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
were ready for the cameras. it was the first televiseda courtroom drama that captivated the united states. it was a huge deal. spoke erik and lyle menendez convicted of murdering their own parents. i shut my mom. it wasn t real. it just wasn t real. they are sociopaths. and big ones. chilling details. a letter ending in secrets, too dark to imagine. this is so out of the norm. did they kill in cold blood? or in crippling fear? it was gut wrenching. they spoke the truth about what happened. here from the brothers themselves. let s go through this bit by bit. there was no way he was going to let this secret get out. silence destroyed our s whole family. . symbol of their success. here ait was, the shining symbol of their success. here finally an address for the of their long struggle, their amazing rise, beverly hills, california. careful what you wish for. all these years later, it s still the case that has the power to shock. it s beverly hills, th
but the defense knew that was suicide. a january 7th transcript shows judge burrell saying kaczynski looked sane to him. i find him to be lucid, calm. he presents himself in an intelligent manner. the defense asked me to write a declaration, to educate the judge about the research. i m talking about a brain disorder that leads somebody to misinterpret reality and feel certain that they re in danger, and that they have to, as he wrote in his diary, strike back. a defense psychiatrist claims kaczynski is a paranoid schizophrenic and suffers a brain disorder that impairs his thinking and behavior. about half of all people with certain psychotic illnesses, like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, don t understand they re ill. when the judge ruled he couldn t fire his attorneys, and he couldn t defend himself, ted took matters into his own hands. the unabomb suspect, who resisted being labeled mentally ill, may have attempted suicide
guilty of first-degree murder. but the fates of lyle and erik menendez were not the only headlines. more came in the penalty phase. dr. vicary finally got to testify and, under oath, he had to admit something. the drama involves this man. defense psychiatrist, william vicary, who has disclosed that he deleted dozens of portions of his notes because, quote, leslie abramson told me this has to come out. what did it feel like to be you, in that particular circumstance of your life? well, it was very traumatic.
out, became catatonic, ended up in the hospital where they found nothing wrong with him and released him. rachel told james he faked the episode. but here at trial, a defense psychiatrist testified todd suffered from real mental issues, dissociative disorder, conversion disorder, which meant he could be violent if he felt he was under attack. and that awful morning? first he told the police she threatened to sic her well-armed boyfriend on him. and she said, no, you know, i m looking to have my boyfriend get rid of you. reporter: and then she was coming at me with a vee of scissors. reporter: rachel s dad, don, and self-described soulmate, james, watched as the defense argued that todd had no choice but to kill the woman they so loved. his state of mind is what you really need to pay careful attention to here. he knows she ll kill him. he knows if he doesn t end it, it could end him.