This is one of the most sensational crimes ever to explode in Hollywood.

In 1989, Beverly Hills police found Jose and Kitty Menendez gun down in their mansion.

And the killers, their two sons.

Why did you kill your parents?

Because we were afraid.

But were Lyle and Eric cold-blooded murderers or victims no one believed?

I'm Slea Stanton and my new series on the Menendez Brothers is out now.

Listen to truer crime wherever you get your podcasts.

Before we begin, just a trigger warning.

The following episode contains references to graphic physical violence. Please listen with care.

We lost our matriarch. I lost the love of my life. When Victoria Hurd found out her beloved

mother, Claudia, and stepfather Chip had been killed,

her whole world fell apart.

She was my world.

She was the past and the future.

And that's changed now.

She couldn't imagine someone stabbing Chip and Claudia dozens of times.

But even when Victoria and her daughter, Sarah, arrived at the funeral home, they had no idea

just how brutal the murders actually were.

So as they planned the burial, Sarah and Victoria asked to say, just how brutal the murders actually were.

So as they planned the burial, Sarah and Victoria asked to see Claudia's body.

And we were very persistent about wanting to see her, really just having a clarification,

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