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The Hollywood murder casebook by Munn, Michael is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Hollywood murder casebook about?
Bloodletting and mayhem whipped up from the author's ""ten years of prying into the careers and private lives of movie stars and tracing the history of the Hollywood Star System. . ."" The murdered, or at least dead, include Marilyn Monroe, Sharon Tate, Ramon Navarro, Bruce Lee, Lana Turner's paramour Johnny Stompanato, mobster Bugsy Siegel (""George Raft's blue-eyed buddy""), Sal Mineo, Gig Young, Thomas Ince, Thelma Todd, William Desmond Taylor. and a drunken buddy cuckolded (perhaps) and beaten to death by actor Paul Kelly. Among the co-actors are JFK, RFK, Peter Lawford, Lana's knife-wielding daughter Cheryl, the Manson Family, Charlie Chaplin, John Wayne, and Stan Laurel. Meanwhile, the three most deeply researched deaths: those of Ince, Taylor, and Monroe. Did jealous William Randolph Hearst, the zillionaire newspaper tycoon, murder film-director Ince by misadventure aboard Hearst's yacht? Misadventure, because he'd meant to kill Chaplin, who was paying too much attention to Hearst's mistress, actress Marion Davies. ""Only those involved knew for certain what happened, and all of them are dead now."" Somewhat more impressive is Munn's redaction of the various leads about Mari
Who reads The Hollywood murder casebook?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Munn, Michael
- Publisher
- London: Robson Books
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780860514145
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, Memoir, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-24