BONUS - 8 Days of O.J. - "WHAT IF OJ SIMPSON KILLED NICOLE TODAY? A 2025 SPECULATION"

Reid Carter presents a purely fictional, speculative episode imagining the OJ Simpson trial in 2025. With Ring cameras, Find My iPhone, TikTok detectives, and Google searches, could the Juice still get loose? From the Bronco chase livestreamed on Instagram to Reddit solving the case before police, Reid reimagines the Trial of the Century with modern technology. This entertainment-only thought experiment shows how smartphones, social media, and thirty years of CSI episodes would change everything. Warning: This episode contains Reid's dream prosecution where Google searches matter more than gloves and where celebrity doesn't trump GPS data.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Callaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter Sunday, October fifth,
twenty twenty five. Today's episode is different, completely fictional, purely
speculative for entertainment purposes only. I need to say that
seventeen times for legal reasons. After eight days examining the

(00:26):
OJ Simpson trial, I kept thinking, what if it happened today?
Not in nineteen ninety four with pages and landlines, but
in twenty twenty five, with iPhones and ring cameras. Could
OJ get away with it now? So today we're imagining, speculating,
playing pretend. What if OJ Simpson killed Nicole Brown Simpson

(00:49):
and Ronald Goldman on June twelfth, twenty twenty five instead
of nineteen ninety four spoiler alert. In my fictional twenty
twenty five version, the juice does not get loose. He
gets cooked by his own Google searches. This is Celebrity
Trials what if. Addition, let's set our fictional scene June twelfth,

(01:14):
twenty twenty five, Brentwood, California. Nicole Brown Simpson lives in
the same condo, but now it's covered in smart home devices,
ring doorbell, nest cameras, ADT security, her Tesla in the
driveway has sentry mode recording everything. Ten fifteen pm. In
our speculation, OJ Simpson drives to Nicole's in his white Bronco. Yes,

(01:37):
he still has it because he's that guy. But this
twenty twenty five Bronco has on Star GPS tracking his
phone is pinging cell towers the entire drive from Rockingham
to Bundy. But here's where twenty twenty five OJ makes
his first mistake. Earlier that day, he googled how to
disable ring doorbell? Can Tesla cameras be evidence? And do

(01:59):
latex gloves prevent fingerprints? His search history is basically a
murder confession. Before the murder, he also texted his friend
Al Cowlings at nine forty five pm, need you on
standby tonight. Might need a ride. That text is backed
up to iicloud screenshot by Al and will be recovered
even after OJ deletes it. Nicole's final Instagram story, posted

(02:21):
at nine fifty five pm, shows her at home with
the kids asleep upstairs, caption quiet Sunday night. Location tagged
the algorithm serves it to ten thousand people who follow
hashtag brentwood Ron Goldman's tragedy in twenty twenty five is
even worse. He's not just returning sunglasses, he's delivering them
via postmtes as a side gig. The app tracks his

(02:44):
entire route, shows him arriving at ten forty two pm,
shows his phone never leaving Nichole's address. The murder happens
the same way, but now Nicole's apple watches, recording her
heart rates spiking to one hundred eighty beats per minute,
then stopping at ten forty seven pm. Thrown aside in
the struggle is recording audio. The tesla's external cameras catch

(03:06):
movement by the gate. Three neighbor's ring cameras capture a
figure in dark clothing. The quality isn't great, but AI
enhancement will later match the gate pattern to OJ's previous
footage with ninety seven percent accuracy. OJ's biggest twoenty twenty
five mistake his own phone. He thought he was smart
putting it in airplane mode, but airplane mode doesn't stop everything.

(03:30):
The phone's accelerometer is still recording movement. The health app
shows him running, unusual for a man with bad knees.
His heart rate spikes to one hundred and forty five
beats per minute. At ten forty eight pm, the Bloody
Glove gets dropped, but this time it has something extra.
Ojy's Apple air tag attached to his keys fell out
with it. It's pinging his location to every iPhone within

(03:50):
thirty feet. Back at Rockingham, Ojy's smart home has betrayed him.
His nest thermostat shows him arriving home at ten fifty four.
His smart lock logs him entering through the back door, unusual,
he always uses the front. His Alexa has been listening
and will later provide audio of him saying shit, shit,

(04:12):
shit repeatedly. But here's the killer. Literally. OJ's fancy Japanese
chef's knife he bought on Amazon. The purchase history is
right there. One click evidence the review he left three
weeks ago. Incredibly sharp cuts through anything. Thanks for the
premeditation proof Juice the Bronco Chase. Forget ninety five million

(04:34):
watching on TV in twenty twenty five, it's five hundred
million watching on Instagram live. Oj is live streaming from
the back seat, reading comments, trying to defend himself in
real time. I didn't do it, he types while fleeing.
This is a setup. While his location services show him
heading south on the four h five. Twitter explodes number

(04:57):
sign Bronco Chase twenty twenty five I trends worldwide in minutes.
TikTok detectives are already analyzing the blood spatter patterns from
leaked crime scene photos. Reddit has identified the knife from
Amazon listings before police finish processing the scene by eleven
thirty pm, before Oj even gets home at true crime

(05:18):
Girl on TikTok has already posted a video why oj
Simpson definitely killed Nicole a thread. It has ten million
views by morning. Now our fictional investigation begins, and this
is where twenty twenty five destroys nineteen ninety four. First
the blood evidence same DNA, but now we have rapid

(05:41):
testing results in hours, not weeks, and there's so much
more to test. OJ's Ford Bronco has a dash cam
that shows him driving erratically. The floor mats have embedded
sensors for insurance purposes. They recorded unusual weight distribution consistent
with bloody shoes. Ojay's Google searches from the weeks before

(06:02):
are devastating. Nicole Brown Simpson new boyfriend, California divorce settlements
for cheating wives. Can you track someone through their phone.
How long does DNA evidence last? Best? Criminal defense lawyers
Los Angeles? If spouse dies, does child support end? He
search for criminal defense lawyers before the murders. That's premeditation

(06:24):
with a digital timestamp. His iPhone screen time shows him
obsessively checking Nichole's Instagram two hundred and forty seven times
in the week before the murders. He screenshoted every photo
of her with other men. He's used Find My Friends,
which Nicole forgot to turn off, to track her movements.
The police don't need to plant evidence. In twenty twenty five,

(06:45):
Ojay has created so much digital evidence he's planted it himself.
His fitbit data shows him barely sleeping the week before.
His Uber history shows him doing drive bys of Nicole's
house when he claimed to be at home. His door
dash orders show himsel stress eating at three a m.
While googling how to get Away with murder? Yes, he
actually googled that, then clicked on a Wiki how article,

(07:08):
then bookmarked it, then shared it to his reading list.
The man created a digital trail of breadcrumbs leading directly
to premeditated murder. The investigation also has Nicole's data, her
journal isn't hidden. It's in a password protected notes app
that Apple unlocks with a warrant. Every incident of abuse
documented with photos auto dated and backed up to iCloud.

(07:29):
She'd shared her location with her sister indefinitely, had recording
apps that activated when voices were raised, had texted friends
photos of bruises with messages like he's going to kill
me one day. In twenty twenty five, she has a
TikTok draft never posted, recorded an hour before her death.
When your ex won't accept it's over and you're genuinely scared,

(07:53):
it's save to her account, waiting to be discovered. Ron
Goldman's phone tells his own story. His Postmates apps shows
this was his last delivery of the night. He texted
his roommate dropping sunglasses at that actress's house home in
twenty his fine mind shows his phone never left Nichol's address.
But here's my favorite part of this speculation. O Jay's Tesla.

(08:15):
Oh Yes. In twenty twenty five, Oj drives a Tesla
because he's trying to seem environmentally conscious. That tesla recorded everything,
every drive to Nicole's, every time he sat outside her house,
the internal camera showing him ranting about her, all uploaded
to Tesla's servers. Elon Musk personally tweets the data our

(08:36):
cars don't lie. The suspect's vehicle visited the victim's address
forty seven times in the past month, including eleven minutes
before the murders. That tweet gets fifty million views before
the prosecution can object to evidence being released. By day
three of the investigation, TikTok detectives have found Ojy in
the background of seventeen different Instagram posts from Brentwood that night.

(08:59):
They've tracked his movements better than police. Reddit has created
a minute by minute timeline with citations now for the
trial that would actually convict Ojay in twenty twenty five.
First jury selection in twenty twenty five, every potential jurors

(09:19):
social media is scrutinized, their Twitter likes, Instagram follows, TikTok views.
Anyone who's ever posted about Ojay, football, domestic violence, or
even juice is dismissed. We end up with twelve people
who've been living under rocks, which honestly might be better
than the nineteen ninety four jury. Oj still has the
dream team, but now they're fighting different evidence Johnny Cochrane's

(09:41):
rhymes don't work against GPS data. If the phone doesn't ping,
you must let him sing doesn't have the same ring
the gloves. In twenty twenty five, the prosecution has Ojay's
Amazon purchase history showing he bought those exact gloves. They
have his Instagram post from December nineteen ninety four wearing them,

(10:02):
the caption new gloves. Who dis the gloves fit because
there are literally photos of him wearing them Mark Furman's racism.
In twenty twenty five, his entire Twitter history is subpoened,
but so is ojays an OJ's parlor account and his
truth social and that anonymous Reddit account where he posted

(10:23):
in r slash relationships asking is it wrong to want
your ex wife dead? The prosecution, led by someone competent
this time. Let's say it's the prosecutor from the Sodo
Escaleric case, presents the digital evidence chronologically. June first, OJ
searches Nicole Brown Simpson dating June fifth, OJ texts Nicole,

(10:46):
you'll regret this. June tenth, OJ buys knife on Amazon.
June eleventh, OJ googles how to commit perfect murder. June twelfth,
nine am Oj searches alibi ideas. June twelfth, ten pm.
OJ's phone travels to Nichole's June twelfth, ten forty seven pm.

(11:06):
Nicole's heart stops per Apple Watch. June twelfth, ten fifty four.
OJ's smart home logs him entering. It's not circumstantial, it's
a digital confession. The defense tries to claim it's deep fake,
that the tech companies are framing OJ that his phone
was hacked by Russians. The jury doesn't buy it, because

(11:27):
they've all seen enough true crime tiktoks to know how
this works. But the real nail in the coffin Ojay's
own testimony, because in twenty twenty five, his ego won't
let him stay quiet. He insists on testifying he's been
watching trial tiktoks and thinks he can handle it. The
prosecutor pulls up his Twitter June eleventh, eleven forty seven pm.

(11:49):
Some people need to learn lessons June twelfth, eight am.
Today's the day everything changes. June twelfth, eleven fifty eight pm.
I didn't do anything wrong, mister Simpson. You tweeted you
didn't do anything wrong before anyone knew anything was wrong.
How did you know something was wrong. OJ tries to explain,

(12:10):
makes it worse, claims his account was hacked. The prosecution
shows his two factor authentication was used from his phone
at his house. The jury deliberates for thirty seven minutes.
Thirty of those minutes were lunch guilty, first degree murder
times two. The verdict is live streamed. OJ's reaction becomes

(12:30):
a meme instantly, someone makes it an NFT. It sells
for three million dollars. But here's the thing. Even after conviction,
OJ would still have defenders. In twenty twenty five, Twitter
would have hashtag OJ innocent, trending. TikTok would have conspiracy
theorists claiming that Tesla data was faked. Someone would start
a GoFundMe for his appeal. That would raise millions. Because

(12:53):
that's twenty twenty five. Even with overwhelming digital evidence, people
choose their own reality. Would have a podcast from prison,
would do Instagram live through contraband. Phones, would probably get
verified on Twitter from his cell. In our fictional twenty

(13:19):
twenty five version, OJ is in prison, but he's not gone.
He's got twenty million TikTok followers, does daily videos about
prison life, has a Patreon, where people pay to get
personal video messages. The victims' families have different platforms too.
Nicole's sister runs a domestic violence awareness Instagram with five
million followers. Ron Goldman's father has a true crime podcast

(13:41):
that tops the charts. They're fighting for victims' rights in
a world where killers become influencers. The civil trial happens
entirely on Zoom. OJ attends from prison, his connection keeps dropping.
He blames the prison WiFi for losing the case. The
five hundred million dollar judgment is paid in crypto currency
that immediately crashes. Kato Kalin has a reality show on Netflix,

(14:04):
Living with Kato. Each episode he lives in someone else's
guesthouse and talks about that one time. He's verified on
every platform. His only Fans is unfortunately successful. The Bronco
is an NFT. The gloves are in a museum of memes.
The knife is never found because in twenty twenty five
Oj used a biodegradable weapon he learned about on TikTok.

(14:26):
Even in my speculation, some evidence disappears. Judge Eto has
a YouTube channel where he reviews other judges courtrooms. His
catch phrase, I'll allow it he has merch it sells out.
The prosecutors all have book deals, Netflix specials, and masterclasses.
How to Convict a Celebrity, taught by Marcia Clark, costs
one hundred ninety nine dollars. Her hair tutorial on YouTube

(14:50):
has more views than the trial footage. Every anniversary, the
case trends TikTok. Detectives find new evidence that's just enhanced
versions old evidence. Someone claims to be the real killer
for Clout. They get a million followers before being exposed
as a nineteen year old from Ohio. In my twenty
twenty five speculation, justice is served, but it's also content.

(15:15):
The trial is solved, but also memed. OJ is guilty
but also verified, because that's what justice looks like in
the age of social media. Conviction with a blue check mark.
That's my purely fictional, entirely speculative, for entertainment only version

(15:37):
of how the OJ trial would go in twenty twenty five.
The technology that would convict him exists, ring cameras, GPS tracking,
Google searches, smart homes that snitch, Apple watches that record murder,
teslas that testify. OJ wouldn't make it past the first
police interview. Without his digital life convicting him. But here's

(15:57):
the real speculation. Would it map? Would that jury still acquit?
Would celebrity still trump? Evidence? Would race still overshadow reality?
Would the blue wall still crumble under scrutiny? In my version,
technology wins, data defeats dream teams, Google searches matter more
than glove sizes. But that's my fantasy, my dream prosecution

(16:21):
where evidence actually matters and murderers can't hide behind fame
and fortune. The truth is we'll never know Oj killed
Nicole and Ron in nineteen ninety four, when phones were
dumb and cameras were sparse. He got away with it
because technology couldn't tell the story that blood evidence alone
couldn't sell. Tomorrow, we're back to real murders, real trials,

(16:45):
real convictions and acquittals, the regular Monday morning body count
of America's weekend violence. But today we imagined, we speculated,
We played what if with the trial of the century,
And in my fictional twenty twenty five version, the juice
doesn't get loose, he gets life without parole, while live
streaming is tears. I'm read, Carter, this has been pure speculation,

(17:10):
entertainment only, no actual Ojays were prosecuted in the making
of this episode. Unfortunately, tomorrow back to reality, where murderers
still use Google, victims still have iPhones, and justice still
depends on twelve people who couldn't get out of jury duty.
See You Monday. Legal disclaimer, the preceding was entirely fictional

(17:31):
speculation for entertainment purposes. Only. No real persons, living or dead,
were accused of crimes they weren't already acquitted of All
technology mentioned exists, but its application to this case is
purely imaginative. Oj Simpson was acquitted in nineteen ninety five,
and that verdict stands regardless of what TikTok detectives think.

(17:53):
This has been a work of fiction. Any resemblance to
actual murders, solved or unsolved is purely co incidental.