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The tragic last hours of Marilyn Monroe: New docu blows lid on possible MURDER

As per the documentary 'The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes', Monroe was alive at her home and was being rushed to the hospital when she died en route

American actress and icon Marilyn Monroe's lifeless body was reportedly found hours after arguing with her alleged lover, US Attorney General Robert F Kennedy, on August 5, 1962, at her Brentwood, California estate.

As per reports, Monroe's dead body was surrounded by several bottles of sleeping pills. But Netflix's upcoming documentary, 'The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes' states otherwise. "No, she wasn't [dead at home]," says ambulance company owner Walter Schaefer in the documentary. One of his former drivers, Ken Hunter, had been dispatched to Monroe's home on the night of her death. Schaefer says that the silver screen superstar was comatose, but alive when Hunter picked her up and began transporting her to an emergency room in Santa Monica, reports The New York Post.

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Writer John Sherlock claims that Monroe's last psychiatrist, Dr Ralph Greenson, told him years after Monroe's death, that she was alive at her home and was being transported by ambulance to Saint John's Health Center when she died en route. "She died in the ambulance. Then they took her back to the house. He told me he was in the ambulance," he says in the documentary.

"What I learned was information that changed completely what we thought we knew about her mysterious death. And suggests that the circumstances of her dying were covered up," says the documentary's narrator, author Anthony Summers. Monroe's death has been a constant source of speculation for decades. From intentional suicide to a politically charged homicide, rumors have always floated, despite her official cause of death was ruled to be barbiturate overdose.

Summers, who is also the author of the 1985 book 'Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe' based on Monroe, says, "The tapes I've accumulated while writing the book have never been heard by the public. What the evidence suggests is that [the circumstances around her death were] covered up because of her connection with the Kennedy brothers."

He states that both Robert Kennedy and then-President John F. Kennedy abruptly ended their supposed simultaneous, years-long love affairs with Monroe in the summer of 1962. As per his interviews with federal operatives, intelligence agencies feared that Monroe might be sharing government secrets, after learning too much during her romance with the Kennedy brothers. Summers says the possibilities are high that "The Kennedys said, 'S**t, she can make public that we've been discussing nuclear matters' [and] thought, 'We've got to stop all this. We can't deal with Marilyn Monroe anymore.'"

"Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe's tragic death spawned conspiracies and rumors for decades, often overshadowing her talent and shrewdness. By piecing together her final weeks, days, and hours through previously unheard recordings of those who knew her best, the film illuminates more of her glamorous, complicated life, and offers a new perspective on that fateful night," says the documentary's description.

'The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes', directed by Emma Cooper, releases on Wednesday, April 27, on Netflix.