It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders
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A Fatal Shore | 1
It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders
05/26/20 • 27 min
Episode 1: On her wedding day, April 12, 1969, the newly minted Betty Broderick looked romantically toward a future as enchanting as the lace veil around her shoulders. It was all supposed to be so perfect. But then again, aren’t all marriages, at the start? In the first episode of our podcast, we follow Dan and Betty Broderick from their wedding day through their lean student years of hot-plate dinners, the pressures and strains of her nine pregnancies and his two Ivy League degrees, and their ill-fated move to the shores of La Jolla, Calif.
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Bed, Wed and Dead | 2
It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders
05/26/20 • 44 min
Episode 2: You could look at the story of the Brodericks as one beginning and ending in two marital beds. In 1969, it was Betty and Dan’s honeymoon bed. In 1989, it was Dan’s bed with Linda Kolkena, his new wife of not quite seven months. Betty — displaced, dispossessed Betty and her five-shot nickel-plated Smith & Wesson — saw to it that they would never live to share that bed again. In the second episode of our podcast, we chart the saga of betrayal, separation, divorce and murder.
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You Got Me | 3
It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders
06/02/20 • 35 min
Episode 3: Dan Broderick and his new wife, Linda, were killed in their bed. In jail, Betty behaved like you'd imagine someone would be after an exorcism — a bit giddy, a bit manic. She wasn’t sorry, not for a moment. In the third episode of our podcast, we hear why Betty’s first murder trial ended in a hung jury, learn more about Linda Broderick from a close friend, and begin Betty’s second murder trial.
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This Has Haunted Me | 4
It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders
06/09/20 • 45 min
Episode 4: One of the most sensational moments in Betty Broderick’s second murder trial was straight out of a TV courtroom drama. As Betty’s defense attorney Jack Earley was asking about her kids’ welfare, he dropped a bombshell: He had witnesses ready to testify that Dan Broderick had talked about hiring a hitman to kill Betty. In the final episode of our podcast, we hear from one man Earley wanted to call to the stand, from the foreman of the jury at the trial, and from fans lobbying for Betty’s release.
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"Dirty John Season Two: The Podcast": The Cultural Climate | 1
It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders
06/11/20 • 16 min
Hello, “It Was Simple” listeners. Up next, you’ll hear the first of three episodes of "Dirty John Season 2: The Podcast," a paid podcast from USA Network. This 3-episode series goes behind the scenes of the USA Network's new television series "Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story," a re-telling of the riveting and complex tale of Betty Broderick.
Bonus Episode 1: To understand why the story of Betty Broderick endures, the creative minds behind the series – Executive Producer, Writer and Director Alexandra Cunningham, along with Executive Producer Jessica Rhoades – explain the importance of the cultural climate of the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as how they approached this complex case so many years later.
Paid for by USA Network and produced by LA Times Studios; the Los Angeles Times Newsroom was not involved in the creation of this series.
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Introducing Firebug
It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders
07/21/21 • 7 min
For ten years, a fire bug terrorized Southern California, burning down businesses in broad daylight. Four people had died. Then a manuscript for a novel leads investigators to the last person they would have ever suspected. From Truth.Media, host Kary Antholis and executive producer Marc Smerling (The Jinx, Wilderness of Error, Crimetown) comes the true-crime series Firebug. The series launches July 21st.
Introducing: Binge Sesh
It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders
03/08/22 • 9 min
In Season 1 of “Binge Sesh,” co-hosts Matt Brennan and Kareem Maddox pull back the curtain on HBO’s “Winning Time” series about the L.A. Lakers of the 1980s, one of the sports’ most unforgettable dynasties. Every week, we bring you stories from the locker room, the soundstage, and the L.A. Times archives as we explore how “Showtime” transformed the NBA — and American culture.
Enjoy this sneak peek, and be sure to listen and follow wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more at latimes.com/bingesesh.
Introducing Border City
It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders
04/05/22 • 6 min
Border City is a new L.A. Times Presents podcast from the San Diego Union-Tribune. From Sandra Dibble, a journalist who spent more than 25 years covering the border, comes a story about beauty, violence and belonging in Tijuana, one of the world’s most dangerous cities. Enjoy this sneak peek, and be sure to listen and follow wherever you listen to podcasts.
Introducing 'Foretold'
It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders
05/18/23 • 8 min
"Foretold" is the newest podcast from the L.A. Times, and we're sharing a preview of the first episode with you here today.
In the fall of 2019, reporter Faith E. Pinho received a tip from a woman named Paulina Stevens. Paulina claimed she had grown up in an insular Romani community in California, where she was raised to be a wife, mother and fortuneteller — until she decided to break away. That first call unraveled a story spanning multiple continents, hundreds of years, and complex metaphysical realities.
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How many episodes does It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders have?
It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders currently has 16 episodes available.
What topics does It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders cover?
The podcast is about True Crime, History, Divorce, Murder, Podcasts, Marriage and Usa.
What is the most popular episode on It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders?
The episode title 'A Fatal Shore | 1' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders?
The average episode length on It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders is 17 minutes.
How often are episodes of It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders released?
Episodes of It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders?
The first episode of It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders was released on May 19, 2020.
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