There they were: Kato Kaelin's guest suite, the narrow walkway where Detective Mark Fuhrman said he found a bloody glove, the blood-specked driveway where O.J. Simpson ended his slow-speed chase.
In this close-up, all looked spit-and-polish clean - blood drops are little more than a memory on the newly bleached wooden floors of the foyer. The sprawling 6,200-square-foot estate with the $3.95 million price tag betrayed none of the contentious tales that held the nation in rapt attention just three years ago.Even two of the original bricks are missing from the driveway.
"He took those with him," said realtor Fred Sands.
One was imprinted with the words "O.J. + Nic," with the date of his wedding to Nicole Brown Simpson. Another at the end of the driveway bore the hand prints of their children, Sydney and Justin.
Both have been replaced.
Simpson lived on Rockingham Avenue for 20 years before the slayings of his former wife and her friend Ronald Goldman ended his life as a millionaire celebrity. He was jailed on a murder charge five days after the June 1994 killings, was acquitted in the fall of 1995 and came home to a celebration with family and friends. He was sued in civil court, where a jury found him liable for the killings and ordered him to pay a judgment of $33.5 million.
So far, he has paid nothing to the Goldman and Brown families while the case is on appeal. But most of his possessions were seized by the plaintiffs, carted off and placed in a warehouse for eventual sale once legalities are settled.
He has moved to another large home in nearby Pacific Palisades, which he is leasing for $6,000 a month. He receives $25,000 a month from a privately funded pension set up during his glory days as a football star, TV commentator, movie actor and pitchman for Hertz cars.
Simpson lost the seven-bedroom Rockingham house to foreclosure, and Hawthorne Savings, the bank which held the mortgage, bought it back at auction. The bank hired Sands to sell the property.
The first showings were not for prospective buyers but the news media - the best way to get word out that $3.95 million can buy a piece of history.
"I would be shocked if it's not sold in 30 days," said Sands, who lounged in a garden chair as photographers, reporters and camera crews trooped through the elegant mansion's now famous landmarks, including the bedroom where bloody socks believed to be Simpson's were found.
The property will be available to prospective buyers this week, but Sands said they will have to pass a financial test to get past the front gate.
"We've had about 100 inquiries," he said. "One was from a TV star. Some studio people and CEOs of major companies have also called."
They must prove they have $1 million in liquid assets or can pay the $3.95 million in cash.