Latest Dirty john Podcast Episodes

You Got Me | 3

It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders - June 02, 2020 07:30 - 35 minutes
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 end...

Bringing the Characters to Life | 3

Dirty John Season 2: The Podcast - May 27, 2020 00:15 - 11 minutes
In this episode, the actors from Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story talk about prepping for their roles – including the challenges of playing Betty Broderick herself, a character brought to life by Amanda Peet. Paid for by USA Network and produced by LA Times Studios; the Los Angeles Times N...

A Fresh Approach to an Enduring Story | 2

Dirty John Season 2: The Podcast - May 27, 2020 00:14 - 9 minutes
The creators of Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story share their insights on what it took to bring a fresh approach to this enduring story, including the role of female directors in the re-telling the infamous murder. Among the directors whose work shaped the series are Maggie Kiley and Series ...

The Cultural Climate | 1

Dirty John Season 2: The Podcast - May 27, 2020 00:14 - 16 minutes
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 a...

Bed, Wed and Dead | 2

It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders - May 26, 2020 07:30 - 44 minutes
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 n...

A Fatal Shore | 1

It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders - May 26, 2020 07:00 - 27 minutes
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, ...

Introducing "It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders"

It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders - May 19, 2020 22:51 - 2 minutes
Thirty years ago, a man and his new wife were murdered in their bed. That’s a long time for a double homicide to stay in the public eye and imagination, but these were no ordinary murders. The killer was the man’s first wife, Betty Broderick. Betty and Dan Broderick had looked like the perfect c...

L.A. Times presents Coronavirus in California

Dirty John Season 2: The Podcast - May 15, 2020 02:31 - 1 minute
"Dirty John Season 2: The Podcast" is coming soon. This podcast series is funded by USA Network and produced by LA Times Studios in support of the series Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story. The Los Angeles Times newsroom was not involved in the creation of this series. Meanwhile, pl...

L.A. Times presents "Coronavirus in California"

It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders - May 14, 2020 18:57 - 1 minute
"It Was SImple: The Betty Broderick Murders," a new podcast from the Los Angeles Times, is coming soon. Meanwhile, please listen and subscribe to the L.A. Times podcast, "Coronavirus in California." From the Los Angeles Times, comes Coronavirus in California: Stories from the Front Lin...