The true-crime series centres on the murders of José and Mary Louise 'Kitty' Menendez at their hands of their sons, Lyle and Erik.

"Well, if we're gonna kill our dad, we should probably just kill our mom too." In August 1989, siblings Lyle and Erik Menendez purchased shotguns and drove to the Beverly Hills mansion they shared with their parents.

On Aug. 20, 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez brutally murdered their parents, firing so many shots into them—to the point that Lyle returned to his car to reload his weapon—that their bodies were more or less mutilated.

I n the wake of the massive popularity of Dahmer, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan are back with a new season of their Monster anthology series that explores the lives and crimes of the infamous Menendez brothers.

"I turned my trailer into Erik's room so I had clothes everywhere, and I had pictures of him on the wall, pictures of me too," said the actor, whose previous credits include "They/Them" and "Power Book II: Ghost,

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” is an ominous retelling of the infamous crime. Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the second in their “Monster” anthology for Netflix follows brothers Lyle (an incredible Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (an outstanding Cooper Koch).

No, we’re actually not talking about O.J. Simpson, but rather the Menendez brothers, whose infamous murders are fictionalized in Netflix’s new Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. The run of nine episodes is the second season in the Monster true crime anthology series from creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is quintessentially Ryan Murphy; a brutal crime, a salacious trial – two, in this case – and a media maelstrom to follow. Public outcry is the chaser to his shot of nastiness,

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ fictionalizes the true story of two brothers who killed their parents in 1989. See the ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ cast side-by-side with their real-life counterparts.