Mel Ayton

Mel Ayton

Mel Ayton has worked as an historical consultant for the BBC and has written articles for UK newspapers, David Horowitz's Frontpage magazine, History Ireland, Crime Magazine and History News Network. He is the author of numerous books with his latest being Justice Denied: Bermuda's Black Militants, the "Third Man," and the Assassinations of a Police Chief and Governor and The Forgotten Terrorist - Sirhan Sirhan and the Murder of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

The "Assassination" of Marilyn Monroe

July 24, 2005

Marilyn Monroe

Since Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, an unabated stream of books, articles and documentaries have attempted to link her death to then U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy -- despite the complete lack of any credible evidence.

by Mel Ayton

The purported affair between Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy as well as claims he may have had the actress murdered have once again been resurrected with the publication of Matthew Smith's book Victim (2004) and the 2005 broadcast of the BBC's television series "Secret Map Of Hollywood." Their stories follow on from Donald Wolfe's startling allegations in his 1998 book The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe.

The myth about the RFK/Monroe affair has entered popular culture and has never been seriously questioned. It is accepted my many writers and authors and has been repeated in television documentaries ever since the publication of Anthony Summers' book Goddess in 1986. The possibility that the Kennedys and/or the CIA/Mafia/FBI murdered the actress has also become part of the myth.

Consequently, the American and British publics have become convinced that President Kennedy's brother Robert had a brief affair with the movie actress in the months leading up to her death and may have had a hand in her death.