32 - Marilyn Monroe: Life, Death, & Murder Conspiracy

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2017

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

What do you know about Marilyn Monroe? Did you know it took years after she being "discovered" for her to "make it"? That she spent part of her childhood in an orphanage? That she never knew who her father was? Or that her mother spent most of Marilyn's childhood committed to various mental institutions? Or that she took on the Hollywood studio contract system and won, paving the way for modern actors and actresses to also become producers and control their careers more than she ever could? She was so much more than just a pretty face. Find out exactly how much more in this Timesuck!

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0:00.0	If one could only use one word to describe Marilyn Monroe, I think it would be iconic.
0:05.2	She's one of the most recognizable names and faces of the modern world.
0:09.6	If I could add a few other words, I think timeless, radiant, sensual, sexy, classic, those
0:17.0	would also make the mix.
0:18.7	And I think complex, complicated, and misunderstood would soon follow.
0:24.1	Exploited and abused might sneak in there too.
0:26.6	After living in a world of Marilyn Monroe research past few days, I would not describe
0:31.0	her as a dumb blonde or just some arm candy or eye candy.
0:35.9	She fought against those classifications throughout the height of her fame because she
0:39.2	was so much more than that.
0:40.2	She was a fighter, a survivor, a true Hollywood star.
0:43.9	So let's get beautiful today.
0:46.3	Let's get glamorous.
0:48.0	Let's even dig into a crazy death conspiracy that as skeptical as I am, I think I actually
0:53.1	believe.
0:54.6	Let's get tinseled town and let's get time suck.
1:01.6	Hi everybody.
1:08.3	Happy Monday, I'm Dan Cummins and you are listening to the Time Suck Podcast.
1:12.9	Fan and Cleveland Shane have pointed out that over 30 episodes in, I still hadn't ever
1:17.0	thought to introduce myself like every other host of every other show in the history
1:20.9	of ever.
1:21.9	So whoops.
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