The Murder of Marilyn Monroe (43 page)

(GUILES 1969, p. 315: “Clearly Dr. Greenson was concerned by her reliance upon the judgment of her hirelings.”)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: Greenson wrote to Dr. Kris on August 20, 1962, “I have some misgivings about how correct was I in my form of treatment . . .” The complete letter is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

(KIRSNER 2007, pp. 479, 483: “Unfortunately, [Greenson’s patient Lita] Hazen was miserable much of the time and was scarcely a clear case of being helped by psychotherapy . . . But it was probably not a coincidence that he said he had enough of her when she stopped providing cash to Anna Freud and the Foundation.”)

(LITMAN, ROBERT, M.D. INTERVIEW WITH DONALD SPOTO. 23 APRIL 1992: “There was a real washing out of the usual doctor boundaries . . .”)

(KIRSNER 2009, p. 153: “Greenson told his colleagues that he decided to offer his family as a substitute for the family Monroe never had . . .”)

(SUMMERS 2000, p. 400: At Marilyn’s insistence, her poet friend Norman Rosten became acquainted with Greenson during the spring of 1962. Greenson later wrote to Rosten on August 15, 1962, “I should have played it safe and put her in a sanitarium . . .”)

(Turner, Christopher. “Marilyn Monroe on the Couch: To Dr. Ralph Greenson, Marilyn Monroe Was More Than Just a Patient. Now, for the First Time, His Family Recall Their Favourite ‘Big Sister.’”
Telegraph
. 23 June 2010: Danny Greenson said, “He felt that therapy as he knew it wasn’t working . . .”)

(EBBINS, MILTON. INTERVIEW WITH DONALD SPOTO. 6 AUGUST 1992: “He made a statement that Marilyn was doomed and eventually . . .”)

(RUDIN, MILTON. INTERVIEW WITH DONALD SPOTO. 31 OCTOBER 1992: “I think it helped kill him . . . ‘Don’t get yourself all emotionally involved’ . . . should have been a rule for a psychoanalyst . . .”)

(RUDIN, MILTON. INTERVIEW WITH DONALD SPOTO. 31 OCTOBER 1992: “When he went to Europe, I was delighted . . .”)

(“Marilyn Monroe Rests Well After Gall Bladder Removal: 7 Doctors in Attendance at Surgery in New York; DiMaggio Standing By.”
The Blade
[Toledo, Ohio] 30 June 1961: The removal of Marilyn’s gallbladder occurred the previous day, June 29, 1961.)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: Referring to July 1961, Greenson wrote to Dr. Kris on August 20, 1962, “At that time she was recovering from gall bladder surgery . . .” The complete letter is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

(TARABORRELLI 1997, p. 272: Rudin related, “She could have a crisis over what she was having for lunch . . .”)

(RUDIN, MILTON. INTERVIEW WITH DONALD SPOTO. 31 OCTOBER 1992: “I wasn’t impatient with her . . .”)

(JACOBS 2004, p. 1: George Jacobs said, “Mr. S’s lawyer Mickey Rudin . . . was a combination bag man, hit man, and Hollywood hustler.”)

(STRAIT, RAYMOND. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 13 DECEMBER 2010: “He was a scumbag and everybody knew it. He was Sinatra’s man . . .”)

(RUDIN, MILTON. INTERVIEW WITH DONALD SPOTO. 31 OCTOBER 1992: “His wife was Swiss . . .”)

(ROMANOFF, GLORIA. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 2 SEPTEMBER 2010: “She never had any real money. The house she died in was the first home she ever owned and it meant everything to her . . .”)

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(GREENSON, HILDI. INTERVIEW WITH CATHY GRIFFIN. 4 JUNE 1991: “She would have no plans whatsoever for an evening . . . I think at one point she asked the taxi driver to come in and have dinner with her . . .”)

(SUMMERS 2000, p. 328: “As for his patient’s attitude toward men, Dr. Greenson was to note Marilyn’s increasing trend toward random promiscuity. In her last months she was to tell him she was having sex with one of the workmen remodeling her house. Once she invited in a taxi driver who brought her home.”)

(FARBER AND GREEN 1993, pp. 95–98: Hildi said her husband found out about Marilyn’s random promiscuity and “realized this wasn’t healthy . . .” so he often allowed Marilyn to stay for supper like a family member and often attended Greenson’s chamber music recitals. Also, Greenson discussed Marilyn with another actress, Celeste Holm.)

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(FARBER AND GREEN 1993, p. 97: With dark glasses and a black wig, Marilyn joined Danny while he looked for an apartment. She would often use this disguise to attend many of Greenson’s lectures.)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: GREENSON, JOAN. UNTITLED 90-PAGE MARILYN MONROE MANUSCRIPT, pp. 55–56: “Father liked to give lectures, and he was an excellent public speaker . . .” The complete work is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

(GREENSON, HILDI. INTERVIEW WITH CATHY GRIFFIN. 4 JUNE 1991: “When we’d have chamber music, my husband would invite her to come and listen . . .”)

(FARBER AND GREEN 1993, p. 98: Janice Rule asked Greenson, “You knew I love music. How come you never invited me? . . .”)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: GREENSON, JOAN. UNTITLED 90-PAGE MARILYN MONROE MANUSCRIPT, pp. 59–60: “She would sit in the living room in the big wing-backed chair . . .” The complete work is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

(ROSTEN 1973, pp. 99–100: “Finally, after coffee and cake and idle Sunday chatter, the other musicians showed up . . .”)

(FREEMAN 1993, p. 27: A friend of Greenson’s, Paul Moor, said, “Romi may have been the world’s worst violinist . . .”)

(GREENSON 1964, pp. 203–206: “When I left for a five week summer vacation . . .” The complete work is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA.)

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(WEXLER 2002, pp. 241–242: “Greenson began to write more and more about the importance of the real relationship . . .”)

(LAWFORD, PETER. INTERVIEW WITH C. DAVID HEYMANN. 1983. Transcript located at the State University of New York at Stony Brook: “I suppose the most surprising revelation in Marilyn’s own tapes was the fact that not only did Marilyn have an affair with both Kennedys, she was also sleeping with Dr. Greenson, who appeared to be deeply in love with her . . .”)

(HEYMANN 1998, p. 322: Peter Lawford said, “I also got hold of portions of the [Mafia-Teamster] tapes, and heard what seemed to be sounds of their lovemaking . . .”)

(SUGARMAN 2000, p. 282: Greenson wrote, “One of the most frequent signals of countertransference reaction is . . . reacting sexually . . . to the transference manifestations . . .”)

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(GREENSON 1978, pp. 493–494: In a 1974 paper entitled, “On Transitional Objects and Transference,” Ralph Greenson wrote, “I told an emotionally immature young woman patient, who had developed a very dependent transference to me, that I was going to attend an International Congress in Europe some three months hence . . .”)

(GREENSON 1978, p. 494: In a 1974 paper entitled, “On Transitional Objects and Transference,” Ralph Greenson wrote, “The situation changed dramatically when one day she announced . . . she had discovered something that would tide her over my absence . . .”)

(GREENSON 1978, p. 494: “The evening before her announcement, as she looked at the set, through the sparkling light of a glass of champagne, it suddenly struck her that I looked like the white knight . . .”)

(GREENSON 1978, p. 494: “The patient’s major concern about . . . my absence was a public performance of great importance to her professionally . . .”)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: GREENSON, JOAN. UNTITLED 90-PAGE MARILYN MONROE MANUSCRIPT, p. 52: “Father was to give a lecture in Israel . . .” The complete work is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

(GREENSON 1978, p. 494: In a 1974 paper entitled, “On Transitional Objects and Transference,” Ralph Greenson wrote, “I was relieved and delighted to learn . . . that her performance . . .”)

(MURRAY 1975, p. 103: Marilyn’s housekeeper Mrs. Eunice Murray related, “Marilyn took a handsome chess piece from the set she had bought in Mexico—one knight to wrap in her handkerchief while she sang . . .”)

(GREENSON, HILDI. INTERVIEW WITH CATHY GRIFFIN. 4 JUNE 1991: “That vacation we had, it was constant telephone calls . . .”)

(HEYMANN 1998, p. 319)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: Greenson wrote to Dr. Kris on August 20, 1962, “I left Marilyn in the hands of a colleague whom she knew . . .” The complete letter is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: GREENSON, JOAN. UNTITLED 90-PAGE MARILYN MONROE MANUSCRIPT, pp. 72–74: “Danny and I did get a call after her birthday. She had sounded really druggy. Her thick-tongued-ness . . .” The complete work is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

(FARBER AND GREEN 1993, p. 99: Hildi Greenson relayed, “She was bright and lovely and interesting . . .”)

(MURRAY 1975, p. 107: “Marilyn didn’t want to interrupt the psychiatrist’s trip with her problems . . .”)

(MURRAY 1975, p. 107: “A Dr. Wexler was on call for Dr. Greenson’s patients . . .”)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: GREENSON, JOAN. UNTITLED 90-PAGE MARILYN MONROE MANUSCRIPT, pp. 74–75: “It was clear that there was really no way Marilyn was going to make it through that picture without my father here . . .” The complete work is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

(GREENSON 1978, p. 494: In a 1974 paper entitled, “On Transitional Objects and Transference,” Ralph Greenson wrote, “A colleague of mine [Milton Wexler] who saw her [Marilyn Monroe] in that interval said that all his interventions . . .”)

(GREENSON 1978, p. 494: In a 1974 paper entitled, “On Transitional Objects and Transference,” Ralph Greenson wrote, “Her anxiety and depression lifted . . .”)

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(SPOTO 1993, pp. 528–529: Greenson’s angry letter postmarked June 22, 1962, to friend Lucille Ostrow.)

(FARBER AND GREEN 1993, pp. 98, 106: “Janice Rule, who was in analysis with Greenson at the time Marilyn died, remembers how ‘crucified’ he felt by the press.”)

(MEYERS 2010, p. 269: On June 22, 1962, Greenson wrote a letter to Anna Freud about Marilyn, a letter located in the Library of Congress. Greenson wrote, “This was a most frustrating experience, since now I was back home and she was feeling fine . . .”)

(MEYERS 2010, p. 269: On July 2, 1962, Anna Freud wrote back to Greenson about Marilyn, a letter located in the Library of Congress. Anna Freud wrote, “I have tried to follow your fate in the newspapers . . .”)

(BERTHELSEN 1987, pp. 152–153: Freud family maid Paula Fichtl relayed how Anna Freud told her she heard Ralph Greenson was the final person to phone Marilyn.)

(SPOTO 1993, p. 375: Marilyn’s psychiatrist “Hohenberg had a suggestion for Marilyn, and forthwith whisked her off to meet her old friend Anna Freud, an analyst with a thriving London practice. Marilyn had several therapy sessions with Sigmund Freud’s daughter.”)

(GREENSON, HILDI. INTERVIEW WITH CATHY GRIFFIN. 4 JUNE 1991: “That felt very good, winning my suit . . .”)

(SPOTO 1993, pp. 599–611: Capell, Mailer, Slatzer “started” the murder rumors.)

(
Oakland Tribune
. [Oakland, CA] 5 January 1964: “Following her death, Dr. Greenson was flooded with mail from haters . . .”)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: Greenson wrote to Dr. Kris on August 20, 1962, “And on top of it all, the notoriety, the press all over the world writing about it and constantly linking my name . . .” The complete letter is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

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(Shearer, Lloyd. “Marilyn Monroe—Why Won’t They Let Her Rest in Peace?”
Parade
. 5 August 1973: Greenson and his alleged dinner engagement until around midnight. Greenson claimed that Mrs. Murray called him three hours later: “At 3 a.m. his phone rang . . .”)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: On August 4, 1962, Greenson attended a dinner party at the home of actor Eddie Albert and his wife Margo.)

(
Say Goodbye to the President
documentary, 1985: Mrs. Murray said Marilyn was discovered “around midnight.” Sgt. Clemmons agreed Mrs. Murray said midnight and Clemmons also stated that Greenson and Engelberg did not disagree with Mrs. Murray.)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: District attorney’s report dated September 27, 1982. Investigator Al Tomich interviewed Marilyn’s physician, Dr. Hyman Engelberg, regarding rumors that he arrived at midnight. Engelberg responded, “Nonsense. Absolute, utter nonsense.”)

(SLATZER 1975, pp. 172–173: Picture 60 is a photograph of a man pointing at the broken window Greenson claimed he shattered to enter Marilyn’s bedroom. One wonders how Greenson stuck his full hand into the window without cutting himself.)

(SMITH 2005, pp. 30–33: Police report #62-509 463 and follow-up police report show serious time discrepancies.)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: District attorney’s report dated September 27, 1982. Investigator Al Tomich interviewed Marilyn’s physician, Dr. Hyman Engelberg, who relayed, “The door was locked to the bedroom . . .”)