Season 2 of “Dirty John,” with Amanda Peet and Christian Slater, focuses on La Jolla’s Betty Broderick, who murdered her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989. “When I started acting in the U.K., there was a requirement for me to change my voice a lot to different British accents in order to work,” he says by phone.
Back in the ’80s, Betty Broderick killed her husband, Dan, and his new wife, Linda, an act of violence that was the culmination of YEARS of drama. And while this is Betty Broderick’s story (like, it’s right there in the name), if you’re interested to know a little more about Dan’s whole vibe, here’s the deal:
Christian Slater, left, and Amanda Peet as Dan and Betty Broderick in Season 2 of “Dirty John.”
While the second season, titled The Betty Broderick Story is entirely separate from the first—which told the true story of sociopathic con-man John Meehan (Eric Bana) and his unsuspecting victim Debra Newell (Connie Britton)—the story that inspired the show's second outing is just as real and just as shocking.
Jack Earley, the attorney for Betty Broderick, discusses the relationship between Betty and her ex-husband, medical malpractice attorney Daniel Broderick. The Brodericks' marriage began to crumble when he met legal assistant Linda Kolkena.
Their brother Dan lives in La Jolla, California, with his wife Megan and their three daughters. The couple got married in a lavish 300-person celebration that was featured on Inside Weddings.
What does Betty Broderick look like now? Because of her crimes, Betty is expected to spend the rest of her life behind bars. She's currently serving out her sentence at the California Institute for Women in Los Angeles and is now in her 70s.
Lee Broderick Dan reportedly amended his will before his death to exclude his second daughter from inheriting any of his fortune (though, it reportedly was due to her problems in school and with drugs, not because of Lee's relationship with her mother).
21 years oldOxygen/YouTubeLinda Kolkena began dating Dan Broderick when she was 21 years old — and he was still married to Betty Broderick.
The Los Angeles Times claimed in 1989 that his estate was worth more than $60,000 when he died. Now, however, NetWorthPost.org estimates Daniel Broderick III's net worth to have been $1.6 million. The latter might refer to his liquid assets in addition to his properties, though.
Broderick III disinherited his second-oldest daughter and left his entire estate to his other three children, according to the terms of his will on file in Family Court.
Greenwood Memorial Park and Mortuary, CALinda Kolkena / Place of burialGreenwood Memorial Park is a cemetery located on unincorporated land surrounded by the city of San Diego at 4300 Imperial Avenue in San Diego County, California. The cemetery is adjacent to Mount Hope Cemetery. Opened in 1907, Greenwood covers approximately 125 acres five miles east of Downtown San Diego. Wikipedia
It began as an embattled divorce and ended in a double murder trial. Now, the Betty Broderick story is the focus of the second season of “Dirty John,” starring Amanda Peet and Christian Slater. The scripted series gives viewers a dramatized look at Betty and Dan Broderick’s relationship, including the couple’s early years.
Betty, now 72, is serving out her 32 years to life sentence at the California Institution for Women. “Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story” premieres on USA on June 2 at 9/8c with two back-to-back episodes. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen.
During her testimony, which was covered heavily by the media, Betty claimed she killed the couple because of persistent abuse from Dan.
The Brodericks’ idyllic marriage took a turn in the mid-1980s, when Dan began having an affair with his young legal assistant, Linda Kolkena (portrayed by Rachel Keller in the USA series), and filed for divorce. While the years-long court battle ended in 1989, the case was far from over.
As Dan works toward his career as a medical malpractice lawyer, the show depicts Betty supporting her husband emotionally and financially all while raising their four children. Peet, who portrays Betty, told Oxygen.com she was drawn to the show in part because of the series’ showrunner, Alexandra Cunningham.
Peet says she watched the footage, but when she met Cunningham about the role, the series creator wanted to emphasize “this was supposed to be a psychological portrait of a marriage, and that I wasn’t doing an imitation of Betty Broderick.”.
Betty Broderick (Played by Amanda Peet and Tiera Skovbye) Photo-Illustration: Vulture, USA Network and YouTube. Like Dan, Elizabeth Anne Bisceglia was born into a large Catholic family. She was one of six children born to Frank Bisceglia, a World War II Air Force veteran who was CEO of the contracting company started by his father, ...
Brian Forbes (Played as Richard Crowley by Cliff Chamberlain) When Brian Forbes and his wife, Gail (played as Evelyn by Holley Fain in Dirty John ), first met Betty and Dan Broderick, Brian was a second-year grad student at the UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco.
The first season of Dirty John, which focused on a scheming playboy who messed with the wrong family of women, came down to a handful of central characters, all played by recognizable faces . The latest iteration of the anthology series, The Betty Broderick Story, traffics in fundamentally familiar territory — a scandalous domestic murder ...
A scene in which Linda trespasses in Betty’s home to recover a wedding guest list, but leaves with more, was taken directly from the housekeeper’s testimony. It is also true that Betty would speak of Linda in wildly profane terms to virtually everyone in her, including her children.
On November 5, 1989, Betty Broderick shot and killed Linda Kolkena Broderick, then 28, with a fatal bullet to the head.
Linda Kolkena Broderick (Played by Rachel Keller) It’s harder to piece together the background details of Linda Kolkena’s life than those of her slain husband Dan and the woman who took both their lives, Betty Broderick.
In his interview with the Reader, Dan denied some of Betty’s claims about the where and when of his relationship with 20-something receptionist Linda Kolkena, whom he would marry less than seven months before their deaths in April 1989.
Season 2 of Dirty John depicts the marriage and divorce of Betty (Amanda Peet) and Dan Broderick (Christian Slater). The Brodericks' story was called one of "America’s messiest divorces," and for good reason—it ended in double homicide. After Dan left Betty for his much younger legal assistant, Betty's behavior became increasingly erratic ...
Amanda Peet plays Betty, who was convicted of the second-degree murders of her ex-husband Dan Broderick and his second wife Linda (Kolkena) Broderick. During an interview with the Los Angeles Times back in 1990, Betty said, “I bought into a 1950s ‘Leave It to Beaver’ marriage ... and he stole my whole life.
Betty and Dan met in 1965 at Notre Dame, where Dan was a senior (Betty was just about to turn 18.) They were married on April 12, 1969 and had four children in 10 years: daughters named Kim and Lee and sons named Daniel and Rhett. In the show, Tiera Skovbye (from Riverdale) plays newlywed Betty.
After the birth of their first child, Dan got his MD at Cornell, and then decided to get a law degree at Harvard. Betty became the family's breadwinner while Dan was in school, and continued working part time and caring for the family once Dan started at a law firm.
Rachel Keller plays Linda Kolkena, who was Dan’s second wife and former legal assistant. Betty (rightly) suspected that the two were having an affair. During the trials, the LA Times reported that Linda had been concerned about Betty's behavior for years: reportedly, she asked Dan to wear a bulletproof vest at their wedding (he didn't wear the vest but did hire undercover security guards) and asked a lawyer friend about getting a restraining order against Betty. Betty murdered Linda alongside Dan in their bedroom—Linda was shot in the brain and in the chest.
Fans of the hit true-crime series Dirty John, adapted from an award-winning podcast of the same name, have been eagerly awaiting the chance to binge the show's second installment, and now that both seasons have finally arrived on Netflix, this is the perfect time to dive back in. While the second season, titled The Betty Broderick Story is entirely ...
In turn, Dan took sole custody of their children and had Betty arrested, jailed and briefly committed to a mental hospital. One morning in November of 1989, Betty snuck into their home and shot both Dan and his wife Linda in their bed. Betty later said she did it "real fast, no hesitation at all.”.