How Menendez brothers ended up in background of famous photo months after murdering parents
Fans of the controversial Monster Netflix series have raced to Reddit to share their reactions to the bombshell discovery
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story hit our screens late last month (19 September) and, since then, the world has found a renewed interested in the harrowing double murder case.
The controversial Netflix series, fronted by Ryan Murphy, explores the real-life case that saw Erik and Lyle Menendez murder their allegedly abusive parents back in 1989.
However, eagle-eyed fans of the TV show have since made a bizarre discovery after seeing them in the background of a famous photo taken only months after committing the double-murder.
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Taking to the 'Interesting as F*ck' thread on Reddit, one true crime fan shared a photo of an NBA Hoops Knicks basketball card of Mark Jackson which featured the two brothers in the crowd.
They captioned the post: "Menendez Brothers on a basketball card after the murders of their parents."
Erik and Lyle murdered their parents on August 20, 1989.
the 1989-1990 NBA season reportedly started on November 3rd 1989.
Lyle was arrested on 8th March 1990 and, just a few days later, his younger brother Erik handed himself in to police.
Based on this, as the exact date of the game isn't noted on the card itself, we can deduce that the photo must have been taken between November 1989 and March 8th, 1990.
Back in 2018, crime writer Stephen Zerance was one of the first people to identify the brother's on the trading card.
"My friend and I, who is also a true-crime head, knew that the brothers went on a lavish spending spree after they got an insurance payout from their parent’s death," he told SLAM in January 2019.
"They bought a lot of things: tennis lessons, Rolexes, clothes, businesses, restaurants, cars. Then we noticed they bought courtside tickets to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden."
Hundreds have since rushed in to share their reaction to the shocking discovery with one Reddit user exclaiming: "Holy sh*t! I never even knew that made it onto a card. I just remember seeing the photo."
"Ooooh I remember this it stunned me first time I saw this!" quipped a second.
A third penned: "That is seriously crazy."
"Woah!" marvelled a fourth while a fifth revealed: "Holy sh*t! I had this card. That’s crazy!"
Another penned: "Stuff like this is so interesting to me."
"Strange thing is this is/was the most common card back in the day," a final Reddit user added.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is currently available to stream on Netflix.
Topics: Menendez Brothers, Netflix, TV And Film, True Crime, US News, Reddit
Rhiannon Ingle