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From: Paddy
Date: Sunday, February 25, 2007
Time: 10:24:29 AM
I'm sure this has been gone over many times before, but it's new to me. J. Neil Schulman's best work in "The Frame of the Century" is contained in the chapter entitled "Ron Shipp's "Alibi"", starting on page 177. Larry King asks Shipp where he was the night of the murders. Shipp replies "Three years ago tonight, actually, I was at home." Schulman does a great job catching this sublety. Schulman writes "It's subtle, but Shipp instantly reacts defensively, as if his assertion that he was at home might not be believed". And then this bombshell that Schulman says he almost missed: Shipp, talking about speaking with O.J. the day after the murders: "...That's why I went to the house the night of the - next day. But after I talked to him, and realized - you know in my mind, that he had done it, I was like, this is it." Schulman writes the following: "Did you see it? "That's why I went to the house the night of the - " and then there's a pause before he corrects himself, and says:"next day." ... "Did Ron Shipp almost tell Larry King's caller that he went to O.J. Simpson's house the night of the murders?" I absolutely do believe that's what he almost said. What else goes with "the night of"? Nothing. Only "the murders". This book's a bit disjointed and repetetive, because much of contains various articles he wrote concerning his hypothesis. Occam's Razor should only apply when no new evidence has been introduced. There is so much evidence that Fuhrman at the very least planted a ton of evidence, that I think Schulman is being very foolish by saying there's no need to add anyone else to a frame-up scenario beyond Shipp. Not fundamental to the hypothesis of the book, but Schulman clearly is profoundly influenced by Ayn Rand (as I am - in fact I believe she is the greatest person in history - and I absolutely adore her), so it is a little odd that he would dedicate the book to her arch-enemy Barbara Branden. Schulman is also a bit of a loose cannon - the passage where he simply parks in front of Shipp's house is hilarious. He's definitley like a bull in a china closet. But what the hell, there's more than one way to skin a cat - so I guess handing a manuscript with his hypothesis to the investigating officer, Ron Shipp, various attornies, etc. is one way to make sure everyone knows his ideas. Nothing wrong with being persistent. He's actually a pretty straight-forward guy when one really thinks about it. - Paddy