Was Marilyn Monroe Murdered? Unpacking the Conspiracy Theories on Her 100th Birthday
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Marilyn Monroe's death conspiracies are a textbook case of how ambiguity, fame, and power breed unfalsifiable narratives that outlive the evidence by decades.
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Theory Briefing
- Monroe died in 1962 from a drug overdose at 36, but murky circumstances have fueled conspiracy theories for over 60 years.
- Her alleged ties to the Kennedys made her death a magnet for cover-up narratives — a classic case of proportionality bias at work.
- On her 100th birthday, revisiting these theories reveals how celebrity mythology transforms ambiguous facts into unfalsifiable lore.