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
and it freaked him out what followed was a strange and nervous dance, oziel tol 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 th recording and told detectives, who promptly seized the tape just one problem, they weren t allowed to listen to it becaus 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 t it even though investigators didn t know whether they d eve get to play that tape in court they thought they had enough evidence to arrest the brothers it was march 8th, 1990. detectives arrested josep lyle menendez for the august murders of his mother an father erik was playing a tennis
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.
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. detectives arrested joseph lyle menendez for the august murders of his mother and father. erik was playing a tennis tournament in israel at the time. erik menendez is being sought by detectives of this department. he surrendered to police 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 these two young men of privilege,