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Netflix's new true-crime show Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story gives a fictionalized take on two of the world's most infamous killers. In 1990, teenagers Lyle and Erik Menendez (played in the series by Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch, respectively) were arrested after fatally shooting their parents José and Kitty Menendez. At their trials, both of the brothers claimed that they had acted in self-defense after they were physically and sexually abused by their parents throughout their childhoods. The case dominated headlines and became one of the most notorious murder trials ever, with the world shocked at the secrets of the wealthy family.
