Her story taught me three lessons: 1. To always be involved and present in every aspect of a partnership, especially the financials. 2. Keep your legs closed to married men. 3. Always have your own identity.
I thought maybe you learned that it is never ok to murder ppl🤷♀️. Idc how badly you feel mistreated,it is never of to take someone’s life! Betty is bat shit crazy but she knew what she was doing. Hopefully she’ll stay exactly where she is
@@bethwhite3936 he pushed her to over the edge he betrayed her big time ! He Used her then discarded her after she gave up her youth. And the the other one got with a married man she should have told him to F off instead of stupidly getting involved with one. Unfortunately she paid the price for that mistake. Betty got screwed over big time. As All he cared about was himself.
Yes. The lesson is :"Does he want me or my money?" She should have told him to pay for his own education.As a narcissist he wanted the best: Harvard. But that SOB waited until he got married.
She did an excellent portrayal of Betty Broderick;; I noticed the movie making Dan and Linda as the innocent ones, but he was much to blame for the 16- year marriage ending by getting into an affair with Linda, whom he eventually married! My heart 💔 s for their four kids who were the victims of this powder keg explosion!! 😪
Frogman Smith yeah I’m puzzled at how many ppl feel like they deserved this 🤷🏾♀️🤦🏽♀️ she Cared for absolutely nobody except herself bcz she’d never take those kids father away from them
Of course she was upset that she help him climb the ladder and bare 4 kids for this man just to get replaced by a younger version of herself 🤔by no means is what she did correct and for Linda she knew he was married and still moved in on him 🤔
You can clearly see the unhappy couple was having problems before, Linda. My husband left me for a younger model after bearing five kids for him. I took him to court and got it all, even a new man. They were not together long after he was broke and working for me. Redemption! And, I'm not in jail. I'm living large off him.
I do not believe he drove her crazy! She just could not get over the fact that man that she loved and sacrificed for was up and gone! As a woman never lose yourself! If Betty was patient, Dan would have left Linda for another woman or came back to her later in life!
I think every move she made was a failure and ended up going against her! When she sent the kids to him and his new wife after he left her she thought that he would send them back, with him returning to her as well, but he kept them. When she kept calling and leaving cursing messages he used it against her in court. Even in the beginning and through out their marriage she was a devoted wife and mother but he left her anyway! But life isn't fair and even though she was deeply hurt by all that happened to her murder is never an option!! By killing her ex-husband and his wife she took two people from this world that were loved by their family and friends and she ruined all her children's lives as well as her own! Over thirty years in prison with no real end in sight and only one of her children still speaks to her! I can't imagine that she has no regrets! It was such a twisted and horrible thing she did!!
she sounds like an angry toddler babbling about HER truth which has no grounds in reality. completely out to lunch. "i never went there to hurt anybody" oh please.
@@rosesprincess369 she had blossomed into a hefty foul-mouthed terrorist and she expected Dan to come back? I would have ran screaming into someone else's arms too. only one thing sadder than Betty Broderick and that's the delusional women who defend her.
@@cliftonmeans I agree with you and to this day, she doesn't acknowledge that she did anything wrong and that's why she has repeatedly been denied parole. Murder is wrong...period.
Betty Broderick grew up in an era when people married once and stayed together. She was not prepared to be dumped by a husband that she supported through Medical school and Law school for a younger model.
So, she worked for a couple of years early on, and then reaped years of a luxury life and then a huge amount of alimony and property when he wanted out. How many women out there would be delighted about having to work only a few years and then quit? It's ridiculous to try making her sound like a martyr or an innocent victim. I can't imagine how any man could have lived with that self-absorbed woman in the first place.
@@linseyanne5975 It sounds like all your information was from movies about this case. A better source is Bella Stumbo's book "Until the twelfth of never." In the book you find that Betty didn't own property post divorce because her ex put the house in his name. Additionally, the alimony she was receiving was temporary. She was being coaxed to start work. She is not portrayed as an innocent victim and neither were Dan B. and his new wife.
So she was "not prepared" for the end of her marriage? Well life is what happens when people are busy making plans! I am five feet eight inches tall and 130 pounds; was I "prepared" to experiences a stroke at age fifty-three? Hell no. Betty Broderick had the opportunity to get counseling to assist her with her anger. She chose not to; instead she chose to commit murder!
I went through something similar. I was broken and beyond wronged. I got on my knees and asked God for help. That was 15 years ago. I had the perfect life. It was shattered. So I forgave with God’s help. I have a beautiful life now. I have a wonderful husband and family. But my hope is not in any person.
Have you seen the tv show called dirty John? Season 2 is airing now and it’s about dan and Betty. Amanda Peet plays Betty and Christian Slater plays Dan. Tomorrow is the 4th episode but they have the first 3 on on demand.
@@meganlogsdon3559 i've been watching it. the jury is still out on amanda's portrayal. i guess i'm so used to meredith's version of betty. she's a hard act to follow.
Betty felt so very betrayed after all the hard work she put into this marriage and family. She just went way too far. Dan was a horrible person to do this to her.
Carol Hensley it is wat it is people move on!! Life is a cycle !! Nothing last forever ♾ she had no respect for the law or no RESPECT for her children!!! She’s ugh I just cannot
I don't condone what she did. However, for the 1st x in my life I had to deal with a man who knew all the right people. It's amazing what can happen to an innocent person in that situation. I went thru the ringer. And have never fully recovered.
luv bunny you could recover if you CHOSE!! With the way you are thinking, you will for your entire life be subject to others actions to you! Sad, unnecessary and tragic
@@helenal.7881 I was abused and almost murdered by a psychopath. When I broke up w him the second I realized he was vacant.. He waited in my house one night and I didn't know he was there. He left me for dead. Come to find out during the month we had been broke up he contacted all of my family and every friend, aquaintenence, x boyfriend...and made up horrible stories about me and attempted to turn my world against me. It worked w some. So I don't have a victim mentality. Nor do I stick around and allow people to abuse me. Dealing with a psychopath is another world. This was a smidgen of the story. He also turned the police dept against me w lies. (He grew up w the chief of police) he also knew the county prosecutor so.....yeah... I tried several times to press charges but they all thought I was the neighborhood coke dealer and madame. Don't come at me with your bs..when you haven't a clue obviously.
luv bunny i misunderstood. My point is that I know people can recovery emotionally from abusive parents, partners etc. if they choose. Dan Broderick was not abusive. Betty was.
..Dan had friends in high places, thats why Betty couldnt get her fair share,,and thats also how he got away with legally bullying her,,,,,,,,,,,,,Bettys lawyers were afraid of Dan, ,,Dan was considered one of the best lawyers at that time....he won all his cases,,,,,,He was the best at legal bullying,,,,he was a professional bully,,,He could emotionally beat his opponents into submission
Cyrus Adriania bullsh!t!!! Betty kept firing her lawyers!! She retained Mr. Daniel Jaffe....an extremely competent and successful divorce attorney (to this day btw) and he said plainly on the witness stand after the double homicides how reasonable Dan Broderick was and UN-reasonable Betty was. Mr Jaffe stated how “absolutely bizarre” Betty’s behavior was and he had “never seen anything like it”. He did not want to be her lawyer NOT because he was afraid of Dan but because he knew he would be in court 24/7 trying to bail Betty out of jail for all her crazy, obsessive antics against her soon to be ex! Did you know that Stalking laws were put into place in California after the homicides because of Betty Broderick?? She stalked Dan excessively before killing him which is a very common characteristic of people before they kill. She STOLE her own daughters key that got into Dan’s home so she could cowardly creep inside at 5:30 in the morning to kill him and his wife. Betty is an evil, sick, envious shrew and its an absolute tragedy what SHE did to her children. Not to mention killing 2 people just because she hated them and was jealous of them.
Dan was a narcissist. He had complete power and control over her. He was calculating and manipulated. He drove her insane. That's what those monsters do. I'm with Betty.
Then why did she want him back? No matter how much money and property he threw at her, she wasn't satisfied because she wanted revenge on him for leaving her. And; a person cannot "drive a person insane". That's not how mental illness works.
@Arthur Scott, Thank you! that was exactly what I believed the entire time. Dan may have strayed but, No one deserves to be murdered the way he and his new wife were. Betty Broderick constantly uses the blame the victim tactic. This is clearly a taste of she had it her way and when things did not go her way she was going to move heaven and earth and raise hell to get what she wanted, when she wanted at the cost of even hurting her own children. Betty Broderick should never be released from prison. Thank you again for the update. I agree 100% with you.
Dan used Betty's body like a children's factory and wasn't very pleased with her decision to actually do something else than just having children. He also used her as a training buddy during his college years to help him pass his exams. He used her confidence in him to go out and build his business. He used her good taste to finely decorate his offices. He used her motherly skills to raise children that didn't become thugs or drug addicts. Basically he sucked a lot out of her and she had no reason to believe that would one day collapse. He and the kids were her main support system. It seems her parents were rather critical most of the time. Dan really took everything from her quite happily so. She had absolutely no more support system. Once I was told: "never enter into a fight with someone that has absolutely nothing to lose". Dan took everything that made her a balanced person, so she became that person that found herself having nothing more to lose. You never know what you are capable of until someone pushes you so far that you snap like never before. Think you know yourself? Well you don't, really.
This is so true. Betty was completely used by narcissist Dan to get his medical and law degree. When he starts earning big money he has an affair with a much younger woman. Starts her as a secretary in his law firm. She can't even type.She was a tart just after a fancy lawyer. Did no good trying to land a pilot when she was a air hostess. Just wanted a comfortable life. She thought she was really good looking and could get any fancy lawyer even though show was a uneducated airhead
Haven't you heard how Betty tortured her husband in their marriage? Narcissists like her make the lives of their partners a nightmare. After the marriage broke apart he payed her a fortune each month and she still couldn't make peace with him. If a man would kill his ex wife no one would support that guy - but Betty fits in the pattern of the "poor left wife".
@@oxigen163 Years ago I had a "Psycho Girlfriend" and there was no end to the nightmare she made me endure until I finally took her to a mental hospital where she remained in a fit of rage for over 6 months! Horrible.
It may not be an excuse for murder. But when you are in her shoes. You do not know how you would handle! I was in same predicament as Betty. Though I didn’t kill my ex nor his girlfriend. But after all the abuse.... mental.... verbal... I wanted both to hurt as bad as they hurt me. I feel for Betty. No one will know until they are IN her shoes..... Her own parents did not even try to have her back! She had no one..... What that evil man put her through was awful. I had my mother & a few friends to help me see what was going on. But if i didn’t have them. I probably would have ran over my ex & his whore the night I followed them to a bar in my car! But I didn’t. I hired an attorney & told him that I became the bitch.... he always claimed I was. He wasn’t laughing or happy then. He’s dead now. But not by my hands. By his stupidity. Drinking & driving. His cruel demented soul no longer walks this earth.
@@denal0u I understand that we cannot judge someone until we are in their shoes but the point of this whole situation and forum is that you have no right to murder someone! She felt like she owned Dan and that is why she feels justified in doing what she did.
DLM Again no excuse for murder. Also look her behavior. She once drove her car through Dan’s door while her kids were inside and could have been hurt (thankfully they weren’t). If you had kids would you ever drive your car into a house where your kids are in. I’m guessing not. She clearly had and still doesn’t have any regard for human life. She could have hurt her children doing that.
I agree partially! I understand her rage but; I wished that Betty would have moved on with her life and not killed them! You show them with success! She should have taken the 16G, a month and moved on with a younger and more handsome man than Dan! (But, who am I to talk?🙄)
Diane Albrecht You feel tremendous for their children? Btw, she wasn’t UNABLE to be there, she chose to be a vindictive murderer. He wasn’t UNABLE to, he chose to be a typical man.
@@bbednorz319 not to start a fight, but I don't understand your post and am curious about the part with the "You feel tremenous for their children?" I just read that as Diane feels bad for the children - I do, as well. But, I agree with rest of your statements.
She killed 2 people. She is still lying. She lives in her "fantasy" world. All she gives is excuses for her own behavior. She is angry and lives in a fantasy world - very sick.
@@lindadouglass4692 you would be angry too, if you put a man through school for a career in medicine and then a career in law. All the while raising their kids and working. Then as soon as his career took off he dumped her. No sympathy for Dan or Linda. They purposely drove her crazy and before you come back with "knowing her". Yes, I lived there while this was going on and everyone knew what Dan and Linda did to Betty.
I disagreed with that. Betty Broderick murdered Dan and Linda because of Betty's jealous rage. She might say the same thing in the next parole hearing in 2032, "I am sorry for everything that happened." By the way, the made-for-TV versions of the Betty Broderick story including the second season of Dirty John are somewhat okay. It is just that Hollywood should make a better version of the Betty Broderick story into a feature film and I have this picture in my mind that Kate Winslet would play Betty Broderick, Leonardo DiCaprio would play Dan Broderick, Margot Robbie would play Linda Kolkena Broderick, and Alyson Hannigan would play Kerry Wells who was the prosecutor in the trials to convict Betty Broderick.
@@darkeststar3640 They purposely drove her crazy? Are you still defending Betty Broderick? Betty Broderick murdered two people because of her jealous rage and she assumed that Dan was having an affair with Linda. Assumed, theorized! She was theorizing that Dan was affair with Linda because she reminds me of my momma when she accuses my dad of some minor problem in the house! Betty Broderick wants to be the center of some big drama! She is sick in her mind because she is living in her fantasy like if she some princess living a castle! Don't you get it? Betty Broderick will still died in that prison cell. She was denied parole twice because she did not shown any remorse for her actions. She might do the same thing the next that she will eligible for parole. Now, any woman can suspect that her boyfriend or her husband is having affair with another woman behind her back. But murdering the ex and his girl has no justification for it. No justification whatsoever. If Betty Broderick believes that Dan is having an affair with Linda, why did she not see them? Why did she did not see them and said to Dan, "So, you are making out with your personal assistant! You are making out with your personal assistant, huh?"
It's amazing to me that Dan was so secure in his bubble that he couldn't see that Betty could actually take it there. I bet a lot of powerful men were quaking in their boots behind these murders.
Dont love man more than God or anything not even children or house cars etc nobody is worth going to hell for or loosing your life life is precious. Love yourself. If you have nothing great!! If you have something great. Not everyone is going to love you forever the bible says guard your heart for out of it come the issues of life
Corinne Mcmahon Kudos. The smartest comment on this thread. Did you watch the whole video and learned what they did to that poor woman. I did. Thank you.
Chloe wilson are you crazy??? If Betty wasn’t a violent jealous enraged maniac Dan and Linda would be alive. Betty refused to let go of Dan. If she could not have him, than no one would. It was that simple.
I listen to Betty and she says, her husband made the choice to have an affair and split their family up. That's true. No one ever says that about him. His family called her a monster because she shot them. But the root of all this was him!! What he did to her took an emotional toll on her, especially taking their children...!
@J Moore Yeah, Lee was the one left out of Dan's will for being a drug addict and stealing from her parents. Talk to the other three kids, they miss their Dad, not their mom.
@J Moore I understand your point but you can't help someone get off drugs. They have to want that for themselves. I'm speaking from experience of dealing with an addict but that is a whole nother story to debate.
I feel lucky my husband went an got a tattoo when he went through midlife crisis lol 😝 now I’m going through menopause and he’s been amazing I love him 😍 so much, one thing we have that those two didn’t have is respect and class, that’s free.
I can understand the craziness. My husband cheated and denied it to me for months.. finally I served him with divorce papers, after that he moved this other woman in my house.. It destroys you.. I understand her fury!
Ditto - except he was living in my house and driving my car. They all do the same thing - deny, and lie until they’re caught. I changed the locks and tossed his ass out of my house, locked up my car, and put all his stuff in the garage in trash bags. Yes, it was a major blow to me, devastating to realize I never really knew the man I married. I never looked back - there are lots of evil people in this world - be very careful who you let share your house and your life!
She is where she belongs. She got keys to his house, let herself in in the dead of night and took a gun with her and killed two people in their sleep. She should have been guilty of premeditated, first degree double murder. She will never admit that or say she is sorry for what she did.
And there is also phone recording where she said "I'll kill you," So it really looked pre-meditated, so she was lucky to get 2nd degree instead of first degree, pre-meditated. She probably would have been out by now if she felt and showed remorse for killing them. I don't think she's ever been sorry for what she did, and only she's sorry she didn't get away with getting acquitted. Was like the war of roses...they tormented each other.
I believe that Dan and Linda wanted nothing more than that Betty would just leave then alone. Linda went for years, doing nothing about the things that Betty was doing to her and saying about her, and the worst thing she's alleged to have done was send Betty a newspaper photo saying something like "eat your heart out", IF that even happened.
It’s a true shame, and i’m trying to look into ways to get involved and even speak to her, idk if i’m the 1 person in this Earth that connects with her and COMPLETELY understand what she is saying even down to the Little-No Remorse, murder wasn’t the answer but let her out, why are we focused on how she ended up in there and her feelings about it now, NO how was her time? was she trouble? was she a good inmate who held her head and did her time? why focus on “she still don’t think she wrong” we’re supposed to punish a persons ACTION that brought on a charge, so now let’s punish her for not being sorry? This woman is NOT crazy and somehow someway i’m going to get by her side!
I have a well-known blog where I have written three posts about Betty Broderick. The support for her, in the comments sections, is overwhelming. Dan and Linda made their bed, and they died in it.
Betty made her bed also. It can not be allow that we become judge jury and executor. She must pay for what she did. Yes linda was a home wreaker but she did not have to be killed for it
Exactly..he should have just left her not cheated..Leave if you arent happy but do it respectfully because matters of the heart are treacherous..the depths of our hearts are not to be played with. I respect my husband to the utmost and couldn't fathom sneaking around on him because that could break him...i wouldn't want to test him in such a way..thats his heart cmon If i gotta go at any point i have enough love and respect for him to treat him with dignity. All men and women need to understand peoples hearts n minds are fragile.
I just watched Dirty John and that guy who played John was damn good actor. I didn't much care for Connie ? who played his wife and didn't like her in the show Nashville either. I'll have to find the show with Amanda Peat as Betty B, but I doubt she will be as good as Meredith Baxter.
Sis a.k.a kittyluver ny I think you’ll be pretty impressed with Amanda Peet as Betty even though Meredith Baxter looked more like her and was fantastic in that role. Amanda Peet has put so much emotion into the role, it makes me feel her pain just watching it. I can relate to being a scorned woman as can many of us, sadly, so it really makes me empathize with her coming unraveled as Betty.😳 I love the series so much that I’m dying for the next episode.
I used to sympathize with Betty, but it's no justification for her actions and behavior...what she went through was and is part of life. If someone wants to be with someone else, as painful as it is, you have to find a way to accept it, and move on. Had she accepted that he wanted to move on, she certainly would have had a wopping alimony, she would have had her kids and subsequent grands, and would have been available for another relationship; she was quite attractive. Life throws us some curve balls, but we learn to get through...as discomfort as pain is, it doesn't last forever...it gets better over time. Eventuallly, she would have seen Dan get his retribution and her dignity restored. She didn't and probably still hasn't taken any responsibility for her actions; even as the man is six feet under....amazing!
@@nonarcsense yes, pain, is a part of life, intended for us to learn from upon sustaining. If it comes upon you, God allowed it, and granted the grace to get through.
Dan had friends in high places, thats why Betty couldnt get her fair share,,and thats also how he got away with legally bullying her,,,,,,,,,,,,,Bettys lawyers were afraid of Dan, ,,Dan was considered one of the best lawyers at that time....he won all his cases,,,,,,He was the best at legal bullying,,,,he was a professional bully,,,He could emotionally beat his opponents into submission
There were plenty of lawyers in San Diego that had no problem taking Dan on. He was a good lawyer when it came to medical malpractice but family law (divorce) was not his specialization. It would be like asking a proctologist to do heart surgery. As it was, Betty refused to follow the advice of two of the best lawyers in town (she fired the first guy and the second guy fired her)...she ended up getting a reputation for not listening and refusing to pay her bills. No lawyer wants a client like that.
Indeed. She paid for all his studies college+ law school and then Betty found herself in a situation where the young secretary of his husband could decide how much money she could spend and which house she could live in.
Betty told her husband he needed a therapist , In all reality Betty was the one who needed the therapist, She had issues way before Dan ever met Linda kolkena, ,,
agreed - early friends of the Brodericks remember her verbal wrath aimed at Dan at home and in public. she loved to dish it out but was obviously ill-equipped to take it
He had it coming. To hell with Dan & Linda. Betty stood by him the ENTIRE time he was climbing the ladder. The second he gets to the top, he wants a new, younger version. Dan & Linda got what they deserved
It wasn't "the second he gets to the top". They'd had years of a beautiful home, vacations, a ski condo, trips to Europe, expensive clothes. Betty wasn't exactly a sweetheart to him during those years.
Bullshit - Betty was a foul-mouthed nightmare years before Linda came along - no big shocker that Dan went after her with legal revenge - she also got what she deserved - glad she's locked up.
It makes sense that she would take a gun just to talk. Just imagine if you only wanted to have a reasonable conversation with someone, but every time you try, they immediately cut you off and make you go through lawyers. Years of this. He did it on purpose because he knew it pushed her buttons. Drove her crazy. To the point that she felt she had to force him to talk to her face to face. Literally hold a gun to him just to talk. I also believe she was trying to fire more of a warning shot, but it hit Linda & she realized she had gone too far. Might as well finish them both off.
Um she didn’t go there to talk to him. She stole her daughters keys, broke into his house, and killed him. No one goes to someone’s house in the middle of the night to talk to them, especially when they know the other party isn’t interested!
@@burntreynolds8312 I get what you're saying. You can empathize with her. He was an asshole. He promised her a life, but when she got older and gained weight he traded her in for a 28 yr old girl. He was a world class asshole. - and she eventually snapped. - The problem is, if they let her get away with it... you know.
did you feel for her when she repeatedly called her 11 year old son and reduced him to tears with made-up stories about his dog being in pain from abuse by Dan?
Arthur Scott I completely believe you and thank you for your insight. One thing though that I cannot get my head around is that while you accuse her of being the criminal .. why on Earth are you still being friends with her? Supporting her? When you’re clearly throwing her under the bus here In these comments?! It can’t be two ways?!
Arthur Scott ... I doubt it. I think you are probably one of Dans friends or relatives. It makes no sense you talk to her yet throw her under the bus. It’s okay to be confused about the support she is getting or hurt by what she did.
@J Moore With $16,000 a month, she should have took her kids and gotten her own place...not rented a home that was in her ex-husband's name. She even had a boyfriend and yet she still wanted to make her ex and his new wife miserable. She's the one who took her kids and left them on his doorstep. She was manipulative using the kids, but that backfired on her too. So she ran out of options and resorted to murder. She is where she should be. Especially as she is not and never been sorry she killed them. She's just sorry she wasn't acquitted.
It’s hard to tell the pics of young Betty and Linda apart. He traded her in for a younger version , then discarded her and rubbed her nose it in. Doesn’t condone murder but they bullied her and took everything from her. Linda was not innocent either .
@@dandylionriver 😂😂😂😂 it's like how plain and simple does it have to be? And people STILL make excuses for her. "I don't think she meant it" lmao she has NO remorse for even doing it!
Of course its not ok. But I can understand how devastating this would be for her. She worked to put him thru school and when that was done he dumped her horribly.
Dan was so intelligent y did he not protect himself and his new wife better he never even owned a gun. He told many friends if she wants to kill me she'll kill me wtf.
Because he did love his wife he thought she was harmelds and he wanted her to still be around just acting crazy. He didn't have the problem she did she didn't know what she wanted. She had self esteem issues she was pushing him to the other women accusing him when he wasn't cheating upset about the gifts he brought her. She was crazy
didn't have a gun or an alarm system. i just don't get that from someone who made 140k per month. i know poor people who have alarm systems. he should have had one too.
I don’t understand why the house didn’t have an alarm system. She was breaking into the house on a regular basis and going around telling everyone she had a gun and was going to kill him. But no alarm system? Makes no sense to me.
@@KateMich12 i don't get that either but i read somewhere that although betty threatened him regularly, he didn't really believe she would follow through. "she wouldn't kill the golden goose" he supposedly said. he was wrong.
Kim Cox let me tell you something: I am a woman before I’m anything else. I was married to a man. I had children with that man. I made sacrifices, deep and hard sacrifices for that man. That man used me and broke my heart. Do you see where I’m going with this?? For you to make this about color and class is tasteless and completely misses the point! A woman, no matter her race, class or education-was used and abused by a man for whom she sacrificed EVERYTHING. Woman kill for less! So knock it off! I don’t care her color or class. I understand her pain because I’m woman too. I don’t condone her actions but she has my sympathy annnnnndddd empathy. Oh, did I forget to say because SHE IS A WOMAN? Some things must transcend race and class and be felt on a human level. Even a “gender” level. Any more questions?
Kim Cox what? Stay focused. I said I understand her pain of heartbreak! I do not condone murder. Nor did I share my beliefs on what marriage is or should be. You’re so busy being in your feelings that you’re not paying attention. This is the problem! People don’t read. Reread my comments. Take your time and maybe when you’re not emotional. Enjoy the rest of your early morning.
Kim Cox you’re having a whole conversation by yourself. What are you talking about? I shared one of my many experiences as a way to explain why I sympathize and empathize with Betty. How’d you get that I am a radical feminist who believes marriage is a problem for women? Or that I condone what she did? Did a woman break your heart? You’re too emotional which seems to be hindering your ability to read with clarity and for understanding. ✌🏾✌🏾
Kim Cox I think it was unfortunate he lost his life as well. But I said what I said. I don’t care what you think or feel about it. Now again love, enjoy your morning.
He was pretty effing cruel to her after she made such sacrifices for him throughout their marriage and she snapped. I'm not saying he deserved this ending or that she was right in committing murder, but let's be honest, he used her up and when he was finally making the big bucks, he was done with her and wanted what he thought was better. He took her children away from her, railroaded her financially and then totally stripped her of her dignity.
With 16000 a month she should've went to counseling to help her heal from the hurt and pain from the betrayal of dan and just moved on...she would've got through it in time...she could've lead a comfortable life and possibly found the right man to love her and her children...but a woman scorned is hell to pay I guess
@Arthur Scott I'm so sorry, wow, she still pretty young to have health problems but she has been in prison for 30 yrs, I was just hoping she could've lived a normal life but I'm sure she's better off staying put, thanks for the update!!
Yes she should have gotten half of the divorce wealth because she worded ver hard to raise the kids and put her husband through many years of schooling for his high flying career.he used her up than tried to replace her...the new bride actually allegedly cheated on him anyway with her ex just before the wedding and was fired from her airline job for sexing with a passenger on the plain as an air stuadess .
@Kim Cox I don't think he would have, I think even with his privileges it takes a partner supporting you . Had Dan met a Linda before Betty he would have gotten weighed down and held back. You may not want to give Betty the credit she deserves but as a husband myself , I know how a woman can make or break a man just as easily as the reverse.
What scares me is that the audience members who clapped after Betty attempted to justify what she did is walking the streets FREELY with the same sick thought process as she. That really gives me the creeps...
THE READ QUEEN You should never play with people's feelings and replace them like if they are objects and those sluts that feel grandiose for stealing other women husband and life hope they get what they deserved
@@claudiailopez wow....so because Dan cheated and left her for another women ..he deserved to die and be killed for it? He was still in his children's lives. She basically took their father away SMH
@just my opinion and YOU are one of those individuals that I'm referring to. Words may hurt, but BY LAW, that does not warrant MURDER... TWO MURDERS ON TOP OF THAT. I was molested by my dad from the age of 5 yrs old to the age of 12. He physically beat both me and my mom and nearly beat my newborn sister to death with a PVC pipe on her back bcuz she wouldn't stop crying. THAT was physical, & as my mom contemplated protecting US by killing him after reaching out for help from law enforcement with no results, she left it in the hands of fate. Now, we had every reason PHYSICALLY to preserve our own lives if my mother decided to kill him.... BUT WE DIDN'T. WE had far more reasons than Betty & still managed to keep our sanity. Nothing you say along with the rest of these weirdos defending MURDER will justify Betty's selfish act. Her ex husband moved on, she's upset over money & Betty couldn't cope. Instead of seeking mental help, she decided to handle it HER WAY. And as long as she continues LYING, DENYING & crying woe is me, she will remain in a cage like an animal. Btw, they print MONEY everyday. In time, she could've made more, but look where GREED & JEALOUSY got her. Again, NOT JUSTIFIABLE. A lot of you need as much help as she does.
@@claudiailopez until its YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER who becomes that victim of their Ex, JUST like Dan & Linda. I can bet my entire paycheck your tune will change when that happens. You'd become that advocate standing on your soapbox yelling out to anyone who will listen; "yes, my son or daughter cheated on their spouse, but my child DID NOT deserve to be murdered as a result." Now, I'll anxiously wait for your response. I can't wait to read the bull you will use to talk your way outta this one to justify murder yet again.....
I think not. I think she should have gotten life without parole. Her trying to get him to listen to her was just stupid. It was just an excuse to do all the things she did. If a man doesn't want you all the screaming, answering machine messages and driving cars into front doors won't help. This woman was crazy. He gave her more than most women can ever hope to get in a divorce. She just meant that he was not going to win.
J Moore sorry hun but in no real life situation should a person have to give u half of their salary...umm maybe a one time thing but monthly that 16k was fair.. I just can not believe how many people think what she did was ok😩 it’s a cold cold world!!!! She deserves to be exactly where she’s at... u can’t force someone to be with you! He flat out told her he was done it’s not like he was leading her on or anything 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ and years later she pop off on him?? Something is mentally insane about this lady!! She’s scary
She killed two human beings, you nutcase. You are seriously supporting the right to kill whomever we want if we are angry, taking the lives of people who are not as we want them to be? Following that idea, I would have shot you right now. Btw, haven't you heard how Betty tortured her husband in their years of marriage? Anyone would have left that highly mentally disturbed woman.
What about the two people she murdered ? she should have gotten the death penalty. She went in their house, not to talk but to kill them and she did. She is a liar, a mean and vengeful freak who could not move on, after her husband dumped her. Hello ! it is not grounds for murder, idiot woman.......
They should let her go free. She served enough time. She’s not a danger to society. She killed a cheater and a home wrecker. I don’t think she will do any harm to anyone else
QUEEN of Love,! I am here listening intently to the Betty Broderick Story. I do not condone what this woman has done, but before we begin to judge her, we should at least put our feet into her shoes, and try to walk in them even for 15 minutes. She fell in love and got married to the love of her life. They shared a family too. She figured she had it all, but after sometime things started to go awry. Betty became lonely and yearn for companionship. Her husband did not provide it for her anymore. She questioned his absence, and he must have work, work, working. She ask him if he is seeing someone else, and he BLATANTLY denied it. One day he told her that he hired to work for him. Betty found out who the young woman was and she was incensed. By then her husband started to belittle her by telling her she was fat, old boring and stupid. He then divorced her and remarried his new love. Betty said she was unable to get dialogue with her husband so she did what she did. This adage is relevant to this day."HELL HATH NO FURY, LIKE THAT OF A WOMAN SCORNED. Thanks for sharing QUEEN .
According to Betty's children she was a horrible mother and a bitter, angry wife from the start. You should not only hear HER version of the story since she clearly has a narcissistic personality disorder and will paint herself in the best light possible.
It's time to release this women. My opinion knowing the facts as I know them. Via the case and synopsis thereof. No excuse for murder but I feel Betty snapped. We know more now about narcissism and he was a classic malignant narc in my view. Just my opinion.
@@SISSYKAY I can really understand your point of view that both were. Those kids went through much. I'd like to read the daughter's book one day. Thanks did not know she wrote one.
@@leerdee I just finished reading it last night on kindle from Amazon. It's called "Betty Broderick, The Mother The Murderer." The unedited copy of thee Kate Broderick Story. She is Betty's oldest daughter. The book is written by Charles Dennis. It was an ok book, but very repetitive.
Actually she did not shower them with bullets. She aimed and fired, did not miss. Both victims had only a couple of bullets in them but in vital areas. She knew what she was doing
At the time I was employed by another law firm. Dan's second wife was known to be a gold digger and looking for easy street to become rich. This woman had a reputation to have relationships with other married men. She was no angel. She made herself her own victim. Rest in peace.
8:47...Oprah's brows shot up there...I get the feeling she was feeling a bit intimidated, especially when Betty starts screaming, *It made GOOD sense to me!* Frick, Betty was borderline insane.
@Summer Rose interestingly yes, bpd, narcissist, sociopath, Dan was also a narcissist...linda joined in tormenting Betty by sending her fat weight loss ads..all three acted horribly, they could have treated her with some semblance of dignity as they cheated and took all from her...all three were self absorbed and narcissistically petty and cruel. I agree, she's still GLAD that she killed them
Such a cliche. They married when they were both young and she was very beautiful. She supported him so he could build a great career for himself. She gave him everything. Then after 4 kids and her looks began to fade he decided hey I can do better time for an upgrade. What a sad situation. He could have left in a dignified way but instead he made betty the villain. I think she is a bit nuts but get how she was pushed to her breaking point
Missy J of course murder is wrong and shes in jail for it but knowing how borderline she is, would it really have been possible for her to just grt over dan and watch him live out the rest of literally her life with a new younger version of herself?? I don think so.
I read that Linda was still sleeping with her ex Steve right up to her and Dan's wedding day..She didn't deserve to be murdered..neither did he..but this wasn't a story of a nice little Linda who just innocently fell in love.. Allegedly she was known for getting with rich married men from what research I have done. I feel bad for both sides. Betty would have gotten screwed with the divorce..Dan had connections as a lawyer and he used them..he should have gave Betty what she deserved.. However she should be in prison for what she did..you can't go bat shit and shoot someone because they did something shitty and get away with it..but I do feel for her...heartbreak and humiliation is a powerful drug.
@@lawrencemalloy9673 yea..and she poked at Betty constantly..sent her a picture of her and Dan all dressed up and wrote "eat your heart out bitch" and she broke into Betty's house a couple times but they never mention that as much..or the fact the judge who presided over their divorce was at Linda and Dan's wedding..what Betty did isn't right and she needed to have consequences..I just wish she would have moved on..Dan and Linda weren't going to last..everyone knew how Linda was and Dan would have traded her in for a newer version too..but she just couldn't see past the hurt I guess..everyone in the office knew Linda and Dan were sleeping together and everyone knew that is how Linda got the job..it is what it is..the truth isn't always pretty..Linda was fired from the airlines for getting wasted on the clock and sitting in men's laps and being inappropriate..guess who got her that job? A man 😂 they shouldn't be dead but just because someone dies it doesn't make them good people all of a sudden.
@@indicamichelle736 Hello! I looked at a lot of blogs were some of their former coworkers or frenimies commented a lot..most of them had the same story..I will try to find them again and give you the links..the blog is so good and the comments are even better lol I also am friends with a man who knew that bunch pretty well..he told me a lot of stuff about it too..not the most concrete info but he isn't the type to make up stories..are you watching the new Dirty John episides on Betty today? They are just coming on here..looks like a good one!
When She Convicted , They Should've Sent Her to A Mental Insistution , She Actually Didn't Know Any Better , It's Sad That Someone You Have Loved the Biggest Part of Your Life , Does Something like This to You , Just to Treat Her & the Children LIKE Trash , That's About the COLDEST S**T in the World !!!!!!!! If She's Still Looked Up , They Should Let Her Out , Because They Both DESERVE What They , Because Any WOMAN in Her SHOES Would Have Thought the Same Thing , She Was Totally Devoted to Her Husband & He Did That , TALKED About Her & the Children Like They Were NOTHING , Men Did A of Lying , Back Then , Now They Just Do What they Want !!!!!!!!!! This Poor LADY Lost It , He Probably Was Talking About Taking the Children From Her & Everything , Who Knows What Hell Her & the Children Went Through & He Married The Other Person With No Remorse , He Was Already Treating Them Like Yesterday GARBAGE !!!!!
Seeing Oprah and Betty on the same frame is a little surreal. Betty chose a man (love) and ended up losing everything, Oprah chose her career and ended up an iconic multi billionaire. I could never understand why people chose to love others over themselves and their own ambitions.
This story of Betty is often told without true consideration of her mental health issues. She was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, and so much of how she behaves is clearly related to that. If you read her account (which was also full of lies most likely), she was a mess and certainly very sleep deprived and morbidly depressed. Dan was a master manipulator, which is part of what made him a great lawyer. She should have been found guilty? Yes. Should she still be locked up? Probably not. My cousin's uncle killed her father and he served 3 years...I do feel she is being discriminated again and her mental health issues should have been considered when she had gone up for parole.
Oh please, you psycho feminists need to fuck off. What this bitch did was repulsive and absolutely evil and inexcusable. She SHOT two people DEAD. All because her stupid husband didn't want to be with her anymore and cheated and moved on. Many people face divorce, infidelity, death and ALL kinds of trauma throughout their lives. IT IS NO EXCUSE TO KILL PEOPLE.
@@trumpprez7252 Sorry but justifying what this woman did is just unbelievable to me.... She ruined her children's lives, took their father, took that woman's life, ruined that woman's families lives, ruined her own life... All because she decided to kill people because she couldn't handle a horrible divorce like most people go through when they do divorce. Just awful. Anyone justifying this needs help.
Most mentally ill people don't go out and kill people and then run around and play the victim afterwards. In fact most mentally ill people don't hurt anyone, so please don't excuse this disgusting woman's behavior by blaming it on whatever mental illness you think she has.
Betty saying that Dan would say she was crazy for ever thinking he was having an affair with Linda. While the whole freaking time he was. My kid's father and I was together for 15 yrs and whenever I thought he was cheating on me he'd say almost the exact same thing to me while he was actually cheating on me. I started to feel like omg am I really going crazy am truly losing my mind. It's honestly shocking how someone can literally make you think that. He'd call me so many horrible name's to the point that I was curled up in a ball rocking back and forth balling my eye's. Crying like I've never cried before. An he'd stand over me and laugh saying cry baby cry over and over again. It's horrible how people can lose themselves being with someone.
Narcissistics creeps are like that. Not that I condone murder, but it is good that the world has one less creep. 😔😔She should have gotten away from him. Her big mistake was to continue with him. She ruined her life. 😞😞
Lawrence Malloy you know NOTHING about the Brodericks! Betty did NOT put Dan through anything but living HELL!! Dan’s parents paid for his medical school and when he decided to go to Law school at Harvard, he took out loans!! Betty paid for nothing! She worked odd jobs for extra money is all!!! Big deal!!
@@helenal.7881 That's what you saying we all know what she did for that sorry man so don't tell me I don't know about this you don't know what your talking about
It simply amazes me how people cheer for this psychopathic murderer. I watched the "real" trial because I wanted to know the truth from both sides. The truth is that Dan didn't simply DUMP Betty for another woman. I'm not condoning what he did by cheating on Betty. Based on the evidence at the trial, Betty drove Dan into the arms of that woman because she treated him like a dictator. She humiliated him by calling him nasty names in front of his colleagues. If he stepped out of line throughout the course of the marriage, she locked him out of the house. She was violent and threw things at him and treated him like crap. I was shocked when I saw the trial because Betty is the one lying to make herself look like the victim. 1. His parents paid for his medical school and student loans paid for his law school. 2. Betty went to work to help support the family, that's true. However that's because she wanted to do that. Both she and Dan came from an affluent family and they would've helped. 3. Dan sold the "vacant" house from under Betty because she REFUSED every offer and refused to go to mediation. Her lawyer testified against her at trial. After the coral reef house was sold, Betty got more than half of the value of the settlement. Then she cried victim that he sold the house from under her. 4. She did not care about her children and dumped her small child on the doorstep of her ex husband when he wasn't home. That child was traumatized and frightened. 5. Boo hoo, Betty had no money, he left her destitute but she money to buy a $40,000 fur coat, right? 6. Betty did not care about anyone but herself. During the 45 minute conversation with her 11 year old son, Danny, she asked Danny if he had a "cold" when you could visibly hear that the child was sobbing and pleading with her to stop saying bad words. OMG, this story has been so twisted by Hollywood and the news media. That woman was dreadful. She drove that man away and the truth was twisted to make her the victim. Even if she was the victim of being cheated on that justifies murder? She was no better than Jodi Arias, a cold blooded murderer!
Lots of entitled female narcissists just like Betty out there who also abuse their husbands and children. Of course they’re going to take Betty’s side.
I don’t understand why people are supporting this woman with comments below. 2 people are dead. My ex husband had an affair with a friend of mine and got her pregnant, didn’t tell me and I had to see the pics of the baby from a third party on Facebook- He tried tk make me think I was crazy and delusional but I didn’t act stupidly and try to kill them. She had choices and options but chose to kill 2 people point blank. She deserves to stay in prison. She gets to still live a life but those 2 do not .
YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE BPD. BETTY CLEARLY HAS THIS PERSONALITY DISORDER , FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PILL . NO CURE. IT'S LIKE PSYCHOPATHY AND NARCISSISM .... NOT MENTAL ILLNESSES , BUT AN INCURABLE PERSONALITY DISORDER . THIS DOESN'T JUSTIFY WHAT SHE DID . IT ONLY EXPLAINS WHY HER REACTIONS TO SIMILAR EXPERIENCES DIFFERED FROM YOURS. LUCKY FOR YOUR EX. YOU DON'T HAVE BPD.
I know she murdered them but they gaslighted her. They drove her crazy. They WERE brutal. I'm all for Betty. I only wish someone could have gotten through to her to be patient, make a cozy home for her and the children and forget about Dan and Linda. She is basically good, I don't believe the borderline diagnosis. ANYbody has a rough patch when treated the way she was. They all have a lot to answer for.
SHE PROVED HERSELF TO BE BORDERLINE WHEN SHE WOULDN'T TAKE " NO " FOR AN ANSWER . WHEN SHE IGNORED THE RESTRAINING ORDERS , WHICH WERE ONLY IN PLACE BECAUSE SHE WAS A DANGER TO OTHERS AND VIOLENT . AND WHEN SHE CHOSE TO TAKE A GUN WITH HER TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IN A HOUSE SHE WAS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER ....IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT .... UNINVITED !!!! ROUGH PATCHES DON'T JUSTIFY ACTIONS SUCH AS HERS... EVER.
drove her crazy how apparently Dan and Linda didn't want anything to do with her and we're trying to distance themselves from her so exactly how did they drive her crazy
@@teresas8173 Even thought she is not totally remorseful, I don't believe she will ever again harm anyone...she has children and grandchildren to make her life worth living and she would have to be a positive role model and work with women and families of domestic violence.
Mikyla Smith .... Dan and Linda were horribly mean but it still doesn’t make it right. Betty, as hard as it would have been to do for her, should have ignored them. She had money from the divorce to live well from what I understand and she could have had a good and eventually happy life. Woulda coulda, shoulda....
Why would Dan tell his ex-wife and mother of his children, "Get off my property or I'll call the police" every time she came by? She must have acted psycho each time she came there. From the beginning of his affair, had Betty handled everything differently, she would have been a wealthy ex-wife. And Dan's marriage to Linda would have eventually ended in divorce.
he didnt want a confitation and betty wasnt coming to his house to sip tea she was stalking him for years this woman just snapped he felt dan owed her his life just becasue you help someone get to where they wanna be in life dont give you a pass to kill him when things dont go right she deserve every day wek month year behind bars and she prob still not remorse all she gonna keep saying is dan did this and that but he didnt kill her
That's the arrogant attitude of people that reached their goals/the top while using and discarding people when no longer needed...powerful and all mighty.
