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The Menendez Murders

The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation

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The Menendez Murders

By: Robert Rand
Narrated by: Eric Martin
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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.

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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.

Fantastic read

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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.

Very interesting and sad

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

For true crime enthusiasts

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Great listen. The author presented this case in a factual manner. The story is well written and thought provoking. The narrator is not dramatic and his steadiness in the oration complemented the seriousness of the story. Was there an injustice done to the 2 young men?

Wow - What We Didn't Know

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Brilliant read with great detail, alot of which wasn't in the TV series which I had already watched prior to reading this book.
Highly recommend, couldn't put the book down.

Great Deal!

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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.

So-so

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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.

Riveting

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

who get justice

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

Fascinating story

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That’s all I’ve got. Exceptional.

The way Rand tells the story of this family tragedy is heart wrenching and outrageous in equal measure. The level of detail in the family histories… The blinding rage pulsating through the words behind each and every minuscule setback that led to many large miscarriages of justice… The astounding idiocy and blatant wilful ignorance of some of the “key players”.. The ability to feel sad for the murder of the parent victims whilst empathising with the struggle of the child victims… Rand delivers with such finesse, respect, compassion, and DECENCY.

I grew up watching this case unfold on TV down here in Sydney Australia - i was in was 8 years old when we started getting snippets of the trial streaming from the USA. This, Dahmer’s arrest, and (later) O.J. Simpson kick-started my love affair with true crime and understanding how / why people kill. I read as much as i could get my hands on in terms of these murders. All these years later i thought i knew the story of the Menendez boys and the heartbreaking price they paid for their bid for freedom / a “safe way out” - and my position hasn’t changed - but then i had the pleasure of this audiobook.

Thank you, Mr. Rand, for being one of the people who educate the rest of us and have ultimately walked in the front line of the war on mental health / domestic and sexual violence and the impacts such things have on society as a whole. This was a wonderful read. Truly exceptional.

Exceptional Journalism

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