his family was very publicly fighting over who should care for his in his final days. casey kasem was 82 years old. thanks for joining us. happy father's day. including to you, michael. i'm ana cabrera. >> have some time with the kids. ike oo i'm michael holmes. set to record our special about the life and legacy of george h.w. bush that premieres tonight 9:00 eastern and pacific. first, though, don't miss our cnn special report. o.j.'s wild ride begins now. >> 911, what are you reporting? >> i have o.j. simpson in the car. >> o.j. simpson on the run. >> the los angeles police department right now is

searching for mr. simpson. >> and on the edge. >> he's still alive, but he's got a gun to his head. >> was that gun loaded? >> oh, yeah. it was a real gun, real bullets. >> and real drama. >> they're going through orange county. >> news helicopters hovering above as the bronco drives past stunned onlookers. >> people were jamming on their brakes, jumping out of their cars, sometimes in the middle of the freeway. >> think about everybody else, all right? >> i can do it in the freeway, i can do it at a field. i can do it at a grave. i can do it at my house. >> you're not going to do anything. too many people love you, you got to whole world. don't throw it away. >> two bodies butchered, one of them o.j.'s ex-wife. >> slashed, stabbed, everything else. nicole was nearly decapitated. >> this was deliberate. this was vicious. >> if you watched the o.j. simpson case unfold, and i did as a tv reporter for kcbs in

l.a., it's a moment in time you could never forget. two decades later -- >> i remember it as if it was yesterday. >> it's as raw and painful as it was 20 years ago. >> an extraordinary story of celebrities and murder. >> we saw perhaps the falling of an american hero. >> "o.j.'s wild ride -- 20 years after the chase." ♪ >> on june 13th, 1994 at approximately ten minutes after midnight, a witness discovered the body of nicole brown simpson. the presence of a second body, an individual who has now been identified as mr. ronald goldman, 25 years of age. >> the bodies were found on the sidewalk outside nicole

simpson's condominium, a few miles from where o.j. simpson lives. >> terrible questions are hanging in the air around o.j. simpson today as investigators in l.a. probe the violent deaths of his ex-wife and another man. >> we'll piece this together until we bring the responsible party to justice. >> the question was is o.j. simpson -- >> obviously we're not going to rule anyone out. >> orenthal james simpson, better known as o.j., or "the juice," had been in the spotlight for years. as a heisman trophy winner and nfl hall of famer. >> i'm do whatever we have to do to stay together. >> and more recently as an actor and pitchman. ♪ hertz the superstar >> you know it. >> everybody stand back. >> but it wouldn't be those

accolades or celebrity that he'd be most remembered for. instead, it would be his connection to a grisly double murder. >> he deserves to be in jail for murder. for slaughtering two people. and not giving a damn one way or the other about anybody but killing them. >> tom lang was a detective with the los angeles police department. he couldn't tell me how he really felt 20 years ago, but he sure can now. >> simpson is a sociopath. simple as that. it took about 30 seconds for us to figure that out. >> let's go back to june 13th, 1994. how brutal was that crime scene? >> slashed, stabbed, everything else. nicole was nearly decapitated. a very bloody scene. it was obvious that ron goldman had fought and fought hard. >> the scene t a nicole's condo did not add up. who was ron goldman and why was he there?

as the lapd inspected the crime scene at south bundy drive they discovered a bloody glove. >> of course, the interesting thing was, it was the left glove. bloody trail, tailing in conjunction with footwear impressions going west. >> officers were dispatched to o.j.'s home on north rockingham avenue, to inform him about his ex-wife's murder. o.j. and nicole had met when she was a teenager and were together for most of the next 17 years. a sometimes rocky relationship with allegations of abuse. they divorced in 1992. it was at o.j.'s home where detective lange made the call to nicole's family to break the tragic news. >> nicole's dad answered. >> and what did you say? >> and i said, mr. brown, i regret to inform you that your

daughter has died. she's been killed. and right away i heard denise start screaming. >> oh, i remember it. i remember it as if it was yesterday. >> nicole's sister, denise brown, was also on the call. she says she had no doubt o.j. was the killer. >> and i said oh, my god, he finally did it. >> something inside me just knew. something inside me just knew. >> what did she scream? >> that mf, i knew that son of a bitch did it. screaming just completely out of control. that's when something told me that something was going on with the simpson guy. and it was at that point that things started to come together. >> at rockingham, they didn't find o.j., but what they did find appeared to be the match to the glove found at the crime scene.

>> the sun comes up. you are out front. and there's a blood trail from the bronco right on into the house. it's not tailing away from the house. it's tailing into the house. >> so are you thinking at this point -- >> he's a suspect, obviously. >> o.j. is your suspect? >> he's a suspect. didn't mean he did it. if he did it, we're going to be able to prove it. the blood's going to do it. the blood is at the core of the evidence in this case. >> police finally reached o.j. at a hotel in chicago. he had flown there less than two hours after the murders. when police informed him of his >> can you please move? >> the media and police were waiting. o.j. was briefly handcuffed. lange knew he had to deal with the former football star carefully if he wanted o.j. to cooperate. your goal was to get him to trust you so you could get your blood sample? >> well, of course, get the blood. in is important, the finger and

the prints and everything else. and along the way we'll do what is called an interview where you attempt to glean inconsistencies in someone's statement. this is hours after the murder. he doesn't have his head straight yet. >> surprisingly, o.j. agreed to an interview with lange and his partner philip vannatter with no lawyer present. >> the date is june the 13th, 1994. we're right here with o.j. simpson. >> were you surprised that o.j. simpson agreed to an interview? >> it was a little surprising, especially when i looked at his hand and it was still bleeding and he had a band-aid on his left hand. how did you get the injury on your hand? >> i don't know. that's not the first. i know when i was in chicago, and all, but at the house i was just running around. >> how did you do it in chicago? >> i broke a glass, i just was -- one of you guys had just called me, and i was in the bathroom, and i just went bonkers for a little bit. >> is that how you cut it? >> it was cut before. but i think i just opened it again. i'm not sure.

>> did he screw up? >> many times. i think there are 16 or 17 of them in there. >> so he was inconsistent? >> inconsistent in all the statements, lied about others. >> o.j., we have got sort of a problem. we've got some blood on and in your car. we've got some blood at your house. and ah, it's sort of a problem. >> well, take my blood test. you'll see. >> well, we'd like to do that. >> simpson allowed them to take a blood sample, fingerprints, even a photo of his finger. this would be the first time lapd investigators would speak with o.j. simpson without a lawyer. coming up -- o.j. disappears. >> he was to surrender to police at 11:45 this morning. >> and murder turns into manhunt. >> the los angeles police department right now is actively

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ron goldman, a 25-year-old waiter, with dreams of having his own restaurant, was very close with his sister kim and father fred. >> we were just each other's safe haven. we knew we were each other's foundation and our comfort, and it just was easy. >> he had a heart of gold. absolute heart of gold. >> they buried ron just days after the murders. >> my dad just kept saying, it should be me. it's not supposed to be him. it should be me, it should be me.

>> any parent that's ever had to do that knows what a painful, horrifying, gut-tearing feeling it is. >> ron goldman was a waiter at a restaurant that nicole frequented. and that night he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. now, 20 years later, his sister, kim, reveals in her new book she still can't forgive the man she believes murdered her brother. >> this was deliberate, vicious. there's no act of forgiveness there. >> no. >> nicole brown simpson, a 35-year-old mother of two and sister of denise. tell me about the picture. >> oh, my favorite picture of me and my sister.

and that's how i remember her. like this. fun. fun loving. >> her funeral attended by friends, family. and the prime suspect, former husband, o.j. simpson. >> why would he even show up at her funeral? oh, god, you know what? you're going to have to ask him that. i don't even want to address that. >> how did that make you feel? how did that make the family feel? >> you know, honestly, i was numb. i just lost my sister. i didn't even see what was going on around us. >> the very next morning, the lapd said there would be an announcement at noon regarding the murders. reporters and photographers packed the room at police headquarters. >> the bomb squad is still here. >> but the press conference

would be unexpectedly delayed. >> we had multiple bomb threats in the auditorium that morning. it didn't please me that i had to empty out that auditorium and get it checked, but it was the right thing to do. >> when commander david gascon finally stepped to the podium just before 2:00 p.m., no one was prepared for what came next. >> this morning, detectives from the los angeles police department, after an exhaustive investigation, sought and obtained a warrant for the arrest of o.j. simpson, charging him with the murders of nicole brown simpson and ronald lyle goldman. mr. simpson, in agreement with his attorney, was scheduled to surrender this morning to the los angeles police department. initially that was 11:00.

it then became 11:45. mr. simpson has not appeared. the los angeles police department right now is actively searching for mr. simpson. >> what were you thinking right there? all of those gasps! >> it was pretty interesting. i've heard a lot about that moment from a lot of people over the year, and no one seems to forget that moment. when they sucked the air out of the room with gasps. >> a media crush inside, and a gathering crowd outside. the first inkling of what would explode into a national obsession. at 3:00 p.m., los angeles district attorney gil garcetti delivered a stern message.

>> i want to say something to the entire community. if you in any way are assisting mr. simpson in avoiding justice, mr. simpson is a fugitive of justice right now. and if you assist him in any way, you are committing a felony. >> o.j. simpson's a fugitive. >> fugitive. >> what do you remember about that? hearing that? what were you thinking? >> oh, my god, i was mad. >> three hours later there was another press conference. the first speaker, attorney robert shapiro, made a plea to his client, o.j. simpson. >> for the sake of your family, for the sake of your children, please surrender immediately. surrender to any law enforcement official at any police station, but please do it immediately.

>> next, robert kardashian stepped to the microphones to read a note from his close friend. >> this letter was written by o.j. today. to whom it may concern, first, everyone understand, i have nothing to do with nicole's murder. don't feel sorry for me. i've had a great life. great friends. please think of the real o.j. and not this lost person. thanks for making my life special. i hope i helped yours. >> it sounded like o.j. simpson was saying good-bye. a suicide letter. coming up -- a white ford bronco on the run.

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>> david gascon, the lapd's chief spokesperson at the time believed o.j.'s whereabouts wouldn't remain a mystery very long. >> i remember having a conversation. and i told them directly, you know how this is going to end up. somebody is going to see o.j. out here, somebody's going to see him on the freeway and we're going to get a call. >> highway patrol. >> yeah, i think i just saw o.j. simpson on the 5 freeway heading north. >> near nicole brown simpson's grave, south of los angeles, the white bronco is spotted. at the wheel, o.j.'s best friend and former teammate al cowlings. >> did you see him? >> we think so. he stared us down. i got a cop coming here right now. >> okay, we'll put it out. >> thanks. >> with police now in his rear view, cowlings calls 911, making

sure they know o.j. is armed and desperate. >> 911, what are you reporting? >> this is a.c. i have o.j. in the car. >> okay. where are you? >> please, i'm coming up the 5 fleeway. right now we're all okay. but you got to tell the police just to back off. he's still alive but he has a gun to his head. >> is everything else okay? >> everything is okay, officer, everything is okay. he wants to get to his mom. he wants to get to his house. so that's all he asks. he's got a gun to his head. >> what's your name? >> my name is a.c., you know who i am, god damn it. >> the cavalcade of police cars in pursuit, tv helicopters swoop in to join the chase. >> i'll never forget that night. i'm in washington. anchoring my "larry king live." >> the money that athletes are being paid today -- okay, i'm going to have to interrupt this call. i understand we're going to go to a live picture in los

angeles. is that correct? this is interstate 5. police believe that o.j. simpson is in that car. >> what do you remember from what was being said in your ear? were you thinking oh, my god, o.j.'s on the run? >> yeah, we were saying o.j.'s in the car, and he's got a gun. the driver of the car is his former football lineman. the police are going slow behind him. this is crazy. they're going up on i-405, which is the busiest road in america. nothing was bigger than this story. we're viewing a car apparently being driven by al cowling, apparently one of o.j.'s oldest friends. they could be ledding to l.a. police led quarters. >> the spectacle reeled a record number of viewers. including the lead detective on the case. tom lange was blindsided by the news. >> next thing we hear, we're

sitting in the squad bay. simpson's on the tv. tv? what's he doing on tv? i flip it on. we have this slow speed chase. >> what was going through your mind at that point? >> you hear people say surreal. well, there is such a thing. i didn't believe it. but there is. it's kind of like you're in a daze. >> we're good to stay with this. obviously the car is not exceeding the speed limit. the california highway patrol has another helicopter, could be police helicopters trailing it. but nobody is pulling this car over. and we could only guess as to why not. >> victim ronald goldman's father, fred goldman, had his own ideas. >> i thought quit following him on the freeway. do what you would do with any other fleeing felon. he's a fugitive. he's running. take him down. i don't mean take him down, shoot him and kill him. stop him, arrest him. >> when you were meeting with other members of the lapd as this was going on, tell me how

you were preparing and strategizing for, number one, possible gunfight, shoot-out or number two, possible surrender? >> when we had those discussions it was a dynamic situation whether or not we should do some type of intervention. it could have gone sideways instantly. he could have jumped out of the car and it could have required the officers on scene to protect themselves. it could have resulted in a shooting. >> still free and leading police on this bizarre slow speed chase, o.j. does something unexpected. he calls his deceased ex-wife's family from the back seat of the bronco. did o.j. at any time call you? >> i did talk to him. i said, listen, you've got two kids. then i give the phone to my dad. >> did your dad try to talk him out of it? >> he did. yeah, he did. because of his children. >> the browns are not alone in reminding o.j. of his children.

>> the kids need you. >> i've already said good-bye to my kids. >> listen, though, we're not going to say good-bye to your kids. >> detective tom lange got o.j.'s cell phone number from a colleague. >> i'm thinking, what the hell. what if he picks up? nobody is in control of this situation. what's it going to hurt? no reason not to call. >> i took lange back to that heart-pounding moment. let's take a listen. >> we're not going to bother you. we're going to let you go up there. just throw it out the window, please, you're scaring everybody. o.j., are you there? nobody's going to hurt you. >> it's for me. >> i know, but that but do it for the kids too, will you? think of your kids. please, just toss it out. you're scaring everybody. >> no, i'm not going to hurt anybody. >> i know you're not going to hurt anybody. >> it's for me.

>> i'm just going to go with me. >> please, you're scaring everybody, though. you're scaring them. >> just tell them i'm all sorry, you can tell them later on today and tomorrow that i'm sorry that i did this to the police. >> he's apologizing to you, he's saying please apologize to all the police. >> yeah. >> why? >> i guess you would have to argue that as guilt? no, it's not guilt. he's a sociopath. he's playing this game. in the back of my mind, i know that. >> next, the slow speed chase takes a frightening turn. >> think about everybody else, all right? >> i could do it on the freeway, i could do it in a field, i could do it at her grave. i could do it at my house.

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at this point we can only pray that they'll be able to pull this off in a safe measure. >> distraught, with a gun to his head, o.j. simpson is on the run and threatening to end his emotional pain with a bullet. >> just throw it out the window. and nobody is going to get hurt. >> i'm the only one that deserves -- >> no, you don't deserve that. you do not deserve to get hurt. >> detective tom lange is on the phone hoping to prevent o.j. from committing suicide. was that gun loaded? >> oh, yeah.

it was a real gun, real bullets. this is now a public safety issue. >> i love everybody. i tried to show everybody my whole life that i love everybody. >> we know that, and everybody loves you, especially your family, your mother, your kids, all of your friends. a.c. everybody does. don't do this. >> lange is doing all that he can to try and keep things from escalating. >> well, if he shoots himself, cowlings, how about one of these dummies running up to the car? what he says really doesn't matter. what i say really doesn't matter. as long as he doesn't shoot somebody >> how did you know what to say? >> i didn't. >> it was just you and your gut? >> yeah, basically. some people kept putting notes in front of me. but i don't have time to read all that crap. so just whatever kind of came up. i figured family. the biggest sociopath in the

world doesn't mean he hates his family. >> kim goldman also hopes detective lange's pleas can keep o.j. alive. >> and so when everybody else was yelling shoot him, just end this, no, no, i just wanted to know what happened. so i was very nervous. >> and she was right to be nervous. during the chase, o.j. sounds despondent. >> don't do this. >> all i did was love nicole. all i did was love her. >> hey, it's going to be better tomorrow. get rid of the gun. toss it. please. too many people love you, man, don't give it all up. don't hurt everybody. you're going to hurt everybody. >> i'm going to leave. i'm going to go with nicole. that's all i'm trying o to do. >> when tom lange and o.j. were talking in the bronco and he said i just want to go o nicole. i want to go to nicole's grave. was that true? did you believe that?

>> no. you want to go sit at her grave? you feel remorse for what you did? a lot of people thought he was going to take his life. and i'm like no, sorry. >> you didn't think he was going to? >> no. >> why not? >> i just know that with the people i know that have committed suicide they don't talk about it. they do. >> going to be a lot better tomorrow. believe me. please. i'll let you go up to the house, but we need you to throw it out the window. >> while o.j. is mulling over what to do, thousands of fans and spectators stop everything, including driving just to get a front row seat to o.j.'s bronco drama. >> people were jamming on their brakes, jumping out of their cars, sometimes in the middle of the freeway to run over to the side to cheer o.j. on. >> airline pilot brian cher kirk kis was visiting his parents in l.a. when he learn the juice was on the run and coming his way.

>> at the media networks showed this in a pretty much play-by-play action, and i knew the bronco was traveling up the 405 and i realized i'm only two blocks away from him. i might as well go there and document it for myself. >> cherkas, also an aspiring photographer, makes sure to bring his camera to the scene. he took these photos capturing the riveting spectacle. >> it was 6:00 p.m. as far as i can remember on the palms overpass. and people were just meeting in droves on the overpass. there were people holding signs up. go, o.j., signs, there were other people spraypainting signs impromptu on the highway itself. the 5 was a frenzy. it was a circus-like atmosphere. >> but those brief moments of frenzied energy would soon change as the bronco passes them by. >> people were jumping up and down still, shouting, screaming.

then all of a sudden it got quiet. i noticed some people were actually cry kg at the time. i think just the gravity of the whole event hit them that this is a guy charged with a double murder, trying to escape police. and he's obviously not going to be able to do it. i think that's when it hit them that this is really a sad situation. >> the slow speed procession is now winding its way closer to o.j.'s brentwood home. though he's talking suicide, o.j. also seems afraid of the army of police that's waiting for him. >> you just tell them at my house. i know they're all over the place with guns and stuff. >> they're not going to -- >> let them know i'm not coming to hurt any of them. >> they know that. they don't want to hurt you. >> did you think he was going to hurt anybody else? >> at that point i didn't think he was going to hurt anybody else. i didn't think he was going to hurt himself. i just thought it was a matter of time before he surrendered. >> you going to go to the house? >> you let them all know, let

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>> police believe that o.j. simpson is in that car. >> for hours -- >> coming up on santa monica boulevard. >> -- the bronco has been slowly weaving its way through los angeles. >> listen, you've been a man all your life. don't stop now, o.j. keeps picking up, keeps talking. you're tired, too, aren't you? >> a little tired. >> i know, i know. >> lapd detective tom lange is trying to keep o.j. alive and calm as he reaches what is

clearly his final destination. >> he's getting close to the house. s.w.a.t. is waiting for him. >> i'm pulling into my driveway. >> i know, i see you, i see you, please toss the gun, juice, just toss it. come on, man. just toss it, please? all right? juice, just toss the gun. >> but it's not just police waiting for him. as soon as the car arrives to rockingham, o.j.'s 24-year-old son, jason, rushes to the bronco. >> a lot of things are going on here. he's just pulled into his driveway. that is his son, jason, screaming and hollering. he's definitely not acting. >> what was going on with jason? >> he was very emotionally upset because he knows what's

going on. his dad is in there with a gun. who is that out there? just toss it, juice. he's just trying to help. he's just trying to help, man. >> a.c. cowlings, still in the bronco, shoves jason. >> hey, pick it up, juice. you there? >> and police officers quickly intervene, dragging o.j.'s son away. >> juice? >> listen to me, o.j. listen to me. >> you can hear a.c. screaming at him? >> yeah. a.c. and him were very, very close. a.c. is as close as any family member. s.w.a.t. is yelling at him. cowlings is involved at this point. jason's yelling at him. he's getting all sorts of orders from the police. they do not want to see him step out of that car with a gun. >> with the car now secured in the driveway, tom lange hands over negotiations to the

s.w.a.t. team. >> the conversation was over. he didn't care about me any more. he's got his hands full. >> so that was it for you. your job was done. you sit back. what was going through your mind at this point? >> just relieved. you're tired. you thrash. i was tired before this began. i mean, really tired. this is an emotional thing that thrashes you. physically, mentally, i was completely thrashed. >> lange is done. but o.j. and a.c. remain in the car with a loaded gun. helicopters swirl overhead. and the world watches, waiting for something, anything to happen. and then? >> the door is opening, and let's see what happens now. we'll watch with you. this is the driver's side. >> a.c. exits the car and makes

his way to the house. but police don't swarm to arrest him. in fact, a.c. seems to become a middleman between officers and a despondent o.j. >> like he knew there was no way out. he was trapped by circumstances, and then he was literally trapped by law enforcement. there was no place to go. >> more than an hour of the stalemate would pass. >> there was no one rushing or standing around. >> al cowlings is having a conversation at this point with somebody in the side -- >> there are police scanners, talking to o.j. on the phone trying to negotiate something. >> viewers stay riveted to their tvs. and the sun sets. o.j. is still holed up in the car. police don't approach the bronco, though. they want to avoid a potentially violent end.

>> there wouldn't be any mistakes. they would take him into custody without a shot being fired. and if a shot needed to be fired, it would probably be one. >> until finally -- >> this is larry king in washington. we have greg lamont on the phone with us. greg, can you now confirm that o.j. simpson is arrested? >> yes, sir, he is in custody. >> hidden by night fall from prying cameras, o.j. simpson emerges from the bronco. clutching family photos, he staggers out of the car and collapses into officers' arms. how did the s.w.a.t. negotiators do it? how did they get him out of that car and into his house? >> well, they just talked to him. they were able to talk him out into submission. >> what do you think it was that clicked in o.j.'s head, all right, i'm getting out. this is over. i'm going inside with my hands up.

>> i just thought it was from his perspective, it was inevitable. in cowling's pockets, police would find almost $9,000 in cash. in the bronco, a fake goatee, mustache, bottle of makeup adhesive and receipts from a beauty supply store along with o.j.'s passport and the gun. >> he had all this disguise kit. maybe in the back of his muddled mind he was thinking i'll cross the border and lay low for awhile. i don't know. >> o.j. is brought down to police headquarters. as crowds gathered. with o.j. in custody, the lapd has one more press conference that night. >> he was searched, then he was

allowed to call his mother, use the restroom and had a glass of orange juice. >> reporter: the chase was over. but the nation's obsession was just beginning. coming up -- >> 911 emergency. >> can you get someone over here now. >> reporter: police release a chilling 911 recording from nicole. >> he's back. please. >> okay, what does he look like? >> he's o.j. simpson. i think you know his record. >> okay, just stay on the line. >> i don't want to stay on the line. he's going to beat the [ bleep ] --

o.j. simpson, the juice, charged with being a vicious knife-wielding murderer. adoring fans couldn't, or wouldn't, believe it. because the o.j. they loved in movies, and on tv, was so charismatic. >> nobody does it better than hertz. >> and so likeable. he seemed to have it all. the smile. charm. beautiful wife. but that wholesome image would be hard to maintain. first, the arrest for a double murder.

then, days later, police would release a shocking recording. >> we will release the material. >> a 911 call made by nicole brown simpson in 1993. >> 911 emergency. >> can you get someone over here now. he's back. please. >> okay. what does he look like. >> he's o.j. simpson, i think you know his record. >> okay, just stay on the line. >> i don't want to stay on the line, he's going to beat the [ bleep ] -- >> just stay on the line so we know what's going on until the police get there, okay? does he have any weapons? >> i don't know. he went and now he's coming back. the kids are sleeping. i don't want anything to happen. >> okay, just a moment. >> o.j., could you please leave? please leave. >> seven months later, nicole brown simpson was dead. >> i miss nicole terribly.

i know that she's here. i know she's with me. i just remember myself being so angry. and it took me 13 years to get over that anger. i want to be able to remember nicole as we were, the fun times we used to have. the good times. the joking around, horsing around times. >> and it's as raw and painful as it was 20 years ago. >> ron is in my thoughts every single day. there's not a day that goes by that i don't think about him. it's not buried somewhere inside, it's right at the surface. >> the lives of the brown and goldman families shattered. so too the iconic image of o.j. simpson. >> we saw, perhaps, the falling

of an american hero. >> in his court appearances, o.j. went through a dramatic transformation. >> please speak up so you may be heard. >> yes. >> morphine from a grim depressed defendant at his first arraignment. >> not guilty. >> to a confident superstar just one month later. >> absolutely, 100%, not guilty. >> a rocky romance. a double murder. a superstar on the run. all leading up to what many people would call the trial of the century. a long-running tv drama. every minute broadcast live. the cameras turning every lawyer and every witness into a celebrity. >> nine months of craziness. nine months of theater. nine months of acting.

>> and nine months of debating every detail. >> how much hair do the people need? >> five to ten hairs from each area. which usually amounts to about a hundred hairs. >> i've never ever heard of such a request. >> i'm very surprised to hear mr. shapiro hasn't heard of the number of hairs being required before because it is a standard thing. >> but this much was beyond dispute. two innocent people were dead. a superstar had been charged with murder. >> mr. simpson, would you please stand and face the jury. >> and the entire country was captivated.

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