1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: Dan and Betty Broderick a shocking story of marriage, betrayal, 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: and murder. Today, we revisit and examine one of the 3 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: messiest divorces in history. It dominated media headlines and ended 4 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: in a double homicide. Let's jump in. I never ins 5 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: before here. You didn't want her to leave. She is somebody. 6 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: Then through medical school and through law school, worked two jobs. 7 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: Sometimes would babysit, would go out door to door to 8 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: make sure that they could live decently. She claims she 9 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: was so afraid of Dan, I was terrorized by him. 10 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: She says, Holy Moley, nobody will ever forget the divorce 11 00:00:53,840 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: between Dan and Betty Broderick that lasted five hateful, vicious years. 12 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: With me an all star panel to break it down 13 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: and put it back together again. Joining me from La 14 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: Psychoanalyst to the Stars, Doctor Bethany Marshall at Doctor Bethany 15 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: Marshall on Insta, Joseph Scott Morgan, Professor Forensics, Jacksonville State 16 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: University and author of Blood Beneath My Fate on Amazon, 17 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: Crime Online dot Com investigative reporter Levi Page, and Crime 18 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: Online investigative reporter Sierra Gillespie. Sierra tell me about their 19 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: early life and their marriage. So the early life it 20 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: seemed picture perfect. I mean Betty did put him through 21 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: college and law school, all of that. They moved to 22 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: California and it was picture perfect. I mean, she was 23 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: a socialite. They dressed well, they had nice things. Everything 24 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: seemed to be going as planned for that absolutely right. 25 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: They gave the appearance of having a very happy home. 26 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: I mean, these two everybody knew them, the Brodericks. Dan Broderick, 27 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: the third wife Betty, in all of the society pages 28 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: in the paper. He was a celeb in the local 29 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: legal circles. He not only graduated from Harvard Law also 30 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: from Cornell Medical School, which set him up to be 31 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: the prominent malpractice attorney. At that time. He was bringing 32 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: in over a million dollars a year. She was the 33 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: perfect wife and mom. She was in charge of the 34 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 1: social calendar, taking care of the home, the yard, the housework, 35 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: all of their let me just say, appointments and engagements. 36 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,679 Speaker 1: It was said that he always looked like he was 37 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: straight out of a magazine, just dressed perfectly, and the 38 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: society columnist for the San Diego Union describes her as 39 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: wearing for instance, Oscar de Laurenta. I'm not talking about 40 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 1: just looking good. I'm talking about paying thousands and thousands 41 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: of dollars to look good. But it all started unraveling 42 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: when Betty Broadwick suspects her husband's having an office affair. 43 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: This is after sixteen years of marriage. After he denies 44 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: and denies and denies, he files for divorce and that 45 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: set off five years of battles so acrimonious their case 46 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: became known as the single worst divorce case in San 47 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: Diego County. Now tell me what you know about this. 48 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: Sierra Gillespie claims that Betty Broaderick spray painted the inside 49 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: of their over quarter million dollars hillside home, that she 50 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: rammed her car into Dan's front door, left countless obscene 51 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: messages on his answer machine, defaced court documents. I mean, 52 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,119 Speaker 1: what can you tell me about the behavior over these 53 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: five years? Yeah, so it was really long and drawn out. 54 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: I mean to run her car into his home, as 55 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: that's what she did. So she left hundreds of voicemails 56 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: on his voicemail box saying really obscene things about him 57 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: and his wife, Linda spree painted the house, and he 58 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 1: did file multiple restraining orders against her. And she just 59 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: seemed to ignore them. She wasn't going to take no 60 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 1: for an answer and continued arriving trying to talk to him. 61 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: I guess trying to work it out in some sort 62 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: of way. But it was a very malicious divorce, to 63 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: say the least. Almost as soon as the divorce is finalized, 64 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: Dan Broderick marries his legal assistant, Linda Culcana, and Betty's 65 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: disturbing behavior escalating, spray painting the home, ramming her car, 66 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: leaving one obscene message after the next, everything spiraling out 67 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: of control. But Leavi page what else happened? She didn't 68 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: send his new wife, Nancy of mail letters in the 69 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: mail that contained ads for weight loss supplements and skincare 70 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: uh lines, as if she needed to become more beautiful. 71 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: She was harassing them that way. Okay, wait right there, 72 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: tell me what all she would do to drive this couple. True, 73 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: the husband cheated with the legal assistant and then denied, denied, denied, 74 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: then married her. But what was Betty Broderick doing to 75 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: drive the two of them? You know? Insane? What was she? 76 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: What was she doing? She drove a vehicle through their 77 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: home one time that she would send profane Okay, yeah, 78 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: that would that would What was the last same and 79 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: profane messages cussing him out over the telephone? And what 80 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 1: is really disturbing is she would get the newspaper and 81 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: cut out the ads for weight loss supplements and weight 82 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: loss pills or skincare lines and she would mail it 83 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: to his new wife, Linda Broderick. I don't know how 84 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: everything spiraled so out of control, but did anyone think 85 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: the events could take such a deadly turn? Did Dan 86 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: and his new wife? Wonder? Is Betty armed? Is she dangerous? 87 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: And then we arrive at Sunday, November five, nineteen eighty nine, 88 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: and the scene of one of San Diego's most cold 89 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: blooded murders. What do we know? Sarah Gillespie tell me 90 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: about the night of the murders. So the night of 91 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 1: the murderers, it actually happened really early in the morning. 92 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,919 Speaker 1: Buddy had storn the key and broke into the home. 93 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: She went inside, Linda and Dan were both sleeping, so 94 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: she fired shots at Linda's first. Linda actually reached towards 95 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: Damn and said call nine when one. He was shot 96 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: multiple times, so in all side bullets were shot and 97 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: Linda died instantly, and Betty had said that she was 98 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: going there just to confront them and that she was 99 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: going to kill herself, but rather she killed both of them. Okay, 100 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: so she somehow managed to finangle a key, So it's 101 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: not like she broke the window and she fan agles 102 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: a key and gets into the home. Okay, Levi, page 103 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: what happens when she gets into the home. Do we 104 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: know the time of the day or night, Levi? Yeah, Nancy, 105 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: it's early in the morning. And she goes into the home. 106 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: And when she shot her ex husband, Dan Broderick, he 107 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: did not die immediately, and his last words to her was, Okay, 108 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: you've shot me. Now you've killed me. Joseph Scott Morgan, 109 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: Professor forensics, Jacksonville State and author Blood Beneath My Feet 110 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: on Amazon. She had a gun that she had had 111 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: for two years, a thirty eight caliber five shot revolver. 112 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: What can you tell me about that weapon? Yeah, it 113 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: is a revolver. It's compact, it's a five shot as 114 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: opposed to most revolvers that are six. I would imagine 115 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: that it is a short barrel or a snub nose, 116 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: something that's easy to conceal. Nancy but what I do 117 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: know is that it doesn't have a tremendous range of 118 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: fire with accuracy. So what that tells us about the 119 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: scene is after she was bold enough to break into 120 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: this home, even though she had a key, she's very 121 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: illegally she goes into the bedroom, she had to close 122 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: that distance. Let's stop right there and take a listen 123 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: to Da Carrie Wells describe what happened next, no matter 124 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: what else she wants to say to you now, about 125 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: what happened in that room that morning, and and why 126 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: her reactions were what they were. The cold heart effects 127 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: what actually happened in the room are indisputable. There is 128 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: no getting around them. And there is no getting around 129 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: the fact that that first shot into Linda was right 130 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: through her chest as she lay flat on her back 131 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: in her bed. If she had time to react at 132 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: all to the defendant being in there pointing a gun 133 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 1: at her, She's sure as heck didn't have much. She 134 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: was still lying there in the bed. She didn't have 135 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: time to sit up, she didn't have time to dive 136 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: off the bed. She didn't have time to do anything 137 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: to protect herself. That gun was pointed at her heart, 138 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 1: the trigger was pulled when it was pointed at her 139 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: heart and she could do nothing to protect her life. 140 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: There is no getting around the fact that the defendant 141 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: had to then change her aim, to change her direction 142 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: of pointing that gun in order to shoot Dan Broderick 143 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: in the back. Take a moment to let that all 144 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: sink in. Now, let's continue to pull back the layers 145 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 1: on what happened in the bedroom that morning. To Professor 146 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 1: Forensics Jacksonville State University, Joseph Scott Morgan who was with us, 147 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,199 Speaker 1: Joe Scott, Peace together the forensics and tell me what 148 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: you think happens. We know the phone was yanked out 149 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: of the wall. We know that much had happened at 150 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: the scene. That goes to preparation and planning, doesn't it, Nancy. 151 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: That is that somebody shows up with intent to impede 152 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: the ability to call for help at that point. So 153 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: there's planning going on here. And listen what counsel said 154 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: just a second ago. She stated that she didn't have 155 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: time to raise up. That gives us an indication of 156 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: the trajectory of fire. That this woman literally stood over 157 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: this woman, this other woman, the deceased in bed and 158 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 1: fired directly into her chest and then scored a headshot. 159 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: She turned the weapon and shot her in the head. 160 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: The husband reactively rolls to one side, probably to raise 161 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: the alarm to call to get away, and she nails 162 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: him in the back. She fires two more wayward rounds, 163 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: but he still had enough life within him to proclaim 164 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: as leave. I mentioned just a moment ago, well you've 165 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: shot me, I'm dead, And that's that gives you an 166 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: idea of how close all of this was. It was. 167 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: It was a very intimate event there on top of 168 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: one another. And Nancy, I can tell you this from 169 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,599 Speaker 1: working a lot of these cases. Because this is a headshot. 170 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: The betting itself would have just been effuse with blood. 171 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: There would have been blood everywhere, So it would have 172 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: made it particularly difficult for the investigators at that time 173 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: to process this scene. Why did she do it? Did 174 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:51,839 Speaker 1: Betty Broderick believe she was entitled to happily forever after 175 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: with her ex husband footing the bill for her. Take 176 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: a listen to what Betty Broderick's defense attorney, Jack Early 177 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: had to say. He didn't want her to leave. She 178 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: is somebody that through medical school and through law school, 179 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: worked two jobs. Sometimes would babysit and would go out 180 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: door to door to make sure that they could live 181 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: decently when they went to San Diego. She worked nice, 182 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 1: she worked weekends, She worked two jobs so that they 183 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: could be successful. At that point in time, Dan had 184 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: no interest in telling her to leave hanging there. Well, 185 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: he tells her to hang in there to a period 186 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: of time where she's a different person, and we all 187 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: know the difference between our twenties and when we come 188 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: into our thirties. So she puts him through medical school 189 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: and law school. She kept working for them to be successful. Okay, 190 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 1: so to doctor Bethany Marshall, psycho Whallens joined me out 191 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: of Beverly Hills. Doctor Bethany, I recall a good friend 192 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: who had a boyfriend. She worked multiple jobs. She helped 193 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: him paid his child support, she helped him pay his rant, 194 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: She helped and paid whatever he had to pay, and 195 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: in the end, after he was cheating on her, she 196 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 1: called not only him but his parents about paying her back. 197 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 1: I don't think it was about the money. I think 198 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: it was about the sense of betrayal that you break 199 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: your back to support somebody and then what do they do. 200 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 1: I think that's where she's coming from. I do think 201 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,839 Speaker 1: so too, Nancy. This is a huge betrayal the merry 202 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 1: young She puts him through undergraduate and graduate school works 203 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: two jobs. She has poured her life and soul into 204 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: this man. Now. Betty Broderick's defense attorney cited psychological abuse 205 00:13:53,920 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 1: and gaslighting in Betty Broderick's defense, What is gaslighting? Doctor Bethany? 206 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: Gaslighting is when you treat somebody in such a way 207 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: that you undermine their perceptions and make them feel crazy. 208 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: So let's say Dan would say something like, you know what, 209 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: it looks like you put on a little bit of weight, 210 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,439 Speaker 1: and then she says, oh that's mean. Oh no, no, 211 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: I was just saying it because I love you. So 212 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: gaslighting is when you undermine the persons, you say things 213 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: that drive them crazy, and then you deny the fact 214 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: that you're doing it. You know too, Leavi Page and 215 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: Sierra Gillespie, we just heard doctor Bethany Marshall say what 216 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: gaslighting is. It's like you trigger somebody to agitate them, 217 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: like you do it on purpose. Did that happen here? 218 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: To leave page Crime online? So gaslighting is a psychological game. 219 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: They are victimizing that person. But they're making that person 220 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: believe that they're crazy for thinking that something wrong is 221 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: happening or something wrong going on. The defense claimed that 222 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: Dan was having an affair and that he told her 223 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: she was just imagining things, that she was crazy, that 224 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: she was paranoid, and it turned out that she was right. 225 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: He was having an affair with his legal assistant. And 226 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: then after she found out that they had an affair 227 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: and he left her for his legal assistant, who was 228 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: much younger, he started saying that it was all Betty 229 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: Broderick's fault, that she wasn't pretty enough, she wasn't young enough, 230 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: he was unhappy in the marriage, and he gaslighted her 231 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: that way, according to the defense, But would a jury 232 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: believe Dan Broderick's behavior and alleged gaslighting was enough to 233 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: let Betty Broderick off the hook for double murder. Let's 234 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: jump into the trial. Take a listen to Carrie Wells. 235 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: She claims she was so afraid of Dan, I was 236 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: terrorized by it. She says, if you're truly afraid of 237 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: something or someone, you run the other way, You stay away, 238 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: You don't continually bang him on the head. That makes 239 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: no sense, and that's what she was doing. A woman 240 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: is truly who is truly afraid of what her ex husband, 241 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: for example, might do, does not intentionally aggravate him, does 242 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: not intentionally taunt him, does not intentionally demand that he 243 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: do things now or else, does not express glee over 244 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: publicly embarrassing him, does not threaten to kill him over 245 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: and over. This is not a woman who was afraid. 246 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: She's the one who said in one of those messages, 247 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: she says to damn tells me you're afraid of me, 248 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: you better damn well be afraid of me. Wow. Did 249 00:16:52,760 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: an enraged socialize creep into her exes mansion and end 250 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: up one of the most notorious killers in US history? 251 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: Why she hell bent on revenge? I think what was 252 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 1: so irritating to so many was she seemed totally unapologetic 253 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 1: even claiming abuse at a high profile trial. The media 254 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: circus surrounding the trial was intense. Describe it to leave 255 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 1: my page crime online. Yes, Nancy, this was a very 256 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: high profile case that was televised nationally and the nation 257 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: was gripped by it. And Betty Broderick even testified in 258 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: her own defense. Nancy, that's something that we don't usually 259 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,479 Speaker 1: see in a lot of trials, and she testified about 260 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: how he had an affair, that he was abusive towards her, 261 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: not only physically, but mentally and psychologically. And this case 262 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: gripped the nation. They really tried to put the murder 263 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: vict them on trial. Well, from what I understand, she 264 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: had gotten into the house on one occasion, grabbed her 265 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 1: ex husband's or money suits and starting to bonfire in 266 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: the front yard, smashed windows, spray painted walls, tried to 267 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: light the home on fire, drove her car through the 268 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: front door, rooined the alarms system, left lewd messages. But 269 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 1: you know, at a certain point if you want, if 270 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: you want lenient seat, you have to repent. Did nobody 271 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 1: see Oceans eleven or Oceans however many there are? First 272 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 1: thing you see Clooney describing how he was gonna change, 273 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: and you see who I love, Sandra bullet love love 274 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: love saying the same thing you kind of showed the 275 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: pro board remorse and the same for a jury. You 276 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 1: gotta look like you're sorry or at least for Pete's sake, 277 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 1: fake it. Media circus, just ate this up with a spoon. 278 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: But listen to what happened at trial. This is the 279 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 1: trial Judge George McAllister, we are able to reach you 280 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: a nice decision between murder and manslaughter for Dan or 281 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: Linda Broderick. She's not relieved that the prospect that this 282 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 1: has to go you know, has to go forward again. 283 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 1: I'm disappointed. I thought the evidence supported a verdict and 284 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 1: was hoping for a verdict. So I'm disappointed. Wow, a 285 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: mistrial with all that evidence. What went wrong? But then 286 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: second trial listen to this, with the jury and thebob 287 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,640 Speaker 1: and title costs, find a defendant Elizabeth and Roderick guilty 288 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 1: of the crime of murder for violation of Pinocunt Section 289 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: one eighty seven perent a a felony as charged, account 290 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: wander the information and fixed a degree thereof as murder 291 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 1: in the second degree. Victim Daniel Broderick. With the jury 292 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:01,959 Speaker 1: and the above and title cost find defendant Elizabeth M. 293 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: Roderick guilty of the crime of murder and violation of 294 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 1: UNO Code Snsion one seven print a a felony as 295 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: charged and count two of the information and fix the 296 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: degree thereof as murder in the second degree fiftem Lindon Roderick. Wow, Okay, 297 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 1: two counts of second degree murder. Betty Broderick still sits 298 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: in prison to this day, defiant and showing no remorse 299 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 1: for the murders. Our partners at USA Network have adapted 300 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 1: this true crime tale into a TV series, Dirty John 301 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 1: The Betty Broderick Story, premiering June second, nine, eighth Central 302 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: on USA. But we want to give our listeners a 303 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: sneak peak. Take a listen. In the early morning hours 304 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: of Sunday, November fifth, nineteen eighty nine, in an affluent 305 00:20:55,320 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: neighborhood of San Diego, five shots rang out Dan Broderick, 306 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 1: a prominent local attorney, and his beautiful young wife Linda 307 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 1: lay dead. The killer a blonde, suburban stay at home 308 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 1: mom named Betty, Dan's ex wife. I'm a woman being 309 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 1: divorced in America. I have no rights. I'm an obstruction 310 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: hell did Dan and Betty Broderick go from all American couple. 311 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 1: I want you to feel happy and secure. You are 312 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: the most important person I have in the whole universe, 313 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: and I'd be lost without you. To victim and killer mom, 314 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: you can't be here, I can't be on a doorstep. 315 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: You're in violation of a court order and you know it. 316 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 1: There's is an epic story of love. Do we have 317 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: each other. I'll take care of you the way you 318 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 1: take care of me. The number one thing I loved 319 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: about you in the beginning was how much you loved 320 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: me and showed it marriage. I'm scared. I don't feel 321 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 1: like I'm worth anything. I feel like we are speeding 322 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: in the dark and I can't see what's up ahead. Betrayal, baby, 323 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 1: what about you? How are you good? I think Dan's 324 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: banging his assistant, but I'm good. I called there today 325 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: and she answers the phone. Hello. You think you decide 326 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: who works from me? I said, get rid of her. 327 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 1: By the end of the month, you can get out 328 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: of this house. I pay for your life, so if 329 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 1: anyone's going to be getting out, it's you and murder. 330 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: From now on, you come on the Coral read property 331 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: with my permission, or you go to jail. How am 332 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: I supposed to see my kids with my permission? I've 333 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: loved messages on the machine with your maid, with your secretary. 334 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 1: I just want to ask you something. You're making me mad. 335 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: All kill you? That became a national obsession. Missus Brodrick 336 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: has charged with two counts of first degree murder, mister Carpenter, 337 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: how does your client plead? We enter a plea of 338 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: not guilty and a worldwide media sensation, Elizabeth Brodrick imposed 339 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: the death penalty on Dan and Linda. They didn't get 340 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: to present their case in front of a jury before 341 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: she executed them. See how they are perfect life all 342 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: fellow apart. To know how Elizabeth Brodrick got here, you 343 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 1: have to see who she is and who Dan Brodrick was. 344 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: The Golden Globe nominated hit series Dirty John returns There's 345 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 1: more to you than money? To anywhere is there based 346 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: on the shocking true crime. I'll call the cops. Oh, 347 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: they'll arrest you. Best. You don't have me arrested. You'll 348 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 1: go to jail this time? You all have we said 349 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: to jail, stowing a ment to peek. What else are 350 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: we gonna do? What else do we have? No kids, 351 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: no money, no wife and Christians later. I don't think 352 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: Betty cares about this money. That's the only thing she 353 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: has ever cared about Without me, there isn't many. She's 354 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 1: not gonna kill the golden goose from PUTI isn't Dirty 355 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 1: John the Betty Broderick story. I'm amazed and only took 356 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: one bullet to kill Dan Broderick. Premieres June second on 357 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: USA Network.