The official coroner’s report declared Marilyn Monroe’s death as a “probable suicide," but that was just one part of an immense cover-up designed to protect her real killer.  From the quick disposal of her organs, to the silence kept by her housekeeper and friends, the questions keep coming.  Most crucially, what happened to Marilyn’s Little Red Book? Best Fiends: Download Best Fiends for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.  SimpliSafe: Get free shipping and a 60-day risk-free trial...

What exactly happened on the night of August 4, 1962? This episode examines the official version of events in meticulous detail – as well as the inconsistencies that show that Marilyn's death could not have been a suicide. Upstart: Find out how low your rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The days leading up to Marilyn Monroe’s death are crucial to understanding why she died. There was the humiliation at a party held by Sinatra and Giancana, the increasing reliance on alcohol and prescription drugs - all amidst stepped-up surveillance by Hoover and the growing panic from the Kennedys about the contents of her Little Red Book. In this episode, we learn how the men in her life were suddenly invested in the idea of her death…Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

The Kennedys,  the  Mob,  and the  FBI.  Marilyn Monroe’s  affair  with  JFK  –  as  well  as  with brother  Bobby  –  would prove to be a defining  feature  of  her  life  –  and death.  It  put  her  at  the  center  of  a triangulated  power  struggle  between  the  President,  Hoover’s  FBI , and  the Mob.Upstart: Find out how low your rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE. Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

This chapter examines Marilyn’s marriages and (many) sexual partners – including Sinatra’s gang, mobster Sam Giancana, psychiatrist Ralph Greenson, and the two most powerful men in America at the time.  Away: For $20 off a suitcase, visit AwayTravel.com/Monroe and use promo code MONROE at checkout.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the creators of Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood and The Killing of Marilyn Monroe comes EPSTEIN: Devil in the Darkness, a shocking new 12-part series that dives deep into the life – and death – of socialite-turned-sex-criminal Jeffrey Epstein.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The glory years: during which Marilyn not only made a succession of smash hit movies, but also enjoyed relationships with a series of high profile men – including Sinatra and his rat pack buddy Peter Lawford. By the time of her marriages to Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, she was perhaps the most famous – and most lusted after – woman on the planet.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this chapter we examine how Marilyn finally escaped the life of poverty, abuse, and abandonment she was born into – and how she wasn’t averse to using whatever weapons were in her formidable armory to help achieve her dream of making it big in Tinseltown.  With spectacular effect.  From her early modeling career to getting a break in Hollywood, bleaching her hair blonde and changing her name – as Norma Jeane became Marilyn Monroe.  The roles were small, until she utilized the “casting...

In this chapter we will examine how the woman born as Norma Jeane Mortensen was rejected by those closest to her and dreamed of escaping her life of foster homes, orphanages and repeated sexual abuse.As a woman, Marilyn Monroe was the most glamorous star the world had ever seen - but as a girl Norma Jeane had the most dysfunctional of childhoods and we discover the effect that tough upbringing had on Marilyn’s view of men... and how that was to resonate on all her later relationships –...

She is the greatest female star Hollywood ever produced and in most people’s minds, the 20th century’s definitive sex symbol but on August 4, 1962, Marilyn Monroe’s incredible light was suddenly, shockingly, snuffed out and 57 years later, the full facts of her death remain hidden.Now learn the real story as we show how in the course of her brief time in the spotlight, Marilyn Monroe became a pawn at the center of a deadly power struggle between the President of the United States, his...

The Killing of Marilyn Monroe is an explosive new 12-part podcast from the creators of Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood. Marilyn Monroe’s name, beauty and legend is still as iconic today as the night she died 57 years ago. But unlike the legacy of her stardom, shadowy conspiracies and unanswered questions continue to linger over what happened in the hours, days and weeks before the blonde bombshell took her final breath, naked on her bed and surrounded by a deadly cocktail...