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A couple is brutally gunned down in their Beverly Hills mansion. Their grieving sons are charged with the murders. At first they deny guilt. But then admit their parents had it coming. True Crime with Aphrodite Jones s1e7: Menendez Brothers, ID 2010
August 20th 1989 ... The call sets off what was to become one of the most notorious murder cases Beverly Hills has ever seen. ibid.
The brothers continued to exhibit unusual behaviour. Fuelled by the father’s $650,000 personal life insurance policy, Lyle and Erik go on an extravagant shopping spree. ibid.
Dr Oziel convinces the brothers to let him tape the revealing sessions. ibid.
Judge Weisberg allows the entire trial to be broadcast on national television. ibid.
Over weeks of riveting testimony Lyle exposes the chilling details of a household rampant with devastating sexual abuse. ibid.
A retrial is scheduled and all the grisly details are set to be exposed again. ibid.
From a young age, Lyle and Erik Menendez were attached to each other in a way that seemed abnormal. Dealing with a successful business executive father who enforced rigid rules and expected nothing but the best from his sons may have made them too dependent on each other – and too willing to reinforce each other’s misbehavior. They committed home burglaries together, did poorly in school and avoided contact with others. Their mother, Kitty, reeling from her husband’s infidelity and both her sons’ diagnosed sociopathic tendencies, kept a close eye on Lyle, 21, a Princeton student, and Erik, 18, who was UCLA bound. But not the kind of watchful eye that parents usually have – this was a woman who feared for her safety.
After watching the Billionaire Boys Club – a TV mini-series about a Southern California investment and social club that turned to murder after its Ponzi scheme began to unravel – Lyle and Erik decided they would rid themselves of their abusive father and save their mother the anguish of living without him by killing her too. They shot their parents to death at their Beverly Hills mansion on August 20, 1989. For seven months after the murders they went on shopping sprees, started fake businesses and lived in hotels paid for by their father’s company. By the end of 1989, they had spent more than a million dollars. Police found the spending suspicious, but what actually led to the brothers’ arrest was Erik’s breakdown and full confession to a psychotherapist. Time Lists: Top 10 Crime Duos #8
Not many Hollywood murder mysteries ever took a more dramatic turn than police are describing in a couple of savage Beverly Hills killings. The Menendez Murders I, Dan Rather news 21st August 1989, CI 2018
My dad was not going to let me get away. And that Mum had always known. That had shattered everything. That was the moment I knew my parents were going to kill me. ibid. Erik
Someone killed my parents. ibid. Lyle’s 911 call
March 11 1990: 7 months after the murders Erik is arrested. The Menendez Murders II
The Menendez brothers: the Media goes wild. ibid. Oliver Stone
The father would shower with the boys. The Menendez Murders III, William Vicary, Erik’s psychiatrist
I never saw them be nice to the kids. ibid. Charles Wadlington, former tennis coach
In Los Angeles two brothers have pleaded innocence. The Menendez Murders IV, television news
The more I came to believe their story. ibid. juror
August 23 1995: Jury selection begins 2nd trial. ibid.
Judge Moves to Block Menendez Abuse Experts. ibid. Times staff article Alan Abrahamson
April 17 1996: Jury returns sentencing verdict. The Menendez Murders V
They all feel a sense of failure. ibid. reporter, re defense team
Jurist Suggests Retrial Was Rigged: Kozinski Accuses Judge of Ensuring Menendezes’ Convictions. ibid. newspaper article re appeal
I wanted to please him. That’s all I ever wanted: to please my boys. The Menendez Killings: Blood Brothers, mother, Lifetime 2017, mother
One of the most sensational criminal cases in the country. ibid. television news
Police are looking for a motive tonight in the murders of a prominent showbiz executive and his wife – they were found just before midnight last night shot to death in their exclusive Beverly Hills home. ibid.
You don’t understand what our dad was like. ibid. Lyle to shrink
In 1989 brothers Lyle and Eric Menendez gunned down their parents in the family room of their Beverly Hills mansion. They claim that a lifetime of their father’s abuse pushed them over the edge, but in the end the jury didn’t buy it. Now new evidence has come to light which could reignite their case. True Crime Recaps: The Menendez Brothers: Shocking New Details of the Notorious Case! Youtube 21.23, 2023
The brothers say that they’re victims of unspeakable abuse driven to desperate measures. ibid.
By the time police connected them to their parents’ murder they had already spent almost a million dollars. ibid.
Roy’s allegations against Jose marked the first time someone outside the family has corroborated Eric and Lyle’s story. ibid.
A letter Eric mailed his cousin months before the murders: it says in part, It’s still happening, Andy, but it’s worse for me now. ibid.
[Tom Brokaw]: It is one of the most sensational criminal cases in the country. Lyle and Eric Menendez, the brothers accused of murdering their rich parents in Beverly Hills. The Menendez Brothers, Netflix 2024
This film features excerpts from over 20 hours of exclusive interviews with the Menendez brothers while they serve a life sentence without parole. Lyle and Erik have not told their story together in nearly 30 years. ibid. caption
So much hasn’t been told. ibid. Erik
There was brain matter and blood dripping from the ceiling. ibid. rozzer
Police say the motive was apparently money. A $14 million inheritance to be shared by the brothers. ibid.
Sons stand accused of murdering Hollywood executive and his wife. ibid. AP article Louinn Lota
Overnight the Menendez case blew up overnight. ibid. comment
August 20th 1989: Night of the Murders. ibid.
Lyle and Erik Menendez shot and killed their parents on August 20, 1989. Menendez & Menudo: Boys Betrayed I, caption, Sky Crime 2025
My reporting partner and I may have uncoved new evidence that could have an impact on this case. ibid. Robert Rand, reporter
He is ready to tell in graphic detail what happened to him at the hands of Edgardo Diaz and Jose Menendez. ibid. reporter