What does a Mark Jackson basketball card have to do with the Menendez Brothers?

Netflix’s Monsters doesn’t explain but we will.

Through it all,Monstersleaves few storytelling stones unturned.

Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story. (L to R) Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez, Nicholas Chavez as Lyle Menendez in episode 202 of Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story.

Viewers are entreated to all the compelling minutiae of the Menendez case.

Lyle and Erik Mendendez have their own basketball card…sort of.

Butthe Menendezs $700,000 months of spendingdid contribute to one bizarre pop culture artifact.

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Eventually that fan-turned-investigator, Stephen Zerance,uncovered something truly unexpected.

And since no expense needed spared, they likely sat courtside.

Heres a clearer version of the card, Lyle and Erik are seated courtside to the left of Jackson.

Copies of the card can still be found over the internet for exorbitant price points, contingent on grading.

As far as true crime memorabilia goes, a Mark Jackson basketball card is a relatively benign collectible.

Still, theres gotta be a better way to spend $4,000.

All nine episodes of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story are available to stream on Netflix now.