The Menendez Brothers: The Official Companion Podcast | Part 1

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Part 1: The First Call. In the first of this three part mini-series, Alejandro Hartmann, the director of The Menendez Brothers documentary, takes us on his journey to reach Lyle and Erik Menendez and convince them to be interviewed for the documentary. The Menendez brothers are serving life without parole for the 1989 murder of their parents inside the walls of the family’s Beverly Hills mansion. They haven't spoken together about their case since first being incarcerated. Through hours of candid conversation, documentarian Alejandro Hartmann embarks on a journey to uncover the raw, untold stories of the brothers’ lives before and after their crimes. If you or someone you know has experienced sexual abuse, information and resources are available at www.wannatalkaboutit.com. The Menendez Brothers is streaming now on Netflix. --- CREDITS Netflix Podcasts Presents A Campfire Studios Production in association with Pod People The Menendez Brothers: The Official Podcast Written and produced by Angela Palladino, with help from Tony Mantia, Rebecca Chaisson, Natalie Grillo, Sam Gebauer, Alex Vikmanis, and Aimee Machado From Campfire Studios, Executive Producers: Ross M. Dinerstein and Rebecca Evans From Netflix, Executive Producer: David Markowitz Edited by Carter Wogahn and Morgane Fouse Sound design and mixed by Carter Wogahn Music composition by Jimmy Stofer Narrated by Alejandro Hartmann

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0:00.0	This podcast contains content which may be upsetting or triggering to some listeners.
0:05.0	Please check the show notes for resources should you need to reach out to someone. You have a prepaid call from Lyle and in there. An inmate at the R.J. Donovan Correctional
0:22.0	facility, San Diego, California.
0:24.5	This call and your telephone number will be monitored and recorded.
0:28.2	It's been a journey for me since I mean from childhood to him now I never expected that I would be ever revealing it in such
0:49.8	an open way what happened with my father and with my family and what occurred.
0:54.8	This is Global Taillink. You have a prepaid call from...
0:58.8	Eric and Des? An inmate, an inmate, an I did. When I turned 50, that impacted me.
1:07.0	And I realized, you're going to short and I want people to have a greater clarity in my life.
1:17.0	So much hasn't been told that should be told and the truth of what happened even the bad things everything can only bring you in. This is one of the most sensational crimes ever to explode in Hollywood.
1:47.0	I really hope emergency.
1:50.0	I'm sorry to kill my parents.
1:52.0	Pardon me?
1:53.0	Don't tell you.
1:55.0	At first, Lyle and Eric Menendez weren't even on investigators radar.
2:01.0	They later confessed to the killings in therapy.
2:04.0	The brothers testified they killed their parents because they feared for their lives
2:09.0	after years of sexual and emotional abuse.
2:14.1	The jury spent days deciding between life and death.
2:17.8	The verdict here was life without parole.
2:21.2	Remorse is not the word.
2:23.0	I would have given my life to go back and change it.
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