The crime
The 1989 murder of José and Kitty Menendez by their sons, Lyle and Erik...but also possibly the rapes of Lyle and Erik by José, and maybe also by Kitty...allegedly.

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The story
It's always nice when a true-crime property exceeds expectations, and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story well exceeded mine. Granted, said expectations were about ankle-high going into Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's nine-part Netflix exploration of this infamous case, but Monsters sees a handful of narrative opportunities that previous properties about the Menendezes didn't, and it doesn't waste them.