The Gruesome, Real-Life Murders Behind Netflix’s ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’

A dramatic, true-crime rendition of the 1989 Menendez brothers trial that perturbed the nation is arriving on Netflix from producer Ryan Murphy as part of his “Monster” anthology series. Last year, Season 1 of the show, which starred Evan Peters as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, went on to earn six Emmy nominations and a win for supporting actress Niecy Nash.

Now, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” stars Javier Bardem as Jose Menendez and Chloë Sevigny as Kitty Menendez, along with Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch as their sons and killers Lyle and Erik Menendez, respectively.

It all started on the night of Aug. 20, 1989, when

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