Netflix released a new documentary about the Menendez Brothers. Here are 7 more TV shows and documentaries about the famous ’90s murder trial.
October 7, 20240
Lyle and Erik Menendez during their trial in 1994.
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Premiering in 2017, “Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers” was an ABC special documentary that tried to determine whether it was greed or abuse that motivated the brothers to kill their parents. The special included interviews with friends and family of the Menendez brothers.
“Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers” is available to buy on Amazon Prime Video.
“The Menendez Brothers: Sins Of the Children”
Edie Falco plays Leslie Abramson, the attorney defending Erik Menendez in “Law & Order True Crimes: The Menendez Murders.”
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In 2017, NBC premiered a one-season “Law and Order” special that dramatized a true crime. They picked the Menendez brothers’ case.
The series was more sympathetic to the brothers, and Edie Falco, who played the brothers’ attorney, was nominated for an Emmy in 2018.
After the series aired, Lyle Menendez told the Today talk show host Megyn Kelly in September 2017 that the show was “painful to watch” but “surprisingly accurate.”
“Law & Order True Crimes: The Menendez Murders” is available to buy on Amazon Prime Video and AppleTV.
“Barbara Walters Presents American Scandals: Menendez Brothers”
Barbara Walters is a journalist.
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The renowned journalist Barbara Walters, who interviewed the Menendez brothers after their sentencing in 1996, hosted a docuseries in 2015 about notable crime trials.
Season one, episode four, focused on the Menendez brothers’ trial and included a never-before-seen letter from Erik Menendez.
The Menendez brothers episode of “Barbara Walters Presents American Scandals” is available to stream on Discovery+.
