| 1. A Star Is Born | | | | Yeesh, politics were heavy handed back in those |
| When Norma Jeane Baker was a little girl her | | | | days. Now we have sitcoms ridiculing our |
| guardian Grace was obsessed with Hollywood and | | | | president and current leaders. Perhaps those |
| starlets. She repeatedly told Norma that one day | | | | shows keep the FBI just as busy these days.5. |
| she would grow up to be a movie star just like | | | | Unsolved Mysteries |
| Jean Harlow. Tony Robbins was right, positive | | | | Further files followed her mysterious death, one |
| reinforcement can move mountains.2. A Brief | | | | document contains a letter written on January |
| History Of Time | | | | 20th, 1965 from the Mothers of World War II, |
| She was born in 1926 to Gladys Baker, an | | | | Inc. expressing concern about a document they |
| unmarried movie technician. Due to her mother's | | | | had received with questions about the late |
| mental instability she was raised in foster homes | | | | superstar's murder or suicide, detailing information |
| amongst neglect and abuse. At 16, she married a | | | | about her link with the Communist group and a |
| defense worker named James E. Dougherty. | | | | certain Attorney General named Robert F. |
| During World War II she became a pin-up model | | | | Kennedy, which the FBI has recorded she met |
| and was eventually signed to a modeling agency. | | | | alone on many occasions. The list goes on and on, |
| In 1946 she divorced Dougherty, bleached her | | | | rumors circulate to this day about her death, |
| hair, signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox and | | | | unfortunately it most likely will never be revealed |
| became Marilyn Monroe. Her first starring role was | | | | one way or another.6. Pigs Fly |
| in "Don't Bother to Knock" in 1952. A year later in | | | | One thing is certain; Marilyn did have an affair |
| 1953 Marilyn received her star along Hollywood's | | | | with President John F. Kennedy. Well at least there |
| Walk of Fame and was immortalized by her | | | | are witnesses to the fact they shared a hotel |
| handprints in the famous forecourt of Grumman's | | | | room in Tahoe. Further rumors suggested the |
| Chinese Theatre. A year later she married Joe | | | | Robert Kennedy was also having an affair with |
| DiMaggio. Two years later she legally changed her | | | | her. Many suggest the "right wing" FBI and CIA |
| name to Marilyn Monroe and then married Arthur | | | | agents were motivated to murder Marilyn in order |
| Miller. Their marriage soon ended but he wrote | | | | to embarrass and undermine the Kennedy family. |
| her last film, "The Misfits" in 1960. On the night of | | | | Apparently, President Kennedy was taking actions |
| August 4th, 1962 she died of what is still | | | | to limit the power of these two agencies after |
| considered mysterious causes.3. Her Very Own | | | | the Bay of Pigs incident.7. Enquiring Minds |
| Cheshire Cat | | | | In order to bring some of these rumors to light, |
| Like Alice in Wonderland, Marilyn made her way | | | | Norman Mailer wrote a book about Marilyn's death. |
| through the maze of Hollywood, but instead of | | | | One of his allegations was that Marilyn had made |
| relying upon the replies of a Cheshire Cat in the | | | | repeated calls to the White House on the evening |
| forest, Marilyn decided to find the answers to | | | | of her death. He goes further to say that the |
| whys and ways all on her own. Spurned by her | | | | LAPD and the FBI removed, a "paper tape", of |
| feeling of lack of education as a child, she made it | | | | Marilyn's telephone calls from the phone company |
| a personal goal to learn as much about everyone | | | | in Santa Monica. He then states he had no proof |
| and everything she came in contact with, seeking | | | | of any of this other than, "writer's instinct". |
| out the advice of experts in all fields she had | | | | Because of his book he coined the phrase, |
| questions about. She was also a passionate | | | | "factoid" which means an event, which has no |
| reader, collecting more than 200 great books | | | | existence other than it, has appeared in print.8. A |
| ranging from Tolstoy, Whitman, Steinbeck, and | | | | Legend |
| Milton to Flaubert.4. The M&M Files | | | | Marilyn Monroe was the quintessential Hollywood |
| The FBI had more than 100 pages of files on | | | | superstar, a sex goddess who yearned to be |
| Marilyn and her activities. Many incidents were | | | | more. Whatever her criticisms as an actress, in |
| documented on her connection with the | | | | most of her films she exuded a bold yet |
| Communist movement, no matter how slight it | | | | attractive sexuality that set her apart from her |
| might have been. One full page is dedicated to her | | | | peers of the time. Although intelligent, |
| being seen poolside with certain members of the | | | | hardworking, and determined, she could not |
| American Communist Group in Mexico, while she | | | | escape her own self-made image. She was, as |
| was on vacation. Geez, what's a girl to do? | | | | her friend and director Lee Strasberg noted in his |
| Because of her marriage to Arthur Miller and his | | | | eulogy, "a legend in her own lifetime."To read |
| leftist's views, she was further investigated. | | | | more articles by Chad, visit the American Pop |
| Considerable concern was expressed when she | | | | Culture Encyclopedia at: American Pop Culture |
| later met with Robert Kennedy and expressed | | | | Encyclopedia. |
| her views and questions about Mr. Miller's ideas. | | | | |