💃🏼 Marilyn Monroe The Woman, The Myth & The Mystery

There are some people who become famous and then there are people who become something much larger than fame. They become an image, a symbol, a fantasy, and eventually a mystery. Marilyn Monroe was all of those things. to the world. She was the ultimate blonde bombshell, the woman in the white dress, the breathy voice, the beauty who could walk into a room and make everyone look at her. But Marilyn Monroe was not born Marilyn Monroe. She was born Norma Jean Mortonson. And behind the image of the world's most famous blonde was a woman who spent much of her life searching for something she never really had as a child, security. love and a place where she belonged. But in August of 1962, at only 36 years old, Marilyn Monroe was found unalived in her Los Angeles home. The official conclusion was probable selfdeion. But almost immediately, people began asking questions. Why were there inconsistencies surrounding the investigation? What happened during Marilyn's final hours? What exactly was her relationship with President John F. Kennedy? What about his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy? Did Marilyn really possess information that could have endangered the Kennedy family? Was she threatening to expose secrets, or is the truth much more tragic and much less mysterious? Today we're going to walk through the life of Marilyn Monroe. From Normma Gene to a Hollywood icon to a woman who found herself at the center of one of America's most enduring mysteries. Welcome back to Esoteric Atlanta. This is the story of Marilyn Monroe. But before we get into it, you guys, if you could do me a huge favor, if you are not subscribed, go ahead and hit that subscribe button and give us a like. If you want to help the algorithms out, you can leave us a comment. If you have nothing to say, just put your country flag in there. It would be nice to see where you're listening from. You can also help us out by hitting the hype button from your smartphone or your iPad. 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With that being said, guys, let's go ahead and get into Marilyn Monroe. You guys know we couldn't cover we could not cover the Kennedys. And if you haven't heard the Kennedys episode from Fritz Spring Meer, please go ahead and do so. I'll link that down in the description box below. Of course, we spoke about Jane Mansfield and her connection and the weirdness around her, but we could not ignore Marilyn Monroe. I almost did ignore Marilyn Monroe because I felt like her story has been told so many times and most people are absolutely aware of the conspiracies and the mysteries surrounding her unaliving. Again, I have to be careful with the words I say because of YouTube. But nonetheless, you guys, I thought, what the hell? Let's go ahead and get into it. Let's talk about Marilyn Monroe. Um, this is going to potentially be um, we're dropping this on Wednesday the 26th. And as this video drops, and as of my recording this video, I don't know you guys, but I might have to serve jury duty starting tomorrow, August 27th, I have to call them tonight at 7:00 p.m. to see if I am going to be called in for jury duty. And so I have no idea how if I'm called in and I have to sit on a jury, I have no idea how long uh that's going to take obviously because I don't know what kind of of of case it is. Um I'm actually kind of funny in the fact that I don't really mind sitting on juries. I kind of like jury duty. I just hate the buildup to jury duty, especially um especially in a city. Smaller towns, it's probably not that big of a deal. But first and foremost, I got to call in tonight to see if I'm even needed at the courthouse. And if I'm not needed, that's it. I'm done. I don't have to go in. But if I do get called in, I might be sitting at the courthouse all day um all day uh before I know if I'm on a case or not. So uh if I am on a case, again, I don't know how long it will be. And so there might be a period of time where we're just doing episodes and stuff on the weekends. It just depends on what's going on with jury duty. The good news is, according to my friend who is an attorney here in Atlanta, if I have to go, if you go in on a Monday, that might be um a heavy case. A lot of like unaliving trials, like we're going to talk about an unaliving today, those are juries are usually sequestered on Mondays. But my friend was like Thursdays are typically like no big deal cases, like easy cases. So that's the good news is if I am on a jury, it might not be that big of a deal. So, with that being said, guys, we'll just play it by ear, but if I'm missing next week, that's why I am on jury duty. So, with that being said, let's go ahead and get into the episode today. Before there was Marilyn Monroe, there was Normma Jean. [music] She was born on June 1 of 1926 in Los Angeles. Her childhood was anything but glamorous. Her mother, Glattis Baker, struggled with serious mental health problems, [music] and Normmaene spent much of her childhood moving between foster homes and relatives. She experienced instability [music] from an incredibly young age. She didn't grow up surrounded by Hollywood glamour. She grew up wondering where she belonged. And this is important because when we eventually meet Marilyn Monroe, the glamorous, seemingly confident woman, there is still a little girl underneath that image. A girl who desperately wanted to be loved. And perhaps that is one of the greatest tragedies of Marilyn's story. Hollywood eventually gave Normma Jeene everything she thought she wanted. fame, money, attention, millions of people telling her she was beautiful. But none of those things necessarily gave her what she had been searching for. [music] In 1942, at just 16 years old, Normma Jeene married James Dy. The marriage was partially a practical solution for her unstable situation, but it wouldn't last. During World War II, Normma Gene began working in a factory and then something happened that would completely change her life. A photographer discovered her. Her photographs began appearing in magazines. And suddenly, Normmaene discovered that she could make money from something Hollywood would eventually turn into her greatest asset, her appearance. By 1946, she had signed with 20th Century Fox. But Normma Gene needed a new name. The studio wanted something glamorous, something that sounded like a movie star and Normmaene Mortisen or Baker became [music] Marilyn Monroe. Now, just a pause, I do know that most people know her as Normma Gene [music] Baker, but she was actually born Normmaene Mortensson. And so, I thought that was really important in honoring her to like honor her actual birth name. Now, we do know that her mother uh was not totally sure who her father was. And so, her last name did eventually change to Baker [music] before she became Marilyn Monroe, but just in honoring her life, she was born Normmaene [music] Mortonson. So, I want you guys to think about this for a moment. The woman the world would eventually consider the ultimate symbol of femininity was in part a creation. The hair, the makeup, the voice, the clothes, the walk, the name. Hollywood wasn't simply discovering Marilyn Monroe. Hollywood was creating Marilyn [music] Monroe. And Marilyn herself would spend the rest of her career trying to convince Hollywood that there was a real woman underneath the character. By the early 1950s, Marilyn's career began accelerating. She appeared in increasingly [music] important films. And then came 1953, Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire. Suddenly, Marilyn Monroe wasn't simply an actress. She was an international [music] phenomenon. But there was a problem. The more famous Marilyn became, the less control she had over Marilyn Monroe. Hollywood wanted the blonde bombshell. They didn't necessarily want the complicated woman underneath. And Marilyn knew it. She wanted to be taken seriously as an actress. [music] She began studying acting. She moved toward New York. She became involved with the actor studio and she eventually created Marilyn Monroe Productions in an effort to gain more control over her career. That decision is incredibly important because Marilyn wasn't simply a naive [music] actress being manipulated by Hollywood. She was becoming increasingly intelligent about the business world around her. She understood her value. She understood contracts. She understood publicity. and she understood that powerful people surrounded [music] her. Marilyn's personal life was just as turbulent as her professional one. [music] In 1954, she married baseball legend Joe Deaggio. They were one of the most famous couples in America, but the marriage lasted only months. There were reports of jealousy, arguments with tension surrounding Maryland's enormous public sexuality. They divorced in 1954. [music] Then came playwright Arthur Miller. Miller was completely different from the men Hollywood associated with Marilyn. He was intellectual, political, a serious writer. Marilyn married Miller in 1956. And for a time, she seemed to be searching for a different >> [music] >> identity. Not the sensual symbol, not the fantasy, not the blonde bombshell, but a woman who wanted to be [music] respected. Their relationship eventually deteriorated. They [music] divorced in 1961. And by this point, Marilyn's life was becoming increasingly complicated. Her career was unstable. Her marriages had failed. She was dealing with emotional problems. She had undergone medical procedures and psychiatric treatments. And she was increasingly dependent on prescription medications. Then Marilyn Monroe entered the world of the Kennedy family. This is where the story becomes controversial because there is a difference between what we know, what witnesses claimed, [music] and what later people would allege. And with Marilyn Monroe, those three categories have often been blurred together. We know Marilyn moved in the same social circles as the Kennedy family. We know she was connected to actor Peter Lofford, who was married to President Kennedy's sister, Patricia. And we know Marilyn appeared at a major Kennedy event in May of 1962. But the alleged romantic relationships are much harder to establish with certainty. For decades, biographers and journalists have claimed that Marilyn had a relationship with both John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. Other researchers have disputed or rejected those claims. There is no definitive surviving document that proves the relationship in the way popular culture often portrays them. 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She walked onto the stage wearing an [music] extremely tight shimmering dress and then she sang, "Happy Birthday, Mr. President." The performance became legendary. President Kennedy appeared afterward and made a joke about the performance. The image of Marilyn Monroe singing to the President of the United States became permanently embedded in American culture. The event itself is completely documented by the Kennedy Library. But almost immediately, people began reading something else into it. Was this simply a celebrity performing for the president, or was there something more intimate [music] between Marilyn and JFK? The answer, as always, remains disputed. The stories became even more complicated when Robert Kennedy entered the picture. Robert F. Kennedy was the attorney general of the United States, and according to various accounts, Marilyn also had a relationship with him. Some accounts portray Bobby as becoming romantically involved with Marilyn. Others say the relationship has been exaggerated or fabricated. And this is where we have to be careful because some of the most sensational stories about Marilyn and Robert Kennedy came years after her passing. Some were based on questionable witnesses. Some came from books and [music] private investigators. And some stories contradicted documented Kennedy travel schedules. One major biographical assessment argued that there was no credible evidence establishing an affair between Monroe and Robert Kennedy and [music] specifically challenged claims that he was with Marilyn on the night of her passing. But the allegations never have disappeared [music] and eventually they became connected to something even darker. The theory that Marilyn Monroe knew [music] too much. This is where the theories began. Some researchers claimed Marilyn had become aware of sensitive information through her association with the Kennedys. And remember when this was happening? This was at the height of the Cold War. The United States [music] was dealing with the Soviet Union. The three-letter agency was involved in covert operations. The Bay of Pigs had happened. The Cuban Missile Crisis was approaching. The Kennedy administration was surrounded by secrecy. And Marilyn was supposedly close enough to powerful people to hear things ordinary Americans would never hear. Some theories claimed that she kept notes. Some claimed she had a diary. Some claimed that she had threatened to expose the Kennedys. Others went much further. They claimed she knew about government activities involving Cuba. And then came the most explosive theory of all, that Marilyn Monroe was unalived to prevent her from talking. But here's the important question. Do we have [music] enough evidence? On Saturday, August 4th of 1962, Marilyn Monroe was at her Brentwood home. She was 36 years old. Her publicist had been around. [music] Her psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Grimson had been treating her. Her housekeeper, Ununice Murray, was also present. Marilyn had been struggling. She had experienced emotional instability. She had previously ODed. She had been taking powerful prescription medications. That evening, something happened that would become one of the greatest mysteries surrounding [music] her passing. Marilyn went into her bedroom and at some point the people around her realized they could not reach her. Her bedroom door was locked, her light was on and she was not answering. At approximately 3:30 in the morning on August 5th, she was discovered deleted. The initial reports described her [music] as lying face down on the bed with a telephone receiver nearby. There were empty medical bottles and the house was suddenly the center of an enormous police [music] investigation. The first reports described an apparent OD. But this was Marilyn Monroe. So the [music] world wanted more. The medical evidence established that Marilyn had been unal alive from acute barbituate [music] poisoning. The manner of death became the controversial part. The official conclusion was probable selfdeion. Not simply selfdeion, but probable selfdeion. And that distinction matters. The coroner and the investigators examined her psychiatric history, her behavior, and the circumstances [music] surrounding her final days. The official conclusion was that she had most likely intentionally taken a lethal amount of her meds. The questions immediately emerged. Why was there no obvious residue in her stomach? [music] How did she obtain such a large quantity of said meds? Why were there discrepancies in accounts of her final hour? Why did some witnesses tell different versions of events? And what happened to certain pieces of information and alleged documentations? These questions became [music] fuel for decades of speculation. The Los Angeles Times later noted that the absence of pill residue in her stomach became a major point of [music] conspiracy speculation, although investigators concluded that the rugs have been absorbed and distributed through her body. And now we arrive at the main theory. And this theory goes something like this. Marilyn had a relationship with the Kennedy brothers. She knew things that she was not supposed to know. She had supposedly threatened to expose them. Robert Kennedy traveled to Los Angeles. He confronted Marilyn. She was unalived. And then powerful people supposedly helped cover things up. Some versions of this theory involved the three-letter agency. Some involved organized crime. Most involve everything. And some versions claim that Robert Kennedy himself was physically present at Maryland's home shortly before her passing. because there is no established evidence proving that Robert Kennedy had unalived Marilyn Monroe and the evidence regarding his whereabouts on August 4th of 1962 is disputed in popular accounts. Some later witnesses claimed he was in Los Angeles. Other evidence and testimony placed him in Northern California. The former LAPD chief, Daryl Gates, later said his sources indicated [music] that Kennedy had been in Los Angeles while also saying that he did not believe Kennedy had actually seen Maryland that day. Other witnesses claimed otherwise. That distinction [music] is crucial. Being in Los Angeles is not evidence of analying and being associated with Maryland is not evidence of a conspiracy, but those unresolved stories help create this legend. And then there were stories about Marilyn's supposed diary. Some conspiracy accounts claimed that Marilyn had written down sensitive information about the Kennedys. The story became that the diary disappeared. And if that were true, it would be obviously significant. Claims about a missing red diary became a part of the controversy [music] surrounding the later investigation, but the existence and significance of such a document were themselves disputed. The FBI does have a substantial file on Marilyn Monroe, but the existence of an FBI file does not establish that she [music] was unalived or that the Kennedys ordered her unaliving. 20 years after Marilyn's death, the controversy became serious enough that the Los Angeles County District's Attorney's Office conducted [music] a formal review. This was not simply a journalist asking questions. This was an official examination of the allegations. [music] Investigators reviewed evidence. They examined the claims of homicide. They looked at allegations involving the police, the coroner, and the Kennedys. And what did they conclude according to them and their official narrative, surprise, surprise, was that they found no credible evidence supporting a analying conspiracy. The 1982 review did acknowledge factual discrepancies and unanswered questions, but did it did not, funnily enough, establish an unalivvening. The district attorney concluded that Maryland's unaliving was consistent with was consistent with selfdeion or accidental deletion [music] and that there was no basis for opening a criminal investigation into unaliving charges. So officially she was not unalived but culturally we still have questions. And this is where I think Marilyn Monroe's story becomes much more interesting than the conspiracy itself. Because maybe the real mystery isn't who unalived Marilyn. Maybe the real mystery is how did the world fail Marilyn Monroe. Think about the life she lived. A childhood marked by instability. A woman transformed into a product. A person whose sensuality became a commodity. Three marriages, [music] multiple miscarriages and reproductive struggles. Professional pressures. psychiatric treatment and a desperate desire to be taken [music] seriously. Marilyn Monroe had spent her entire life trying to become somebody. And perhaps the tragedy is that the world became obsessed with Marilyn Monroe while never really seeing Normma Gene. [music] There is something haunting about watching Marilyn sing to John [music] F. Kennedy in May of 1962 because we know what happened next. She is standing in front of thousands of people. The entire country is watching. [music] She's glamorous. She is beautiful. She looks almost untouchable. And yet, less than 3 months later, she would be gone. On August 5th, 1962, she was only 36 years old. The official cause of death was barbbituate poisoning. The official manner of death is still only [music] probable selfdeion. And despite decades of books, documentaries, investigations, and theories, we still don't see the narrative changing. And we still have questions. We still see inconsistencies. There are still conflicting testimonies. And there are many of us who believe the official story cannot possibly explain everything. Marilyn Monroe became a canvas onto [music] which America could project its fears. Hollywood, sensuality, power, politics, the Kennedys, the three-letter agency, the Cold War, and dying. But perhaps the most haunting thing about Marilyn Monroe isn't the mystery of how she left. It's the mystery [music] of who she might have become if she had lived. Because Norma Gene never really got the chance to find out. She wanted to be an actress. She wanted to [music] be respected. She wanted to be loved. She wanted to be more than just a photograph, more than a blonde, more than a fantasy. And perhaps that's the final irony of Marilyn Monroe. She spent her entire life trying to become a real person [music] in a world that had already decided she was only a myth. So, what do you think? Was Marilyn Monroe's death a tragic [music] selfdeion? Or do you believe there was something more happening behind the scenes? And if you do believe there was a conspiracy, [music] who do you think was responsible? And what evidence convinces you? Thank you guys for sitting through this one. As I said earlier, I potentially might be on jury duty next week, but I really would like to do a live around Marilyn Monroe, and I would like to potentially have an open panel where people can come up and discuss this [music] because I am stumped by Maryland. Personally, I think there's more to her passing. I don't think that she [music] selfdeleted. Um, but I'm very um unsure about her actual relationship with the Kennedys. I have questions around that. Um, I also know that there are many people who believe that she herself was a three-letter agency asset. And I I I actually can see how people would believe that. I don't know. I still don't I'm not I don't have clarity on that. People also said that about Jay Mansfield [music] as well. We know that Hollywood is deeply involved in the three-letter agency, especially [music] ALS actors. So, that's that's not without realm of reasoning that that there's definitely a patterning there. And we also have the newer conspiracy theories of Britney [music] Spears's connection to uh Marilyn Monroe, which is an interesting one. So, as as soon as I can figure out my schedule, um I will schedule a live for [music] us to go deeper into Marilyn's story. And let me know in the comment section if you would like to do this live [music] as an open panel where you two can jump on with me, an open line, and talk about your opinions surrounding Marilyn Monroe. I will say again that with every situation we know that the powers that be the establishment also put out what we call junk conspiracy. [music] So every conspiracy theory we have to be very careful with because the powers that be know that there are people that will not buy the narrative. And so they sometimes throw in fake information to get us into what's called a junk conspiracy culde-sac where we're spinning around chasing our tails getting further [music] away from the truth of the matter. And so with that being said, I can't wait to hear your opinions and potentially do an [music] open panel with you guys after I figure out what's going on with my jury duty. All right, you guys. I'll talk to you soon. [music]