The Menendez Murders
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The Menendez Murders is a true-crime television project dramatizing the infamous case of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their wealthy parents in Beverly Hills in 1989.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Menendez brothers trial | 1 |
| The Menendez Murders canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22940328 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Menendez Murders Context triple: [Leslie Greif, notableWork, The Menendez Murders]
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A.
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
The Marcus-Nelson Murders is a 1973 television crime drama film that served as the pilot for the Kojak series, loosely inspired by the real-life Wylie-Hoffert murder case.
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B.
DeFeo family murders
The DeFeo family murders were a 1974 mass killing in Amityville, New York, in which Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six members of his family, later inspiring the infamous "Amityville Horror" legend.
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C.
The Hillside Strangler
The Hillside Strangler is a 2004 crime-horror film that dramatizes the real-life serial murders committed in Los Angeles during the late 1970s.
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D.
Son of Sam murders
The Son of Sam murders were a series of notorious serial killings in New York City in the late 1970s committed by David Berkowitz, which terrorized the city and became a major media sensation.
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E.
Manson Family murders
The Manson Family murders were a series of brutal killings in Los Angeles in 1969 orchestrated by cult leader Charles Manson, which became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Menendez Murders Target entity description: The Menendez Murders is a true-crime television project dramatizing the infamous case of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their wealthy parents in Beverly Hills in 1989.
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A.
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
The Marcus-Nelson Murders is a 1973 television crime drama film that served as the pilot for the Kojak series, loosely inspired by the real-life Wylie-Hoffert murder case.
-
B.
DeFeo family murders
The DeFeo family murders were a 1974 mass killing in Amityville, New York, in which Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six members of his family, later inspiring the infamous "Amityville Horror" legend.
-
C.
The Hillside Strangler
The Hillside Strangler is a 2004 crime-horror film that dramatizes the real-life serial murders committed in Los Angeles during the late 1970s.
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D.
Son of Sam murders
The Son of Sam murders were a series of notorious serial killings in New York City in the late 1970s committed by David Berkowitz, which terrorized the city and became a major media sensation.
-
E.
Manson Family murders
The Manson Family murders were a series of brutal killings in Los Angeles in 1969 orchestrated by cult leader Charles Manson, which became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Menendez Murders