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feat. a list of video sources, court tv feed, posts, and books surrounding the Menendez killings of 1989. 

I am creating this masterpost as a general source for info regarding the Menendez Brothers. This is a case I’ve been studying for the past month or so and have become increasingly passionate about. I care very much about Lyle & Erik deeply and knowing how much their case has been coming to light over social media I thought it might be helpful to create a little hub here on tumblr. I am going to do my best but I encourage, of course, for anyone who wishes to add onto this post and please share it. There will be a lot of links so I’m sure this post isn’t eligible to make it anywhere beyond my own blog (due to however tumblr is functioning these days) however, please be aware *huge trigger warning* this case talks a lot about physical, emotional, verbal, mental, and sexual abuse of both brothers by their parents. It is a tough case and as such, some of the video/reading material may be hard to endure. 

Unfortunately, I will not be putting any links from tik tok or instagram. I have neither and I know sexualizing the brothers on tik tok was a bit of a trend which I do not support. However, I am not against anyone else adding links as long as they are positive and not demeaning. 

Lastly, I just want to say that I believe the best source we have for viewing and educating ourselves on this case is the CourtTv feed itself– aka. the first trial. There you will be able to see and hear Lyle (left) and Erik’s (right) story and listen to their testimonies. You will be able to see them and listen to all the evidence in order for you to make your own opinion’s about the case. I will provide a link below as well as a link to the transcripts of the Second Trial.  

A BRIEF OVERVIEW: 

For anyone who isn’t familiar with this case: 

Lyle and Erik were convicted of killing their parents on the night of August 20th in 1989. They shot their parents s in their family home due to a lifetime of abuse as well as the strong belief that their parents were going to kill them. They were eventually caught and arrested several months after the killings and underwent their first trial three years later. They each had a different set of juries and defense lawyers (Jill Lansing & Michael Burt for Lyle, and Leslie Abramson & Marcia Morrissey for Erik). Despite the overwhelming evidence in favor of the defense, the jury was deadlocked and the trial was declared a mistrial. Had they been convicted during this first trial they would have faced the gas chamber and been killed. 

During the second trial the judge threw out most of the defense and they were no longer allowed to talk about the sexual abuse. There were also no camera and they were only aloud witness’s to testify about the boy’s state of mind prior to the killings. They now had only one jury instead of two and Lyle did not testify during this trial. The jury also no longer had the option to convict them of “imperfect self-defense.” 

In the end, both brothers were convicted of murder in the first-degree and sentenced to life without the possibility of patrol. Following the trial they were separated for more then twenty years, but are both now together, currently serving their time in the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility located in San Diego, California. 

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why can’t i try on different lives like pretty dresses, to see which one fits best?

-sylvia plath

Give these two a new trial already. They have done their time for what they did. Yes they deserved to be punished because murder is never the answer, even if you have good reasons for it. But it is time for these brothers to finally have their freedom.

(The character Wendy from Mindhunter is based on Dr Ann Burgess btw)

On Friendship.

Prom rough painting of Edward and Bella……and jasper……

Erik Menendez: Even to this day. I don't believe I could get away from my dad.

The idea of running away was absolutely impossible, and I told Lyle that there's no chance. And I think that that's in part, when I look back on my life because my dad programmed that into my head. Even to this day. I don't believe I could get away from my dad. He would have tracked me down. He would have killed me.

The Menendez Murders - Erik tells all.

A Murder in Beverly Hills. - S1E1

Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy being like, "I am 100% committed to respecting your 'no', but I heard you wouldn't promise my aunt not to marry me so I had to come and check just one (1) more time."

little Jeff info dump

Jeff is probably the most in touch lad in the lot, he's pretty human, he has empathy and understanding, morals and boundaries, yet the temper of a rabid bull and the experience to hone it.

Between growing up a street kid, being raised on drugs, alcohol and how to inflict / how to endure torture, being thrown around Foster homes when eventually deemed 'rehabilitated' and then when he's finally found a home with a brother he would quite literally kill for after months of working through trauma, it all goes tits up when his past quite literally shows up at his doorstep, Jeff is honestly just the victim of insanely- insanely shitty circumstances.

That being said, a life like that would twist anyone a thousand ways, right and wrong, so I wouldn't entirely put your faith or trust in him as a person, he's a survivor, he will survive whether you do or not.

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