Real-life Menendez brother, Erik, has weighed in on Ryan Murphy’s depiction of his past crimes in the new Netflix series, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” In an online statement posted via his wife Tammi Menendez’s X account, Menendez, who was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder along with his brother […]

A dramatic, true-crime rendition of the 1989 Menendez brothers trial that perturbed the nation is arriving on Netflix from producer Ryan Murphy as part of his “Monster” anthology series. Last year, Season 1 of the show, which starred Evan Peters as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, went on to earn six Emmy nominations and a win […]

After the breakout success of “Dahmer,” Ryan Murphy returns to Netflix Sept. 19 with “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” the second installment in his true crime anthology series. After murdering both their parents in 1989, the Menendez Brothers became household names in the early ’90s when their criminal trial was broadcast nationwide. Erik […]

“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” is an ominous retelling of the infamous crime. Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the second in their “Monster” anthology for Netflix follows brothers Lyle (an incredible Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (an outstanding Cooper Koch). Having endured emotional, physical and sexual abuse — the series argues — […]