Many people, when confessing to crimes, will bring in an imaginary third party. I think this is a way to try to expiate guilt, they can put part, or all, of their crime onto that person. I watch a lot of Investigation Discovery, and it's surprising how many individuals will tell a story about how they were with the victim, and the victim was fine, and then some unknown person came along and caused all this mayhem.
This isn't quite the same thing, but serial killer Ted Bundy would speak about himself in the third person. I think the horror of what these people have done is so awful that they have to separate themselves from it.
O. J.'s comments about Ron are simply a way of devaluing a victim. People actually do this all the time. When they want to separate themselves from a situation, they say something negative about the other person or situation, which causes them to feel a little bit superior, and separated, therefore safer.
Both of these tactics help O. J. to feel separated from the murders.
I don't know what to say about the second car. I might be tempted to say that Allan Park was mistaken, but as a driver of a large limo, he had to be very aware of his surroundings in order to safely make his turns.
I have followed this case rather closely, and I can't say that I remember any discussion of how many cars were in the driveway, or why.
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toddjacobucci2002
7 years ago
To me, the novel "If I Did It" means absolutely nothing. Id never trust or believe in anything that came out of OJ Simpsons mouth. Time has proven that guy lies like other people breathe. I have posted about my belief in the possibility that someone else was in the Bronco with OJ that night. But my belief only comes from the unexplained evidence, it has nothing to do with OJ's "Charlie" story.
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margare-09892
7 years ago
After watching all six episodes, I have come to the following conclusions:
1. There's six hours of my life I will never get back.
2. The commenters on this board have proved far more insightful than anyone involved in the production.
3. Jason Simpson is owed a profound apology, but is unlikely to get one.
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rmontro
7 years ago
There's six hours of my life I will never get back.
Ultimately it was a wild goose chase (as I figured going in), but I did learn a few things I didn't know before. I didn't know Jason was the head chef for the dinner party the night of the murders, I didn't even know Jason was a chef at all, or that he remains one to this day.
But whatever. I watched a lot of the trial back in the day, and I've watched a number of documentaries on this tragic and unpleasant murder. I kind of hope that I won't be watching another one, that this closes the book on my hearing about this story. I feel like I've spent enough of my life on this subject over the years now, time to move on.
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