Ep. 02 - 'The Run of His Life', the chase, the media circus begins and Kardashian children
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O.J. goes on 'The Run of His Life' when he disappears in the infamous white Bronco and leads the Los Angeles police department on a multi-hour chase while threatening suicide. Jeffrey Toobin fills us in on where he was when he heard about the chase, the difference between network television coverage of the chase by Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings, and the eventual release of evidence and 911 tapes that he didn't have access to when he was writing the book. Brian and Jeffrey discuss the media circus and national level of coverage that the case received all the way to the end. It became an obsession for people that really started with the chase. O.J. Simpson's lawyers must handle an intense situation when he goes missing. They hold a press conference, read one of his 'suicide' letters and count on Robert Kardashian to help bring him home unharmed. On the next episode Jeffrey will fill us in on the casting of the actor that plays him, his role in the story and O.J.'s heighten notoriety.
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