Betty Broderick and the Murder of Dan & Linda Broderick

What a Creep

Margo Donohue

True Crime, Entertainment News, News, Comedy

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

What a Creep: Betty Broderick
Season 28, Episode 9

Betty Broderick is a convicted murderer known for the killing of her ex-husband, Dan Broderick, and his second wife, Linda Kolkena Broderick, in 1989. The case gained widespread media attention (including a memorable appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show) due to its dramatic elements of betrayal, divorce, and revenge.
Her crimes were the subject of two televison movies starring Meredith Baxter (The Betty Broderick Story) and a USA limited series (Dirty John: Betty) with Amanda Peet and Christian Slater.

Has she ever taken responsibility for the pain she has caused? We will get into that with this episode. Trigger Warnings: DV, mention of suicide, and murder.
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0:00.0	Welcome to What a Creep, the show with Margotonio and Sonia Mansfield, talking about creeps from the past to the present.
0:08.4	This is your quick guide to the biggest creeps, jerks, assholes, and losers, the best of the worst.
0:14.6	From two nice ladies who want the world to be a little less creepy.
0:29.3	Welcome back to What a Creep.
0:30.2	This is Margo Donnyu.
0:33.2	And my cohort and creepy to us always is the amazing Sonia Mansfield.
0:34.0	Hey, Sonia.
0:35.6	Hello, my friend.
0:36.5	Hello, my friend.
0:39.6	We are the podcast that talks about creeps from the past to the present.
0:49.0	Today, we are talking about a true crime that happened in San Diego in 1989, and it took over the country.
1:14.3	There were two TV movies made about this with Meredith Baxter. And this woman was on the Oprah show. Like, this got so much attention at the time. So I just thought this could be fine, kind of fun to talk about. We're going to be talking about Betty Broderick, the killing of her ex, Dan, and his second wife, Linda. But before we get there, just so you know, this is your first time listening, we always end the show with somebody who is not a creep, so just to keep that in mind for you.
1:18.6	Also, we're always looking for ideas for creeps and for non-creep.
1:21.6	So let's start with Facebook.
1:23.1	We have a basic Facebook page, but that's where people go to complain about our language.
1:26.6	This is your official warning that we use salty language in this program.
1:30.5	Fuck shit.
1:31.0	Damn.
1:31.4	There you go.
1:32.8	We're much more interactive in our private Facebook group.
1:35.7	That's where the most interactive.
1:36.9	They're trying on the Patreon page, too.
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