MONSTERS: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | Official Trailer #1

[queenursula]

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Following the success of DAHMER, MONSTERS: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is the newest addition to Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s “Monster” anthology series, chronicling the case of the real-life brothers convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their

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[emptyobsidian]

I "missed" this when it happened because of my age, but looking back I was surprised at how much evidence there was that abuse did happen. Like, my perception of it was always monster evil children kill their innocent doting parents for cash rather than, wow, they were likely abused.

[ellie_andrews]

same. i never read too much about it but i got the same impression. did not know until this post that there was actual evidence of abuse. :(

[speedychi]

Same 😔

[pciam]

Same. It wasn’t until I saw a doc maybe 2-3 gears ago where I really started to realize how abused they were

[fromyourashes]

yeah, i remember this case all over the news and it never came off like they were victims. they were evil men who killed their sweet parents. then i got older and uh. i'm on their side now.

[maybejessmaybe]

yeah, it was portrayed so differently at the time. i remember they were the butt of so many jokes. same with john wayne and lorena bobbitt. i didn't know the real stories until much later. the media wasn't kind to victims back then.

[speedychi]

Same!