Before we start, a warning, this episode contains reference to suicide.

Listener discretion is advised.

It's 1962.

The 36-year-old Marilyn Monroe is one of the greatest stars Hollywood has ever seen.

She's loved and adored by fans,

not just in the United States, but around the world. But she has her demons, struggles with stage fright,

emotional insecurity, and increasingly dependency on drugs and alcohol. And to make matters worse,

her third marriage has just ended. But her career is looking brighter than ever.

The negotiations on her current film,

Something's Got to Give, have turned around.

There are big magazine spreads about her planned.

But all those future plans are never going to arrive.

From Wondery and Goalhanger, I'm Peter Frankopan.

I'm Afwerhersh.

And this is Legacy, the show that tells the lives of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived, and asks if they have the reputation that they deserve. This is Marilyn Monroe, Episode 4, Who Killed the Movie Star?

Sunday the 4th of August, 1962.

It's 3.30 in the morning when housekeeper Eunice Murray notices the light still on in her

employer's bedroom. She knows that Marilyn suffers from terrible insomnia and goes to check

if she needs anything.

Peering through a crack in the blackout curtains, Eunice notices Marilyn's body slumped unnaturally, face down on the bed, naked.

A prickle creeps up Eunice's back. Something isn't right.

She's been asked to stay the night by Marilyn's psychiatrist, Dr.

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