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Though Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story centers on the titular brothers' sensationalized murder trial, Netflix's true-crime miniseries touches on several other high-profile murder cases. One of these cases is the tragic 1982 murder of actress Dominique Dunne. Following the Poltergeist star's death, her father Dominick Dunne went on to write about several crime sagas for Vanity Fair, including one on the murders of José and Kitty Menendez. Episode 7 of Monsters, named "Showtime," follows the writer as he attends the Menendez trial while still struggling with his daughter's death, which tinged his coverage of the brothers.
