The DD Group: An Online Investigation Into the Death of Marilyn Monroe

by David Marshall

I am told that the first two names I recognized as a child were President Eisenhower and Marilyn Monroe. Hopefully, for my parents' sake, this was after I understood who Mama and Daddy were. To be truthful, I'm not at all certain. By the time the newsman interrupted my cartoons on Sunday morning, August 5, 1962, to tell me that Marilyn Monroe had been found dead of an overdose at the age of 36, she had become such a natural part of my daily life that I could not quite grasp the concept of a world where she was not still out there going about her surely incredible life. To even begin to attempt to understand that someone as big as Marilyn Monroe could actually die threw my seven-year-old brain into serious philosophical doubt. I kept a close watch on my parents, my teachers, even my close friends. The way I saw it, if Marilyn Monroe could die, everyone was up for grabs.-author David Marshall, from the introduction to The DD An Online Investigation Into the Death of Marilyn Monroe

Genres: Nonfiction

522 pages, Paperback

First published March 16, 2005

Reviews

[Sidney · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are truly interested in how Marilyn died this is the book to read. I have read every book, seen every documentary, and this has been, by far, the best MM researched book of all.

[Antonio Matta · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is by far the best book about the final days of Marilyn Monroe. A must read if you want to know what really happened on that tragic night of August 4, 1962.

[David Wayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book and for a number of reasons. Unlike most books on the topic, it approaches ALL of the evidence on Marilyn's death from a open-minded standpoint. It examines ALL of the evidence fairly and in great detail. It compiles all the varied opinions on Marilyn's death and weighs their evidence, as well as their potential motives, in an extremely professional manner. Furthermore, it summarizes the findings of dozens of books which have been written about Marilyn, comparing them, as well as their research and the logical soundness (or unsoundness, as the case may be) of their conclusions.
If there is one book on Marilyn I can recommend most, THIS IS IT -- because it covers the ground that it has taken dozens of other books to cover, then even goes further into new territory. Very highly recommended.

[Marla · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this to be very interesting and informative on the subject of Marilyn Monroe's death. Anyone who is a Marilyn fan, and has any intereset in what may have happened on Aug 4, 1962, will find an enormous wealth of information in this book.I would recommend reading this book.

[Katheryn Morgan]

I just started this book

[LJP1610 · Rating 3 out of 5]

this is very very detailed - i can see non marilyn obsessives saying 'wtf this shit is boring?' if you are interested in the case this is compelling.