August 1989 News Today

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 wasnt real. it just wasnt real. >> theyre sociopaths -- and pretty big ones. >> now -- almost 30 years late -- chilling new details. evidence never broadcast bef...

it just wasnt real. >> theyre 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. >> p...

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 wasnt real. it just wasnt 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 th...

Prince himself. by august 1989, jose had truly made it. now, to ensure his sons did, too. by then lyle was a student at princeton. younger brother erik was going to ucla in the fall. so perfect. so why did diane feel this way? >> i said, "well, i know this sounds crazy. but unless i am crazy somebody whos really close to me is gonna die. and its gonna be horrible." >> horrible? that it certainly was. >> someone killed my parents! >> uh, were they shot? >> yes. >> when we come back -- something c...

So did a saudi prince, and even prince himself. by august 1989, jose had truly made it. now, to ensure his sons did, too. by then lyle was a student at princeton. younger brother erik was going to ucla in the fall. so perfect. so why did diane feel this way? >> i said, "well, i know this sounds crazy. but unless i am crazy somebody whos really close to me is gonna die. and its gonna be horrible." >> reporter: horrible? that it certainly was. >> someone killed my parents! >> uh, were they shot? >...

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The full court was like, no, dude, your conviction stands, this is it, end of story. end of the road. we realize youre obsessed with this, but you were rightly convicted, it stands. in response to that rejection from the courts, in august, 1989, that guy decided he would start building bombs again. and on august 21st, 1989, he mailed a bomb that was packed with tear gas to the naacp offices in atlanta, georgia. that bomb went off inside the offices of the naacp. didnt kill anybody, but it did bl...

From the courts, in august 1989, that guy decided he would start building bombs again. and on august 21st, 1989, he mailed a bomb that was packed with tear gas to the naacp offices in atlanta, georgia. that bomb went off inside the offices of the naacp. didnt kill anybody, but it did blow up and disburse tear gas throughout that office. it was terrifying. it was intended to be. along with that bomb that day in august 1989, walter moody sent threatening letters to tv stations across the country a...

. . . . august 1989. a frightened bear climbs to the top of an electrical pole, three stories up and dangerously close to high-voltage power lines. >> i am thinking, gosh, this is amazing. he hasnt gotten shocked already. >> minutes later, shes blasted with 7,200 volts.

>> the helicopter slams into a rooftop chimney, snaps apart, and lands in pieces on a roof next door. police are stunned to find all three men alive thanks to the pilot. >> as devastating as it looked as it catapulted off one roof to the other, he was able to slow its descent enough that everybody lived from the incident. a bear gets the shock of a lifetime. august 1989. in albuquerque, new mexico, a momma bear is on the loose searching for he missing cub. authorities track down the momma bear...