Many theories come up around the death of Marilyn Monroe but many think she was murdered. To give background on the situation, Marilyn Monroe was a famous actor in the 1950s-1960s that died at the age of thirty-four years old from a drug overdose with 40 pills which left the cause of death as “ acute barbiturate poisoning ” . But many think that she was murdered because of various reasons such as jealousy, greed, and or for revenge. This is the conspiracy theory on the death of Marilyn Monroe. This conspiracy theory started after her death which has been fueled by the bizarre speculations that have happened after her death. With suspects like the Kennedys and the CIA to Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa and the Mafia for the death of the actress. This theory first came up by Frank A. Capell an anti-communist activist in his self-published pamphlet “The Strange Death of Marilyn Monroe(1964)” where he said that her death was part of a communist conspiracy stratagem. This came up for the reason that she might have had an affair with U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and threatened to cause a scandal so he called for her to be assassinated. …show more content…
Krim and Mathilde Krim to celebrate the birthday of John F. Kennedy, ten days before his real birthday. Capell's claim was questioned when he sighted Walter Winchell who in turn cited him in getting much of his information from Capell. This was questioned since this would help both of them politically. But with all of this, there was still a lot of evidence indicating the relationship between the two because Robert F. Kennedy later divorced his wife and got closer to Marilyn Monroe. She was also known to have relationships with people around him such as his brother JFK this could have been a reason for him to call for her