The story of Candy Montgomery and the 1980 ax murder is now in two TV shows.

DALLAS. A brutal ax murder rocked the small North Texas town of Wylie in 1980.

Candy Montgomery killed Betty Gore by stabbing her 41 times after a confrontation over Montgomery’s months-long affair with Gore’s husband, according to Texas Monthly’s report on Montgomery’s trial.

Now, 42 years later, two new crime series – Hulu’s Candies starring Jessica Biel and HBO Max Love and death with Elizabeth Olsen in the title role – bring the case back to life.

Candies aired during a five-day Hulu event from May 9 to 13. Love and death Premieres April 27 on HBO Max.

Each episode looks back at the heartbreaking story of two church couples enjoying small-town family life until that fateful Friday, June 13, 1980.

Here’s a look at the real crime story Candies And Love and death.

Candy Montgomery was married to Pat Montgomery, a young electrical engineer at Texas Instruments and mother of two. Betty Gore was a high school teacher married to Allan Gore.

According to a 1984 Texas Monthly profile, both Montgomery and the Mountains regularly attended services at Lucas’s First United Methodist Church. It was this that brought Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore closer and eventually led to an affair and murder.

According to Texas Monthly, the romance between Candy Montgomery and Allan Gore began after they clashed while playing on the church volleyball court, causing Candy to target Allan. She pursued Allan Gore for several months before he finally agreed to start an affair. The romance continued until Allan Gore ended it to focus on Betty, who became more concerned about their relationship and their family, Texas magazine reported.

Then, on Friday, June 13, 1980, Gore Wylie’s house became the scene of one of the most notorious crimes in Texas.

Betty Gore told Candy Montgomery about this affair, which led to an ax fight. Candy Montgomery won the fight and then reportedly attacked Betty Gore 41 times, killing her.

Eventually Candy Montgomery was arrested and charged with the murder of Betty Gore. Candy Montgomery testified in court that she killed Gore in self-defense, claiming that “after [Betty] and then gaining control of weapons, heavier and larger [Betty] refused to let [Candy] go.”

Meanwhile, the prosecution argued that Candy could have escaped “and not bludgeoned” Betty Gore to death.

On October 30, 1980, a jury of nine women and three men found Candy Montgomery not guilty of the murder of Betty Gore. She was acquitted of the murder charge.

Twenty-eight years after Gore was killed, the WFAA returned to Wylie and spoke to several residents about their memories of the heartbreaking story. People in Wylie still talk about What house.

Who will live in such a house?

After yellow police tape is wrapped around the crime scene, the new tenants bring new furniture, new things, and a new life with them. But in many cases, a home continues to be defined by what once happened within its walls. Then the question arises: how to turn the house of a high-profile murder into a house?

You can read more about the so-called “house of murderers with an ax” here.

Candies was created by Nick Antoska and Robin Veit with Jessica Biel as Candy, Melanie Lynskey as Betty Gore, Pablo Schreiber as Allan Gore and Timothy Simons as Pat Montgomery.

Writers Jim Atkinson and John Bloom, who wrote two articles in Texas Monthly (read part 1 here, part 2 here), are consulting producers on Candies. their book, Proof of Love: A True Story of Suburban Passion and Deathadapted by David E. Kelly for Love and death.

The upcoming HBO Max series stars Olsen as Candy, Jesse Plemons as Allan Gore, Patrick Fugit as Pat Montgomery and Lily Rabe as Betty Gore.