Word on Wearside

Menendez Brothers: Monsters or Villains?

December 21, 2024·10 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Please be aware that this episode contains frequent reference to abuse, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, rape, and murder. Listener discretion is advised, and listeners who are particularly affected by these topics are advised to take precaution.Eric and Lyle Menendez were just two young men aged 18 and 21, who killed their parents in 1989, following years of abuse. Rubie McKeever-Smith chats with Dan Taylor, Academic Tutor in the School of Psychology at the University of Sunderland to decide; are the Menendez brothers monsters or villains?The team behind this episode:Rubie McKeever-SmithWord on Wearside is a Spark Sunderland podcast, produced by journalism students at the University of Sunderland. With teaching supervision by Lecturer in Audio, Jay Sykes.

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