dollars. they were spending money like they were drunken sailors. now lyle and erik menendez face the death penalty, first-degree murder. greedy rich kids kill ozzie and harriet on a sunday night in beverly hills, and there s much more to the story than that. the courtroom at the l.a. superior courthouse in van nuys was actually a very tiny courtroom, and so there were a dozen media people that got to see the trial in the courtroom every day. writer dominic dunn appeared to hear opening statements. i m just a writer here covering this. i had just gotten out of school and started as a cub reporter at this legal newspaper. i got one of the seats in the courtroom. there were the lawyers and the brothers. my editors and i knew from the get-go that it was going to be captivating as [bleep]. okay, now opening statements by the prosecution. thank you, your honor, and good morning. the only time i ve ever thrown up during a trial was right before opening statement
i just ran out of the room. i didn t want to go back in. welcome to how it really happened. it was a hot august night in 1989 when media titan jose menendez and his wife kitty were gunned down in cold blood in their beverly hills mansion. the gruesome murder would trans fix a nation drawn to the lurid testimony from the courtroom. for the first several months, the world would be riveted by one of the most publicized who done it s in history. how did it really happen? beverly hills represents wealth. it represents exclusivity. the prettiest people, the fanciest cars. all over beverly hills but rarely here. in august, 20th, 1989, the quota was filled. what s the problem? what s the problem? pardon me? the phone rang and it was the watch commander indicating that he needed to respond to the station. they had a double homicide. 722 north elm. the first patrol car pulls up. erik is weeping hysterically on the front lawn. at this time we had two deceased persons i
I think i want to be remembered is what i will do tomorrow. What i did is boring to me. I think im too classic. Welcome to how it really happened. Im hill harper. Even if youre not a fashionista, youve probably heard of Gianni Versace. Not only because of his work as one of the worlds most beloved fashion designers, but also because of his shocking death. Versace was cut down in his prime in broad daylight in a trendy miami neighborhood teeming with tourists. What you may not know is that Gianni Versace was just one victim of a troubled young man whose murderous rampage had People Living in fear from coast to coast in the spring and summer of 1997. Heres how it really happened. Gianni versace was it. Velezmitchell i mean, he was the perfect meld of celebrity and fashion. He came on the scene like a meteor, like a nova. The clothes were very sexy, very revealing. He brought sex back to fashion. And he was associated with the biggest names in the news. Ball he was friends with princess d
[suspenseful music] [dramatic music] hello, and welcome to how it really happened. Im jesse l. Martin. The shocking shooting death of Reeva Steenkamp at the Hands Of Olympic Superstar Oscar Pistorius pulled the curtain back on the storybook romance of a favorite celebrity couple. It started as a charming love affair between a world famous athlete and a Fashion Model with brains and beauty and ended with four hollow point bullets fired through the Bathroom Door. Tonight, was it a terrible accident or a callous murder . This is how it really happened. [suspenseful music] [cheers, applause] scott roder if you take the celebrity of lebron james and you combined it with the appeal of leonardo dicaprio, that was what Oscar Pistorius was. Reporter he is known as the blade runner, the fastest man with no legs. Michael sokolove he was strong. He was fast. He was explosive. Reporter a moment of history to see the first paralympian competing in Track And Field at an ablebodied games, and he got t
Everyday people with new ideas and a lot of heart. Maybe you too can be a champion for change im to sanjay gupta. Thanks for watching hernandez you cant come here and act reckless and do your own stuff. You get changed by the patriot way, and now that im a patriot, i have to start living like one and making the right decisions for them. Welcome to how it really happened. Im hill harper. At the beginning of 2013, nfl star Aaron Hernandez is living the american dream. He has a 40million contract with the new England Patriots, a devoted fiancee, and a brandnew baby girl at home. But his seemingly perfect life is shattered when a brutal murder takes place and hernandez is the prime suspect. Could the nfl superstar with everything to lose really be the killer, or was there another explanation . The answer, as it turns out, was far more complicated and tragic than anyone could have imagined. This is how it really happened. A teenage boy is running through an Industrial Park in North Attlebor