Marilyn Monroe is found dead.

 On August 5, 1962, movie actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered lying nude on her bed, face down, with a telephone in one hand. Empty bottles of pills, prescribed to treat her depression, were littered around the room. After a brief investigation, Los Angeles police concluded that her death was “caused by a self-administered overdose of sedative drugs and that the mode of death is probable suicide.”

Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926. Her mother was emotionally unstable and frequently confined to an asylum, so Norma Jeane was reared by a succession of foster parents and in an orphanage. At the age of 16, she married a fellow worker in an aircraft factory, but they divorced a few years later. She took up modeling in 1944 and in 1946 signed a short-term contract with 20th Century Fox, taking as her screen name Marilyn Monroe. She had a few bit parts and then returned to modeling, famously posing nude for a calendar in 1949.

She began to attract attention as an actress in 1950 after appearing in minor roles in the The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve. Although she was onscreen only briefly playing a mistress in both films, audiences took note of the blonde bombshell, and she won a new contract from Fox. Her acting career took off in the early 1950s with performances in Love Nest (1951), Monkey Business (1952), and Niagara (1953).

Celebrated for her voluptuousness and wide-eyed charm, she won international fame for her sex-symbol roles in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and There’s No Business Like Show Business(1954). The Seven-Year Itch (1955) showcased her comedic talents and features the classic scene where she stands over a subway grating and has her white skirt billowed up by the wind from a passing train. In 1954, she married baseball great Joe DiMaggio, attracting further publicity, but they divorced eight months later.

In 1955, she studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York City and subsequently gave a strong performance as a hapless entertainer in Bus Stop (1956). In 1956, she married playwright Arthur Miller. She made The Prince and the Showgirl—a critical and commercial failure—with Laurence Olivier in 1957 but in 1959 gave an acclaimed performance in the hit comedy Some Like It Hot. Her last role, in The Misfits (1961), was directed by John Huston and written by Miller, whom she divorced just one week before the film’s opening.

By 1961, Monroe, beset by depression, was under the constant care of a psychiatrist. Increasingly erratic in the last months of her life, she lived as a virtual recluse in her Brentwood, Los Angeles, home. After midnight on August 5, 1962, her maid, Eunice Murray, noticed Monroe’s bedroom light on. When Murray found the door locked and Marilyn unresponsive to her calls, she called Monroe’s psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, who gained access to the room by breaking a window. Entering, he found Marilyn dead, and the police were called sometime after. An autopsy found a fatal amount of sedatives in her system, and her death was ruled probable suicide.

In recent decades, there have been a number of conspiracy theories about her death, most of which contend that she was murdered by John and/or Robert Kennedy, with whom she allegedly had love affairs. These theories claim that the Kennedys killed her (or had her killed) because they feared she would make public their love affairs and other government secrets she was gathering. On August 4, 1962, Robert Kennedy, then attorney general in his older brother’s cabinet, was in fact in Los Angeles. Two decades after the fact, Monroe’s housekeeper, Eunice Murray, announced for the first time that the attorney general had visited Marilyn on the night of her death and quarreled with her, but the reliability of these and other statements made by Murray are questionable. Decades after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains a major cultural icon.

UCLA Archives Box 39

 Please send this letter to the following: 

Administrative Vice Chancellor
Michael Beck
adminvc@ucla.edu

Associate University Librarian for Collections, Research Data
Todd C. Grappone 
grappone@library.ucla.edu

Library Special Collections
Maxwell Zupke 
zupkem@library.ucla.edu

Library Special Collections Archivist
Kelly Besser
kellybesser@library.ucla.edu

Computer Resource and Visual Communications Specialist
Caroline Cube
pinky@library.ucla.edu

LSC Archivist
Douglas Johnson
dejohnson@library.ucla.edu

Joan Greenson Aebi
Daughter of Ralph Greenson
Joan Greenson

Katie Aebi Rodriguez
Granddaughter of Dr. Ralph Greenson
karodriguez@pasadena.edu

UCLA Media
media@stratcomm.ucla.edu

UCLA Chancellor
Chancellor@ucla.edu

I am writing to you today as a concerned citizen and researcher with a deep interest in the ongoing investigation into the death of Marilyn Monroe. For decades, the circumstances surrounding her passing have been shrouded in mystery and suspicion, with many, including myself, believing that the official narrative of suicide is incomplete and possibly inaccurate.

Ariel Investigations, like that of countless others, has revealed troubling inconsistencies and suspicious circumstances, particularly regarding the lack of a suicide note and discrepancies in witness testimonies regarding the location of Marilyn's body.

However, the existence of Box 39, housed within your Special Collections, genuinely fuels my belief that the truth about Marilyn's death remains hidden. The limited access to this box revealed a collection of articles, books, and letters, all centered around Marilyn Monroe and her death, demonstrating the deep obsession of her psychiatrist, Dr. Greenson.

Most notably, Ariel discovered the existence of a manuscript written by Joan Greenson, Dr. Greenson's daughter, supposedly contained within Box 39. This document offers a unique and crucial perspective on the night Marilyn died. Joan claims in her manuscript that her father received the call at midnight, contradicting the official timeline and aligning with witness accounts suggesting an ambulance arrived around 11:30 pm.

The fact that this crucial manuscript and all of the contents of Box 39 remain sealed raises serious concerns. The mystery of why these materials are kept hidden, especially considering that the key individuals involved are potentially deceased, begs further investigation.

I believe that the contents of Box 39 could hold the key to unlocking the truth about Marilyn Monroe's death, potentially revealing the events that led to her untimely demise and, possibly, those who were involved. The public deserves access to this information.

I urge you to reconsider the decision to keep Box 39 sealed. It is a matter of historical accuracy, a tribute to Marilyn's legacy, and a quest for the truth. Please open Box 39 for public access, allowing researchers and the general public to examine the materials.

Dr. Ralph Greenson

Can you please send this letter in an email to the people listed at the end of the email?

I'm writing to you about box 39 at UCLA Library archives, which belongs to Dr. Ralph Greenson. Marilyn's death has long been a source of speculation and conspiracy theories - some suggesting she may have been murdered due to her alleged affair with the Kennedy brothers, John and Bobby. 

Located in the archives are Box 34, 35, and 36, which were viewed by a private investigator, Becky Altringer. These boxes contained books and newspaper articles about Marilyn Monroe and her death. You can only view folders 6 and 8 from box 39. 

Dr. Greenson was obsessed with Marilyn because he had every book, magazine, and newspaper written about her. Two folders were letters from people all over the World blaming Dr. Greenson for Marilyn's death, one man even telling Greenson to put a 45 caliber gun to his head. 

One known fact is that Box 39 does hold a manuscript written by Greenson's daughter Joan about her ties with Marilyn and what happened that night. Box 39 is sealed and can't be opened until 2039. That manuscript was already read by several book authors.

Joan claims in her manuscript that her father got the call about Marilyn at midnight - not 3:00 AM - which would make more sense given that the neighbors say they saw an ambulance at 11:30 PM. Was it Greenson who sealed these boxes, his daughter Joan, or somebody else? 

Why 2039 - is it because all the people involved will be deceased? We believe the answer to what happened to Marilyn could be found in Box 39 since it states it is about Marilyn Monroes Death. At the very least, there might be more information that people need to see. 

I'm 100 percent positive Marilyn did not commit suicide - not if you go by all the facts of the case. There are so many unanswered questions, and there shouldn't be. Box 39 could contain all of the answers. Please do the right thing and open box 39 for the public to view. 

Name

Sharon Farb

UCLA Archives

Email farb@library.ucla.edu

Name

Michael S. Levine

Vc Acad Personnel, Academic Personnel

Email: sritea@stratcomm.ucla.edu

Name

Greg Payne, PH.D

Director UCLA

Email: gpayne@mednet.ucla.edu

Name

Gene Block

UCLA Chancellor

Email: chancellor@ucla.edu

Name

Darnell Hunt

Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost

Email: evc@conet.ucla.edu

Name

Joan Greenson

Daughter of Ralph Greenson

Email: Joanaebi@yahoo.com

Name

Joan Greenson

Office, title, or organization

Daughter of Dr. Ralph Greenson

Email: jgaebi@gmail.com

Name

Andreas Aebi

Husband of Joan Greenson 

Email: aebi@hss.caltech.edu

Name

Katie Aebi Rodriguez

Granddaughter of Dr. Ralph Greenson

Email: karodriguez@pasadena.edu

Ambulance Report

According to Ambulance Report, on The evening of August 4, 1962, James Hall and his partner, Murray Liebowitz, were returning to the UCLA Medical Center When they received an emergency call to 12305 fifth Helena Drive. Hall recalled, “ we were real close practically right around the corner. We were at her within two minutes.” When they arrived a hysterical woman led them to a small guest cottage, separate from the main house, Where they found Marilyn Monroe lying nude face up on the bed. Her respiration and heartbeat were slight; her pulse was weak and rapid. Because CPR requires strong back support, Hall and Liebowitz moved Monroe from the bed to the floor of an adjoining foyer and, placing an airway tube to facilitate breathing, they began resuscitation. Hall recalled, “ the Hysterical woman was giving us trouble. She was trying to climb over us to get to Miss Monroe while I was working on her. She was Screaming She's Dead! She's Dead! Over and over again…. She was hampering what we were doing, but I don't think even a slap on her face would have calm her down-she was that crazy.” “Soon I was getting a perfect exchange of air from Miss Monroe,” “ Her color was starting to come back. I felt she was doing well enough that we could safely take her to the Hospital. I said to Murray “get the gurney.” At that moment a man carrying a doctor's bag entered the guest cottage and said, “ I'm her doctor. Give her positive pressure.” Hall was surprised by the doctor's decision because the resuscitator was doing its job. “ But you never argue with a doctor at the scene of an emergency –never.” You'd lose your job.” Hall said. “So I took the resuscitator off” and began to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while the doctor gave her CPR.” As Her vital signs deteriorated, the doctor opened his bag and pulled out a syringe with a heart needle affixed to it. He filled the syringe from a pharmaceutical bottle of adrenaline. The doctor then attempted to inject the stimulant into her heart in an attempt to revive her. “ he did it at an incorrect angle,” according to Hall, “ the needle hit a rib. Instead of backing it out. He just leaned on it.” Hall stated that he believed Marilyn Monroe Expired at that moment,”  Placing the stethoscope on her chest, the doctor couldn't find a heartbeat, and according to Hall, he said “You can leave, I'm going to pronounce her dead.” While James Hall was writing his report a man in a jumpsuit was trying to calm down the Hysterical woman, who was repeatedly sobbing, “ She's dead! She’s dead!” Hall noticed that a police officer arrived and spoke to the man in the Jumpsuit. Hall later identified the hysterical woman as "PAT NEWCOMB” The man in the jumpsuit as “PETER LAWFORD” The doctor as “RALPH GREENSON” and the police officer as sergeant Marvin Iannone.  {In 1992 James Hall underwent a series of a polygraph tests conducted by Don Fraser of Arcadia, California, a state-Licensed polygraph examiner who majored in police science at the University of South California.}  Fraser states: " There's no question that James Hall is telling the truth. His story regarding the scene and circumstances of Miss Monroe's death is absolutely true. He passed every question in several exhaustive polygraph examinations."

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Marilyn Monroe Murder

MYSTERY OF BOX 39 

Mysterious box of Marilyn Monroe documents sealed until 2039 could prove iconic star was murdered, investigator claims

EXCLUSIVE

·        Emma Parry, Digital US Correspondent

·       Jan 8 2020, 8:13AM

·       Updated: Jan 8 2020, 13:56PM

A MYSTERIOUS box of Marilyn Monroe documents sealed until 2039 could prove an iconic star was murdered, an investigator has revealed.

Private detective Becky Altringer told Sun Online how she discovered the box of papers "restricted until 2039" which she believes may contain the answers as to how and why the screen legend died back in 1962 - in a university library in Los Angeles.  

A mysterious box of sealed documents relating to 

Marilyn Monroe has been found at UCLA library

The strange box belongs to Marilyn’s personal psychiatrist Dr. Ralph Greenson, who found Marilyn dead at her home, and is suspected by some of killing her by injecting her with a fatal dose of pentobarbital.

"Box 39" is stored in the special collections section of the UCLA library but sealed to the public until 2039 - although the list of contents - which is public - shows it contains various documents and letters relating to Marilyn.

“I'm 100 percent positive Marilyn Monroe did not commit suicide - not if you go by all the facts of the case,” Becky revealed. 

“There are so many unanswered questions and there shouldn't be. 

“Marilyn Monroe was the only person whose organs and tests and everything that had been with her death disappeared. How does this happen unless it's a cover-up?

Marilyn's last photoshoot taken three 
weeks before her tragic death

“And now we discover Box 39, which contains a bunch of sealed files from her personal doctor, who I believe is responsible for her death.

“I firmly believe that the answers to what happened may be hidden in these files.”

Marilyn Monroe’s death on Sunday, August 5, 1962, has long been a source of speculation and conspiracy theories - with some suggesting she may have been murdered due to her alleged affairs with the powerful Kennedy brothers John F Kennedy, who was then president, and his brother Bobby.

One theory, published in the book The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed, suggests that Greenson killed Marilyn with a lethal injection - at the request of the Kennedy's after she threatened to go public about their affairs.

Private investigator Becky came across the sealed box after she began to research Dr. Greenson, who died in 1979, and discovered that as he worked at UCLA and had left behind boxes of documents in their library. 

Expecting to find psychiatric research papers and other academic medical material, Becky was shocked when she found that  much of Greenson's documents were related to Marilyn.

And she was even more stunned when staff at the library told her she was not allowed to view the contents of Box 39 - as it had been sealed until 2039.

"I spent hours looking at everything I was allowed to - I couldn't make copies or take pictures so I just took notes," she explained.

"I discovered he was obsessed with Marilyn Monroe because he had every book, every magazine, every newspaper that was ever written about Marilyn Monroe, everything.

"Then there were letters that were written to him, people telling him to kill himself because they thought it was his fault, she was dead. I remember thinking 'Why did you save this?'

"So when I got to Box 39 they told me it was sealed until 2039. I did everything in my power to try and look at those files, but they wouldn't let me.

Becky Altringer shares some of the evidence she believes proves Marilyn was murdered with Sun Online:

·       There was no suicide letter found even though Marilyn had left letters during previous attempts

·       There was a bruise on her left hip, a common location for an injection

·       There was no vomit found which is common in overdose victims

·       The toxicology report found the actress has 4.5 mg percentage Pentobarbital and 8 mg percent chloral hydrate, which means she would have had to swallow 30 to 40 pentobarbital pills. Becky claims that she has spoken to medical professionals who told that no was has ever died with such high blood concentrations as a result of orally ingesting these drugs

·       There was no evidence of these drugs in her stomach, kidneys, urine, or intestines - only her blood.

·       There was no water glass in the first inspection of the bedroom, which would have been necessary for Marilyn to swallow so many pills. Also, the water in the house had been turned off. However, later pictures showed a glass on the actress’s bedside table

·       Neighbors claim they saw an ambulance outside the house late in the evening of August 4th, however Dr. Greenson said he didn’t find her dead until around 3:40AM the next day

·       The pathologist who performed the initial autopsy wanted to do additional testing but was told Marilyn's organs and photos of the unusual bruising had “disappeared”

·       Many witnesses claim to have seen a diary belonging to Marilyn which mentioned the Kennedy brothers and Cuba among other topics - that later disappeared from the coroner’s office

"I know that inside there is a manuscript written by Greenson's daughter Joan about her ties with Marilyn Monroe and what happened that night.

"Apparently she claims in that manuscript that her father got the call at midnight - not 3am - which would make more sense giving that the neighbors say they saw an ambulance at 11:30.

"There is also letters in there to Marilyn Monroe from other people - and letters she wrote to other people - why does he even have those? There are also some of his confidential medical files and another file that doesn't say what it is.

"I still don't even know if Greenson sealed them, or his daughter Joan - or somebody else.

"And I don't know why 2039 - is it because by then Joan Greenson will be dead too? I've tried to reach out to her but had no response.

"I believe the answer to what happened to Marilyn Monroe can be found in Box 39 or at the very least I think there might be more information that people need to see."

Becky, who runs the Ariel Investigations agency in California and New Mexico began looking into Marilyn’s death some years ago and says she was shocked at the huge numbers of discrepancies she found in witness testimony - as well as other suspicious circumstances - such as a lack of a suicide note.

“Marilyn Monroe did try to commit suicide before. - we all know that. But in those attempts, she always left a suicide letter and it is mysterious in this case there was none left," she explained.

"There was also no vomit which is found in overdose victims, plus she had the strange bruises in her hips which is a commonplace where injections could have been put or it could have been caused by a violent struggle.

Becky Altringer would like to see 
Marilyn's death certificate changed

The house where screen goddess 
Marilyn Monroe died in 1962

"Another thing is her housekeeper Eunice Murray said she was concerned because Marilyn was awake and the light was on. Why would she be concerned? Marilyn was an adult - if I saw someone's light underneath the door, I sure wouldn't be concerned.

"Also my understanding is that when Marilyn Monroe first moved into that house, she had new carpet put in that room and it was so thick and high, but it was impossible to see under the door so how could she see the light?

"Plus she then rang Marilyn's psychiatrist, Dr Greenson. Why would she ring him first if she is so concerned - surely you would call the police?

"They claim they had to break into Marilyn's window but Murray had a skeleton key to every door - and the glass was found outside the property not inside even though it was supposedly broken from the outside.

"And there's the diary which many people said they saw, in which she apparently mentioned the Kennedys.

"Even Marilyn's friend and publicist Pat Newcomb told me there was a diary. But where is that diary? It just disappeared.

"There are so many things that just don't add up."

 Marilyn was rumored to be having an 
affair with President John F Kennedy 

 

She was also rumored to have been 
having an affair with his brother Bobby

Becky also investigated witness statements from Marilyn's neighbors and tried to track down any who were still living or their children.

"Neighbours say they saw the ambulance there the night before on the 4th at around 10 or 11pm. There were also neighbors who said they saw Bobby Kennedy there," she said.
"Many of the neighbors are now deceased but I tried to find their children who was living in the house at the time.

"I spoke to one neighbor's daughter who said that on the night that Marilyn Monroe died, that her dog was outside barking continually for hours and that Marilyn Monroe never left that dog outside alone.

"And she said they were always very suspicious of that. And she said that they heard a lot of yelling going on at her house.

"No one has ever talked to them as they lived in the row behind Marilyn's house - only those in the little cul-de-sac she lived in.

"Everyone says how much Marilyn loved that dog so the fact he is outside barking makes me believe that a bad situation is occurring - it's natural for the dog to want to protect its owner."

Marilyn Monroe's death certificate

Becky's theory is that Marilyn was killed after she threatened to go public about her affair with the Kennedy brothers - and reveal sensitive information she had learned during those affairs.

"I think Marilyn Monroe killed herself when she made a threat against the Kennedy's," she said.

"I think Marilyn Monroe was hurt and angry and felt used by them and I think she made a threat saying, 'I'm going to go to the news' or whatever and when she did that she killed herself because they were not going to allow that to happen.

"Who knows maybe they had no intentions of killing her, maybe they went there to get the diary because she was making all of these threats.

"And I believe that's why it involved Dr. Greenson because apparently when the ambulance arrived, Marilyn Monroe was still alive and they were trying to take her to the hospital.

"And of course Greenson comes and says, 'I'm a doctor leave her here'. And I think that's when he injected her and she died."

Becky is now campaigning to have Marilyn's death certificate changed from "probable suicide" and has launched a petition campaigning for this to happen.

"I would like to get some certificate to be changed to homicide or murder because I believe that's what happened," Becky said.

"I think Marilyn Monroe deserves that. There's more evidence proving to murder than there is to suicide."

UCLA confirmed to Sun Online the box was sealed but did not state why.