In the summer of 1980, a beloved 30-year-old schoolteacher, wife, and mother was murdered with an ax in her Texas home while her husband was away on a business trip. This killing and the subsequent discovery of her killer were so shocking that both Hulu and HBO Max have shows based on the case, though the belief of what really happened that fateful day remains divided. This is the story of Betty Gore.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Betty's obituary: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42600363/betty-eileen-gore

2. Snapped on Oxygen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYKsybwh_qc

3. Fort Worth Star Telegram: https://www.newspapers.com/image/634968167/?terms=%22betty%20gore%22&match=1

4. Corpus Christi Caller Times: https://www.newspapers.com/image/758174700/?terms=%22betty%20gore%22&match=1

5. Fort Worth Star Telegram: https://www.newspapers.com/image/634965411/?terms=%22betty%20gore%22&match=1

6. Corpus Christi Caller Times: https://www.newspapers.com/image/758174700/?terms=%22betty%20gore%22&match=1

7. Victoria Advocate: https://www.newspapers.com/image/437200570/?terms=%22betty%20gore%22&match=1

8. Fort Worth Star Telegram: https://www.newspapers.com/image/635041442/?terms=%22betty%20gore%22&match=1

9. Texas Monthly Part 1: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/love-and-death-in-silicon-prairie-part-i-candy-montgomerys-affair/

10. The U.S. Sun: https://www.the-sun.com/news/4925911/where-is-candy-montgomery-now/

11. Candy's Dirt: https://candysdirt.com/2014/06/13/run-story-june-13-2014-famous-house-wylie-34-years-later/

12. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/living-links-infamous-texas-axe-murder-haunted-decades/

13. Google Groups: https://groups.google.com/g/alt.true-crime/c/GZNXvibkgdc

14. Soapboxie: https://soapboxie.com/government/Betty-Gore-Candy-Montgomery

15. In & Around: https://inaroundmag.com/local/anniversary-of-an-ax-murder/#:~:text=According%20to%20Deffibaugh%2C%20and%20the,ironing%20board%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20said.

16. Quora: https://true-crime.quora.com/The-Shocking-Murder-Of-Betty-Gore-In-A-North-Texas-Town

17. Texas Monthly: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/love-and-death-in-silicon-prairie-part-ii-the-killing-of-betty-gore/

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