Special thanks to Jefferson Moore, independent filmmaker, for providing the guest intro for this repeat episode.
Episode Tie-In: The film “Blonde,” which is the subject of controversy due to its NC17 rating and graphic nature, airs on Netflix on September 23. For more details on the controversy, listen to our SW update episode posted on August 30th.
CW: Adult themes/descriptions of violence; listener discretion is advised.
Although often stereotyped as the ‘dumb blonde’ character, Marilyn Monroe was actually a complicated woman who overcame a traumatic childhood, studied acting with Lee Strasberg, co-founded her own production company, and formed relationships with a number of high-profile, powerful men.
Sadly, Marilyn’s promising career was cut short in 1962 when she was found dead, nude in her bed with a telephone receiver in hand, the victim of an apparent overdose. She was only 36.
But was Marilyn’s death really the result of an overdose and ‘probable suicide,’ as the coroner declared at that time? Or was Marilyn intentionally silenced, as many did and still believe, including her close friend Frank Sinatra?
May I Help You Fall Asleep?
May I Help You Help Yourself?
Lucy and Desi: Unconditional Love - Part 2
Would you like a Pod of Tea?
Lucy & Desi: Unconditional Love - Part 1
Betty White: Thank You for Being a Friend
Marilyn: The Blonde Bombshell’s Mysterious Death
’Paul is Dead’...or Is He?
Natalie Wood’s Mysterious Death: Accident or Foul Play?
Bernie Tiede: Most Loved Murderer
Adrienne Shelly: So Much Left to Do
Stalked: The Rebecca Schaeffer Story
Rose Mackenberg: First Female Ghostbuster
Honk & Cheryl Allison: A Goose, a Girl, and a Fairy Tale Ending
Whatever Happened to Bette & Joan?
Trailblazer: Hattie McDaniel
Frozen In Time: An Interview with Charleston’s Tommy Dew
The Theatre Event That Changed History: Lincoln’s Assassination at Ford’s Theatre
(Re)Making History in Colonial Williamsburg
Cheaters Never Win...Or Do They?
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