New Doc Implies Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe
Filed under: Documentary, Independent, Celebrities and Controversy, Cinematical Indie
This weekend marks the 45th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death. Did she really commit suicide? Was her death an accident? Could she have been murdered? These questions have been asked for decades, but now a new documentary seems to have the answer: Robert Kennedy did it. Well, maybe not, but the then U.S. Attorney General was in fact at Marilyn's house the night she died.
The doc, tentatively titled Death on Helena Dr., features an interview with an FBI agent who was also there that night, though outside in a surveillance van, and he claims to have witnessed RFK and other men enter Marilyn's home, where they all screamed and yelled in the guest cottage. Apparently she may have been murdered in the cottage and then moved to the bedroom where she was discovered. I guess we'll have to watch the film, produced by Marilyn memorabilia collector Keya Morgan, to find out more.
I've been a longtime enthusiast of conspiracy theories, but I never could get interested in the Marilyn death stuff. I guess I just didn't care enough, and I didn't believe the motivation to murder a huge movie star was there. Plus, I always figured, and still figure, that even if Bobby Kennedy was around that night, she could have just overdosed after he left. It makes more sense for her to have taken her own life after getting whatever news she received (possibly John F. Kennedy's decision to break off their affair), rather than for her to have been killed because of whatever information she knew (about any number of other conspiracy theories).
Death on Helena Dr. seems to be anchored on the FBI agent's interview, but it will also include other testimonials from former L.A. Police Chief Darryl Gates, Jack Clemmons, who was the first cop "officially" to arrive at the murder scene the morning of August 5, Abe Landau, who was Marilyn's neighbor and a Beverly Hills detective named Lynn Franklin. Morgan claims his film will also offer new information on the assassination of Robert Kennedy, too. A release date for the documentary was not given.
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8-06-2007 @ 8:43AM
Jen said...
I agree with your assessment: she most likely overdosed after RFK left her home. I'm an avid fan of conspiracy theories, too, but the idea that Kennedy had a direct hand in her death just seems ludicrous.
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8-19-2007 @ 4:36PM
cat said...
for-jen who left a message at 8.34am -august 6th.
marilyn did no O.D. AFTER BOOBY LEFT.
THEY WaNTED PAPER WORK FROM THE FILLING CABINET, ALL THE EVIDAN[E IS ON PINK COULOURED PAPER WORK.
marylin was getting over her addiction an was getting herself straight at last thats why she wanted to give the president up an tell all ,she finally wanted to move on.
if your prone to suicide its the perfect cover up nobody would ever believe she didnt kill herself ,unless she was off the pills an doind better.
they wanted people to think she was unhappy near the end but that nite she wasnt.
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3-08-2008 @ 9:41PM
confi said...
Does anyone know hot to get in touch with Keya Morgan?
I may have couple true yet bizarre facts about Robert Kennedy from East Europe. There is in existence a radio recording of a special news announcing Robert Kennedy’s assassination 24 hours before it happened. The announcer describes exactly what did actually take place at the convention in Los Angeles. Four hours later different announcer apologized for the misinformation and then 24 hours after the actual assassination the radio broadcasted the original announcement again in the evening news however this time not as special news.
So if Keya Morgan is doing a new documentary about this subject I beleive he shall be aware of this facts. Thanks, M.
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9-12-2008 @ 7:28PM
Frederick Richardson said...
To unfold whatever may be the mystery surrounding a curious death, an investigator's world view certainly places a theory over a crime to shed more light where there is only darkness; where shadows are cast by oddly curious behavior, or when crucial elements of a death scene go unexplained.
Belief in the primacy of a conspiracy naturally attaches, if "the official record" offers only conjecture leading to a hurried and specious conclusion.
Though officially classified as "probable suicide," the circumstances of Marilyn Monroe's death from an overdose of barbiturates are subject to conjecture. EXAMPLE: Although it was pointed out that a bottle of barbiturates on her night table nearby had been consumed, no undigested capsules were found in her stomach at autopsy (this, well before any could have been metabolized into her bloodstream).
Robert Kennedy was never called for questioning during the coroner's inquest following Monroe's death. However, on August 4, 1963 Kennedy (alone) visited Monroe at her home around 4:30 p.m. He later returned around 10:30 p.m. with Peter Lawford and another man who carried a medical bag. Shortly after 11 p.m. and not far from Monroe's Brentwood residence, a Los Angeles patrol officer stopped a sedan with a burnt-out tail light. Occupants of the vehicle: Robert Kennedy, Peter Lawford and Dr. Ralph Greenson, Monroe's psychiatrist. (Greenson had been known to administer drugs to Monroe intravenously.)
Monroe’s autopsy revealed that the actress died between the hours of 11:30 p.m. on August 4th and 12:30 a.m. on August 5th. Nevertheless, L.A.P.D. police sergeant Jack Clemmons didn’t receive a call until 4:25 a.m. from Dr. Hyman Engelberg (Monroe's physician) proclaiming that Monroe was dead at her home—the call coming at least 4 hours after she had expired.
Sgt. Clemmons was the first police officer to arrive at the death scene. Engelberg and Greenson were both present at the time. Clemmons further stated that when he entered Monroe's house, the maid Eunice Murray was washing laundry (at 4:45 a.m.) and that Monroe's room appeared as though it had been cleaned prior to his arrival.
Moreover, Clemmons believed that Monroe was murdered and that her bedroom was a “staged” death scene.
In Clemmons' own words: "Marilyn was lying face down in what I call the soldier's position. Her hands were by her side and her legs were stretched out perfectly straight. It was the most obviously staged death scene I have ever seen. The pill bottles on her bedside table had been arranged in neat order and the body deliberately positioned. It all looked too tidy."
With even more questions, too numerous to list here, circumstances leading up to the death of Marilyn Monroe and the timeline from when her body was found remain a mystery. So as you can see, without the proper body of evidence, a theory by itself does serve the need to identify blame on the part of those "probably" responsible. On the other hand, a CONSPIRACY THEORY naturally seizes upon these facts that aren’t in evidence, and assumes that things will be better once popular action is taken against those culpable in a death who are in positions of power to cover it up.
Marilyn Monroe died over 45 years ago. The truth about her death is no longer a matter a justice but a concern of history.
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