May 16, 2026
Marilyn Monroe's Biographer Uncovers the TRUTH About Her Last Days Alive | Imogen Edwards-Jones
Imogen's book, The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe, is available to purchase on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4dqnTvi
00:00 Introduction: Imogen Edwards-Jones on The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
4:49 Why Marilyn Monroe Is the Hardest Subject to Write About
8:42 A Woman's Perspective: Marilyn Was Smarter Than Anyone Gave Her Credit For
13:04 The Hidden Dualities of Marilyn — Power Plays, Lateness & the Marilyn Wiggle
18:49 Liz Taylor Rivalry, Joe DiMaggio & the Men Who Shaped Her Life
24:02 From Orphan to Icon: How Childhood Trauma Defined Everything
29:06 How Did Marilyn Monroe Really Die? The Crime Scene That Doesn't Add Up
33:14 The Little Red Book: State Secrets, Bobby Kennedy & the Missing Diary
37:33 Could Marilyn Have Survived? The Self-Destruct Button Theory
42:39 Mental Illness, Her Mother's Shadow & Being Locked Up in New York
47:42 Hugh Hefner, Joe DiMaggio's Roses & Why She Can't Rest Even in Death
52:02 Why Marilyn Monroe Will Be an Icon Forever
57:05 Who Killed Marilyn? Imogen Shares Her Theory
Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Imogen Edwards-Jones joins the Facts Verse podcast to reveal the shocking discoveries she made while co-writing The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe with James Patterson. In this conversation, Imogen uncovers the hidden contents of Marilyn's secret "red book" where she recorded classified government secrets shared by Bobby Kennedy, including details about the Bay of Pigs, nuclear testing in Nevada, and CIA plots to assassinate Castro.
Imogen also details the terrifying "lost weekend" at the Cal-Neva Lodge just days before Marilyn died, the CIA surveillance operation that bugged her home, the role of her psychiatrist who was secretly a Soviet asset, and the explosive evidence surrounding Bobby Kennedy's visit to Marilyn's house on the day of her death. From her troubled childhood and first marriage at sixteen to her relationships with JFK, DiMaggio, and Arthur Miller, this is the definitive account of the forces that converged in Marilyn Monroe's final days.
00:00 Introduction: Imogen Edwards-Jones on The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
4:49 Why Marilyn Monroe Is the Hardest Subject to Write About
8:42 A Woman's Perspective: Marilyn Was Smarter Than Anyone Gave Her Credit For
13:04 The Hidden Dualities of Marilyn — Power Plays, Lateness & the Marilyn Wiggle
18:49 Liz Taylor Rivalry, Joe DiMaggio & the Men Who Shaped Her Life
24:02 From Orphan to Icon: How Childhood Trauma Defined Everything
29:06 How Did Marilyn Monroe Really Die? The Crime Scene That Doesn't Add Up
33:14 The Little Red Book: State Secrets, Bobby Kennedy & the Missing Diary
37:33 Could Marilyn Have Survived? The Self-Destruct Button Theory
42:39 Mental Illness, Her Mother's Shadow & Being Locked Up in New York
47:42 Hugh Hefner, Joe DiMaggio's Roses & Why She Can't Rest Even in Death
52:02 Why Marilyn Monroe Will Be an Icon Forever
57:05 Who Killed Marilyn? Imogen Shares Her Theory
Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Imogen Edwards-Jones joins the Facts Verse podcast to reveal the shocking discoveries she made while co-writing The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe with James Patterson. In this conversation, Imogen uncovers the hidden contents of Marilyn's secret "red book" where she recorded classified government secrets shared by Bobby Kennedy, including details about the Bay of Pigs, nuclear testing in Nevada, and CIA plots to assassinate Castro.
Imogen also details the terrifying "lost weekend" at the Cal-Neva Lodge just days before Marilyn died, the CIA surveillance operation that bugged her home, the role of her psychiatrist who was secretly a Soviet asset, and the explosive evidence surrounding Bobby Kennedy's visit to Marilyn's house on the day of her death. From her troubled childhood and first marriage at sixteen to her relationships with JFK, DiMaggio, and Arthur Miller, this is the definitive account of the forces that converged in Marilyn Monroe's final days.