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I’ve done lots of interviews over the years.

They were all good interviews, but most of the videos got edited down from hours worth of footage to a few seconds here and there. So frustrating!

Many 1990’s items are not available on the internet.

Here are some of the most recent, available interviews.

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As it turns out, podcasts are the antidote for me to all those years of being interviewed extensively for TV, only to be edited down to a few soundbites!

  • AND THEN, 30 years later, THINGS GOT EXCITING AND HOPEFUL as a result of: 1) the May 2023 Menendez + Menudo documentary and the habeas filing asking to reopen the case; 2) the 2024 Netflix “Monsters” drama and the Netflix “The Menendez Brothers” documentary; and 3) DA Gascon’s press conference and the Menendez family press conference. TOO MANY ITEMS to list! (I’ll update soon.)
  • The Crime Analyst — host Laura Richards (Menendez Murders series, all episodes recorded in 2023)
    • Episodes 146-147: Guest Juror Hazel Thornton
    • Episodes 148-149: Guest Professor Ann Burgess
    • Episodes 150-151: Guest Reporter Maggie Freleng
  • American Criminal — Host Jeremy Schwartz (2024)
    • The Menendez Brothers — 4 semi-dramatized episodes that sound like a mini-audiobook
    • The Menendez Brothers: Juror #9 — March 28, 2024 interview with Hazel Thornton
  • Real Crime Profile Podcast — Hosts Jim Clemente, Laura Richards, and Lisa Zambetti (Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed series, 2023)
    • Parts 1-3 = Episodes 439-441
    • Part 4 = Episode 442 = Interview with Menendez Juror Hazel Thornton
    • Parts 5-6 = Episode 444-445
  • Murder and The Menendez Brothers: A Court TV Mystery (6 episodes – 2020)
  • Getting Off Podcast — Hosts Jessa Nicholson and Nick Goetz  (These were all recorded in 2018. They are currently available only with a Spotify subscription, but episode descriptions are free.)
    • Episode 86: The Menendez Brothers, Part 1 (43:26)
    • Episode 87: Menendez Brothers, Part II: The “Abuse Excuse”?? (1:14:22)
    • Episode 93: Interview with Menendez Juror #9, Part 1 (1:15:42)
    • Episode 94: Interview with Menendez Juror #9, Part 2 (1:29:54)  
    • Episode 125: Interview w/Robert Rand Part 1 (58:41)
    • Episode 126: Interview w/Robert Rand Part 2  (1:24:08)
  • 121. Tales from the Pit: Juror #9 — with Michael Swaim — 10/6/2018 (50:11)
  • In Between the Pages with James Lott Jr. — Hung Jury: The Diary of a Menendez Juror with Juror #9 Hazel Thornton — 6/14/2018 (1:06:00)
  • In Your Face With Donnie And Grace  — True Crime. Grace talks to Hazel Thornton author and juror on Erik Menendez first trial. — 5/7/2018 (1:12:54)

Television

From “Judging the Jury System” – Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep 1994. (The Reginald Denny beating trial ended with a hung jury during the first Menendez trial.)

  • AND THEN, 30 years later, THINGS GOT EXCITING AND HOPEFUL as a result of: 1) the May 2023 Menendez + Menudo documentary and the habeas filing asking to reopen the case; 2) the 2024 Netflix “Monsters” drama and the Netflix “The Menendez Brothers” documentary; and 3) DA Gascon’s press conference and the Menendez family press conference. TOO MANY ITEMS to list! (I’ll update soon.)

 

  • Nightline (5:38 clip), January 2017, based on same footage as ABC’s 20/20 special report Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers
  • Truth and Lies (ABC, January 2017) — This is the documentary that brought the case back into the public eye after 20 years. Redeeming moments include journalist Terry Moran’s explanation of why he thinks the brothers were telling the truth, and prosecutor Pam Bozanich admitting, “One kid killing his parents is a bad seed; two kids killing their parents is a bad family.”
  • Hazel on Oprah 2003 #2 of 2  (3:54 min.) In which I get to say what I wanted to say. (aka the “Hazel leaves Oprah speechless” video)
  • Court TV’s Trial Story: The Menendez Brothers On Trial, The Real Story (2 hrs. total, Part 1 and Part 2), 1994 , with host Terry Moran
  • 20/20 1994 — 2:12 Tom Jarriel interviews the women of Erik’s jury

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