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Episode 1 of Candy on Hulu with Jessica Biel reveals the disturbing events of the death of Betty Gore (played by Melanie Lynskey). However, when Allan Gore’s (Pablo Schreiber) neighbors discover Betty’s body in the real crime drama, they tell Allan about her that they shot her. How did Betty Gore die in real life? Find out the details of the true story before continuing the five-episode miniseries on Hulu.
“Candy” on Hulu Episode 1 recap of Betty Gore’s death
In Candy in episode 1 of Hulu, Allan Gore went on a business trip on Friday, June 13, 1980. He knew that his wife Betty Gore did not want him to go, but left for St. Paul, Minnesota. While there, Allan called Betty repeatedly throughout the day, but she didn’t answer her phone. That night he got worried and had a neighbor, Richard (Adam Bartley), who was watching Betty at their Wylie, Texas home. At first, Richard tells Allan that his car is missing and that no one is home.
Allan calls the hospital and the police after speaking to Richard. He also made several phone calls to Candy Montgomery (Biel), asking about Betty.
At 11:30 pm, Richard heads back home and realizes the car is still there. Allan insists that Richard break into the house. Richard meets Jerry (Bruce McKinnon) when he gets home. Jerry’s wife, Ruth, insisted that she carry a gun. The two men enter from the garage. Lester arrives to help. The men worry because the car is still there and the lights in the house are all on.
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Richard finds the door open and all three men enter the house. They find blood in the bathroom and the baby alive but crying. All three men open the bedroom door and see a gruesome scene: Betty is dead. Jerry tells Allan that he believes Betty was killed, but the baby is fine.
Immediately upon hearing the news, Allan called Candy to tell her that Betty was dead. Allan says that Betty was shot with a gun and Candy looks relieved. However, the camera pans a bloody scene and an ax. Was Betty Gore murdered?
What happened to the real Betty Gore?
The first real-life reports of Betty Gore’s death as it spread to Wylie, Texas late Friday night were that she had been shot. According to the Texas Monthly, Jerry and Lester found Betty in the closet, but the scene was so creepy and bloody they could barely watch. Both men quickly peered into the room and then closed the door, concluding that Betty had been killed. In an interview with CBS DFW (below), Lester Gayler recalls that her blood was everywhere.
“Looks like she got shot,” Jerry told Allan when her husband called a few moments later.
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However, by Saturday morning, word got out that someone had killed Betty Gore with an ax. The first reports were wrong.
“There were, in all, 41 stab wounds,” the article continued. “Forty of them occurred while Betty Gore’s heart was still beating.”
What happened to Betty Gore’s children?
In real life, Allan Gore married Elaine Williams (played by Jamie Anne Allman) after Betty Gore’s death. However, they divorced shortly thereafter. According to Bertha Pomeroy’s obituary, Betty Gore’s parents Bob and Bertha Pomeroy (Rick Espaillat and Annie Cook) adopted Betty and Allan’s two girls, Alisa and Bethany Gore.
Alisa Gore, now called Lisa Harder, married John Harder on April 23, 2011 and currently lives in Newton, Kansas with their two children. Bethany Gore resides in Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband, Chad Mickey. According to Lisa Harder’s Facebook account, Bethany and Chad had a baby girl on January 9, 2013: Josie Suzanne Mickey shares the same birthday as her grandmother, Betty Gore. According to Bethany’s Facebook page, the couple now have three children, two girls and a boy. Bethany followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a teacher.
According to Facebook, Allan Gore is currently retired and lives in Sarasota, Florida.
Candy will premiere on Hulu on Monday, May 9, with the first episode only being released at 9pm PT / midnight ET. The remaining four Candy episodes come out every day after the premiere, with the finale out on Friday 13 May.
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