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
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
and he says, well, is he saying that s what he thinks happened here at the house? or did they actually commit the crime? strange. as was the story the brothers told about discovering their parents bodies. the brothers said they saw this haze in the air and some smoke that they smelled. like gunpowder smoke or gunpowder smoke. but i mean, that dissipates pretty darned quick. well, the officers got there right after they did. and they didn t smell anything. the gunpowder smoke, and fantasizing about the perfect crime, and the screenplay, and even what might be called a confession. it all led detective zoeller to start thinking the unthinkable, that the brothers had murdered their mom and dad. and he wondered, would erik 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 t at all talkative.
or did they actually commit the crime? reporter: strange. as was the story the brothers told about discovering their parents bodies. the brothers said they saw this haze in the air and some smoke that they smelled. reporter: like gunpowder smoke or gunpowder smoke. but i mean, that dissipates pretty darned quick. well, the officers got there right after they did. and they didn t smell anything. reporter: the gunpowder smoke, and fantasizing about the perfect crime, and the screenplay, and even what might be called a confession. it all led detective zoeller to start thinking the unthinkable, that the brothers had murdered their mom and dad. and he wondered, would erik tell the story of the shooting to craig again? this time on tape. they decided to wire up craig and go to this restaurant. reporter: but this time, erik wasn t at all talkative. erik didn t admit anything. but i think his conscience said, you better not talk too much