Conspiracy Theory: Marilyn Monroe
// April 13th, 2009 // No Comments » // Conspiracy Theories
1962
Merilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortensen)
Actress, sex symbol and pop icon
Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortensen, had been the luminous star of such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Some Like It Hot, and The Misfits, but towards the end of her life she had become erratic and unreliable due to her use of barbiturates and alcohol.
When she was found dead on August 5th, 1962 by her housekeeper, Mrs Eunice Murray, from what happened to be an overdose, it can as little surprise, and might have been dismissed as either an accident or suicide had rumors not been rife that she was the mistress of President John F. Kennedy, and may also have had an affair with his brother Robert Kennedy.
The Kennedy connection was enough to generate a plethora of conspiracy theories. The most common being that Marilyn was eased into a drug-induced death by a Kennedy insider because, having been dumped by JFK, she was threatening to go public with their affair.
Contradictory autopsy findings, gaps in the time line on the night of her death, the disappearance of her diary and phone records, and witnesses who claimed the FBI joined the investigation for no valid reason were all cited as evidence of orchestrated foul play.
She was found dead on August 5th, 1962 by her housekeeper, Mrs Eunice Murray, from what happened to be an overdose.
The flames of conspiracy were also fanned by her hairdresser, Sidney Guilaroffe, who claimed that Merilyn knew a lot of “dangerous secrets about the Kennedys.” And a friend, Jose Bolanos, supposedly received a phone call from Merilyn on the night of her death, during which she threatened to reveal “something that would shock the whole world,” but, hearing a disturbance at her door put down the phone without hanging up.
Merilyn’s death will always remain a mysterious sidebar to the JFK assassination, but the reported comment of Jackie Kennedy to her husband adds some credence to the idea that Monroe was killed because she knew too much. “She’s different to the others [mistresses and girlfriends]. She’s unstable and dangerous.”
