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
tournament in israel at th time erik menendez is bein sought by detectives of this department he surrendered to polic three days later could you believe it? no. no it was absolutely devastating, shocking, just beyond words. former l.a. times reporter alan abrahamson who would imagine that thes two young men of privilege position and power-to-be could could kill their parents. that s that s the kinda stuff that shakespeare wrote about. and yet, it seemed that s exactly what happened. a few weeks after the arrests, detective zoeller confirme another tip judalon smyth gave them judalon said that the gun were purchased at a gun stor in san diego i was lookin through gun records. and i said, this is it. the name on the sale was an old friend of lyle s fro
while he met with erik on october 31st, 1989. she also told zoeller that from the waiting room, she overheard erik tell dr. oziel the very thing investigators had suspected for months, but couldn t prove. erik said that they shot their parents. and dr. oziel immediately says, we need to call your brother and have him come over here right away. lyle menendez, who had been at the elm drive home, passing out candy to trick-or-treaters, rushed over to dr. oziel s office. and lyle burst into the room. judalon smyth told zoeller she
lyle and erik to come back for follow up therapy sessions. the brothers, afraid oziel might go to police, agreed. during one of those sessions, they both confessed to killing their parents. and oziel recorded the conversation. judalon smyth learned about the recording and told detectives, who promptly seized the tape. just one problem, they weren t allowed to listen to it because of doctor/patient privilege. how frustrating was that? well, it was very frustrating. yeah, a good piece of evidence and i couldn t even listen to it. even though investigators didn t know whether they d ever get to play that tape in court, they thought they had enough evidence to arrest the brothers. it was march 8th, 1990.