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Morning Cup of Murder

185: Divorce and Revenge Murder - November 5 2019

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Marriages come in all shape and form. Some, like that of the Brodericks, have a wife working multiple jobs to put her husband through medical and law school only to be divorced once he found success. And, on November 5th 1989, Betty Broderick got revenge for the life her cheating husband took away from her. Betty Broderick Kills Ex-husband(1989) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the silver-racement.

0:04.0

We have a weird...

0:06.0

...described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.0

...calf a murder.

0:11.0

Marriages come in all shapes and forms.

0:14.0

Some, like that of the Brodericks, have a wife working multiple jobs to put her husband through medical and law school only

0:22.2

to be divorced once he found success.

0:25.2

And on November 5, 1989, Betty Broderick got revenge for the life her cheating husband

0:31.3

took away from her.

0:32.8

So, if you like your coffee hot with your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with

0:37.3

a morning

0:37.7

cup of murder.

0:41.3

Elizabeth Betty Broderick, born November 7, 1969, grew up with certain expectations.

0:49.2

She was meant to find a man, one who could support her, marry him, give him children,

0:55.8

and keep the perfect home.

1:02.0

And after meeting Dan Broderick in 1965 at a Notre Dame football game, that's exactly what she set out to do. They married on April 12, 1969, and came back from their honeymoon, pregnant

1:09.0

with their first child. She would later give birth to three more children, all while working odd jobs like selling Avon

1:15.7

to support her husband through medical school, and, after he finished that degree, law school.

1:22.0

She became the main provider for the family.

1:25.0

It was all worth it when, after finishing school, Dan became an incredibly

1:29.4

successful malpractice lawyer. They had it all. Money, family, a big California house, and the

1:38.4

perfect housewife who kept the perfect home. All of that would come crumbling down when, in 1982, Dan hired 21-year-old

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