Lyle Menendez said the Netflix series "really did actually move a lot of people to understand the childhood trauma that Erik and I suffered."

Though a great deal of ink has been spilled about how Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's series could impact the Menendez brothers, the siblings in question are ultimately happy with "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

Erik and Lyle Menéndez had a very visceral reaction to Ryan Murphy's Monsters — but how were they even able to watch the controversial series from prison? "We were able to see quite a bit of it. I watched some of it through video chat that they allow us to do here,

The bogus notion of the convicted parent killers as teen lovers has an unexpected origin that predates any need for the hit show's producer for added salaciousness.