The HBO network and its streaming service HBO Max have just said goodbye to the first big hit on television in 2023, The Last of Us, but have decided not to take their foot off the accelerator with the new seasons of ‘Succession and Barry’, but will also add another of the most anticipated series: Love and Death, with a premiere date for April the 27th. The show starring Elizabeth Olsen has a curious true story behind it.
The premise centers on Candy, her husband Pat, and the married couple Betty and Allan Gore. In a small Texas town, the two couples meet through their ongoing church encounters and soon strike up a friendship. Their lives are almost exemplary, until an extramarital affair causes Candy to lose her mind, who is determined to take revenge for the damages suffered and does not hesitate to commit a heinous act with an axe, of which she has no regrets.
This series created by David E. Kelley is based on the chapter “Love & Death In Silicon Prairie, Part I & II” from the book’ Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs’, written by Jim Atkinson and John Bloom. It recounts the actual case of the murder of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery in Wylie, Texas, on June 13th, 1980, using an axe and chopping her to death with a total of 41 axes.
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Candy was married to Pat and together they had two children, a boy and a girl. Montgomery became friendly with Betty and some time later began an extramarital affair with her husband, Allan Gore. The two took their affair too far, but when the Gores had their second child it began to fade, as he prioritized his family.
Everything changed one day when Allan was out of town. Unable to reach his wife by phone, he asked his neighbors to come to his house to investigate. After forcing the door of the home, they saw Betty’s body with multiple wounds. Candy was the prime suspect, but mentioned acting in self-defense for mentioning her affair with Allan. After taking a lie detector test, she was said to be telling the truth. On October 30, 190, she was found not guilty by a jury.
