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Stunning new revelations: Marilyn Monroe Murdered
WND ^ | 10/18/06 | staff

Posted on 10/18/2006 2:09:20 PM PDT by pissant

Marilyn Monroe was talking on the telephone to Louise DiMaggio when she was murdered and was able to utter the name of her attacker before her death, according to a new book by DiMaggio's niece and Monroe confidante June DiMaggio.

In "Marilyn, Joe & Me," 44 years after the Hollywood superstar's mysterious death, which was ruled a suicide, June DiMaggio, friend of Marilyn and niece of New York Yankee Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio, she discloses that her mother was speaking long distance with Marilyn Monroe when the actress was killed. DiMaggio says her mother overheard Monroe blurt out the name or names of her killer as they stormed into her bedroom.

Now in her late 70s, DiMaggio knew Marilyn before she was married to her uncle and for years afterward – until the star's death in 1962.

"It's about the truth, and it's about time," DiMaggio says, explaining why she is finally publishing her memoirs.

"Mother told me that she knew who killed Marilyn, but that knowledge absolutely terrified her," she writes.

To protect her family, she said that she would never reveal the details of what she knew.

"I begged mother to tell me who it was, over and over and over again," says June.

Joe DiMaggio also pleaded with her to confide in him many times. Only her mother knew, and she never confided in Marilyn's former husband or anyone else.

"I even asked her on her deathbed," she recalls. "'Won't you tell me now?' And she just said, 'No, I want my family to live.'"

By DiMaggio's account, Marilyn was indeed the victim of a wretched childhood and the Hollywood studio system that made her star power last to this day.

Still, she paints a picture of a different Marilyn, one who faced life sunny-side-up, who seemed to accept her fate on many levels. She divulges a Marilyn who read books and loved to talk about politics, who was unwavering in her generosity, who had an almost naive sense of wonder. She portrays a Marilyn sometimes lonely, who wasn't even aware of her hundreds of Christmas cards that flooded the studio; a Marilyn that cooed over a stuffed Teddy bear and took childlike pleasure in watching cartoons. And yes, a Marilyn who also admitted to spending time on the casting couch.

DiMaggio writes, "On the very day of her death, Marilyn phoned me mid-morning and asked if I could bring her one of my homemade pizzas.

"When I arrived with the pizza around noon she was in high spirits, chatting about how she and my mother were going to Mexico to shop for wrought-iron patio furniture for the new home where she and Joe would live after they remarried.

"Yes, remarried.

Authors June DiMaggio and Mary Jane Popp

"They were planning to retie the knot on August 8, the day that would instead be her funeral. Marilyn was very happy and excited to be marrying Joe again. She was even thinking of domestic comforts and bought a set of dishes for their new love nest.

"When I saw her that fateful day, she went on and on about her new life and her plans for the future. She had a contract to fulfill, but she was hoping to cut back to perhaps a movie a year so that she could finally begin to enjoy life with her own family, in her own cozy home.

"On the night that she was murdered," DiMaggio relates, "the police were trying to locate Joe to tell him that she'd been found dead. When they arrived at my door that night between 11 p.m. and midnight, I was in shock. I didn't know where Joe was for sure, so I called to ask Mother. I remember thinking that he might be in San Francisco. When she picked up the phone she was sobbing uncontrollably.

"She already knew.

So, who was Marilyn's killer?

DiMaggio, whose bright eyes belie her strength and feistiness, is stalwart in her belief. She says her mother never told her the name, because she was desperately afraid for her family. "Only Mother knew, and she never confided in Joe or anyone else. He kept asking her, 'Won't you tell me now, Lee?' And she just said, 'No, I want my family to live.'

"Even after the FBI traced that last call that Marilyn made to Mother, not even the country's G-men could make inroads with her. As she told me directly and in no uncertain terms, she wouldn't tell anything to the FBI or to another living soul."

But then there's an interview co-author Mary Jane Popp happened upon, which breathes life into DiMaggio's account. Popp interviewed Alan Kimble "Kim" Fahey, author of "Hollywood Unlisted," in which he tells hair-raising stories of the 35 years that he worked as a telephone repairman in the land of stars and stories, when he "kept his ears open and his mouth shut."

"The story took place around the early '80s, when Kim was sent to do about three days of phone work on a system at Atascadero State Mental Hospital, a maximum-security facility on California's central coast. Kim was minding his work, converting an old switchboard to a new phone system, when he was confronted by a thin, wiry man.

"The Guy, as I will refer to him, was in his late 50s or early 60s, of medium build, maybe 145 pounds, with slicked-back, graying hair. Kim said that he spoke in a streetwise tone and seemed desperate to talk to someone.

"He told Kim he was a small-timer in the Sam Giancana crime family in the East. The goal of anyone working for the mob was to move up in the family, so when he was told to go to California to do the deed he had no hesitation. He was told to shut Marilyn up and get a journal she had been keeping.

"It seems that what she was writing in that journal was making some very powerful people nervous. The Guy had never been to Los Angeles and didn't know his way around, so a driver was provided for him and his partner.

"They stalked Marilyn for several days to find out her routines. They discovered that part of her nightly routine was to sedate herself a little, take a drink or two, and crash on the bed in her bedroom with the TV on.

Marilyn Monroe takes a break on the set of "The Misfits."

"During the time they stalked her, they also lifted her keys and had duplicates made of all of them, since they weren't sure which ones they would need. Finally they chose the night to make their move.

"They let themselves in the front door. The Guy said they didn't see anyone else in the house. They entered her room and, as expected, found Marilyn in bed.

"Before she could react, they were on top of her. Both men held her down while the Guy inserted a nembutol suppository (supplied for the purpose when they arrived in California) into her rectum. They had been told that it would work quickly and that it would not show up in an autopsy.

"The Guy said that Marilyn struggled for only a minute or so, and then she stopped breathing. All was quiet. The search for the journal didn't take long; they found it under the mattress. They left in a matter of minutes, making sure that the front door was locked behind them and leaving no evidence of a break-in.

"The Guy thought he was going to move up in the Giancana crime family because of his slick work, until he heard that his partner had been murdered and that there was a contract out for him, too.

"He told Kim that he stole an ID that had a physical description close to his. He didn't want to be arrested and put in the general population in prison, because he knew the mob could get to him from inside.

"So he got a crazy idea to pretend that he was crazy. He got into an altercation in a restaurant, acted nutty, got arrested, and was subsequently admitted to Atascadero State Mental Hospital.

"Crazy as the plan was, it might have worked. He may have thought that he could hide in the hospital and be released when things cooled off. What he didn't know was that the stolen ID was from a guy with a rap sheet longer than his arm who was a bona fide nut case."

In addition to revealing new and startling information surrounding Monroe's death, DiMaggio and Popp also tackle rumors and conspiracy theories about Frank Sinatra's involvement, the FBI, and potential ties to the Kennedy family.

Popp also recently did an exclusive interview with Gene Anthony, world-renowned photographer, who was only one of two photographers allowed to freely photograph Marilyn Monroe's funeral.

As Popp related, "I couldn't believe my ears when Gene told me how he had gotten a call at about 2 a.m. Pacific time from his New York agent who had already been called by a German magazine from Germany, telling Gene to get down to Hollywood to cover Marilyn Monroe's death. There have been stories claiming her body was not even discovered until 3:30 a.m. How then did Gene get this early morning call to cover the story? It all comes down to what June has told me all along. Marilyn was murdered before midnight when the police arrived at her door with the news."

Adding yet another timely twist, former Los Angeles County prosecutor John Miner, now 88, has recently spoken again about reopening the investigation into her death and exhuming her body to reexamine it and reconsider the finding that she committed suicide.

"What I do know after my investigative interviews and my long relationship with June is that Marilyn was murdered. I have no doubt," Popp concludes.


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To: Cicero
The suppository story has also been told before.

This article reads like it's taken all the rumors and tried to smash them into a story to make some $$ for this woman.

And Marilyn Monroe died in the early morning hours, so how could they have been at her house at 11 P.M.?

21 posted on 10/18/2006 2:19:11 PM PDT by Howlin (Why Won't Nancy Pelosi Let Louis Freeh Investigate the Page Scandal?)
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To: pissant

This piece could double the book sales, all the way up to ten.


22 posted on 10/18/2006 2:21:31 PM PDT by jazusamo (DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
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To: pissant

Heading for the shower.............


23 posted on 10/18/2006 2:21:34 PM PDT by day10 (Whenever you come near the human race, there's layers and layers of nonsense.)
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To: pissant

Rosebud


24 posted on 10/18/2006 2:21:46 PM PDT by Mercat (Ìïõ ðáñïõóéÜóôå ôé ï Mohammed Ýöåñå ðïõ Þôáí íÝïò, êáé åêåß èá âñåßôå ôá ðñÜãìáôá ìüíï êáêÜ êáé áðÜí)
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To: pissant
"I heard it was Keith and Danny."

From the Partridge Family? :-)

Bobby Kennedy and Peter Lawford are my bet.

25 posted on 10/18/2006 2:21:49 PM PDT by TommyDale (Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
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To: tkathy

Reader's Digest had an article this month about this. I can't remember the title or the author's name, but the finger was pointed at Bobby. (imho)


26 posted on 10/18/2006 2:21:52 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby
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To: Cicero

A bad suppository??


27 posted on 10/18/2006 2:22:01 PM PDT by pissant
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To: Howlin
This article reads like it's taken all the rumors and tried to smash them into a story to make some $$ for this woman.

Actually it is all a plant to divert attention from the Foley story. Rove you magnificent........

28 posted on 10/18/2006 2:22:12 PM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.)
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To: Lx

Geraldo?


29 posted on 10/18/2006 2:22:15 PM PDT by pissant
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

Mob - kennedys: Redundant.


30 posted on 10/18/2006 2:22:53 PM PDT by pissant
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To: jazusamo

You read it and give us the cliff note version, willya? LOL


31 posted on 10/18/2006 2:23:54 PM PDT by pissant
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To: day10

Enjoy!


32 posted on 10/18/2006 2:24:19 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

A poisoned suppository, according to stories I have read. No idea if they are true, of course.


33 posted on 10/18/2006 2:24:26 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Howlin
"And Marilyn Monroe died in the early morning hours, so how could they have been at her house at 11 P.M.?"

She was declared dead twice, remember? Then her body was taken back to the Malibu address and she was found again. Bobby Kennedy and Peter Lawford had to fly down from Gilroy, where they were staying with Robert Bates at his ranch. After they performed their dirty deed, they flew back and attended St. Mary's there on Sunday morning.

34 posted on 10/18/2006 2:24:41 PM PDT by TommyDale (Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
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To: Mercat

Trout


35 posted on 10/18/2006 2:24:41 PM PDT by pissant
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To: TommyDale

Ohhhhh. I thought you were fingering the Bradys.


36 posted on 10/18/2006 2:25:23 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

I am not a conspiricy nut. I actually belive the LHO shot JFK all on his own and Pricess Di died cuz her driver was drunk.

But I totally believe the stories about Courney Love offing Kurt Cobain.


37 posted on 10/18/2006 2:25:30 PM PDT by mockingbyrd (Good heavens! What women these Christians have-----Libanus)
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To: pissant

Yup, Kendedy got his in Dallas as payback for letting his brother lose on the mob. What ingratitude, especially after they got you stolen er elected, Jack.


38 posted on 10/18/2006 2:25:45 PM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.)
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To: Celtjew Libertarian; Larry Lucido; MotleyGirl70; Mr. Brightside
JFK was murdered by the mob, from a contract taken out on him by Joe DiMaggio

"See, that's how he played baseball. He dunks like he hits."

39 posted on 10/18/2006 2:26:09 PM PDT by Cagey
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To: pissant

I, too, tend to believe that she was murdered, but the whole thing about the crazy guy pretending to be a different crazier guy just makes it all seem ludicrous. The mob had her whacked? Did "the Guy" ever read the journal? What was in it? Did he make any copies of it? Or perhaps tear out a page or two and hide it somewhere? Nope. No evidence at all. Just rumors and second- and third-hand stories. It's only to try to sell a book. I'm not buying.


40 posted on 10/18/2006 2:26:40 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((Can Hillary get one of those suppositories, too?)))
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