Netflix has revealed the trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the next installment in Ryan Murphy’s true crime anthology series.
Set to premiere on September 19th, 2024, the series will tell the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez, the brothers who were famously convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents.
José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez were shot and killed at their Beverly Hills mansion on August 20th, 1989. Lyle and Erik initially weren’t suspects in the murders, but the police began to investigate the brothers’ involvement due to their extravagant spending after the killings.
Eventually, Erik made a confession to his psychologist Jerome Oziel, who in turn told his mistress Judalon Smyth. The brother said they committed the murders out of fear after a lifetime of abuse at the hands of their parents — particularly sexual abuse from their father.
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The Menendez brothers were tried separately in a first trial that was a nationwide sensation broadcast on Court TV. After two deadlocked juries, they were retried and both sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story stars Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch as Lyle and Erik, alongside Javier Bardem as their father, José, and Chloë Sevigny as their mother, Kitty. The cast also includes Nathan Lane, playing the role of investigative journalist Dominick Dunne, and Ari Graynor as criminal defense attorney Leslie Abramson.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story follows Murphy’s previous true crime anthology series for Netflix, DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated with the full-length trailer.
