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Ryan Murphy's true crime anthology series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story is set to be released on Netflix on September 19, 2024. It will focus on the 1989 murders of Kitty and José Menéndez, who were killed inside their home in Beverly Hills. Lyle, who was 21 at the time, and Erik, who was 18, were convicted of their parents' murder in 1996 and sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story is a sequel to Murphy's infamous Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which was released in 2022. True crime fans who know about the Menéndez brothers' story are looking forward to the new season of the series.
Netflix released a trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story on August 20, 2024. According to the streaming giant, a synopsis for the show reads:
"Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story premieres on Netflix on September 19. The series, created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, explores the 1996 conviction of the Menendez brothers for the murder of their parents, focusing on the trial and its aftermath."
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Release date for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story
The first season of Ryan Murphy's Monster series was met with mixed reactions after its release in 2022. Despite that, true crime enthusiasts were excited to learn about the second season of the show, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story. The docuseries will be released on Thursday, September 19, 2024.
A 48-second-long trailer for the same was released on August 20, 2024, and hinted at what viewers could expect from the Ryan Murphy directorial. It captured the dark mood of the controversial case and showed two young men entering a mansion holding guns.
Cast details for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story
Actor Nicholas Alexander Chavez will play the role of 21-year-old Lyle Menéndez, while Cooper Koch will play the role of 18-year-old Erik in the upcoming docuseries. The two will depict the two brothers whose lives the media and public scrutinized deeply following their parents' murders.
Meanwhile, Academy Award winner Javier Bardem will play the role of Lyle and Erik's father, José Menéndez. Actress Chloe Sevigny will play the role of Mary Louise "Kitty" Menéndez in the upcoming series.
Dallas Roberts will be playing Dr. Jerome Oziel, the psychotherapist, with Jason Butler Harner as Detective Les Zoeller. Ari Graynor will play the role of Leslie Abramson, the Menèndez brothers' defense attorney. Other cast members include Nathan Lane, Leslie Grossman, Enrique Murciano, Michael Gladis, Drew Powell, Charlie Hall, and Jeff Perry.
Where to watch Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story will be available only on Netflix after its release on September 19, 2024.
The murders of Kitty and José Menéndez took place on August 20, 1989, and have since horrified and fascinated true crime enthusiasts. The couple was shot and killed inside their Beverly Hills mansion with a shotgun. Lyle, who was 21 at the time, called 911 to report that he and his brother found their parents dead in their home.
Erik and Lyle told the police that they had been to the movies, and upon returning home, they found their parents dead. However, the police soon began suspecting the two of having killed their parents.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is set to portray the complicated family dynamics between the Menéndez family, which supposedly led to the two brothers killing their parents. Erik and Lyle claimed that they had killed their parents in self-defense. They alleged that they had been victims of years of emotional, physical, and s*xual abuse at the hands of their father, José, while their mother did nothing to help them. This was an argument that played a very important role in their highly publicized trial.
The series is set to examine the trial and court hearings that captured the nation's attention and were widely reported on by media outlets across the US. While the first trial ended with a deadlocked jury, the brothers were convicted of first-degree murder of their parents in March 1996. They were given two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole and are still in prison.
Interested viewers can watch Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story on Netflix when it is released on September 19, 2024.
