Publication: Manor Books. 1976. USA.
ISBN: ?
Details: Softback. 222 pages.
Contains: 16 pages of photos (b&w). Filmography.
Contains a reproduction of the autopsy report.
Publication: Pinnacle House. 1974. USA.
ISBN: 0-8467-001-8.
Details: Hardback. 273 pages.
Contains: 31 pages of photos (b&w), 48 pages of documents. Bibliography. Filmography. Index.
Whether or not you believe Slatzer's assertions regarding his relationship with Marilyn Monroe, you have to give him credit for setting-off the current day interest in the circumstances surrounding her death, and for treating his subject with evident affection.
Publication: Pinnacle Books. 1975. USA.
ISBN: 0-523-00575-3.
Details: Softback. 387 pages.
Contains: 31 pages of photos (b&w), 48 pages of documents. Bibliography. Filmography. Index.
This is a pocket-size paperback edition of the original hardback.
Publication: Pinnacle House. 1982. USA.
ISBN: 0-523-41859-0.
Details: Softback. 422 pages.
Contains: 31 pages of photos (b&w), 48 pages of documents. Bibliography. Filmography. Index.
This is the pocket-size reprint of the 1974 Pinnacle House edition.
Publication: Presses de la Cite. 1974. Canada.
ISBN: 2-266-00021-7.
Details: Softback. 390 pages.
Contains: Bibliography. Filmography. Index.
This is a French-Canadian edition of The Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe (translated literally, though, the title means Inquest into a Suspicious Death: Marilyn Monroe). It is missing the photos and document reproductions of the American edition, but has a blurb by Gerard de Villiers added to the back cover.
Publication: Spi Books. 1992. USA.
ISBN: 1-56171-147-0.
Details: Softback. 314 pages.
Contains: 38 pages of documents. Index.
Robert Slatzer's follow-up to his first book. This one focuses almost exclusively on the circumstances surrounding Marilyn's death, whereas his first book contained a large amount of biographical information. A video version of this book was released, also titled The Marilyn Files.
