Dorothy Kilgallen Way: A Tribute Unveiled

The Hollywood Godfather Podcast

GRI Entertainment

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, True Crime, Tv & Film

4.7 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The podcast episode featured Gianni and Jeanie discussing the mysterious deaths of Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Kilgallen. Russo recounted his involvement with Monroe, including the weekend at the Cal Neva Lodge where she refused to sleep with Bobby Kennedy, leading to her murder. They also highlighted the dedication of a New York street to Kilgallen, a renowned journalist and TV personality, and Russo's advocacy for changing their death certificates to reflect homicide instead of suicide. The discussion emphasized the intersections of Hollywood, crime, and justice, shedding light on the historical and personal connections Russo had with Monroe and Kilgallen.

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0:00.0	Von Sinatra swing to Brando stage.
0:03.0	Maryland's grace to J.F.K's age.
0:08.0	It's Johnny Russo, Hollywood's own.
0:13.0	The Jeannie Raymond's secrets are shown.
0:17.0	Hollywood Godfather
0:22.2	Welcome, everybody.
0:27.5	Tonight's show is going to be a very interesting show.
0:31.1	First, I have to introduce my co-host.
0:34.8	I mean, I'm so excited to get into this with these other people, but the most
0:40.7	important person is Jeannie Raymond. My co-host. Well, thank you, Gianni. I'm so excited to talk about
0:49.0	our subject here today. It's so, so exciting. Well, you know, it started with Marilyn Monroe on my last weekend with her,
1:00.2	not that I was with her on a weekend by myself. We were there on business, and then when she was
1:05.2	told what to do, and I don't want to be redundant because I think we spoke about this
1:09.9	other times for other
1:11.4	reasons. But when we left Cal Neva, I left that Monday morning to fly back to New York and
1:18.9	I told Cassello what went on that she refused to sleep with Bobby Kennedy and the reason
1:26.0	why she had an abortion six weeks prior and we knew nothing
1:32.3	about that and she wanted nothing to do with the Kennedys any longer which I could understand
1:39.8	but when he heard the story Costello said, they're going to kill her.
1:47.8	I said, how did they kill her?
1:49.0	She's the biggest movie star in the world.
1:51.7	He says, believe me, I'm telling you.
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