The OJ Simpson murder case is never far from popular culture. With the 20th anniversary of the killings in 2014, and a new FX miniseries about the murders and trial debuting in 2016, it's worth diving into some creepy OJ Simpson facts. Simpson's behavior before, during, and after the trial is some of the strangest and most compelling in modern history - and much of it was really, really creepy.
For example, Simpson has made numerous attempts to profit from the notoriety he achieved from the murders, even while insisting he didn't commit them. He put his name on a ghost-written confession, wanted to put his first interview on pay-per-view, and tried to cash in with a prank show. Oh, and he threw a giant bash after being acquitted of the double murder over which he was later sued and ultimately found responsible for.
What happened to OJ Simpson? Here are some of the creepiest, most WTF facts about OJ Simpson and the insane trial of the century that swirled around him.
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Simpson Celebrated His Acquittal with a Huge Booze Bash
After being found not guilty of the murders, Simpson retreated to his Rockingham estate. But rather than lay low, Simpson found it an occasion to celebrate. According to a Vanity Fair interview, Simpson bought 40 cases of champagne for the rager, and even enlisted the police to protect the estate from media coverage - the same LAPD his defense had just spent nine months mocking.
OJ and Nicole's Kids Were a Few Feet Away When She Died
OJ and Nicole's two children, Sydney (8) and Justin (5), were upstairs in the two story Brentwood condo they lived in with their mother during the attack. Downstairs, just a few feet away, Nicole was being butchered by an assailant.
Simpson Got Military Knife Skills Training on a TV Show
A few months before the murders, Simpson filmed a TV movie/backdoor pilot for NBC called The Frogmen, about an elite squad of Navy SEALs based in Miami. Simpson starred as the group's leader, and as such, underwent knife combat training. The pilot also had a scene in which Simpson's character held a knife to his daughter's throat, thinking she was an intruder.
It was during the shooting of The Frogmen that Simpson went to Ross Cutlery and examined the knife that prosecutors say he used to kill Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. The tape of the pilot was admitted as evidence, but never used. It's now in a Warner Brothers vault, and has never been aired.
OJ Only Surrendered After He Got Some OJ - For Real
When the low speed Ford Bronco chase ended at OJ's estate, he agreed to turn himself in, but only if he could go inside the house first. According to a police spokesman, OJ spoke to his mother, then had a glass of his namesake breakfast beverage - a product for which he once served as a pitchman. Only then did he turn himself into police.
Simpson Has Pictures of Kim Kardashian in His Prison Cell
Simpson knew Kim's parents, Kris and Robert Kardashian, for years even before his trial. He also seems to have a pretty intense crush on Kim - who is half his age (not to mention married and a mother of two). Sources say OJ, serving a 33 year prison term for a 2008 robbery in Nevada, talks about her constantly, demands silence when her show is on, and has decorated his prison walls with pictures of her from Playboy.
One anonymous source quoted him as once saying "Kim likes black ball players, I am a Hall of Famer - and I still have my Heisman award,” - a dig at ex-boyfriend Reggie Bush, who returned his 2005 award. Whether or not this is true or just tabloid nonsense is anyone's guess.
There are also rumors (let us repeat: just rumors!) that OJ Simpson is the biological father of Khloe Kardashian. Just thinking about even a far-off possibility makes your skin crawl!
Big, Strong OJ Claimed He Was Too Frail to Fight Ron Goldman
Amazingly, one of Simpson's defenses against the murders was that he was physically incapable of beating Ron Goldman in a fight. Johnnie Cochran claimed he was hobbled with arthritis due to his football career, and that he was in so much pain he couldn't even deal cards. But prosecutors pointed out that Simpson himself claimed he'd been playing golf on his estate at the time of the killings.
Not only that, but Marcia Clark played the jury a video Simpson made months before the killings, an exercise tape called O.J. Simpson Minimum Maintenance: Fitness for Men. The arthritis story was one of many that Simpson used during the trial - often contradicting each other.
OJ Whispered to Nicole's Corpse (and Kissed It) During Her Funeral
Despite the horrific wounds inflicted on her, Nicole Brown Simpson was buried in an open casket wake. Sure enough, OJ came to it. According to multiple witnesses, including testimony from Nicole's mother, he kissed her corpse on the lips, murmured something that sounded like an apology, and might have spent as long as 15 minutes talking to the body.
Kris Jenner Has a Nacho Recipe "Inspired" by Nicole Brown
The ex-wife of Simpson defense attorney Robert Kardashian, Kris Jenner, has turned herself and her family in a cottage industry of celebrity. As such, she published a cookbook in 2014 called In the Kitchen with Kris. It includes a recipe for nachos inspired by her friend Nicole Brown Simpson - likely murdered by the man her husband was defending.
Apparently, Nicole's chicken nachos were "so fabulous, they had a cult following.”
Fleeing OJ Had a Gun, Cash, and Fake Facial Hair in the Bronco
Four days after the murders, OJ agreed to surrender to police, but instead went on the famous low-speed Ford Bronco chase, pursued by dozens of LAPD cars as the world watched, gasped, and ordered pizza (Domino's says they sold as much pie that day as they do during the Super Bowl). Would he keep going? Would he kill himself? Would he die in a shootout? Nobody knew.
Another thing nobody knew at the time was that OJ had what he needed to leave the country. He not only had a loaded .357 Magnum with him, but nearly $8,000 cash, additional clothes, a passport, family pictures - and a fake beard and mustache.
Johnnie Cochran Redecorated OJ's House to Look "More Black"
During the seemingly endless trial, jurors were allowed to go to OJ's Rockingham estate. But Simpson lawyer was inexplicably given permission to redecorate it before the tour. Among other things, Cochran took down naked photos of OJ's then-girlfriend and replaced them with stereotypical African art.