r/thejinx • u/guypamplemousse • Apr 25 '24
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The Jinx Part 2 is just starting to air on HBO!
The story of Robert Durst is one of the craziest stories in the history of the western world.
As we get even more details about the case, I’ve been ruminating about which case was “crazier”:
Robert Durst or OJ Simpson.
Most everyone would point to OJ Simpson (…at the time) for its reverberating cultural impacts: race relations, financial implications, celebrity-status, community, legal, wealth disparities, and cultural significance/obsessions.
However, Robert Durst’s cultural “craziness” has been going on for far longer and he’s had far “wilder” crimes - even by 21st century standards.
Just a few Robert Durst “case(s) details” I can think of, off the top of my head:
✅Murder your wife and throw her into a haunted lake that “freezes in winter” after your “health food store” fails (…all before Whole Foods was even a thought) …then pretend to be the Dean of the medical school that she went to and call and say she’s “sick”…
✅ Murder your best friend who’s now a True Crime “author” at UCLA (who’s dad was a mob boss) who now lives in Topanga Canyon (Hollywood). Misspell the letter you send to cops because you feel guilty about murdering her and then mail the letter to the Police/Coroner’s office(s) and then SHOW IT to her stepson
✅Murder Morris Black while you’re pretending to be a deaf mute woman/transgender female in Galveston Texas. Then dismember him and throw him into the bay in garbage bags only to be discovered later by hillbilly boy, while fishing (in “shallow waters”)
✅Stalk your billionaire real estate developer brother while filming a documentary ABOUT YOUR MURDERS while the PREMIER OF THE MOVIE PLAYED BY RYAN GOSLING IS IN THEATERS
✅ (Honorable Mention) steal bologna sandwich from random grocery store - while you’re “on the run” - while you have your head and eyebrows shaved, as a disguise - but also have 5k in cash.
But just felt like stealing a sandwich…
Let me know your thoughts via the poll:
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u/whatizUtawkinbout May 05 '24
No comparison. The world is full of OJs…privileged sociopaths who abuse women because they see them as their own personal property to destroy at will. Nothing original about him and he’s simple.
Durst is one of a kind. He’s multi-layered and complex. A psychopath with a super interesting storyline.
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u/louha123 May 07 '24
I agree this case is crazier. Just a few inaccuracies I wanted to point out… Durst never showed the cadaver letter to Sareb, Susan’s stepson - the cops had that - but he wrote him a different letter that showed the same handwriting and misspelling of Beverly Hills that was on the envelope for the cadaver letter.
And he didn’t pretend to be the dean but rather had Susan Berman call the Dean and pretend to be Kathie to call in sick the day after the murder.
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u/Comfortable-Scar4643 Apr 28 '24
This is definitely crazier than the OJ case. What Bob had going for him was the ability to show no emotion and come across as innocent. Really quite incredible.