Candy Montgomery house
Consider this Dallas Dirt Murder Homes: the advanced listener’s edition. On the latest episode of Dallas Dirt, guest host Shelby Skrhak (that’s me) sat down with the hosts of the Crime Estate podcast, Realtors Heather Guild and Elena Richey, to discuss the oft-overlooked, real estate details of some of the most famous murder homes. But…
I’ve talked about how homes have lives just like people do: “A 100-year-old home may be the meaningful setting of a bridal shower or a funeral reception, someone’s first breath or their last, a gleeful war homecoming or a dreaded knock at the door.” Well, homes can see bad things happen, too. While it may…
Update 1/19: The Darlene Routier home has been temporarily taken off the market. Update 12/18: The home has dropped again in price to $390,000. The home at 5801 Eagle Drive in Rowlett is a member of an exclusive club that no Realtor wants their listing to be a part of. This seemingly idyllic Colonial-style home…
Stephen Chambers was just starting out decades ago as a young Dallas architect when he was approached by Candy and Pat Montgomery to design their perfect home. It would become “the best party house” in eastern Collin County — a prominent backdrop in Candy, the Hulu miniseries about a gruesome 1980 Dallas-area murder in the…
Anyone who lived in North Texas in the early 1980s remembers the murder of Betty Gore, and the murder trial of Candace Montgomery, the woman who killed her with an ax. The petite, nondescript Wylie housewife was acquitted in 1980 claiming self-defense. I attended her trial as I was working at the time for KDFW-TV.…
