Episodes 46: The Menendez Brothers Part 1

The trial was a media circus with various theories and two defendants ripe for ridicule. But what drove two well-to-do brothers to plot and murder their parents? Was it greed? Abuse? Or just an urge to kill. This week’s episode is The Menendez Brothers Part 1.

SOURCES

BOOK: The Menendez Murders - The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation by Robert Rand: https://www.amazon.com/Menendez-Murders-Shocking-Killings-Stunned/dp/1946885266

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/menendez-brothers-lyle-erik-murders-new-revelations-new-trial

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/menendez-brothers

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580036/bio

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-menendez-brothers-murder-their-parents

https://www.biography.com/news/menendez-brothers-murder-case-facts

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-22-tm-930-story.html -- history and background

https://www.hulu.com/series/the-menendez-murders-erik-tells-all-ec3de270-4b58-498a-9992-51bdb20b7f67 - interviews with Erik and trial footage

https://www.hulu.com/series/truth-and-lies-the-menendez-brothers-290bae53-966c-4136-80fa-c3b3de8d58a1 - interviews with Barbara Walters, Erik & Lyle, and trial footage

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a12231370/menendez-brothers-murders-trial-why-they-did-it-story/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pdominguez/the-right-time-to-revisit-the-menendez-murders

https://www.eonline.com/news/845635/we-can-t-forget-just-how-insane-the-menendez-brothers-murder-case-was-in-its-day-or-in-any-day

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-menendez-brothers-murder-their-parents

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/11/17/legal-loophole-could-give-murderous-brothers-erik-lyle-menendez-chance-for-new-trial/

Trial: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/how-the-menendez-brothers-trial-changed-america-2-190861/

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