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Marilyn Monroe: Murder - by Consent: A Psychologist's Journey With Death

by Jack V. Hattem Ph.D

236 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-1369; ISBN 1-4251-3519-6; US$19.99, C$22.99, EUR15.59, £10.33

This book is about why Marilyn Monroe died, how she died and who killed her. It is also about a psychologist seeking answers about why people choose to die.

About the Book

Dr. Jack Hattem first became interested in Marilyn Monroe's death at the Suicide Prevention Center in Los Angeles in 1962. After three decades as a Clinical Psychologist he decided to write a factual account of the real circumstances in which she died.

This book is a unique view of Marilyn Monroe, despite the millions of words written about her. It is the result of a research study into toxic relationshops exactly like Marilyn's, where one person tries to drive another to kill themselves.

It is about Marilyn's psychiatric condition and how her psychiatric mistreatment led to her death.

The author, for the first time, offers a psychological view of Marilyn Monroe's life which explains most of her troubled relationships and her addictions.

This book is about the author's need to understand why people choose to kill themselves. It ends with a conspiracy hidden over forty five years.

This book is about why Marilyn died, how she died, and who was directly responsible for her death! Even the Cuban missile crisis played a role in her death.

About the Author

The author is a first generation American whose parents spoke five languages each, routinely. It could be confusing. He grew up in a rural town on Long Island, N.Y. during world war II. He joined the army and college at Virginia Tech at the tender age of seventeen.

Afterwards, he started with economics and Wall Street,slipped through Law and the movie business and ended in Psychology. The father of cognitive therapy, Albert Ellis, was responsible. He was an early patient of his.

His psychology career began at the Veterans Administration and ended as an Adjunct Clinical Professor at The University of Southern California Medical School. He was involved in traing psychiatric residents,medical students and other behavioral professionals. He started the first labor union for psychologist, called Psychologists In Public Service. It is still part of the A.F.L.-C.I.O.

He is currently retired, married to his second wife of 36 years, has six children and grandchildren,and lives in California. He has been tracking this story since Marilyn's death.