What a Creep: The Murder of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery (1980)

The Murder of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery – What a Creep
What a Creep Season 17, Episode 6 The Murder of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery Candy Montgomery was just another bored 70s suburban Texas housewife when she was tried for committing a crime so heinou

“*Candy*” starring Melanie Lynsky & Jessica Biel

What a Creep

Season 17, Episode 6

The Murder of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery

Candy Montgomery was just another bored 70s suburban Texas housewife when she was tried for committing a crime so heinous people still have difficulty making sense of it. The murder of Betty Gore was the subject of a TV series starring Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey on HULU called Candy. It will also be adapted into an HBO series starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemmons next spring.

What is so unusual about a murder in 1980 (which was also adapted into a 1990 TV movie starring our forever “old man crush” Brian Dennehy, A Killing in a Small Town) that captures our imagination? Let’s see if we can figure that out today.

Trigger Warnings: Murder

Sources:

Candy: A Death in Texas

Candy Montgomery Wikipedia

Texas Monthly: Jim Atkinson & John Bloom

Oxygen Snapped

UPI 1980

History Vs. Hollywood

Evidence of Love: John Bloom

Armchair Investigator

Ms. Mojo.com

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