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Have constructed their stories around statements made by these witnesses. Matthew Smith (1996) in his books The Men Who Murdered Marilyn and Victim (2004) and Donald H. Wolfe in his 1998 book The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe are the latest conspiracy authors to give credence to the four witnesses' accounts.Smith, Wolfe and Summers believed Slatzer and stated that they had interviewed a number of people who could testify to Slatzer's friendship with Monroe. But author Donald Spoto discovered that none of the people who were close to the actress had even heard of Slatzer. Spoto wrote in his definitive biography Marilyn Monroe: The Biography (1993), "...not one of Marilyn's friends, relatives, business associates, colleagues, spouses or lovers could even recall meeting him (much less Marilyn ever mentioning him) nor is he to be found in any of her personal telephone or address books." This was confirmed by Hollywood journalist James Bacon, a friend of Monroe's, who said he talked to her friends and they said they had never heard of him.During his research, Spoto discovered that Slatzer's claim that he had been married to Monroe was pure invention. Spoto found out that Monroe was in Beverly Hills on the day of the alleged marriage on a shopping spree and she signed a check dated Oct. 4 to pay for articles she purchased. Since Slatzer says that the couple left for Mexico on Oct. 3 and stayed for the following weekend, Spoto's research demolishes the story that should have been investigated

To impress him with her knowledge of current affairs. Similarly, C. David Heymann wrongly used notes/letters passed between RFK and Pat Newcomb to substantiate an affair between those two. The letters can only suggest a light-hearted communication between friends.As Donald Spoto has recounted in his definitive biography of the movie star, there are less sinister conclusions to draw when the full circumstances of Monroe's death are considered. And, as Spoto discovered, Monroe's psychiatrist, Dr. Greenson, her physician Dr. Engelberg and the housekeeper, Eunice Murray, are the keys to an understanding of what went on that night. What they did explains all the anomalies and inconsistencies in the evidence and testimony gathered at the time of Monroe's death. In their accounts to investigators of the early hours of the Sunday morning when the police were called to Monroe's home, these three witnesses put the time of Monroe's death at 3 a.m. At this time, according to Murray, she saw a light shinning from beneath Marilyn's bedroom door. This was the first inconsistency in Murray's story -- a new thick-pile carpet had only recently been laid and it was impossible to see light emitting from the room. Thus began the chain of inconsistencies, which eventually led to the bizarre and untruthful murder scenarios. If Murray had been lying, what was she covering up?Spoto paints a picture of Dr. Ralph Greenson as a Svengali-like figure who had an unhealthy control over his famous patient. In turn his ego depended on his relationship with

Most influential book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, was passed down by Ana to Norma Jeane. In Christian Science, sin, suffering and death are merely delusions which can be overcome through prayer. “Christian Science does not share American fundamentalism’s contempt for the world and the flesh,” Donald Spoto commented, adding, “recreation and entertainment are not forbidden, nor is the religion hostile to education, medical studies excepted.” This exception would prove difficult for Norma Jeane to live by as she began her teenage years. Severe menstrual cramps often left her in excruciating pain, and she would later be diagnosed with endometriosis.While some of Marilyn’s youthful memories were bittersweet, she had nothing but praise for Ana. “There was real contact between us because she understood me somehow,” she told George Belmont in 1960. “She knew what it was like to be young. And I loved her dearly.”“Affectionate by nature and deprived of love for so long, Norma Jean responded to that creed’s ethic – Love as God and the underlying principle of the universe – with blind enthusiasm,” Fred Lawrence Guiles wrote in 1969. “She was to remain a faithful member of that church for over eight years, the only really solid religious connection of her life.”However, Donald Spoto has argued that “Ana Lower gently but somewhat simplistically guided Norma Jeane to see that only what was in the mind was real, and the mind could be uplifted. But the girl had already long sought refuge from insecurity in unreal movie images …” In other words, Spoto believed that Christian Science led Marilyn to expect nothing less than perfection, of herself and others, and that the inevitable failure to match up to her own ideal would be too hard for her to bear.Within two years, Ana had contracted heart disease and was unable to care for Norma Jeane. She returned to the Goddard house in nearby Van Nuys and bonded with Eleanor, who was close to her in age. Then in 1942, shortly after her sixteenth birthday, Norma Jeane married the ‘boy next door’, Jim Dougherty. Early in their marriage, the Doughertys attended the Sherman Oaks Christian Science Church.Norma Jeane told her half-sister, Bernice Miracle, that she struggled with one aspect of her faith. “I take prescriptions, stuff for cramps. I did better when I lived with Aunt Ana before I married Jimmy. But she still helps me. I

By conspiracy writers. Spoto also demolished the story of Monroe's "red diary" that purportedly revealed information about her affairs with the Kennedys and plots to kill Castro. The "red diary" was Monroe's simple address book that was on the table next to her bed after she was found dead. Conspiracy writer Matthew Smith in his book Victim claims three sources testify to the existence of the diary – coroner's aide Lionel Grandison, purported Marilyn friend Jeanne Carmen, and Robert Slatzer. Grandison turns out to be a less than credible source as he was dismissed from the Corner's Office for "crimes involving the theft of property from dead bodies." Authors Summers, Seymour Hersh, Matthew Smith, Donald Wolfe and C. David Heymann place heavy reliance on Jeanne Carmen as a witness. Carmen was a late-surfacing, supposed intimate of Monroe. She purported to have been a friend and neighbor of Monroe's when the actress lived in Doheny Drive before she bought her home in Brentwood, a Los Angeles suburb. Carmen began to tell her story after Robert Slatzer published his invented story. Donald Spoto discovered that Monroe's neighbors at Doheny Drive and Monroe's friends at the time had no knowledge of Carmen. Conspiracy authors bought into Carmen's uncorroborated stories because she was the person who could provide the most salacious details of the alleged RFK/Monroe "romance." Carmen is the source for the oft-repeated story of how RFK and Monroe visited a nudist beach and RFK was disguised in a wig and dark glasses.

She visited the Lawford beach-house she appeared drugged and nervous. From the evidence Donald Spoto gathered it appears likely that in the all-day session with Greenson she discussed the termination of her therapy with him.At 5 p.m. Monroe took a call from Peter Lawford who was trying to assemble friends for a Saturday night supper. She declined but he said he would call back later. Around this time Greenson contacted Hyman Engleberg to come and give Monroe an injection which would help her sleep. Engleberg declined and Greenson was left to cope on his own. At 7:15 Greenson departed asking Murray to stay over at Monroe's house that night because he "didn't want Marilyn to be alone."Over the years Greenson and Murray have given inconsistent accounts. As a result, the truth has escaped investigators mainly because of their repeatedly changing accounts of what exactly happened. But two telephone calls, according to Spoto, provide important clues to a final resolution of the Monroe mystery. The first call was from Joe DiMaggio Jr., son of Monroe's second husband, Joe DiMaggio, at 7 to 7:15 p.m. The conversation was pleasant and Monroe seemed in good spirits. The second call came from Peter Lawford at 7:40 or 7:45 p.m. Her speech was now slurred and almost inaudible. She said "Say goodbye to Pat, say goodbye to the president and say goodbye to yourself because you're a nice guy." Lawford tried to call back but the line was engaged. Frantic, he telephoned his manager, Milt