“In life [Marilyn] could be anybody or anything you wanted her to be. Her ending came when she became trouble.”
Mike Rothmiller knows who killed Marilyn Monroe - it was Bobby Kennedy, and in this book he will tell you how he knows that she was silenced to prevent her going public with details of her affairs with the Kennedy brothers.
In 1978, working as a detective in the LAPD’s OCID (The Organized Crime Intelligence Division), Rothmiller had access to thousands of index cards relating to restricted files containing information on notable figures in America, not all of whom would have been seen as criminals - actors, TV newsreaders, sportsmen from Muhammad Ali to Michael Jackson. Eventually he came to an index card for President John F. Kennedy, cross-referenced with his brothers Bobby and Ted, Rat Pack actors Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford (who plays a large part in events) and, of course, Marilyn Monroe.
Before her death, Marilyn had long been a “person of interest” for the authorities due to the kind of people she was linked to. After encountering a bedraggled and boozy Lawford during a tour of the Playboy Mansion, Rothmiller contrives to interview him some weeks later. The details of this conversation, and the “truth” about Marilyn’s death resulting from it, are being presented in this book for the very first time. Also, many of JFK’s hitherto unknown sexual shenanigans are being made public within these fiery pages due to them being filmed or bugged by the OCID at the time. Once JFK’s Presidential nomination was announced, all of these details were suppressed and Marilyn’s days were numbered.
This book, written by Rothmiller with Douglas Thompson, is, basically, sleaze-city. Thanks to irresistible scene-setting, a world of mobsters, corrupt politicians and Hollywood sex parties is vividly brought to life. Bedrooms are bugged, phones are tapped. It is unputdownable in the most delicious way, but for all that it never loses sight of the tragedy of Marilyn Monroe, who was ostensibly abused by the Kennedys; indeed, by many people. Despite the enduring legend of the Kennedys, their true personas are laid bare in this book. There are many passages in the book that some may find upsetting - the abusive treatment of Marilyn sometimes beggars belief.
The evidence presented is compelling, but whether one believes it or not, noted figures such as the Kennedys, Frank Sinatra, and especially the easily-intimidated Peter Lawford don’t come out of it very well. This book starts out as a titillating thrill but becomes progressively more tragic. You will learn some things that you’d probably rather not know, but it is well-written and timely. Like a car-crash, this book is hard to stop looking at.
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