The Conspiracies Of Marilyn Monroe

In a terrible turn of circumstances on the early morning of August 5, 1962, 36-year-old Marilyn died in her sleep at her Brentwood, California home with the phone attached to her hand. Rumors speculate of an overdose or intentionally killing herself. There was also speculation and gossip of having an affair with John F Kennedy and that she was about to go public with what she knew about JFK and Bobbi Kennedy. Also that she was murdered by 'government agents' to safeguard the president. Another conspiracy incident was that Marilyn was killed by the mafia as punishment to the Kennedy's for their attacks on them, and to expose Kennedy's many love affairs. Now with all the aspects of her death, Marilyn had plans to work on new movies and a possible

Option C is the correct answer. It's apparent from the first paragraph sentence, "However, despite being flawed or outrageous, conspiracy theories keep suspicion alive that Monroe was murdered or accidentally overdosed," that the author deems the conspiracy theories to be groundless.

Maggie Koerth Baker’s piece titled Why rational people buy into conspiracy theories represents the reasons why rational people believe in conspiracy theories. Throughout the article Baker tries to explain the reasons behind the belief of conspiracy theories supported by research and evidence. This paper will review Baker’s article as well as her main arguments, will evaluate the quality of Baker’s writing and focus on any areas of weakness within the article.

Blame was thrown around as to who exactly killed her and why. The most popular suspects of Monroe’s perceived “murder: was none other than America’s 35th president, John F. Kennedy and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Many suspect that Monroe was hiding a “relationship” with John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, and they were the cause behind her death. It is believed that the Kennedys had her assassinated to cover up whatever affair that could have occurred, to protect communist secrets, or the mafia killed her to send a message to the president. Frank A. Capell was one of these believers. Capell was an anti-communist who self published a pamphlet, The Strange Death of Marilyn Monroe, in 1964 that claimed Marilyn Monroe’s death was murdered and it was related to her connection to the Kennedy family, more specifically the Attorney General. Capell accused Robert Kennedy of being a communist spy that had Monroe assassinated in order to keep her quiet (Truong) Now, private detective Milo Speriglio didn’t believe that the Kennedys were communists with ulterior agendas, however he did believe they were involved in Monroe’s death. In 1982, Speriglio makes a claim in his book, Marilyn Monroe: Murder Cover-Up, that mafia boss Sam Giancana ordered a hit on Monroe in order to send a message to the Kennedy’s to leave the mafia alone (Truong). Speriglio’s accusations even led to the reopening of

The media today is much different compared to the media in 1962, because it is more shrewd and meddlesome. Seeing that this photo of JFK and Monroe together was published in 2004, I think that it’s safe to say that the shock of the world from an innocent picture resembles the effect of today’s media. The entire “affair” would be blown out of proportion, and Kennedy would be shamed for simply being pictured with the beautiful, young actress. Without the presence of more evidence than a mere photo of the two, we cannot be sure that this affair even happened, but taking into consideration the motives of today’s media, both celebrities’ statuses would be ruined permanently at the slight speculation of an affair. You could compare this scandalous event in history to the cheating scandal of Gary Hart at the time of the 1988 presidential election. As a potential candidate in the election, Hart was a previous U.S. Senator and a democratic representative in the 1984 presidential election. Though Ronald Reagan defeated him, he overcame adversity and decided to run for the 1988 election. In late December of 1986, a private investigator allegedly followed Hart to a woman’s home (later identified as Donna Rice Hughes’s estate) and was photographed with her. Immediately, pictures were leaked to the media and published in magazines and reported all over the news. Leaving Americans shocked, Hart had no other option than to suspend his

The assassination of John F. Kennedy is said to be, as from the Warren report, a murder. The Warren report states that a man, Lee Harvey Oswald, fired 3 shots from the 6th floor of the Texas Book State Depository building. One missed the President’s motorcade completely; another hit President Kennedy in the neck, and the last hit him in the head, which was later said after an autopsy, to be the cause of death.

However Castro found out about the plot, apparently through one of the Mafia bosses who was a Cuban sympathizer, Carlos Trafficante, and redirected it back at Kennedy. Another one of the mafia bosses also wanted to get back at Kennedy. Kennedy had won the presidential election with the mafia's help, and still his brother Robert, Attorney General at the time, was publicly prosecuting these same bosses as an effort to put down organized crime. It is believed that Trafficante redirected the Cuban exiles to accompany Oswald in Dallas. The third is the amount of government cover-ups that arose from the assassination. One year earlier Kennedy had made a secret pack with Russia that he would not interfere with the Cuban government. But Kennedy broke this pack by plotting to assassinate Castro. It was believed that if Castro was assassinated then Russia would have retaliated with nuclear weapons. Therefore Kennedy had to be eliminated so that this would not have happened. His death virtually eliminated the threat of Soviet retaliation against the U.S. for his plot to remove Castro using Mafia resources. The murder of Oswald by Jack Ruby plays into this theory that the government was somehow involved. Why would Jack Ruby kill Oswald? I believe that Ruby killed Oswald so that he would not leak to the public that the assassination was a conspiracy. How would the American people take it? Our president was killed by our own

It was not worded out to the public but almost everyone knew for certain that Marilyn had affairs with both John and Robert Kennedy. Apparently Robert Kennedy told Marilyn that he would never marry her this brought deep depression into Marilyn’s life which lead to her threatening to come out with the affairs with him and his brother which she had kept track in a diary. The Kennedy’s repeatedly demanded Marilyn to live them alone and give in her diary which Marilyn denied to do. Robert felt dethroned and anguished so he told Greenson who apparently also had an affair with Marilyn that she was going to tell the public about their affair as well. Greenson didn’t want his reputation to fade so he agreed to help Robert. Then moments later the pair who was accompanied by two body guards and Peter Lawford barged into Marilyn’s house. Marilyn was unable to defend herself since one of the guards had injected nembutal to calm her down this however made her collapse on the floor. One bodyguard tore her clothes then injected an enema to stage out a suicide. While the other men scattered across her house in order to find her diary. Later on Eunice had found Marilyn’s dead

For nearly five decades, historians have debated over whether or not the John F. Kennedy assassination was from a lone gunman or as part of a bigger conspiracy cover-up. On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot as he paraded through Dallas, Texas. That same afternoon, Dallas police had arrested their suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald, an itinerant ex-U.S. marine and self-described Marxist-Leninist, previously lived in the Soviet Union prior to his move back to the United States. However, within days of his arrest, Oswald was dead. Oswald was murdered by Jack Ruby on national television in the basement of a Dallas police station. Historians, through the years, have stated that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and for himself, while others have maintained that Kennedy was killed as part of a wider cover-up. The Warren Commission Report was established by Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy’s successor, to further investigate Kennedy’s assassination. After nearly a yearlong investigation, the commission, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren concluded that alleged gunman Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating America’s 35th President, and that there was no conspiracy, either domestic or international, involved. Despite its seemingly firm conclusions, the report proved controversial and failed to silence conspiracy theories surrounding the event. Historians have held dramatically different views about the

Kennedy was a good man, and a good president. But his affairs with multiple women, including the famous Marilyn Monroe, only give evidence to the theory that he was a man almost entirely ruled by his overly functioning sex drive. I personally believe that Kennedy was a weak man for succumbing to his libido to the extent that it could possibly have become a national security. I think it was despicable of him to have slept with Monroe, as damaged as the woman was. But despite my opinions on his affairs and his marital status, I can acknowledge that John F. Kennedy did a splendid job at being president of the United

Only 17 days after her famous “Happy Birthday” performance for John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe was found dead at her home from an overdose of sleeping pills. She was only 36 years old. There is a lot of speculation surrounding the events of her death. Some people think it was a suicide, others prefer not to believe that. There were even conspiracy theories that were triggered by alleged affairs with both John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy.

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by gunfire as he traveled in a motorcade in an open-top limousine in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963 (12:30 pm, CST); Texas Governor John Connally was wounded during the shooting, but survived. Within two hours, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder of Dallas policeman J. D. Tippit and arraigned that evening. Shortly after 1:30 am, Saturday, Oswald was arraigned for murdering President Kennedy as well. On Sunday, November 24, at 11:21 a.m., nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot Oswald as he was being transferred from the city jail to the county jail. But was it really Oswald who killed John F. Kennedy?

By April 2013, 59% of Americans polled believed that JFK was assassinated by more than one person, including Oswald, and that they were involved in a conspiracy (AEI). For the sake of clarity, conspiracy theory is defined as; a theory that explains an event or situation as the result of a secret plan by usually powerful people or groups. In reality, there have been sinister conspiracies a foot, in the past. For example, a small group of people in the business community plotted to over throw FDR because they believed he was a part of a communist conspiracy. However, when they tried to enlist the help of retired general Smedley Butler, he reported them to congress.There are also government conspiracy’s that turned out to be true as well.

Marilyn Monroe’s death, being only 36-years-old and murdered by an unknown victim, was very shocking to many Americans.

Many conspiracy theories have tried to explain who was responsible for Kennedy’s murder and some have cited the involvement of the USSR, FBI, CIA and Cuba among others. The death of Kennedy remains a mystery despite numerous investigations which have since been carried. There have been no conclusive prove that Oswald murdered the president and even if he did, people still do not believe that he acted alone as reported by the Warren Commission.