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  • The Menendez Murders

  • The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation
  • By: Robert Rand
  • Narrated by: Eric Martin
  • Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (30 ratings)

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The Menendez Murders

By: Robert Rand
Narrated by: Eric Martin
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Publisher's Summary

Discover the definitive book on the Menendez case - and the source material for NBC's Law and Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.

A successful entertainment executive making two million a year. His former beauty queen wife. Their two sons on the fast track to success. Until tragedy struck.

Married for 26 years, Jose and Kitty Menendez appeared to be a happy couple and proud parents. Twenty-one-year-old Lyle Menendez was enrolled at Princeton, where he was a star on the tennis team. Eighteen-year-old Erik Menendez had just graduated from Beverly Hills High and was about to start college at UCLA. The Menendezes appeared to be living the American dream. But it was all a façade.

The Menendez saga has captivated and fascinated people since 1989. The killing of Jose and Kitty Menendez on a quiet Sunday evening in Beverly Hills didn't make the cover of People magazine until the arrest of their sons seven months after the murders, and the case developed an intense cult following. When the first Menendez trial began in July 1993, the public was convinced that Lyle and Erik - "the boys", as they would become known - were a pair of greedy rich kids who had killed loving, devoted parents. But the real story remained buried beneath years of dark secrets - until now.

©2018 Robert Rand (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

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Fantastic read

I was born in the 90s so i didnt know much about this case only heard bits. listened to this gem and got a really good picture of what happened.

was drawn in and was eager to keep listening.

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For true crime enthusiasts

Excellently read! Sad story which leaves many questions still open
Great insight to a truly interesting event in history

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Very interesting and sad

I only ever heard what the tabloids out out about this crime. I think it’s very sad. It was very interesting and well told.

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So-so

I thought this was an interesting account of the Menendez murders. It is clear that the author has sympathy for the brothers. Do I believe the brothers about the abuse? I think so. Do I believe they thought their lives were in danger? I am not sure. Do. they deserve to spend the rest of their lives in prison. I don't know.

This is a difficult one. I do think that evidence of the abuse should be have been allowed in the retrial.

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Riveting

A terrible story which must be heard to the very end. No doubts about whether the brothers did it, but the tale is more complicated than that.

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who get justice

Those poor boys, to have been treated so abominally by the parents.
There should be no honor in the prosecution, Kong was an bastard.

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Fascinating story

Story gets a bit bogged down during the first court case, but otherwise, pretty good!

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Thought provoking

This is such an interesting case and the author poses some interesting questions about time and context when it comes to the outcomes for the two men. Would things be different if the case was heard today, when we know more about trauma and the impact of child sexual abuse? There is a lot of information included and there has clearly been a lot of background work done to research the case. A very good example of quality true crime writing.

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perfectly narrated, interesting story

I didn't have huge expectations because I thought I knew everything there was to know about this case. Boy was I wrong! this was truly a deep dive into this case, we'll written and researched, really enjoyed it.
I hope that one day the brothers will be released and get to enjoy life on the outside while they're still young enough, 30 years already behind bats, is way too long.

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Fair account of what happened

Great book. I knew a lot about the case and was glad it included information on the horrendous events these boys suffered at the hands of their parents. While not an excuse for murder, it helps understand why they did what they did. I feel for them both and hope the judicial system shows leniency on their sentences.

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