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The ???? ???story of a prim Texas housewife who hacked her good friend to death with an ax sounds like a salacious neighborhood rumor or an urban legend, but Candy Montgomery's 1980 murder of Betty Gore was all too real. And, as it happens, it's true crime catnip that's been adapted into a star-studded TV mini-series twice within the past year.

Last summer brought Hulu's Candy, starring Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey as Candy and Betty, respectively, alongside Timothy Simons and Pablo Schreiber as their spouses. Now, HBO is offering up Love & Death, written by David E. Kelley and directed by Mad Menand Homelandalum Lesli Linka Glatter; Elizabeth Olsen, Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons, and Patrick Fugit headline the series.

Even (or especially) when truth is weirder than fiction, it's important to know the facts. Here's your crash course on this case before the series premieres.

Who is Candy Montgomery? 

Candy Wheeler was working as a secretary in the early 1970s when she married electrical engineer Pat Montgomery. In 1977, they moved with their two children to Collin County, Texas, where Candy met Betty Gore and her husband Allan. Both couples attended Methodist Church of Lucas, and Candy Montgomery and Allan Gore were members of the choir. 

In Texas Monthly's 1984 article, "Love and Death in Silicon Prairie,"Candy is described as "almost 29 years old and sexually frustrated. She was totally honest with herself about that." She felt she was missing out on something outside of the four walls of her well-appointed house and nuclear family. On the surface, Allan Gore seemed an unlikely candidate for an affair — Texas Monthlydescribes him as "a small, plain man with horn-rim glasses and puffy cheeks and, even at a young age, signs of a receding hairline" — but he and Candy began sleeping together in December of 1978, nine months after they met.

They began meeting every two weeks at the Como Hotel. The affair was tightly architected, including ground rules about money (the costs of gas, food, and the room would be split between the two of them), who would make lunch on the days they met (Candy), and the circumstances under which the affair would end (if one of them wanted out, or they became emotionally involved). 

Who was Betty Gore? 

Betty Pomeroy was originally from the small city of Norwich, Kansas. She got married to Allan Gore in January 1970, and they moved to an area just outside of Dallas, Texas; Betty began teaching elementary school in 1976 in Wylie, a suburb of Dallas near Plano. After giving birth to the couple's first daughter, Alisa, Betty told Allan in the fall of 1978 that she wanted to begin trying for a second child. The couple's relationship wasn't in the best shape  — Betty likely suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her second daughter, and things were deteriorating between them emotionally and sexually, although they did improve briefly after Bethany was born in July 1979. 

In an attempt to repair their relationship, Betty and Allan attended a gathering called Methodist Marriage Encounter, an event aimed at couples looking to achieve deeper intimacy in their relationships. By this time, Candy and Allan's affair was on hold indefinitely, after Candy disclosed that she was developing strong feelings for Allan, and he had begun to worry about Betty. Betty and Allan returned from the weekend recommitted to one another, and after an uncomfortable conversation, Candy ended the affair. 

Did Candy Montgomery murder Betty Gore? 

Although the affair between Candy and Allan was over, Betty had become suspicious. When Candy visited Betty's home on June 13, 1980, Betty confronted her about sleeping with her husband, who was out of town on a business trip. Candy claimed that she admitted to the affair, and when she did, Betty attacked her with an ax. According to Candy, she acted in self-defense, hitting Betty with that same ax a total of 41 times. Steve Deffibaugh, a former Collin County sheriff's deputy who worked on the case, described the crime scene as looking "like a scene from a horror film," specifically that of The Shining, which premiered in theaters three weeks before Betty died. 

With Allan away in Minnesota at the time of the murder, Candy quickly became the number one suspect, having been the last person to see Betty alive. After Allan told the police about their affair, Candy confessed. She blacked out, she said. Her memories would be recovered via hypnosis, at which point she recalled that while Betty held the ax and Candy begged for her life, Betty made a "shhh" sound, triggering a memory of Candy's abusive mother and sending her into rage she could not control

If it was in self-defense as she claimed, spectators wondered, why did Candy need to hit Betty 41 times? Would it actually take that many strikes to defend herself? (No.) Why hadn't she simply taken the ax away from Betty and left the house? And why did she leave Bethany, who was 11 months old at the time, alone, to be discovered hours later by neighbors, dehydrated and filthy? In spite of the skepticism, Candy was declared not guilty by a jury in McKinney, Texas, in October 1980. When she left the courtroom, accompanied by a guard (a letter threatening her lifehad been sent to the DA during the trial), she was greeted by a crowd of shocked and angry citizens chanting, "Murderer, Murderer!"

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Where are Candy Montgomery, Pat Montgomery, and Allan Gore Now?

After the trial, Candy and Pat Montgomery moved to Georgia, and from there, reports vary. The Dallas Morning Newsreported in 2010, "Immediately after the trial, Montgomery said she wanted 'to get all this behind me and be normal again.' She moved to Georgia and was certified as a family counselor. Ten years ago, she declined to talk to a Newsreporter: 'I'm telling you in big bold letters I'm not interested.'

"For this anniversary, she didn't respond at all."

Allan Gore supported Candy during the trial, confirming that they had both wanted to end the affair, and therefore it wasn't possible that Candy hadn't murdered Betty out of anger or revenge. He remarried less than three months after the trial, though he's since divorced; his children with Betty, Alisa and Bethany, were raised by Betty's parents.

Love & Death premieres on HBO Max on April 27. Candyis now streaming on Hulu.