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Sources can be found in the show notes. Hello and welcome back to Colt Leader.

I'm your cult leader, Spencer Henry, and this week we're talking about the one,

the only, Betty Broderick. And I've got so much to say. Years and years ago, we talked about Betty on a 20-minute episode where I gave you the need to know, the basics, a woman hell-bent

on getting revenge on the husband who left her and the mistress, she says, stole him away.

We got a glimpse at the absolute shit show of a trial and some of the aftermath, but this week,

this week, Colbibbs, we're getting into everything. So buckle up. I hope you have a long drive,

or a lot of cleaning around the house to do, a quiet corner at work because we're going in.

We're leaving no stones unturned.

We're actually just talking about Betty last month on a little leader when I mentioned that I had just rewatched the made-for-TV masterpieces about her.

Truly so iconic, absolute legend Meredithaxter, plays Betty Broderick,

and she nails it. My God, talk about a performance. She should have won an Oscar. 12 of them,

honestly. And there's two parts to that movie. We've got a woman scorned, and then there's a part

two they made called her Final Fury, and I recommend

both.

For a good time, watch.

I had seen the television episode of the Broderick children on Oprah back in the day.

I'd seen interviews with their families, but what I had never taken the opportunity to do

was read the book that Betty Broderick herself

released in 2015, I believe.

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