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diesteldorf · 04-06-2017, 02:29 PM

I'm currently at about episode 17 of Season 2 for Amazon Prime.

Sometimes I am trying to remember if I saw some of these stories during their original NBC run or whether I caught them on Lifetime or both.

However, UM ran a segment on Marilyn's missing diary and I am sure I saw it when it originally aired on NBC. It probably aired around 1988-1991 but I am not sure when.

However, I started watching UM pretty regularly after this particular segment.

Does anyone remember it or when it may have aired?

I distinctly remember it on NBC and don't remember ever seeing it on Lifetime during reruns.

If this one is available on Amazon, I'll be happy to see it again.

justins5256 · 04-06-2017, 03:23 PM

I'm pretty sure it's "In Search of... The Death of Marilyn Monroe" that you're after. The old Leonard Nimoy series. They did an episode that touched on this and reruns were playing during the time frame you mention.

diesteldorf · 04-09-2017, 05:22 PM

I know it was a segment on Unsolved Mysteries, but I can only find a brief reference in this link:

https://bradgeagley.wordpress.com/20...ilyn-part-two/

Maybe it is a segment that cannot be reaired

justins5256 · 04-09-2017, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diesteldorf

I know it was a segment on Unsolved Mysteries, but I can only find a brief reference in this link:

https://bradgeagley.wordpress.com/20...ilyn-part-two/

Maybe it is a segment that cannot be reaired

Interesting. I used some of the names in that article to do some Googling. It looks like it was a program called "The Marilyn Files."

http://articles.latimes.com/1992-09-...investigations

Awsi Dooger · 04-11-2017, 12:39 AM

I don't remember the Unsolved Mysteries segment but I darn sure remember wasting time watching that Marilyn Files documentary. It was absolute trash, the type of thing aimed at conspiracy lunatics who have zero conception of applied probability.

But you have to evaluate that program based on the surrounding realities. As always, situational influence. It was hardly a standalone. Nope, it followed a similar series of garbage programming with Elvis Presley as the topic. They were the two dead legends who died suddenly exactly 15 and 30 years earlier so it was a cheap ratings ploy for grocery store tabloid caliber programming.

Bill Bixby was the host. I always liked Bill Bixby, after being fascinated by My Favorite Martian reruns as a kid. How did that antenna still work when it was bent? Still one of the great mysteries.

Bixby sadly had a cancer recurrence not long after the Marilyn episode, and died at a relatively young age. I'm sure he would have taken plenty of ribbing grief about those Elvis and Marilyn shows if he had lived a longer lifespan and made the oldtimer rounds on the talk show circuit. But the way it worked out, those garbage programs mostly faded from memory. This is the first mention I've seen in a decade or more.

They stretched the Elvis vehicle to such absurdity they even had an episode that seriously asked, "Is Elvis Dead or Alive?"

That's pretty much all you need to know about the caliber of those programs and the audience they were aimed at.

Actually, I guess it could be argued the producers were onto something, and well ahead of their time.

04-06-2017, 02:29 PM	#1
diesteldorf Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 12, 2002 Posts: 67	Marilyn Monroe Missing Diary I'm currently at about episode 17 of Season 2 for Amazon Prime. Sometimes I am trying to remember if I saw some of these stories during their original NBC run or whether I caught them on Lifetime or both. However, UM ran a segment on Marilyn's missing diary and I am sure I saw it when it originally aired on NBC. It probably aired around 1988-1991 but I am not sure when. However, I started watching UM pretty regularly after this particular segment. Does anyone remember it or when it may have aired? I distinctly remember it on NBC and don't remember ever seeing it on Lifetime during reruns. If this one is available on Amazon, I'll be happy to see it again.

04-06-2017, 03:23 PM	#2
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	I'm pretty sure it's "In Search of... The Death of Marilyn Monroe" that you're after. The old Leonard Nimoy series. They did an episode that touched on this and reruns were playing during the time frame you mention.

04-09-2017, 05:22 PM	#3
diesteldorf Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 12, 2002 Posts: 67	I know it was a segment on Unsolved Mysteries, but I can only find a brief reference in this link: https://bradgeagley.wordpress.com/20...ilyn-part-two/ Maybe it is a segment that cannot be reaired

04-11-2017, 12:39 AM	#5
Awsi Dooger Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2003 Location: Miami Posts: 1,537	I don't remember the Unsolved Mysteries segment but I darn sure remember wasting time watching that Marilyn Files documentary. It was absolute trash, the type of thing aimed at conspiracy lunatics who have zero conception of applied probability. But you have to evaluate that program based on the surrounding realities. As always, situational influence. It was hardly a standalone. Nope, it followed a similar series of garbage programming with Elvis Presley as the topic. They were the two dead legends who died suddenly exactly 15 and 30 years earlier so it was a cheap ratings ploy for grocery store tabloid caliber programming. Bill Bixby was the host. I always liked Bill Bixby, after being fascinated by My Favorite Martian reruns as a kid. How did that antenna still work when it was bent? Still one of the great mysteries. Bixby sadly had a cancer recurrence not long after the Marilyn episode, and died at a relatively young age. I'm sure he would have taken plenty of ribbing grief about those Elvis and Marilyn shows if he had lived a longer lifespan and made the oldtimer rounds on the talk show circuit. But the way it worked out, those garbage programs mostly faded from memory. This is the first mention I've seen in a decade or more. They stretched the Elvis vehicle to such absurdity they even had an episode that seriously asked, "Is Elvis Dead or Alive?" That's pretty much all you need to know about the caliber of those programs and the audience they were aimed at. Actually, I guess it could be argued the producers were onto something, and well ahead of their time.