The true story of “the ax murderer” Candy Montgomery, brought to the small screen by Elizabeth Olsen and Jessica Biel.
The success of ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’ on Netflix has reaffirmed the rise of series based on true crimes and the macabre fascination aroused by serial killers in series and films, both fiction and documentaries true crime.
The latest to join this phenomenon have been ‘Candy: Murder in Texas‘, created by the author of ‘Channel Zero’ and ‘New cherry flavor’ nick anthosca and starring Jessica Biel, which has been standing out in the genre since the 2017 premiere of ‘The Sinner’, one of the best suspense and mystery series on HBO Max; and ‘Love and Death’, with Elizabeth Olsen Leaving Marvel’s UCM to enter a crime drama.
‘Candy’ immerses us in the murder committed by Candy Montgomery (Jessica Biel/Elizabeth Olsen) on Friday the 13th (the coincidence…) of June 1980 on Betty Gore (Melanie Lynskey/Lily Rabe)her friend and her lover’s wife.
It all started when Candy Montgomery and her husband Pat moved to Collin County, Texas, in 1977. There they joined Lucas First United Methodist Church, which is where they met schoolteacher Betty Gore. Candy was dissatisfied and bored with her life as a housewife and when she met Allan, Betty’s husband, the spark of passion ignited.. The two began an extramarital affair that lasted 11 months and ended in the early 1980s when Betty and Allan tried to put their marriage back on track.
On the night of June 13, 1980, Candy went to Betty’s house to pick up a bathing suit for Betty’s eldest daughter, because the girls were going to spend the night at the Montgomery house. Betty confronted her about the affaire that Candy kept with her husband, and Candy finally ended up admitting it even though she argued that the matter had ended several months ago. Allan was out of town on a trip, and the youngest Gore girl, Bethany, was sleeping soundly upstairs.
Candy said that Betty tried to attack her with an ax that she took from the garage., swinging it to the ground and hitting Candy’s toe. They then fought for control of the gun, until Candy was finally able to get hold of it. Candy also suffered bruises on her head during the fight. He claimed that he hit Betty with the ax in self-defense.
Candy dealt 41 blows with the ax to his victim, 28 of them to the head. According to the local press, 40 of the blows were with Betty still alive. The neighbors who found the lifeless body of the teacher discovered the shattered head. Investigators found ax wounds to her face, head, hands, arms, torso, and legs.
At the murder trial, the defense claimed that Candy had acted in self-defensepresenting psychological (and even hypnosis) reports that claimed that the defendant had suffered a “dissociative” episodelosing track of reality and entering a state of uncontrollable anger.
The jury, after 4 and a half hours of deliberation, returned the verdict of “not guilty”, to the surprise and indignation of popular opinion. Candy Montgomery was released, cleared of all charges, and Today she lives in Georgia at the age of 72 under the surname “Wheeler” with her husband Pat and their daughter Jenny.with whom he works as a mental health therapist advising young people and adults about depression.
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