CA v. Betty Broderick (1991) - Crime Scene Evidence
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- (1991) CA v. #BettyBroderick: GRAPHIC CRIME SCENE PHOTO WARNING
Law enforcement testifies to crime scene evidence in the Betty Broderick Trial.
Elisabeth "Betty" Broderick is being retried for the shooting death of her ex-husband and his new wife, Dan Broderick and Linda Kolkena Broderick. Prosecutors claim an angry and bitter Betty killed the newlyweds in a jealous rage after she and Dan's very public and brutal divorce, in which he reportedly tried to leave her with nothing. #Netflix #CourtTV
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Linda should never have gotten involved with a married man.
Betty throws feces at the guards, she’s nuts
Linda had a bad reputation of being loose & apparently stunk? Her vajaja? She was called 'Stinky' by co-workers. She knew what she was doing & loved it.
Oh, yeah, so, death penalty obviously
Not only married, but the father of four children, her boss, a man twice her age, and a man with an increasingly hostile first wife. And where was her family during the two years she shacked up with him? If they were at all close with their precious darling, they heard stories about Betty's conduct. My family would have read me the riot act.
I was married to a man that cheated on me with 13 different woman. He ended up married to one of them. I was pregnant t the time, and in my country we weren't able to get a divorce until the baby was born. My divorce was final 28 days after my baby was born. He married her 2 months after. My revenge??? He has 3 sons with 3 different people outside of his marriage. Her life have been a real nightmare for the last 35 years. I just sit back and listen to all stories from the mouth of my ex-mother in law and smiled. I am happily married for 33 years and we have a total of 4 children's and 3 grandchildren. I love myself way too much to allow my past to destroy my present and future.
Good for you! All the best
That's how u do it! Go on about ur life. The newbie will get exactly what she wants.
Queen ❤
Good for you! Now that's the way to live your best life!! :)
Such a shame Betty couldn't see beyond her own immediate heartbreak, because, like you, I discovered that there really is life after divorce, especially for someone as attractive and intelligent as Betty was. I truly think she was desperately mentally ill at the time she killed them, and that his behaviour contributed greatly to that.
Thank you to the person who uploaded these court recordings! They're fascinating.
People with a persistent cough should leave the courtroom.
Jeez I know, maybe I’m just super sensitive because of COVID but SO MUCH COUGHING
Ha, don’t forget all the sneezing! It might not be in the CZcams videos of the trial, but you can hear a woman constantly sneezing in the complete Court TV coverage on their app. I’m not completely convinced sure she covers her mouth. Oy, I cringe, too! 🤓
Covid wasn’t a thing back then, someone shoulda passed a lozenge. 😅
Dude, its court. If youve spent a lot of time in a courtroom youd know theres always someone in there with a constant cough. Its a requirement.
Lol
Dans words were “Betty won’t kill the golden Goose”. Well! Boy was he wrong. 😮
At the time of 31:42 you can hear someone fart 💨 the officer testifying looks up like “ wtf was that! “ 😅
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I heard that! 😅😅🤣🤣😂
Ha! HA!!!
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That man did her wrong . I see why she snapped .He wanted Linda to have everything .Linda was going with that man while he was married too .
No, you clearly know nothing of this case. SHE did him wrong and her children wrong most egregiously. She was abusive, violent, volatile, plain nuts
Right! I don't agree with Betty's actions but I completely understand. U can't do people any kind of way.
Linda didn't take any vows to her, he did.
That doesn’t excuse her ac
@@marquitashiver6141she KILLED two people! Have you ever had your heart broken? Yeah? Join the club! Everyone has, you don’t commit MURDER
No alarm system ? Especially when you have a restraining order on your ex wife that your ‘ afraid ‘ of. With all his millions. Come on. Should have had an alarm system.
No alarm system would have helped him: she had used the key she'd earlier stolen from her own daughter, so the alarm would not have gone off.
He didn’t have millions. He had just started naked big money. They spent it quickly. He was on his way up though.
Yelena i thought you had to disarm the system once you walked in? She'd have to know the code which she surely wouldn't have.
@@yelenaangeleski3354 It would've made a big difference having an alarm system. As soon as the door opened the alarm would've went off because once you enter a house you have to put the code in to shut it off but in the mean time the alarm goes off and yiu can react on it then.
@@rosalynjeffery9510 that’s right !
He was a bully and his new wife taunted her as well. They were testing her sanity and then everyone lost
Everyone. Including the kids 😔
Absolutely. I have sympathy for Betty. I've known hoe's like Linda. My ex-husband cheated with 8 different women. He got an STD & his pride & joy doesn't work right anymore. He used to call me about all his woe's. lol! Said he missed me. No contact is the best contact. Haven't talked to him in years, my best years.
OMG, did you hear the messages she left?
Thank God somebody mic’d up the squeakiest chair in existence.
Thank you for streaming this. I didn't see it years ago.
I was going through the same problem at the time and seeing the documentary two week before my husband left it helped me to walk carefully through his abandonment for by the grace of God that could be me.
There is an old pop song 'Everybody Plays the Fool' : yep, we all get dumped at some point, I sure have and I have known many others, women and men, who were left, dumped, deceived, you name it. YOU GO ON, you pick up the pieces, you learn from it what you can and ESPECIALLY if there are young children involved, as often there are, YOU try to conduct yourself with some dignity and maturity. NONE of the three adults in this case did that NONE of them gave half a rat's tail about the innocent, bewildered children in the middle of the colossal mess the adults had created. The adults deserved each other, the children deserved better.
@@penelopemace7440
Betty had two disorders and her impulse control was 0% for years before she murdered these two people. To this day she shows no remorse..
She is the EVIL JOkER
Stay strong ,I've been abandoned also
@@lisarandleman6141 I understand her very well. She wanted her peace back and she got it. They were so cruel to her
That’s a TINY master bedroom, especially considering the overall size of this house! Wow!..
Agreed. I figured they had the whole upper right floor (or so i thought it was the right, the stairs confuse me bc of the original photos I'd seen prior). That should've been a closet or something. I mean, whats in the rest of the house? Lol
That’s what I thought too. Strangely small.
I thought the same thing.
No where to run. Duck. Complete planned ambush.
That courtroom is a little bigger than a bathroom. There's literally zero negative space anywhere. Ugh...imagine being stuck in there day in and day out.
Who's bathroom? It's bigger than my whole house.
I’m so excited to see more of the BB trial!!! Please keep them coming ❤️🔥👏🏻🇨🇦
Fellow Canuck here also, and agreed! 👍
@@leigh231 victoria, BC. Where are you? 🇨🇦👍🏻
Vancouver ❤🎉
She just couldn’t let go
He treated her like crap and was an arrogant ass…. Linda was no saint
Whole situation =. Adultery , lies have no good ending
I agree the both did Betty Dirty with Linda breaking up a family I have no sympathy for her she could have told Dan No way you are married with 4 children or Dan could have given her the kids it seems this Dan & Linda was also interested in the money part or Dan would have treated Betty better these two dogs really deserved each other they Both Drove Betty crazy for sure! Not saying Betty should have killed but they drove her to kill! I couldn't stand what they did to Betty! Very sad!
All of them had issues looks like . But no matter she had no business killing those people . She did not think about her kids at all . I don’t understand why she waited all those years then killed them
@@gerrilagrange1290 she gave the kids to him that was her fault she dropped them off then she started doing crazy stuff that prevented her from getting them back
@@gerrilagrange1290why are u defending a murderer
If Dan did this u wouldn’t bee defending him. Her kids have no father but it’s like u don’t care
THE JUDGE TRYING TO HAVE A NICE QUITE SLEEP! BUT THE NOISE FROM BROKEN CHAIR DON’T PERMIT IT.
😁🤣 I hate courtroom noises. One can hear anything, people coughing, or that broken chair that needs to be fixed 😂 😁
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One thing I’ve noticed with the restraining order Dan had on Betty, and all the times she repeatedly broke it to go to his house, he never got a security system with cameras and alarm added. Just an observation…
I read he has a very sophisticated alarm system with codes. It really protected them because alarm would tell them she was trying to get in house and also It would notify police. It wasn't turned on that night experts speculate because Betty had kids. I guess after she let herself into house with Kim's key, she stole, she realized alarm wasn't on.
She planned entire murder by first steeling key from Kim. She terrorized Dan and Linda who wanted to give his kids stability.
@@kimthreadgold2755 it’s funny!! After I wrote this, I finally found and read in one video they had one.. thank u for your more detailed info…👍👍
I read that when Betty rammed her vehicle into the front of the house it ruined the alarm system. If that’s the case I don’t know why it wasn’t replaced especially with Betty not always abiding by the court orders.
@@kimma508 Wow… ok. That’s why I was questioning that as no where did I hear of an alarm system on that night as she used the key to get in and went upstairs. Nothing about disarming a system. Thank you!!
@@sherrigayle5604 You are welcome.
Thank you for uploading these! I’ve never gotten to watch these.
He was making 134,000 a month most of us can't even imagine living with all that money omg !!!!
Yeah and didn't want to give her much
Yeah Betty worked to help him make that money, Linda enjoyed it 7 months only wah laa end of story 😂
That’s what Linda fell for, his money. She was 21 and he was like 37 years old. That young woman paid a harsh consequence for her poor choice.
I watched this trial… but don’t remember very much. Thanks for streaming it. The opening statements were very well done by both sides.
DAN AND HIS SECOND wife were awful.
State of California needs some WD40.
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I'm sorry they're dead. It was murder. That secretary/assistant HAD NO RIGHT MESSING AROUND WITH A MARRIED MAN. It's called respect for oneself.
Adultery is not a capitol offense, though. I mean, I agree, Danny boy and Linda poo were jerks but the best thing would have been for Betty to go off and make a new life for herself and her children and leave them to each other= you just know their bliss would not have lasted- as soon as Linda poo was a wife and popped out a few children, he would probably have got bored with her too
@@Kensington2714 Well, she was a classic gold digger, so the younger man would have had to be rich also. No way she would marry for love or even lust
I'd say the married man and the father of their children is more diabolical. He was a grown man who probably swept the younger lady off her feet(not caring about his wife at home). She didn't break her vows...he did.
@@penelopemace7440 Linda poo 🤣
adulterers both and all 3 destroying the lives of 4 children
She hit him center body mass. The gun didn't just "go off". It was carefully aimed and she fired it. On purpose.
and later when she called her daughter her words were "I don't even know if I hit anybody" sure betty.
And?
Yup! Good for her!
She calculated this murder, abandoned her kids, selfish insane behavior.
@Aries Clarke his fault that she blew his brains out - bet you were the smartest in your class.
loved this trial .. but never saw a sloppier courtroom , a zillion fans , papers , boxes , bottles of water and the stenographer’s Halloween knickknacks and earrings lol
You forgot the phone ringing constantly 😂 The chair is driving me crazy! Maintenance please the chair needs W-40.
I think about all of the trees that were sacrificed so Betty and Dan could torment each other with letters and motions.
@@peaceandlove7824 yes the phone ringing and that chair 😫
Thanks for uploading this!
That was supposed to be her life. Not the new wife’s.
So much noise in that courtroom: woman coughing, squeaky furniture, sneezes, somebody farted (I haven't reached that part yet, but posters said they heard it), and other noises I can't determine... Geez.
31:42 🤣🤣🤣
Could be a shoes maker a fart sound but I did think that part just passed 35 min in😅 idk
Thank you Court TV! 👍
Whoever is in charge of Maintenance in that court needs to put W-40 to a seat that is creaking. It’s driving me crazy 😝
Sorry, but it is you who drives many crazy and also, it wouldn't hurt to remember how long ago this Court proceedings took place! Not very smart, are you. Your emoji sat the end of your "intelligent"n comments says it all.
Not "sat"..at..
@@martinakuhnert9636 who cares when the trial was, there was still oil or anything to get fixed. Are you qualified enough to score peoples intelligence? According to your comment, you have shown that you are not. Have a wonderful weekend 😎
@@peaceandlove7824 It's Thursday and looks like it will rain here in San Diego tomorrow. Anyway, YES indeed ..you do lack intelligence ...bye.
There were too many distractions in that courtroom for my ADD brain to handle.
This case is a good lesson for ultra-controlling men who think they’re above morals & the law. Had he sat down & admitted what he did to Betty we might not be here watching this. All he had to do was say “Betty you’re right, I screwed a girl barely older than our daughters & I’m sorry”. She may have killed him then but probably not. It was the constant humiliation & lying & hiding assets that made her snap.
And you don’t think that Betty Broderick was ultra-controlling? She murdered two people with no proper justification. She murdered her ex-husband and his new wife out of jealousy. It was not a self-defense act. She was the one was controlling him when she said, “Get rid of the whore or get out.”
She was getting $16k monthly in 1989, living in a house bought for her, had her own boyfriend, was given access to her kids… and you still call the man ultra-controlling.
Well, this is a reminder for stupid people that the wicked never gets away free. Betty sure had a long time in prison to think about how miserable of a person she is and may certainly die as
@@a.p4066 Exactly, the wicked never gets away free. Betty Broderick is among the worst of the worst individuals who are wicked. Betty Broderick is not Tracey Thurman. Tracey Thurman is the true person who was attacked by her misogynistic ex-husband because he wants to see their little son. Betty Broderick is not a victim because she has no scars to prove it. Betty Broderick murdered two people out of jealousy and revenge. I don’t want anybody to compare Betty Broderick to Tracey Thurman because she’s not.
@@marcosjuarez7809 No, you are totally wrong, read one of the books on this
@@penelopemace7440 I am totally wrong? Did the author of the book know Betty Broderick? That book is totally wrong. Why is that you asked? I've saw the Betty Broderick case on American Justice with Bill Kurtis on A&E. There is even a video footage of Betty Broderick acting up in prison while she was dragged by the correctional officers into solitary confinement.
She did what many women would want to do in their dreams.
Yes indeed 😁
Sure, but they know that however natural and understandable that state of mind, that desire is, it is also insane and evil.
But we don't....duh
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And she’s spending the rest of her life in jail which is exactly what she deserves.
I’ll never understand these people who have EVERYTHING in life, all the “creature comforts”, healthy children, expensive homes, cars, clothes and good incomes etc. Then end up living in a 6’x9’ cell in prison for decades. How the hell do they make that kind of transition?
Becase all the $$$$ in the world can't buy you happiness or Peace ....why gain the world and loss your soul.
Said by Jesus
Think of so many like her: Robert Durst, the Menendez brothers, OJ, etc yes, rich and had all the advantages but their greed or ego or utter lack of any real values or decency did them in. There are SOOO many stories in the true crime genre of well off persons who 'had it all' but ruined it all due to being just horrible, grasping thugs
@@rodneyharris3695 OH please, spare us the silly mythology crap
Penelope Mace THIS! 💯
@@penelopemace7440 I think the same thing over and over when there are cases like this one and the others you mentioned.
Man when I was a kid court tv was my favorite channel to watch
Same here. My parents thought I was weird because I loved to watch trials.
Dan psychologically tortured Betty. Doesn't excuse what she did but does explain her state of mind. Sad all round.
Agree, 100%
Exactly!! Dan was constantly gaslighting Betty!! Unnecessary torture!!!
Betty had been torturing Dan and her children for years before Linda came into the picture. He had finally had enough and when Linda came along and treated him good he went for it. The legal battle was non-stop because Betty kept violating every law in place. Betty even told her oldest daughter that she, (the daughter) was a marked woman for testifying against her.
@@hughhaefner3317 I had no idea.
@@hughhaefner3317 EXACTLY!! Betty is evil.
Dan and Linda are prime examples of what bullying and taunting do to a psychopath ex spouse can lead to.
Dan and Linda were newlyweds and had other things on their mind besides Betty. there's no proof that they continued to harass her, that's just more of Betty's BS thinking she's still part of the big picture - Dan & Linda wanted to forget about her insanity.
There's no excuse for murder, but I understand Betty's rage. She helped him to get his education and build his career. Unfortunately, as these powerful men age they seem to replace the older wives with younger versions. It's really cruel and heartless for the women left behind. But, she should have taken the money and her beautiful children and walked away. Her happiness would have been her best revenge.@@haintedhouse2990
What’s her excuse now. She throws feces at the guards
@@robingagan6288 nothing will ever be Betty's fault. classic sociopath - does her damage then blames the world.
Someone give that squeaky chair some oil for heaven’s sake. Or take it out of the courtroom.
Looking at the detective on the stand and the judge, they look like they could be brothers they look so similar.
That’s the squeakiest courtroom ever..lol. This is great though! Interesting case.
Check out 31:44 (approx)... I think the witness cuts one, and one of the jury members laughs lol 🤭
He was an abusive, selfish bully. There are way too many men like him in this world.
I agree he was a bully, who treated her terribly. I'm not one bit sorry for those two selfish mean people. I do understand what drove her to this, but having said that, I wish she hadn't done it. She did deserve the sentence, it just is not okay to kill sleeping people. I do believe Betty premeditated this. I also think she's been in 32 years, and it's time to release her. If she'd done it for financial gain, I'd say she deserved execution. But she was emotional, heartbroken, and she never denied doing it it was pure stupidity, and she's not a stupid woman. But she's paid the price.
@@candiceparr4174 I agree that she needed prison time. I just don't believe she deserved consecutive sentences. Men murder their wives and don't get this kind of scrutiny. He egged her on and Linda rubbed her nose in it. She would've been better off moving on, but when you don't get closer, its nearly impossible. He should have been a man and admitted to affair or waited until after he was divorced. Being screwed over and then screwed over again in court is cruel. He obviously had no respect for her and no respect for her contributions. I understand why she did it, but I too think she's paid the price and needs to be free. Those two despicable human beings were not worth a lifetime in prison.
@@rhondahartung5253 I just like the woman. It's too bad.
@@rhondahartung5253 I so agree. The first jury had it right. If it wasn't for Betty, that husband would have never made it as a lawyer, and a well respectable one that is. He took her for a long ride, and Betty caught on. That's when karma stepped in.
So....murder is ok?
She did everything for Dan. Betty needed help. She didn’t feel heard. He hurt her too much. She snapped.
Still no excuse for murdering
@@missk2494 I didn’t say it was
So, exactly what was the ‘everything’ she did for Dan? The evidence suggests she was a taker. He made a small fortune and she enjoyed allll the fruits, which amounted to millions of dollars.
Premeditated murder isn't "snapping." She didn't regularly concealed-carry. She planned a murder, took a gun with her, and murdered two individuals in cold blood. Her feelings of rejection and inadequate sense of self offer zero justification or qualification for the murders she committed. She deserves no more sympathy than any other murderer consumed by jealous rage.
Cold blooded killer. That is all she is.
When a wife supports and is a good wife and mother being discarded like just a nothing is so so hurtful one will never know what that feels like until it happens to you. When you dedicate your life to your family and a man has the power to erase those years there is no one feeling that describes that. Only thing I have an issue with is that she abandoned her children to him but I understand why she did it but was doing it but did that the wrong way.
Having lived through a similar experience of separation for over 10 years I get it. Its demoralising It's like all those years you put into this marriage were for nothing a wasted life. For him just to kick you when youre down its sickening. This woman was temporarily insane when she took their lives. A sad story all around.
When you think you are immortal and treat the very person who PUT on a throne LIKE scum 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈
Obviously, what Betty did was wrong, but Betty was driven to insanity by Dan & Linda.
Betty helped put Dan through both medical & law school. In addition, Dan didn’t believe in birth control & kept getting Betty pregnant. He wanted a stay at home mother for his kids.
Once Dan hit the big time, he wanted a younger woman & that wasn’t Betty.
Dan lied for years, & then used the courtroom as his playground. Deducting fines/penalties for what Dan deemed as a crime. He allowed Linda to sign legal & notarize legal documents. I’m stunned he was allowed to get away with his games in family court (today, he wouldn’t).
When Betty was meant to have the kids, he’d change his mind at the last minute.
The courts allowed him the power of torturing Betty for years!
Had Dan stopped the torture, Betty would have come to terms with the fact she married an evil narcissistic man. Unfortunately, even after winning almost everything, he didn’t stop! Something bad was going to happen, & it did.
I do feel for Betty!
Betty should have kept DATING Dan.
Only dating.
Should he to meet and fall in love with somebody else , letting go of him as a boyfriend would have been 1 , 2 , 3 second FREE matter.
No house , SUV , or anything together.
Everything separate.
She should have kept going with her degree or whatever it was that she acquired.
Dan and Linda messed with the wrong woman and became casualties of her uncontrolled wrath.
I never understood all that money and fear supposedly of his ex wife but they never installed a security system !!!! It doesn't make sense !!!!
They DID have one, there was one in the house when they moved in, according to the daughter, and they upgraded it but I think they did not have much faith in it stopping crazy Betty if she was really determined to kill them
Dan was quoted as saying " shell never kill the golden goose". He and Linda thought she would commit suicide.
That little bed makes me claustrophobic. No way I could sleep with another person in it. It's barely big enough for my baby🐶(dog person).🥴
lord knows those "babies" can take up a lot of room😁
@@lisabradford8180 😄 My Boston Terrier takes up more space than my bf. My bf be hanging onto the edge, sometimes w/foot on the floor, but My Birdie is sprawled out like he's wallpaper.😁🥰🐕
I thought the same, tiny bed and room. Was a different time though, double beds were the norm.
@@JabberJawz. 🤣🤣
lol...I was just thinking the same thing. Back then, my husband and I slept on a queen and even that could get cramped.
The judge looks so irritated with her lawyer asking dumb questions and making time drag on.
I am glad Court TV is back!
I hesitated in posting till I read your comment. I totally agree... dude gave me a creepy vibe, just the way he carried himself and that never ending stare 👀
Betty said from prison she doesn’t miss her wall to wall oceanfront view home in La Jolla. She said she 4:29 prefers the safety of prison. This case is STILL being talked about 35 years later!
The reality is that no one is innocent here but the kids. Dan and Betty both acted angry, vengeful and immature. Neither acted like they still had children to deal with.
Dan did consider his kids. He tried to minimize the damage. But in secret he also tried to screw Betty out of half of the marital assets. He did use his position and knowledge to give him an advantage in the legal proceedings. He did have an affair and have his wife carry a huge load while he was in school only to let someone else reap the benefits of that hard work. He used her and then tried to lose her. Having “made it” as he said, he wanted his arm candy. He could have been more considerate and nicer in the divorce to the mother of his children.
On the other hand, Betty was so focused on revenge that she lost sight of everything that mattered. She became so obsessed with revenge and money that she lost sight of her kids, her ex, her life and her behavior. She deliberately hurt and used her kids. She lied and exaggerated Dan’s actions. She is a narcissist and had no intention of killing herself. T was always her intention to kill him and especially Linda. She hated Linda with a passion. Having gone from a loving and devoted mother to someone who never thought about the impact her behavior and actions would have. The only reason she cared about her kids before that is because they were a reflection on her. She dressed, cared for and devoted herself to her children not for their benefit but because it benefitted her to have the super mom or perfect mom image. Everything and everyone started and ended with her. She devoted herself to anything that improved her image, standing in society or influenced other peoples views of her.
It was wholly her intention to dump the kid son Dan so he would fail. Not for their benefit, the effect of them was inconsequential, it was for her benefit. If he failed she would look better , even if he had harmed or killed the kids, it wasn’t about them but all about her. She thought that Dan and Linda would falter and crumble under the weight of raising 4 kids. The outcome for them didn’t matter.
She had to always be the victim. It gave her sympathy. Whether her contentions squared with fact or reality didn’t matter, it was all about showing herself in the most favorable light. She needs to be seen as a savoir, a saint or a martyr. Nothing else will do.
Dan and Linda didn’t make good choices, they had an affair and it was wrong but they didn’t deserve to die for it. Everyone here failed the true victims…the kids!
There are no winners here. No one came out better and the true victims of this case are those kids. In the end Betty will never truly believe she is at fault. She will never believe she had other options. She is incapable of being accountable and being mature and responsible. She is so self centered she thinks the world needs her. She is the only one who can do what she does. She is incredibly special, unique, needed and never wrong.
But Dan had all the power!!!
Whether she snapped or not because of bad treatment that only she said was happening, killing is not the answer. That's what the law is for. She acts like she did nothing wrong! Wow, cold hearted person.
She’s EVIL
No, this was premeditated, clearly, there was no 'snap'
@theresajohnson1964 , Dan and Linda was evil 😈
She will never be released..bc she feels her actions are justified...to this day..she thinks she is the only victim....Marriages ends...but she had spousal support and used it well...she was with someone else and so was her ex...it should have been a amicable divorce....
The Law wasn't on her side
31.44 the cop appears to fart🤣
Phones ringing, farting and coughing. Poor witness. And who said , “ I’m sorry“?????
I thought I was the only one that heard the farts.
What a dumpy cluttered courtroom. Looks like in somebody’s attic.
How many more fans could they fit in the courtroom? Agreed very junky.....
@@tracyterwilliger5629 😂😂😂😂
@@tracyterwilliger5629 it must be stuffy in that little bitty courtroom.
All that junk on the table in front of the judges bench Omg! I had to zoom in and look. The whole courtroom looks like a work room or big closet!
They didn’t have technology back then. Everything had to be printed on large paper displays
I wish I could ask her... was it worth it? But what's the point, her 2 parole denials says it all. Remorseless & still bitter.
I truly feel for the children. Obviously complete strangers care more about them than their own mother. Disturbing!
She goes to sleep with a smile on her face every night.
She’s proud of what she did. I bet she was fighting back smiles when they were showing the crime scene and talking about the victims blood and dead bodies. Truly evil.
She actually told her attorney that if the prosecutor makes her look at the crime scene photos of dan and linda, she may laugh. She is also very narcissistic, so was dan. What Dan did was low and he was not a good person, however, betty wasn't driven yo murder, she chose to murder them and is not sorry, at the expense of her children. I do not feel sorry for her, the names she called her own children and the way she treated them is horrible!
I feel bad for the kids and only the kids. The three adults all got what they had coming.
The kids have testified at the parole hearings. Kim and Danny don’t think she should get out but Lee and Rhett do.
Dan was nothing but Linda’s sugar daddy. Linda put ideas in his head. He would of eventually done the same thing to her. I believe in karma. If something happened an Dan lost all his money, Linda would of packed her crap. Linda loved the money not Dan. Betty sacrificed everything for him.
she thought nothing of making her kids literally orphans
This is a cautionary tale if I've ever seen one. I told my kids they'd be better off to leave with just the shirt on their back rather than end up in jail. My ex makes this guy look like an amateur compared to the s**t he did.
I have no sympathy for Dan Broderick, or anyone else who kicks dogs.
Did Dan kick a dog?
@@sunnymorningday6537 Yes, Dan was known for his aversion to dogs in general and he couldn't stand the kid's dogs. He would curse and kick them when they were underfoot. This was witnessed by, and testified to, by both daughters and at least one housekeeper.
@@annanimity7085 wow! I never knew that! How horrible!
Always good to watch actual court proceedings: they are actually, mostly, very tedious. I found that out being on a grand jury yrs ago in NY state. Sometimes very hard to pay attention, your mind wanders. It is so NOT like tv courtroom dramas like Perry Mason or Law&Order
I was on jury duty December 2007. Can’t believe how much time was wasted. Didn’t start til 10:00-1030am and ended at 2:00-2:30 every day. And that included 2 breaks and an hour for lunch. Could have been done in 10 days, instead it took 3 weeks. No wonder courts are so backed up.
@@iwantthe80sback59 Yes, weellll, but I will say, there is no doubt a lot that goes into it, into presenting a case, and most attorneys on either side are doing a bunch of cases at the same time, not just the one. I would not slam the process since I would always want fairness, enough time for everyone to receive a fair trial I was on a grand jury in NY state and because it was a rural county we only met on Friday;s and not even every Friday BUT it was INTENSE. I used to have to go home lie down, I would be emotionally exhausted, sitting just feet away from people talking about the worst moments of their lives
*ring, ring* --- telephone. "Who's this?!" Thank God we don't have phones ringing in our courtrooms nowadays. ONE good thing about cell-phones now, I suppose. 😂
@@leigh231 They suc too.
@@leigh231 Why is that such a big deal ? Gosh, I hope you never work in a hospital or other busy health care setting. You have a LOT of background noise and have to learn to concentrate anyway
Betty Broderick?!? Isn’t this case 35 years old???
Yes but I find it interesting to watch.
@Evon Moore Betty was sentenced to 32 years in prison for the murders and she is expected to spend the rest of her life in incarceration. She was denied parole twice over the years and she will be 84 when she is up for parole again in 2032. They may be showing it again due to the series on Netflix,
If anyone remembers the story I can see why she did what she did .....she helped get e m thru school to be a doc raised the kids and left her for a younger women as she said they made a life for themselves ....care of passion but she ran hid evidence so it no longer applied!!!
@@mariaslavinski2693 yes but betty too was having extra-marital affairs
@@mariaslavinski2693 Not only did she look after him and the children while he went through Med school, she also held everything together when he found being a Doctor too stressful and went to Harvard to study law. There were times when they had no heating or hot water. Not excusing what she did but he would never achieved what he did without her. All so sad.
The filming doesn’t look 35 years old
It isn’t 35 years ago.
It was 1991
It was 29-30 years ago.
There clothes and hairstyles do.
30 years goes by quick unless you're in prison lol
That woman needs to leave the courtroom ang go drink some cold water or take a cough drop !!!
Got on my nerves
Judge should have told her to leave.
She's not sorry for what she did. How many women have been cheated on after setting up house, raising kids, and making sacrifices but don't kill their ex husbands and new wives? Plenty! Did she do something that many women in this position have a fleeting thought of doing but don't because they're able to move on? Yes.
It irritates me how the defense attorney is asking the police officer about measuring the sheets and blankets and where the holes line up . He said he secured the scene went outside and closed the door and waited for the crime scene technicians to come . I thought they ( crime scene technicians ) did that kind of work . Jmo
Thank you
It's funny to me how so many women find what BB did was warranted . No, it was not. They lady is a socialopath. 2 wrongs don't make a right. Smh
Ugh! Her lawyer asking all of these unnecessary questions, in his stupid droning voice is so irritating. It's not like she denies shooting them. Move on!
Wtf is she so busy writing that she isn't paying attention to her own trial?
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Probably trying to hide her true feelings of joy over the victims deaths.
@@christar9527 She has my permission to be gleeful ❤
Court recorder needs to get her chair oiled.
😂 I don’t know which cheat is creaking, but there is one that is screaming “W-40” please 🤣
So, when I first came on here, I was frustrated with people defending Betty. I've had some time to reflect. I have gone through the actual court testimony and seen many documentaries on the case and I was a little surprised at the attention and sympathy Betty gained from the Netflix series. I think its great that we are in a time where people recognize that women can and have been taken advantage of and are worth defending. I think that those who sympathize are seeing what happened to Betty as being unfair as she was cast aside by her husband - and that hurts. I understood that part and did have the sympathy but couldn't justify her actions and hunger for the money and her behaviour towards her children. I guess I know too many stories of women who clawed their way out of abusive marriages/relationships with absolutely nothing and did everything to make a better life for themselves and their children. And while I appreciate now, the kindness and sympathy people are showing to Betty, try to open up to the fact that Dan may have made huge mistakes in his life and may have done unfair things - but he didn't deserve to be murdered for it and neither did Linda. That type of vengeance garners nothing but leaving children without any parents. And that's what's really not fair.
I concur...
I agree. Both parties are to blame. Especially Betty. Betty's actions were taken to exterme.
I understand she was hurt, mad, and felt betrayed. But there was better ways for her to handle things. She was immature in her actions.
Although I agree with you...I do disagree with the Linda part....she knowingly cheated with a married man with children and even though it doesn't warrant murder, I feel no sympathy for her , she put her on that situation by cheating with a married man/ with child so I guess the saying goes ....karma wasn't a fan of hers.
@@texasgirl6000 Hey Girl! I did my first 2 years of University at U of H! I understand why people have hard feelings towards Linda - not only the affair but also bc all we have heard is Betty's narrative for over 30 years. Seeing who Betty is - is it really a wonder that Dan didn't want to be married to her anymore? Yes, he should have divorced her first - but we have no idea what was actually going on in his head or hers. There's more to this story and to Linda. Karma is what goes around - comes around. Linda didn't kill Betty or end her life - Betty did that. Every expert - including her own said she was narcissistic and histrionic. That is not true of most women. So while I appreciate the sentiment of keeping your legs closed to married men, I firmly stand behind the fact that she did not deserve to die for it. If it was true karma, Dan would have left her eventually - but that didn't happen and could never happen now - thanks to Betty. In the end - Betty is to blame for her lot in lfe.
I don't know what you have read or seen, but she was not 'cast aside' in the sense that they were a happy couple and then he got bored. No. Most men would have left her in the first yr or two of the marriage. She was a volatile, angry borderline narcissist. He was raised uber catholic and she got pregnant at once so he stayed. To me the moral of the story is USE BIRTH CONTROL until you are positive you want to be with this person, and that goes for men and women, equally
Is betty writing an essay cuz she doodling too much. And I remember it was all over the News I'm 46,it was talked about for a long time these horrible deaths,In my opinion I think Betty Broderick snapped,I don't think He was a saint either,he left out one child Lee Broderick of his will, there thinking because Lee was sticking up Betty. I mean the kids were basically brainwashed by both parties. I watched the whole trial,and I watched the news when this happened. Betty snapped when someone pushes you to the edge, there bound to react,but the difference is she reacted in murder.💯
He left Lee out of his will because she was a drug addict and was flunking out of school. Even she says it had nothing to do with her mother. As far as "snapped" - snapping is a one time thing. Leaving hours and hours of screaming obscene messages on someone's voice mail (some of it directed at her own kids). spraying graffiti on their house, ramming your car into their front door, buying a gun and showing it to your kids and telling them repeatedly that you are going to kill their father (the testimony of all the kids) is not snapping. It is a mental illness.
Betty and Dan put their kids in the middle of their war. The kids are the victims in this mess. I would love to know what happened during their divorce proceedings.
she had options. executing them in a premeditated fashion is inexcusable.
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Except she was charged with 2nd degree murder. Not premeditated 1st degree murder.
Why do we need a court stenographer when we have video and tape for many years now? I have always wondered that!!
Yes
older style. in Hk they dnt have it any more. hahhahah
Because there has to be a record of everything that was said and done and it can't take someone two weeks to review that record if the trial took two weeks! Why submit a written brief to an appellate court? Why not just talk into a camera for 5 hours and make them listen to it?
videos can be edited so putting it in paper is a great backup
Men will do this to Yu!!!! And they KNOW they were cheating and lying and had absolutely no respect for the history and contributions for Betty and it's so so many of us who get treated this way. Being punished for loving and caring for your family for it to be thrown down on the ground as if nothing happened
That’s if she didn’t murdered her ex-husband and his new wife out of jealousy.
She did more damage she left her kids alone for a so-called good mother she should have thought about her kids first and what that would do she is selfish she could have moved on with her life she didn't only ruin her life but her kids
There's 2 sides to every story.
She should have received HALF of EVERYTHING in the beginning!! She had a right to live as comfortably as he was!! He denied this right & he 'loaded' his own gun so to speak. He was too busy counting his money & didn't provide for HIS children. They wanted to be with their Mother. Dan could be alive today if he had treated HlS family right!! 💀
Yup
Was the courthouse remodeling during this trial? These poor people are literally on top of each other. What a tiny junky space for a high profile trial.. Surely the air conditioning had to be on the fritz. All those fans!
I agree totally. It looks like there is inadequate air circulation in that court room, and I can only imagine what it must have smelled like.
So I found out the Judge I'm not sure which one would not let In the fact Dan was trying to hire someone to kill Betty. I feel like Betty was used and lied to and people need to read books about the trial because you can't understand how powerful Dan was and to be left for a mistress will push certain buttons. No cameras or alarm and he's a millionaire??? Doesn't make sense just living where they lived. I pray for Betty because we've all been pushed and I just wish Betty would of said good riddance and lived her best life! Noone and nothing is worth going to prison over.....
There is ZERO evidence that Dan tried to hire someone to kill Betty just like there is ZERO evidence Linda sent her plastic surgery and diet mailers or pictures of she and Dan. Ya know why? Betty never produced either. If they existed they would be front and center in the defense. Betty is a nut job but she knew what she was doing. She should die in prison. No way she should ever be free.
Those girls look just like their Dad! No resemblance to Betty at all!
I sure wish they could rattle those bags a little louder. Can’t hear them
What’s with this guy grilling the lead investigator about a hole in the sheet
Who found the hole, where was the hole..
Omg shut. up.
He isn’t even looking at anything to reference, he’s demanding this from memory, several years later.
Edit: I’m currently watching the crazy lady staunch case in court and the questioning is so much more organized and polite - the lawyers ask the right person, the right question, and they have the reports in hand as reference to all questions
Asking this guy to remember measurements is ridiculous 🙄
Part of me understands where Betty was coming from and why she did what she did.....NOT that it was right, but I understood it. My ex played the same gaslighting games with me calling me crazy, calling me boring to the point I almost lost it. Thanks to my mom I was able to gain my self control and ignore his mind games or I could have been Betty's cellie.
We get along just fine now and I adore his new wife. Back then I never would have believed it could have this ending. Who knew?
But Betty Broderick was not Cellie from The Color Purple. Betty Broderick was more like one of those Stepford Wives or Joan Crawford, beating up her adopted daughter with a wire hanger in Mommie Dearest than Cellie from The Color Purple.
Wonder what Betty was writing to distract herself from having to hear what her actions resulted in.
@Chris Bradley That's interesting.
Dan Broderick's dead body, face up at 1:30:45 My gosh, he was a small man.
Omg that’s exactly what I thought!!!
He was 5’11!
and Betty was a LARGE woman. after packing on 60 lbs no wonder he was afraid of her.
He was very bony from the back. Also would love it if the camera showed Betty’s face when they were showing the pix of her dead ex.
Agreed! I noted the same. Thought he was a lot bigger.
She deserves to be in jail. She bullied him and Linda Kolkena and then killed them as she threatended to do for years.
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I know…kinda mind boggling to see all the comments says Dan gaslight her and pushed her to her breaking point. They must not have heard the children’s thoughts and memories
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Oh, Betty Broderick deserves to be in jail because she murdered her ex-husband and his new wife. I don’t care if he has committed adultery like those “supporters” of Betty Broderick were claiming. That’s why they never saw American Justice with Bill Kurtis on A&E even if they didn’t see a videotape of Betty Broderick acting up in a jail cell just before the second trial began after the first trail was a mistrial. Betty Broderick was dragged by the correctional officers because she was acting up, refusing to go to solitary confinement.
Bravo Betty
They should of moved out of Dodge a long time ago..
When Betty killed Dan & Linda, where were the kids? It seemed like the boys were at Betty’s house because one son said he didn’t feel well & asked to sleep with Betty. It seemed like the
Older girl had her own apartment, but where was Lee, the younger daughter? Was she staying at Betty’s? I’m hoping no kids were at Dan’s & Linda’s house.
I think....had they had a dog.....they would be alive.
I hate Linda, she should have followed girl code. They didn’t deserve to die.
Life's too short to hate anyone, let alone someone you've never met. But, I get where you're coming from. This whole case is majorly frustrating.
1991 audio got to love it. 🤣🤣🤣 sounds like a chip shop.
Noone ever complain about courts tvs sound now lol its way better than 1991
If she had shot them as she claimed, if she had been 'out of mind' & it was all a mass of "confusion", blah blah blah, not intended, she would not be sitting there po faced with indifference. If we do something 'crazy', after we have calmed down, we tend to be Fascinated by what we did. Really?! I did what?! Whereas she Knows what she did, where the bullets went because she was perfectly calm & in control of herself at the time. She shows the same Contempt for proceedings as she did for their Lives.
The prosecutors movements remind me of Ted Bundy. The way he holds himself, walks, hand movements. It’s weird. Sad story.
Can the autopsy photos be viewed ❓
Until it happens to you, it’s impossible to understand the emotional pain a cheating spouse causes. I had thoughts of murder, along with suicidal thoughts. By his grace, I chose neither.
Sometimes, as the saying goes, rejection is God's protection. I hope you found and enjoy a greater love today. God bless.
@@skel760 Perhaps he was. He certainly lacked a sensitivity chip when it came to starting a whole new life with someone else. So what? Nothing he did justified Betty murdering him and his new wife.
@@skel760 By that point, I believe Betty's abuse was self-inflicted, brought on by vindictiveness and paranoia. Maybe if Dan had at least apologized and taken some responsibility for the failure of their marriage and being unfaithful it might have softened the blow. Probably not.
Doesn't mean to murder
That is not a good defense for murdering ppl and destroying her children....cheating is NEVER a defense for murdering ppl regardless of what was taken from you...
All that money. That’s a small house. Tiny rooms.
Such tiny windows, too
It was not just divorce, Betty suffered an identity theft. She had invested her whole self into Mrs. Broderick, a woman of social standing in the community, wife of a successful man, with a circle of elite friends, etc. Dan took that role away from Betty and gave it to someone else who had never done the work. It is not all that easy to rebuild yourself from scratch. I think she might have been content to become Mrs. Broderick the widow instead of Mrs. Broderick the divorced.
Why didn’t they have a fricking alarm on the house for God’s sake??
I'm actually wondering a lot about Betty's parents, I hardly ever hear anything about them. What was their take on their divorce and all the things that happened after?
Great question! What about Betty’s siblings-it’s a large family. Do they support Betty?
Betty could've used the checks she received to seek help from her traumas and really start to love herself, repair her relationships with friends and family, owned multiple businesses etc. Like, this is the best comeback for herself. Sadly, she decided murder was a better outcome.
My God, you people here are all NUTS! I’m amazed how many think death is a suitable punishment for leaving your wife/husband
02:01:34 what a messy courtroom.