In this episode of pplpod, we dive deep into the decades-long legal battle of Lyle and Erik Menendez, the brothers convicted of the brutal 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, José and Kitty, in their Beverly Hills mansion,. We trace the case from the initial crime scene—where the brothers staged a 9-1-1 call and blamed a mob hit—to their subsequent spending spree on Rolexes, cars, and restaurants that raised police suspicions,.

We explore the sensational trials that captivated the nation, examining the defense’s claims of years of sexual and physical abuse versus the prosecution’s argument that the brothers were motivated by greed and a desire to inherit their father's multimillion-dollar estate,. While the first trial ended in a deadlock, a second trial in 1996 resulted in convictions of first-degree mu ...