num_pages: 310
description: More than thirty years have passed since the morning of August 5, 1962, when Marilyn Monroe's body was discovered and the world's press blared headlines of her death - perhaps the most debated and talked about of this century (besides President Kennedy's). Dozens of books have been written about her life and the details surrounding her demise, with theories ranging from accidental death to suicide to murder. But all failed to solve the case until now. Crypt 33 - which was the number on the vault in the Los Angeles morgue where Marilyn's body was placed - provides the final word on the life and death of Marilyn Monroe. It clears the CIA of alleged conspiracy in the murder, but indicts previously unnamed underworld killers verified by separate but well-connected independent sources. The book implicates those at the highest level of government, and it names the man who brought the killers into the star's home - a friend who betrayed her. Crypt 33 provides all the sordid and previously unknown details, including a day-by-day account of aspiring actress Norma Jeane Baker's transformation into the screen icon Marilyn Monroe; intimate details of the actress's romance with Frank Sinatra; Marilyn's involvement with Sam Giancana; the fact that teamster ruler Jimmy Hoffa bugged Marilyn's phones hoping to catch incriminating conversations with her lover, Robert Kennedy; and Crypt 33 answers the ultimate question: Who ordered the "hit" on Marilyn? The book documents the actual instruments of death which gave a homicide the appearance of a suicide.
language: English
title: Crypt 33: The Saga of Marilyn Monroe - The Final Word
titlecomplete: Crypt 33: The Saga of Marilyn Monroe - The Final Word
genres: Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 149
publisher: Birch Lane Pr