Sunday Best: Blood and Betrayal

Sunday Best: Blood and Betrayal

Author: Pretty Wicked | Southern Gothic Media August 26, 2026 Duration: 51:47
They say Friday the 13th is unlucky for a reason. Well, on one Friday the 13th back in 1980, in a quiet Texas suburb where everybody goes to the same church and everybody knows everybody's business, that superstition came true in the worst way. Because that morning, a young mom and Sunday school teacher was found dead in her own home, and nobody could make sense of it. She had the husband, the two girls, the whole life. So who would do this? Well, friends, the answer had been sitting in the next pew the whole time. This week, a friendship, a secret, and one summer morning that turned a quiet Texas town upside down. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES Texas Monthly - Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part I: Candy Montgomery's Affair A&E - The Betty Gore Murder: Could 41 Axe Blows Be Self-Defense? TODAY - The true story of Candy Montgomery that inspired 'Love and Death' TODAY - Where are Candy and Pat Montgomery from 'Love and Death' now? Oxygen - What Happened To Candy Montgomery, Betty Gore? Newsweek - What Happened to Candy Montgomery and Where Is She Now? Biography - Where Is Acquitted Murderer Candy Montgomery Now? 📚 BOOKS Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs - John Bloom and Jim Atkinson (Open Road Media, 1984) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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