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Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime

Should Lyle & Erik Menendez Be Set Free After 30+ Years in Prison?

Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime

Big Pond Podcasts

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Support #STS ❤️ Become a patron 👉 Https://patreon.com/SurvivingTheSurvivor #STSNation, Welcome to Surviving The Survivor the podcast that brings you the best guests in true crime. This is an #STSSpecial … Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of the grisly 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, Jose and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, at the family's sprawling Beverly Hills mansion. They've been in prison ever since. But, do they have a new shot at freedom after a bombshell letter surfaced and the release of a new documentary supporting the brothers' claims of sexual abuse by their dad Jose Menendez. An original expert witness for the defense weigh in. #BestGuests: Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess is an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse, and author of A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind. Among her many awards and accolades, in 2016 she was named a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing She has also worked with FBI Academy special agents to study serial offenders, and the links between child abuse, juvenile delinquency, and subsequent perpetration. You know the super successful Netflix show Mindhunter about the FBIs first days of criminal profiling — she worked with the real-life agents the show is based on. Wendy Murphy serves as adjunct professor of sexual violence law at New England Law|Boston, where she also co directs the Women's and Children's Advocacy Project under the Center for Law and Social Responsibility. A former Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, Wendy prosecuted child abuse and sex crimes cases for many years. #MenendezBrothers #TrueCrime #LyleMenendez #ErikMenendez #Menudo #BoyBand #PrisonLife #TrueCrimeCommunity #DomesticViolence

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0:00.0

One thing that doesn't get talked about as I reviewed this case is the anger that can build up in a traumatized child.

0:07.0

When both brothers got together, whenever you have that dynamic, if you will, there was more power behind what they were

0:15.1

going to do. Welcome to the global phenomenon surviving the survivor where we're

0:20.2

all just trying to survive in a rough world.

0:24.0

What's up, SDS Nation, and welcome to another episode of Surviving Survivor,

0:30.0

the podcast that's

0:34.0

promises to bring you the very best guess in true crime and every once in a while we bring you a

0:36.4

legend and that's happening tonight. This is an ST. Special event.

0:43.0

As you know by now, Lyle and Eric Menendez were convicted of the Grizzly 1989 shotgun murders

0:50.0

of their parents, Jose and Mary Louise, Kitty Menendez.

0:53.3

It happened at the family's sprawling Beverly Hills Mansion.

0:57.3

They've been behind bars ever since, but do they have a new shot at Freedom after a bombshell letter that we're going to get

1:06.1

into surface recently, as well as the release of a new documentary supporting the

1:12.2

brothers claims of sexual abuse by their dad

1:14.9

Jose Menendez. Tonight you're gonna hear from an original expert witness for the

1:21.0

defense and a friend of the show, the great Dr. Ann Burgess.

1:25.2

If you don't know her yet, you will for sure by the end of this show. She is an

1:29.4

internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and

1:34.9

abuse and the author of the killer by design, murders, mind hunters, and my quest to

1:40.4

decipher the criminal mind. Among her many awards and accolades in 2016,

1:46.0

she was named a living legend by the American Academy of Nursing.

1:51.0

Not a lot of people can say that they've actually been named a living legend

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