The subjects of the controversial new Netflix series, Erik and Lyle Menendez, are hoping that a recently uncovered letter could set them free

Ryan Murphy's Monsters elicited a divided response about how Erik Menéndez and Lyle Menéndez's murder trial was portrayed in the Netflix series — but it isn't the only show that covers the controversial case.

The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan have teamed up to tackle the second installment of their "Monster" anthology series for Netflix, "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story." The limited series seeks to discover who the real monsters in the high-profile murder trial were.

Well, it appears that Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story may not be quite the same level of hit that Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story was for Netflix. While it was at the #1 spot in Netflix’s top 10 list for over a week, it has now been dethroned by a new, far better series, the romantic comedy Nobody Wants This.

Here's what really happened in the Menendez brothers' murders versus what was fictionalized in the Netflix series

The production claims to retell the story of the brothers, who were sentenced in life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1996 murder of their parents, José and Mary Louise 'Kitty' Menendez. José and Kitty were shot a total of 16 times in their lavish home, with a gauge shot gun, in 1989.

It's 2024, and the Menendez brothers are back in the headlines, all thanks to a little Netflix show called Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. The brothers argued that they killed their parents in self-defence,