There's A Real-Life Version Of The Simpsons House And It's Actually Uncanny

Table Of Content

• O.J. Simpson never paid the Goldmans the millions he owed them. Can they finally collect?
• The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
• days that rocked USC: How a derailed commencement brought ‘complete disaster’
• Doctor who drove Tesla off cliff with family inside had 'psychotic' break, psychologists say in court
• A Los Angeles landmark
• O.J. Simpson, whose murder trial riveted and divided the world, dies at 76

Door frames were widened and lengthened to accommodate Marge’s hair and Homer’s girth. The stairs leading to the second floor were slightly steeper than normal. The downstairs floor was poured and painted concrete rather than hardwood or carpet, the better to mimic the show’s flat colors. The team's goal was to be 90 percent normal, with occasional lapses into cartoon continuity.

O.J. Simpson never paid the Goldmans the millions he owed them. Can they finally collect?

By this point, Fox and Kaufman and Broad were arranging tours for locals and tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of the interior. Groening came out for an appearance and spray-painted some Bart graffiti on the garage before signing his name in the front path cement. Lines with wait times of more than two hours twisted around the block, and visitors were expected to wear surgical-style booties to avoid tracking in dirt from outside.

The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson

Thanks to a February The Hollywood Reporter article, I learned that “a house a block away from Nicole Brown Simpson’s home was used as a stand-in” on the series. Simpson were an exact match to those of Nicole’s former condo, though. When I started looking along Bundy Drive, though, I could not find anything even remotely resembling what appeared onscreen. Not only was the condo’s address changed and the front entrance remodeled, but the walkway (where Nicole’s body was found) was actually moved. Comparison images taken of the walkway shortly after the murders in 1994 as compared to 2016 are pictured below.

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The Los Angeles condo has changed hands a couple of times over the years, and the exact identity of the current owner remains unclear — but for good reason. The property was subject to a brutal double homicide, and the aftermath that followed soon transformed it into a gruesome landmark. Nicole, Simpson’s ex-wife, and her friend Ron Goldman were killed there in 1994. Simpson was tried for two counts of murder during a heavily publicized mid-‘90s trial. Although the former football star was found not guilty during the criminal trial, the New York Times reports that he was found liable for the pair's deaths in the ensuing civil trial. He was ordered to pay $33.5 million to surviving family members.

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Per contest rules, once the winner took over ownership of the house, the exterior had to be repainted in more neutral colors to match the other 151 dwellings in the Springfield Community – South Valley Ranch development. The contest results were set to be announced during the series’ Season 9 premiere on September 21st. 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. When I looked at what was across the street from those homes, though, I did not find a Mediterranean-style condominium complex as expected, but a non-descript, one-story single-family residence addressed 917 South Bundy. It wasn’t until I really started scouring Street View images of the property that I realized the entire walkway shown on The People v. O.J.

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Is OJ Simpson Still Alive?

Following his parole for armed robbery, OJ Simpson moved into a gated community in Las Vegas. While he never spent time behind bars for murder, OJ would later be sentenced to 33 years in prison for a 2007 armed robbery. The former NFL star broke into a Las Vegas hotel and stole sporting memorabilia that he claimed had been stolen from him. The crime scene photos of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman are available online for those with a strong enough stomach to view them. OJ employed the help of what media outlets were calling the “dream team” of lawyers for the trial, including F.

A Los Angeles landmark

But the onetime USC hero and Buffalo Bills star actually made sure to have one last look at Rockingham the day before the house was demolished, by then one of a throng of people trying to get a final glimpse of the infamous address. Simpson bought the house in 1977 for $650,000 and lost the estate to foreclosure 20 years later. A bank bought the house at auction for $2.6 million in July 1997, five months after a jury awarded the Goldman and Brown families a $33.5 million wrongful death judgment against Simpson—the majority of which they've never seen.

“Simpsons” fans may notice the layout doesn’t include the basement — a frequent location for various Simpson shenanigans. Twitter users chimed in, noting the different spots the show has placed the basement staircase. It sounds like any fan's dream come true — living in the home of your favorite characters.

Revisiting the case in recent media undoubtedly hasn’t helped, and Is O.J. Innocent? Nicole Brown Simpson’s house remains fascinating, but the current owners are entitled to their privacy. Let’s keep the focus on what the series might uncover when it premieres at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, and leave the location and owners of the house in the past.

Garretts Real Estate revealed they came to that estimation after randomly looking at homes recently sold in Springfield, Oregon, since fans have long thought “The Simpsons” takes place in the Beaver State. Garretts Real Estate Group shared a tongue-in-cheek listing of the Simpsons’ pad and estimated that the four-bedroom, 2 ½-bathroom home would cost $449,900 in today’s market. Many episodes in which Springfield is hit by extreme heat waves indicate that the house lacks air conditioning. In a flashback episode, Homer steals Ned Flanders' air conditioner and puts it in the window. The house is shown to have a gas furnace, as well as a gas stove, water heater, and dryer. In "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses", Homer reroutes the gas line to turn a totem pole into a fire-breathing "god," filling the entire house with gas in the process.

As of 2022, OJ Simpson was living at the 5,037 square foot home owned by a friend, James Barnett, in Summerlin, Las Vegas. The former football player moved into the residence following his release from prison in 2017. To get that lived-in look, a Hollywood production designer and photographer named Rick Floyd came in and accentuated the home with details that would impress the critical eye of series creator Matt Groening and die-hard fans alike. Floyd hung corn cob-patterned curtains in the kitchen; Bart’s bedroom closet held a row of identical shirts and shorts; mouse holes were painted on the walls near the floor; Lisa’s saxophone leaned against her bed.

Apparently scoffed at the idea and instead invited Kato to stay in one of the guest rooms at his mansion on Rockingham, rent free. Kato accepted, thereby sealing his fate of being forever entwined with one of the most famous murder cases in history. While it seems hard to believe that the beloved long-running animated sitcom "The Simpsons" would ever have any chance of failure, there was a brief time when Fox had their worries regarding the iconic yellow family.

However, things backfired when the winner, Barbara Howard, went for the cash instead, explaining she lived almost 2,000 miles away on a farm in Richmond, Kentucky, and needed the money to support her family, instead. You'll have to get your microphone out for the finer details, like the peanut butter and jelly sandwich under Bart's bed and the miniature Duff beer cans dotted about, the saggy living room couch and those corn kitchen curtains. The property cost $120,000 (£87,892) to complete, and looks the spitting image of 742 Evergreen Terrace in Springfield - where we've seen the Simpsons have lived happily for over three decades in the much loved series. Yep, builders Kaufman and Broad have recreated the cartoon abode - belonging to Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie - in super-precise detail, on the streets of Nevada.

Few of them seem to stop and consider the intrusive nature of their sightseeing. Danielle—who prefers not to use her last name for reasons that will shortly become clear—repainted walls and repaired missing chunks of drywall where looters had pried off portraits. She replaced carpeting, exposing the red floor underneath that her sons wanted to keep exposed. (She declined.) She has to repeatedly remind the tax assessor that the house doesn't really have a fireplace. “We were the fun home builder instead of the production home builder,” Gonzalez says. The team’s goal was to be 90 percent normal, with occasional lapses into cartoon continuity.