The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed

by Jay Margolis, Richard Buskin

Overview

A New York Times Best Seller! Implicating Robert F. Kennedy in Marilyn Monroe’s murder, this is the first book to name the LAPD officers who accompanied him to her home, provide details about how the Kennedys used bribes to silence one of the ambulance drivers, and specify how the cover-up was aided by a noted pathologist’s lies.

Since Marilyn Monroe died among suspicious circumstances on the night of August 4, 1962, there have been queries and theories, allegations and investigations, but no definitive evidence about precisely what happened and who was involved . . . until now.

Here renowned MM expert Jay Margolis and New York Times bestselling author Richard Buskin finally lay to rest more than fifty years of wild speculation and misguided assertions by actually naming, for the first time, the screen goddess’s killer while utilizing the testimony of eye-witnesses to exactly what took place inside her house on Fifth Helena Drive in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood.

This blockbuster volume blows the lid off the world’s most notorious and talked-about celebrity death, and in the process exposes not only the truth about an iconic star’s tragic final hours, but also how a legendary American politician used powerful resources to protect what many still perceive as his untarnished reputation.

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history—books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510702349
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	09/20/2016
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Jay Margolis is a noted Marilyn Monroe author and expert who graduated from the University of Southern California summa cum laude (and did so a year early). For his distinguished paper on African American reparations, Margolis became a Jesse Unruh Research Scholar. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Richard Buskin is a New York Times bestselling author and freelance journalist who specializes in film, music, television, and pop culture. His articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world, and among the thirty nonfiction books that he has written are biographies of Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana, Whitney Houston, and Sheryl Crow. A native of London, England, he lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

1 How Did Marilyn Monroe Really Die? 1

2 Marilyn's Close Friends Get Suspicious 9

3 Bobby Kennedy Brought Along One of His Two Long-time Personal Bodyguards to Sedate Marilyn in the Afternoon 15

4 A Surprise Evening Visit from Bobby Kennedy and Gangster Squad LAPD Partners Archie Case and James Ahern 25

5 Schaefer Ambulance Attendant James Edwin Hall Told the Truth 37

6 Hall, Liebowitz, Lawford, Newcomb, and Iannone Witnessed a Murder Not an Adrenaline Shot 47

7 The Soundman 61

8 Walt Schaefer's Involvement 63

9 Who the Hell Is Ken Hunter? 65

10 Famous Clients Were Commonplace at Schaefer Ambulance 69

11 The Men at Beverly and Western 75

12 The Santa Monica Hospital "Story" 81

13 Murray Leib and the Mysterious Car Washes 85

14 Detective Lynn Franklin Pulls Over a Very Drunk Peter Lawford 91

15 Detective Franklin Connects the Dots 97

16 Greenson's Motives for Killing His Patient 99

17 Does Greenson's Official Story Check Out? 113

18 Did Chief Parker Cover Up Bobby Kennedy's Tracks in Los Angeles? 121

19 Behind the Scenes at Marilyn Monroe's Funeral 129

20 Dr. Greenson Calls the Police to Say Marilyn Monroe Committed Suicide 137

21 The Greenson and Engelberg Agreement 139

The Kennedy Version

22 Was Lawford's Call to Ebbins a Cry for Help or Just a Really Good Alibi? 151

23 Bill Asher Also Claims Lawford Phoned Him in a Panic 159

24 Dolores Naar Claims Dr. Greenson Gave Marilyn Sedatives 161

Conclusion 163

Postscript 169

Timeline 189

Autopsy Report 203

Bibliography 219

Endnotes 241

Postscript Endnotes 320