Is anyone watching Dirty John tonight? Betty Broderick's story

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Anonymous wrote:Is it on Netflix?

Yes. Hard to watch though. I could only get through about half then skipped to the end. Amanda Peet gives a great performance but watching someone unravel so completely was painful.

I would be so pissed if anyone drove a car into my house. Cannot believe the support for BB.

Am I misremembering, but wasn’t it her house, too? Like Dan tricked her into moving out of their joint marital home into a temporary house while their primary house was being renovated or something, filed, and then moved into the house that was theirs with his new wife? Or was it that he tricked her into moving out, sold their old home, and bought a new one? And then he had her committed.

It was only Dan’s house, after she moved into the fixer upper in La Jolla.

But I read she had to leave the La Jolla house and move into a condo rental because of all the financial disputes. She signed the condo over to her FWB when she was arrested. I think the "murder house" was the property he bought for Linda to live in while he was tricking Betty into leaving the family house, which he then sold against her wishes. he had it all planned out.

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Betty was clearly severely mentally ill as the marriage progressed. Dan was always a narcissist and did what narcs do. But she was normal when she was younger.

It’s riveting and hard to watch at times.

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Anonymous wrote:Betty was clearly severely mentally ill as the marriage progressed. Dan was always a narcissist and did what narcs do. But she was normal when she was younger.

It’s riveting and hard to watch at times.

I found the behavior of all involved so horrible and hard to watch.

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Every time Dan does something hateful to Betty in the flashbacks I think, “you’re going to pay for that, assh*le”.

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Anonymous wrote:Every time Dan does something hateful to Betty in the flashbacks I think, “you’re going to pay for that, assh*le”.

+1 Linda too, though I think her character was softened in this series (based on what I saw, I'm the PP who had to stop watching after ep 4).

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Betty went insane. She was horrible.

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Anonymous wrote:Every time Dan does something hateful to Betty in the flashbacks I think, “you’re going to pay for that, assh*le”.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Betty was clearly severely mentally ill as the marriage progressed. Dan was always a narcissist and did what narcs do. But she was normal when she was younger.

It’s riveting and hard to watch at times.

I found the behavior of all involved so horrible and hard to watch.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone done enough digging to know how much of the Netflix series was exaggerated when it came to Dan and Linda taunting Betty?

Not exaggerated based on several sources, including one of the daughters. They used to refer to her as "Fat" and "the Beast." Betty testified she received demeaning newspaper clippings in the mail suggesting diet pills and wrinkle creams, and a clipping of Dan and Linda at a function with "Eat your heart out, b*tch" scrawled on it. The gaslighting during the lengthy affair and financial abuse are indisputable.

I probably wouldn’t have remorse either...

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I don’t find what happened to Betty unique at all. It sucked but read DCUM and it’s all the same issues couples face when divorcing about money, custody etc.

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Interestingly, if it wasn't for the murders the trial would have never taken place and thus, none of us would have heard of her and she would have continued to suffer in silence. Half of her legal problems were due to her own actions and if she would have just accepted the facts, she would have had a fair outcome in the divorce. Unfortunately, she wanted more than what she was legally entitled to, was too stubborn to listen, and annoying enough to push her friends away when she needed them the most.

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It's well done but I'm having trouble watching it. It hits too close to home. I watched my father divorce my mom and my husband cheat on me, resulting in divorce. It is definitely crazy making. And our divorces were not as bad as this; the men so not overwhelmingly powerful and in control.

What she did was terrible and I can understand how a person is pushed to that point. Which scares me.

PS looking at pics of wife #2 she looked like young Betty! He was a creep.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t find what happened to Betty unique at all. It sucked but read DCUM and it’s all the same issues couples face when divorcing about money, custody etc.

What happened TO Betty wasn’t unique, but her over-the-top harassment and the eventual murders was definitely unique. It’s why she has a fan base who write her letters and send her money. There are plenty of women who have been hosed in divorce proceedings by a prominent spouse. Betty did what they’ve thought about doing, but weren’t crazy enough to actually do. Betty said the things they’ve always wanted to say, but didn’t/couldn’t because they were silenced by the legal system, societal expectations, and common sense. She’s a hero for scorned women.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t find what happened to Betty unique at all. It sucked but read DCUM and it’s all the same issues couples face when divorcing about money, custody etc.

What happened TO Betty wasn’t unique, but her over-the-top harassment and the eventual murders was definitely unique. It’s why she has a fan base who write her letters and send her money. There are plenty of women who have been hosed in divorce proceedings by a prominent spouse. Betty did what they’ve thought about doing, but weren’t crazy enough to actually do. Betty said the things they’ve always wanted to say, but didn’t/couldn’t because they were silenced by the legal system, societal expectations, and common sense. She’s a hero for scorned women.

She also single-handedly left her kids without parents. What an incredibly selfish and terrible mom.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t find what happened to Betty unique at all. It sucked but read DCUM and it’s all the same issues couples face when divorcing about money, custody etc.

What happened TO Betty wasn’t unique, but her over-the-top harassment and the eventual murders was definitely unique. It’s why she has a fan base who write her letters and send her money. There are plenty of women who have been hosed in divorce proceedings by a prominent spouse. Betty did what they’ve thought about doing, but weren’t crazy enough to actually do. Betty said the things they’ve always wanted to say, but didn’t/couldn’t because they were silenced by the legal system, societal expectations, and common sense. She’s a hero for scorned women.

She also single-handedly left her kids without parents. What an incredibly selfish and terrible mom.

Yes and, her husband also was incredibly selfish and a terrible father. The kids were victims of BOTH of their parents.