![In the miniseries Love and Death, Jesse Plemons and Elizabeth Olsen play Allan Gore and Candy Montgomery – two neighbors who had an extramarital affair that ended in tragedy in Texas in 1980.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/64FY2CFNJJAEDL5UDOA2MPCZLE.jpg?auth=59295a91df392b1770712727df866baa789ba70acee34c3604e930d843b77689&width=414&height=233&focal=2631%2C751)
She killed her lover’s wife with 41 axe blows and was acquitted: Candy Montgomery’s story returns to television
The miniseries series ‘Love and Death’ – produced by Nicole Kidman and starring Elizabeth Olsen – recreates one of the most high-profile events in American criminal history. The tragedy occurred in the tedium of a small Texas town over four decades ago