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

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

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.