HBO Max ‘s Love and Death is now streaming on Netflix , and the American public will once again be transfixed by the murderous saga of Candy Montgomery and her friend Betty Gore, the former of whom killed the latter with an ax in 1980 but was still acquitted of murder.

Hulu ’s Candy already told this true-crime story in May 2022, with Jessica Biel playing the killer and Melanie Lynskey portraying the victim. HBO Max delivered a different dramatization of the same killing one year later, with Elizabeth Olsen and Lily Rabe in the lead roles of the limited series.

So, what was the story that inspired dueling TV shows from major streamers?

As The Dallas Morning News reports, Candace “Candy” Montgomery was 30 years old at the time of the killing, living in Fairview, T

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