Ep 214: The Menendez Murders: Monsters – Facts vs Fiction with Robert Rand, Part 7

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Laura interviews Robert Rand, Emmy and duPont-Columbia Award winning journalist who began covering the Menendez brothers’ case for the Miami Herald the day after the killing of José and Kitty Menendez on August 20, 1989. In this episode Laura and Robert separate the facts from fiction as depicted in Ryan Murphy’s 9-part show, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story which premiered on Netflix on September 19 2024. Robert is the only reporter who covered the investigation in the fall of 1989 and was in court daily for each six-month long Menendez trial in 1993-94 and 1995-96. He’s Co-EP of Peacock’s ‘Menendez + Menudo Boys Betrayed’ which began streaming on Peacock May 2, 2023, and is the author of "The Menendez Murders", which had an updated edition released September 10th, 2024. If you want more in-depth engagement, extra episodes and an opportunity to join unique conversations at the Ringleader monthly Happy Hour, join the Crime Analyst Squad: www.patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst #MenendezMurders #MenendezBrothers #Monsters #MonstersTheLyleAndErikStory #RyanMurphy #LyleMenendez #ErikMenendez #Menudo #CrimeAnalyst #TrueCrime #Podcast #DomesticAbuseAwarenessMonth Clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EaEllq5FLk https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=2B_e7fvwi90 Sources http://menendezmurders.com/about-robert-rand/ https://www.courttv.com/trials/ca-v-menendez-1993/ https://www.amazon.com/Menendez-Murders-Updated-Shocking-Killings/dp/1637745974 https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/menendez--menudo-boys-betrayed/8222254554603265112/seasons/1 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/ryan-murphys-latest-era-of-cynical-hits https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/gascon-provides-update-menendez-brothers con-provides-update-menendez-brothers Thank You to Crime Analyst Sponsors Who Make the Show Possible. Support The Show Thorough the Sponsors: For a limited time, use my code crimeanalyst to get a free gift with your Journey Pack! Head to tryfum.com and use code crimeanalyst REGISTER For Laura’s 2024 Masterclasses: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/0fOy_yFBC?languageTag=en More Training Info: www.dashriskchecklist.com www.thelaurarichards.com YouTube, Socials and Website YouTube @crimeanalyst Instagram @crimeanalyst @laurarichards999 Threads @crimeanalyst X @thecrimeanalyst @laurarichards999 TikTok @crimeanalystpod Website www.crime-analyst.com Leave a Review https://www.crime-analyst.com/reviews/new/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm going to need you to walk me through what happened.
0:07.0	I'm going to need you to walk me through what happened.
0:12.0	Part of this process is the two of you reconnecting, growing closer as brothers. Eric and I killed our parents together, so I'd say that makes us pretty close.
0:33.0	It's up to us pretty close.
0:34.0	It's up to us now, right?
0:40.0	And they would be proud of us.
0:44.0	They would be proud of us.
0:49.0	I thought they're getting rid of them.
0:51.0	It's going to make me feel I thought they were getting rid of them.
0:56.0	It was going to make me feel better.
0:59.0	I'm having these nightmares.
1:05.0	You're not getting it. You don't fucking get it Eric. We did it. We fucking did it. H. H. H. H. Hold on a minute.
1:10.0	Do you just sort of a grilled cheese and tap water?
1:12.0	Yeah. How many shrimp do you have? She just sort of a grilled cheese and tap water?
1:13.0	Yeah?
1:14.0	How many shrimp do you have?
1:16.0	Like an actual number.
1:18.0	Our life was one thing.
1:25.0	And we decided we weren't going to take that anymore.
1:30.0	Unbriev. that anymore. I'm big. Starting right now. We're going to demand more out of life. And we are never going to fucking go back.
1:47.0	You don't murder your parents like Wayne.
1:55.0	Literally defacing them.
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