What Happened to the House Where Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman Were Murdered?

Decades after the brutal murders and O.J. Simpson's "Trial of the Century," the Brentwood address remains a subject of dark fascination, despite intentional changes

The house where Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered became a dark draw for tourists after their deaths. Decades on, the address has tried to shed its stigma.

The Brentwood, Calif., townhome was at the center of O.J. Simpson's "Trial of the Century" in 1994 and 1995. After the former NFL player, who died Wednesday at age 76, was acquitted, many people who had been fascinated by the case decided to track down the site, turning it into an unsavory tourist magnet.

The house reportedly sat empty for two years after the infamous deaths, per the Orange County Register. In 1997, the new owners "completely re-landscaped the shrubbery where Brown Simpson and Goldman’s bodies were found, making the murder site virtually unrecognizable," according to the Los Angeles Times.

The outlet also noted that the location's address was officially changed in an effort to separate it from the crime.

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The four-bedroom, four-bath, 3,400 sq. ft townhouse built in 1991 changed hands for $525,000 two years after the murders, per the Times. According to Zillow, which aggregates public real estate data, it had previously sold for $625,000 — $100,000 more — in January 1994, five months before the murders.

It reportedly sold again more recently in 2006 for $1.72 million.

In 1997, a local resident told the Times that he felt that "Brentwood is always going to have this ghost hanging over it — the place of the O.J. murders." (Simpson was acquitted of the slashing murders in his criminal trial but was later found responsible for the deaths in a civil lawsuit brought by the victims' families and ordered to pay $33.5 million two years later.)

In a 2014 story marking the 20th anniversary of the crime, the Times found the neighborhood was still a site of interest. One resident reflected that tourists regularly rolled by Brown Simpson's former home or stopped outside to take photos. Tour buses even drove down the street to point out the site.

The popularity of the FX series American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson reportedly caused a boost in visitors to the house in 2016.

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The late athlete's own home — where some of the trial's most infamous pieces of evidence, including a glove matching one found at Brown Simpson's residence, and bloody socks, were discovered — also lured gawkers for a time. In 1997, Simpson defaulted on his mortgage, CBS News reported at the time, and the property went into foreclosure. A buyer picked it up for a reported $4 million and leveled it.

A knife that was purportedly found on the property in 2016 grabbed headlines but was ruled out as having a link to Simpson or the murders by the LAPD, according to Reuters.

Simpson died from cancer on April 10 at age 76, according to a statement from his family on X (formerly Twitter).

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"On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace," the post on Simpson's X account reads.

Once a celebrated personality, heralded for his contributions to college and professional football, Simpson's exploits on the field have long been overshadowed by his 1994 arrest.

Simpson would later spend nearly nine years in jail in connection with an arrest for felony armed robbery and kidnapping after forcing men to return memorabilia he'd claimed they'd stolen from him. After his release, Simpson resided in Las Vegas and kept a relatively low profile.

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