in you to shoot your mom and dad. young rich handsome in a case made for hollywood they were ready for the camera it was the first televised courtroom drama that captivated the united states it was a huge deal erik and lyle menendez convicted of murdering their own parents. i ran around and shot my mom! it wasn t real. it just wasn t real. they re sociopaths and pretty big ones. now almost 30 years late chilling new details. evidence never broadcast before! a letter, hinting at secrets too dark to imagine. this is so outside of the norm something is going on i that house did they kill in cold blood or in crippling fear oh man it was gut-wrenching i wanted to bust the door down they spoke the truth abou what had happened. tonight, hear from the brother themselves people were afraid of him let s go through this bit b bit. there was no way he was gonna let this secret get out. silence destroyed our whole family here it was the shinin s
it just wasn t real. they re sociopaths and pretty big ones. now almost 30 years later chilling new details. evidence never broadcast before! a letter, hinting at secrets too dark to imagine. this is so outside of the norm something is going on in that house. did they kill in cold blood or in crippling fear? oh man it was gut-wrenching. i wanted to bust the door down. they spoke the truth about what had happened. tonight, hear from the brothers themselves. people were afraid of him. let s go through this bit by bit. there was no way he was gonna let this secret get out. silence destroyed our whole family. here it was the shining symbol of their success. here, finally, an address worthy of their long struggle their amazing rise. beverly hills, california. beverly hills emergency. careful what you wish for. someone killed my parents! 28 years later it s still the case that has the power to shock. it s beverly hills. it s the movie bus
they wanted to see a james bon movie. but it was sold out. so they saw the batman movie which they had both seen before so they decided to see tha again. curious after the movie, they tol detectives, they d planned t meet a friend for a drink at the cheesecake factory, bu they had to go back to the house to pick up erik s fake i.d. and when they walked in, the said, they saw a haze in the air, smelled gun powder smoke, went into the den, and the dialed 911 someone killed my parents the news spread quickly i got a phone call from m brother. and i remember putting the phone down on the table. and walking around the house screaming. reporter robert rand s phon also rang. it was a friend who ha attended the las vegas trade show with him 10 days earlier. the friend had said, hey you remember that guy, jos menendez you know, that you met briefly last week? and i said, sure. and he said, well, he and his
well, the officers got there right after they did and they didn t smell anything the gunpowder smoke, an fantasizing about the perfec crime, and the screenplay, and even what might be called confession it all led detective zoeller t start thinking the unthinkable that the brothers had murdered their mom and dad. and he wondered, would eri tell the story of the shooting to craig again this time on tape. they decided to wire up craig and go to this restaurant but this time, erik wasn at all talkative erik didn t admit anything. but i think his conscience said, you better not talk too muc about this. not that day, anyway. and not to craig cignarelli. but erik did talk, eventually. and what he said would chang everything coming up lyle burs into the room. she heard him say why did you tell him?! the explosiv secret, hidden until now
said, they saw a haze in the air, smelled gun powder smoke, went into the den, and then dialed 911. someone killed my parents! the news spread quickly. i got a phone call from my brother. and i remember putting the phone down on the table. and walking around the house screaming. reporter robert rand s phone also rang. it was a friend who had attended the las vegas trade show with him 10 days earlier. the friend had said, hey, you remember that guy, jose menendez? you know, that you met briefly last week? and i said, sure. and he said, well, he and his wife were blown away last night in beverly hills. now that, thought rand, was a story tailor made for the miami community he was writing for. a rags to riches story, capped by murder. he worked the phones and soon met up with jose s sister who told him you know, the family was so close. they were loving.