

The biggest revelation to come out of the 101-minute documentary? The fact that Monroe passed away en route to the hospital rather than being found dead in her Brentwood home, giving credence to various theories that there’s more to Monroe’s purported drug overdose than meets the eye. Released on April 27, Emma Cooper’s film revisits Pulitzer Prize finalist Anthony Summers’s three years of detailed research into the circumstances surrounding Monroe’s death-offering up soundbites from hundreds of recordings he made with everyone from Billy Wilder to Monroe’s psychiatrist Ralph Greenson. There’s apparently no limit to our collective fascination with Norma Jeane, as evidenced by the reaction to Netflix’s latest true-crime documentary, The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes.

This is the most believable, useful book of all the books about her - Harvey Wasserman, former professor of psychiatry, Yale University College of Medicine Mesmerizing.


The ghost of Marilyn Monroe cries out in these pages * New York Times * was a genius, a sorceress who could stimulate the world's sexuality and still seem innocent, turn on a light and become 'Marilyn Monroe.' And she has become eternal. The fullest factual account of Monroe's life and death we're likely to get * Evening Standard * Convincing evidence of a crude but effective cover-up which was designed to protect Robert Kennedy * Times Literary Supplement * Gets as near to the heart of the mystery as anyone ever will * Guardian * The most authoritative account ever written about the greatest sex symbol of them all * Woman * A remarkable performance. GODDESS, however, delivers new, fully documented yet exciting fact.'Gets as near to the heart of the mystery as anyone ever will' Guardian'The fullest factual account of Monroe's life and death we're likely to get' Evening Standard'The definitive story of the legend' Irish Times'A remarkable performance.The ghost of Marilyn Monroe cries out in these pages' New York Times Read more Marilyn's tragic story is clouded by gossip-reporting more than almost any other. Drawing on more than 600 first-hand interviews, Anthony Summers offers the classic, definitive biography of a woman who captivated the world. Her life was a contrast of public brilliance and private misery, her death a tragedy suffused by dark questions - about her relations with President John F. han half a century after her death, Marilyn Monroe is arguably still one of the most famous people in the world. The classic, definitive biography of Marilyn Monroe, now updated in the year of the 60th anniversary of the iconic star's death - now a major Netflix film, The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Untold Tapes'Gets as near to the heart of the mystery as anyone ever will' GuardianMore t. Goddess: The Secret Lives Of Marilyn Monroe
