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knows. I released a series. Called a

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Woman Scorned in season One, it

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detailed the crimes of women who

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felt wronged by the romantic partners

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and took matters into their own

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hands with deadly results. In this

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best of episode, I'll tell you

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the story of Betty Broderick. Betty

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was married to a handsome and

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successful attorney and lived a life

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she'd always dreamed of, but she

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never felt secure in the love

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of her husband, Dan Broderick. Arguments

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and bickering escalating to accusations of

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infidelity, threats of divorce, And

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even physical fights. Betty's behavior became

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more erratic when she learned her

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husband was in a relationship with

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his much younger secretary. As their

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divorce preceded, Betty spun out of

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control and her rage towards Dan

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Broderick finally came to a tragic

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end in Nineteen Eighty Nine. This

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clip is from Season One

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with you. Betty

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was raised to be a wife and mother, and she

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had a specific man in mind for a mate. He

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should be handsome, of course. He

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should also be a college man who aspired

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to become a professional, like a doctor, lawyer,

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or businessman. Someone like

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Betty was raised to value home and family above

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all, but he also aspired towards

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the finer things in life, and was

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willing to work hard to have a successful career

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to provide his family with all the things money

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could buy. Now having

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met Betty, he could see the future in front of

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him, to be a successful doctor,

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to be married to a beautiful wife, and

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eventually have children and a beautiful home as well.

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She could envision their life as well, living

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in a beautiful home, being a doctor's wife,

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and hobnobbing in upper-class society circles.

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These were all the things her parents had dreamed of for her.

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She had charm and grace and a sense of style.

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Dan was smart, funny, and charismatic.

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Everyone saw them as a golden couple, perfectly

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matched. Their first child,

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Kimberly, was born in 1970. One

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year later, their second daughter, Lee, was born. When

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Dan decided after he'd finished his medical degree

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that he wanted to attend law school instead of

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becoming a doctor, Betty agreed. While

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she knew it would take more sacrifice and they would

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continue to live on a tight budget, she

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believed Dan when he said, with both a medical

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and a law degree, he could

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specialize in medical malpractice law and be

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in high demand at top law firms.

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Dan entered Harvard Law School while Betty continued

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to work to support the family, sometimes

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even selling Tupperware door to door. Dan

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finally graduated with his law degree in 1974. Dan

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took a job at the prestigious law firm

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Gray, Carey, Ames & Fry. While

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Dan worked on building a successful legal career, he

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would offer a often put in 15-hour days.

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There was a definite strain in the marriage with

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Betty left alone long hours with the children while

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Dan worked at the office. Even

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when he was home, he was preoccupied with

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work that needed to be completed before court.

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She was lonely in the marriage and wanted more of

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his time. She missed the way

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he used to dote on her when they were dating and

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engaged. Dan was becoming

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more successful and popular in his field and

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was away from the home more and more. Only

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she felt her husband was leaving her behind and

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didn't view her as important or special anymore.

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Betty was once again and for the last

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time pregnant. She gave birth

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to their fourth child and second son, Rhett, in

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1979. By

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now, Betty had been complaining and nagging her husband

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about his lack of time spent with her and

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the family for years. Their

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fights began to escalate and the children

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would later vividly recall these tense times.

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By the time he would arrive, she would be

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furious. Dan remembers many, many instances

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of her mother and father screaming at each

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other and that her mother would often throw

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things at him. She would

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pick up and hurl whatever was in reach,

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including plates, cups, and once an almost full

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bottle of ketchup that shattered just

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over Dan's head. Betty's

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behavior became increasingly immature as her

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frustration grew. The children were

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subjected to her angry tirades. She

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was increasingly insecure about her looks and her

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weight and worried that Dan would no longer

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find her attractive. Betty

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began criticizing and taunting Dan at every

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opportunity that he was going through a

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midlife crisis. Betty continued to

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yell, complain, and berate her husband. She

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often threatened divorce, sometimes putting Dan's clothes in

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a suitcase and dropping it on the porch

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for him to find. Dan's

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response became to ignore his wife's histrionics.

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After years of constant criticism and nagging by

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Betty, he just stopped fighting with her. He

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would ignore her, stay silent, and pretend

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like nothing had happened. That

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she was now getting no response from her husband. made

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Betty and the kids arrived first and had a

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great time horseback riding and swimming. Dan

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arrived a bit later, and at first, they

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enjoyed their vacation as a family. Soon,

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however, Dan and Betty had a big fight,

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and Dan decided to go back to San Diego on

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his own. Betty tried to

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call him repeatedly, but he did not

11:22

answer her calls. Betty drove the

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kids home alone soon after, and

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she became angrier the closer they approached their

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arrived, she lit into Dan about being

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an irresponsible parent, a terrible husband, and

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a selfish human being, a

11:37

laundry list of his faults that he'd been hearing for

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years. But this time, something

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snapped. Without a word,

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Dan packed a bag and left. Betty

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was stunned, as were the children. Remembering

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this time, Kim would write, from

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my viewpoint, Dad Without Mom equaled

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peace and normalcy, while

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Mom Without Dad had disaster written all

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over it. A

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new stress came into play in the life of the Brodericks in

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1983. After

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all the years of Betty accusing Dan of going

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through a midlife crisis, she was

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now convinced he was also having an affair. Perhaps

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because of what ultimately happened, for years,

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no one would comment lunch on Dan's

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behavior during this time. Later,

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a few details would emerge. While

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some at the time would say that Dan didn't

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begin a relationship until after he and Betty separated

12:31

for good, others would admit

12:33

they knew an affair had begun sometime before.

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Not much would be said about Linda's part in the

12:39

breakup of Dan Broderick's marriage. While

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it's certainly true that the marriage had been

12:44

on the rocks long before Linda Colcana made

12:46

her appearance in Dan Broderick's life, she

12:48

would certainly turn out to be a factor in his exit

12:51

from the marriage. Betty

12:53

discussed Dan's infidelity with her children, filling them

12:55

in on all the gossip and calling

12:57

his assistant ever more colorful names. All

13:00

of this, of course, was inappropriate to share with

13:02

her children. Betty

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never stopped her tirades against their father and

13:07

began to grow angrier at each passing day. Dan

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filed for legal separation and then finally

13:13

admitted to having a relationship with Linda

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Colcana. Betty's anger turned

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to hate. Dan

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finally filed for divorce on September 23, 1985. When

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Betty found out that Dan had filed for divorce

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and changed the locks after 16 years of marriage,

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she lost all control. She

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arrived at his house and threw a patio umbrella through

13:34

a glass in the back door, unlocking

13:36

it and letting herself in. She

13:38

went on a rampage and tore apart every room in

13:41

the house, throwing furniture, ripping

13:43

up pictures, shredding curtains, and even

13:45

spray painting the walls. She

13:48

tried to drag out the divorce proceedings in many ways.

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The day of the final court hearing, Betty

13:53

had no lawyer representing her and

13:55

she decided if she didn't show up, they would

13:58

have to postpone the final divorce judgment. She

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was wrong. The judge finalize

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the Broderick's divorce on July sixteenth,

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Nineteen Eighty Six. Without that, he

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presents. Betty

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even three years after the separation and

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almost as long since there was. Still,

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Held hatred for Dan and now Linda.

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Suit. Off until the children that she was going

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to kill him. They heard it

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so often they didn't react to it anymore.

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She. Sometimes with elaborate saying that she was

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going to shoot him in the head.

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In early Nineteen Eighty Nine, Betty bought

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a gun. With

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