Allan Gore's wife, Betty Gore, was killed by his former mistress, Candy Montgomery, in 1980 Caroline Blair is a writer for PEOPLE. She has been writing about celebrities, entertainment, reality TV ...

In 1980, Candy Montgomery struck Betty Gore with an ax 41 times, killing her Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...

HBO Max's true crime drama, which was added to Netflix on Dec. 1, follows real-life killer, Candy Montgomery, who fatally struck her friend, Betty Gore, with an ax 41 times in 1980. It was later ...

There have been two pieces of dramatic TV based on the events of June 13, 1980, within a year of each other—Hulu’s 2022 series Candy starring Jessica Biel, and HBO’s 2023 limited series Love & Death ...

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DALLAS — It was a brutal ax killing that shocked the small North Texas town of Wylie in 1980. Candy Montgomery killed Betty Gore by slicing her with an ax 41 times, following a confrontation about ...

Allan Gore and Betty Gore were married for nearly a decade before he began engaging in an affair with their neighbor, Candy Montgomery Allan and Candy ended their relationship in 1979 In June 1980, ...