Content Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse and brief offensive language. Listener discretion is advised. Long before Lyle and Eric Menendez admitted to the world they had killed their parents, they admitted it to someone else – their psychologist Jerome Oziel, who had recorded the brother’s confessions during a therapy session. After a years-long legal battle that went all the way to the California Supreme Court, parts of the confessional tapes were deemed admissible and played for the jurors. The tapes opened the door for another drama to play out in the courtroom – that between Oziel and his former patient-turned-mistress Judalon Smyth, who returns to the Menendez saga as a witness for the defense. For more Court TV and to see our coverage of the first Menendez trial on demand, go to CourtTV.com.

To see part one of Lyle and Erik’s confession tape admission into evidence, click here.

To see part one of Judalon Smyth’s three-part testimony, click here.

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Three decades ago, a family disintegrated. Two brothers committed the ultimate crime – shooting their parents to death in cold blood. The brothers were Lyle and Erik Menendez, and their story has captivated people for thirty years because of the revelations that would play out over the course of the murder investigation and the two trials that followed. Before the brothers appeared before a judge, the Beverly Hills Police Department had to do their investigation. Episode One of Murder and the Menendez Brothers: A Court TV Mystery looks at that investigation and the little things it took for the brothers to avoid suspicion…at least for a little while. For more Court TV and to see our coverage of the first Menendez trial on demand, go to CourtTV.com.

To see 911 dispatcher Christine Nye’s testimony, including the 911 call from Lyle Menendez, [click here](https://www.courttv.com/title/3-ca-v-menendez-witness-testimony/).

To see Beverly Hills Police Detective Leslie Zoeller’s testify about the crime scene, [click here](https://www.courttv.com/title/5-ca-v-menendez-detective-leslie-zoeller/)

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In December of 1993, after months of testimony from over one hundred witnesses, two juries – one for Lyle Menendez and one for his brother Eric – began deliberations. And like every aspect of the Menendez brothers story the results were shocking and dramatic. Two hung juries. Two mistrials. And a nation left feeling justice had not been served…yet. It would take three more years before a second trial determined the brother’s fate, but was justice served and would the results be the same if the brother’s face a jury of their peers today? For more Court TV and to see our coverage of the first Menendez trial on demand, go to CourtTV.com.

To see courtroom proceedings involving Erik Menendez’s jury deliberations, click here.

To see courtroom proceedings involving Lyle Menendez’s jury deliberations, click here.

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