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.buzzfeednews.com/article/pdominguez/the-right-time-to-revisit-the-menendez-murders
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-menendez-brothers-murder-their-parents
