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
and his father had another argument about the abuse after which, lyle said his parents went into the den an shut the door. and? i thought they were going ahead with their plan to kil us remember, jose and kitt kept two rifles in the house so, what did you do i ran upstairs to tell my brother that it was happenin now. they ran out to the car loaded their guns, and burst through the den door i was just firing as i went into the room. i just started firing. in what direction in front of me. what was in front of you? my parents. at some point, was your gun empty? yes i could see somebody moving. seemed like moving, in the direction of where my brothe should be. lyle said he returned to th car, reloaded, and ran bac into the house and what did you do, afte you reloaded