Keeping up with celebrity culture

Voted by E Entertainment Television as ‘the most shocking moment in Hollywood history’, John Daly looks back at the OJ Simpson trial, the first televised celebrity murder case.

WHERE were you on June 17, 1994? As one of the major moments that define popular culture of the modern era, OJ Simpson’s infamous chase along the LA highway pursued by 20 helicopters and a posse of police cars ranks up there with the best.

As the white Ford Bronco cruised along Interstate 405, it became the curtain raiser to a case that would become a murder mystery, soap opera, and TV’s first reality show.