In 2005 — a decade after the murders that made him one of the most notorious figures in America — O.J. Simpson filmed a hidden camera prank show called “Juiced,” where he pulled gags that played on his own notoriety as a onetime murder suspect. In one bit he stands beside a white Ford Bronco in a used car lot and tells a stranger, “It’s kind of a famous car here.”
That Bronco is the one 95 million people watched crawl down Southern California freeways on June 17, 1994, with Simpson inside and police trailing behind. He’d just been named a suspect in the June 12 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown, 35, and her friend Ron Goldman, 25.
Simpson was acquitted in 1995, then found liable for the two deaths in a 1997 civil suit and ordered to pay more than $33 million. He moved to Florida to avoid paying the settlement and never willingly gave the Brown or Goldman families a dime. He died of cancer in 2024 at age 76 — nearly two decades after “Juiced” was filmed.
Now a new four-part ID docuseries, “O.J. Unseen: Exploitation of Evil,” digs into how “Juiced” got made and includes never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage of Simpson talking about the murders. Producer Todd Lewis says Simpson got too comfortable with the people being pranked: “He started getting a little too comfortable with the prank victims. It got uncomfortable.”
It premieres Monday, Sept. 7 and Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 9/8c on ID, with episodes streaming on HBO Max.