th Ave. Condominiums on the beach in Miami, millions in different banks.. Ha,ha,ha! 😂😂😂

[@nickyarmani4721]

@Eva Hernandez Sweet😁🤑

[@Wildchile]

She claimed Dan “attacked” her but all he did was reject her as a wife and take appropriate action against her abuse. She did and said horrible, threatening, abusive, things in retaliation, things that affected the kids in permanent, horrific ways. She tried to project the image of a good mom but her actions tell a different story. Dan may have been self-centered, but at least he had some respect for the kids. If I were Dan I would have been concerned about her mental state, and I would have filed a domestic violence restraining order against her. He kept her away from the kids as long as she continued to act insane. She takes 0 responsibility, has 0 remorse. Covert Victim Narcissists always have a completely illogical “poor me” story to excuse their abusive behavior. They are good actors because they believe their delusions.

[@MsDecember1999]

Spot on!

[@Wildchile]

@@MsDecember1999 thank you!! it’s definitely a fascinating case.

[@TomikaKelly]

Dan has the right to divorce anyone he pleases, but he did so in VERY callous way toward Betty. He was also financially abusive, which is difficult to stomach given the fact that she worked to help put him through school. Ofc there is no justification for murder, but she wasn't just a murderous nut job. They ALL could've behaved differently which would've yielded a different outcome.

[@Wildchile]

@@TomikaKelly yes that’s motive right there.

[@c.p.4101]

If he had respect for the kids he wouldn't have cheated. Like alot of ppl say" I stayed in the marriage for the children" . I agree that it's not a great solution BUT it does show the intent of love for their sakes. Dan didn't care, and in the end neither did Betty. Just 😔

[@ethelacevedo5724]

Dan was the real villain!