AFTER Candy Montgomery delivered a deadly 41 ax blows to her neighbor, she delivered a staggering confession while under hypnosis.
Despite the admission, Montgomery was acquitted by a jury in a case that shocked Texas and the world.
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Thanks to psychologists who testified about Montgomery’s “dissociative reaction” in court, the mother of two successfully argued self-defense.
On June 27, 1980, two weeks after elementary school teacher Betty Gore was found dead, Montgomery was arrested and charged with murder.
Betty had been badly mutilated, with 41 ax wounds. The murder weapon was found in the Texas home she shared with her husband and children.
During her trial, Montgomery told the jury that she had attacked in self-defense.
Dr Fred Fason, a hypnotherapist, held hypnosis sessions with Montgomery and traced her violent response to childhood trauma, the Texas Monthly detailed.
Montgomery’s lawyers argued that Betty tried to strike Montgomery with an ax during a confrontation about Montgomery’s affair with Betty’s husband, Allan Gore.
In response, Montgomery claimed, she wrestled the ax away and entered a dissociative state, only to strike Betty with the weapon over and over.
She reportedly cleaned the blood off herself in the Gores’ bathroom, then resumed her normal routine.
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The hypnotherapist reportedly testified that Montgomery was overtaken by rage due to a traumatic punishment suffered during childhood.
Dr Fason and other psychiatrists said that Montgomery’s attack, and her behavior afterward, were aspects of her psychological condition.
Dr Fason claimed that he sent Montgomery into a trance during hours-long hypnosis sessions, making her re-state the events of June 13 again and again.
In October of 1980, a jury acquitted Montgomery of all charges, and she reportedly moved to Georgia shortly thereafter.
Montgomery’s story will come to life in two different TV miniseries, with the first, titled Candy, coming to Hulu on May 9, 2022.
Montgomery will be portrayed by Jessica Biel and the show also stars Melanie Lynskey, Timothy Simons, and Pablo Schreiber.
The series is part of a collaborative project with HBO.
HBO Max will produce another series about the infamous killer.
HBO’s series, called Love & Death, will star Elizabeth Olsen as Candy Montgomery and Lily Rabe as victimized neighbor Betty.
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