Kim Goldman Media Circus

You already know Kim's horrific story connected to OJ Simpson. In Media Circus she sits with the families of other murdered victims and they openly talk about how the media turned their lives into a circus. From the iHeart Radio Studio I'm Unplugged and Totally Uncut with Kim Goldman. Imagine losing a loved one in the public eye. A media frenzy ensues and spreads your family name through the news. Reporters ambush you, and across the country, strangers gossip about your personal loss. Welcome to the circus. No one understands better than Kim Goldman the complex emotions of individuals suffering a personal tragedy under the relentless gaze of the media. During the famed O.J. Simpson trial, Kim, whose brother, Ron Goldman, was brutally murdered, became the public poster child for victims suffering in the public eye. In Media Circus, Goldman, now a dedicated victims’ advocate who works with families across the country, presents the first collective look at these ordinary, grieving victims—forced to manage their very private trauma and despair in a very public way. Through candid interviews and detailed, original reporting, Media Circus delivers riveting, humanizing, and inspiring stories from the victims and survivors of violent crimes who found themselves the focus of national media attention. Its heartfelt narratives showcase the unique challenges of coping with and healing from grief when the whole world is watching. Media Circus will take the reader where nobody has gone; into the hearts and souls of those truly impacted by tragedy in a public forum, victims and survivors sharing their truths with one another, shedding light on what happens when the world makes your loss theirs. Kim Goldman, sister of murder victim Ron Goldman from the O.J. Simpson murder trial of 1994, will interview family members from some of the most infamous cases/stories of the last few decades. Through these high-profile victims’ eyes, Goldman will share their “behind-the-headlines” stories as they experienced it before, during and after the Media Circus ends. Below is a list of participants in Media Circus: A Look at Private Tragedy in the Public Eye • Tere Duperrault Fassbender, survivor of family's brutal murder at sea (1961) • Debra Tate, sister of Charles Manson victim Sharon Tate (1969) • Colleen Campbell, sister of murdered NASCAR driver Mickey Thompson (1988) • Judy Shepard, mother of gay hate crime victim Matthew Shepard (1998) • Mildred Muhammed, wife of the DC Sniper (2002) • Marie Monville, wife of the Amish shooter (2006) • Dave and Mary Neese, parents of teen murder victim Skylar Neese (2012) • Scarlett Lewis, mother of first grade Newtown Tragedy victim Jesse Lewis (2012) • Shirley Wygal, mother of Aurora theater shooting victim Rebecca Wingo (2012) • Esaw Garner, wife of police brutality victim Eric Garner (2014) ABOUT KIM GOLDMAN Known nationwide as a victims’ rights advocate after her brother’s murder and the infamous O.J. Simpson murder trial, Kim Goldman is the founding co-chair of The Ron Goldman Foundation for Justice. She is also executive director of The Youth Project, a nonprofit organization that provides free counseling, to thousands of teenagers since opening in 2000. Goldman travels the country as an impassioned public speaker on victims’ rights, the role of the media, judicial reform, and other related topics. She is a resident of Greater Los Angeles, where she has lived for thirteen years, and a single parent.