The Menendez Brothers were not happy with how they were portrayed in Ryan Murphy‘s new dramatized version of their story in Monsters, but they now have a chance to tell their story in their own words.
The convicted killers are speaking out in a new Netflix documentary, which begins streaming on October 7.
The Menendez Brothers documentary features phone interviews with the brothers, which were recorded in 15-minute increments from prison phones at Donovan Correctional Facility in California.
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“Everyone asks why we killed our parents. Maybe now people can understand the truth,” Lyle says in the trailer.
Erik says, “What happened that night is very well known but so much hasn’t been told.”
Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch portray Lyle and Erik, respectively, in the new Netflix series Monsters. The show is streaming now.