At Kennedys and King

Sirhan Sirhan Parole Letter by Jim DiEugenio

Write to Governor Gavin Newsom requesting him to not overturn the parole board's recommendation

Address: Governor Gavin Newsom, 1303 10th Street, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814. Phone: (916) 445-2841

Larry Schnapf's letter to President Biden (PDF)

Articles: Collateral Damage: Mark Shaw’s Public Atrocity by Donald McGovern: Part 1, Part 2

The Reporter Who Knew Too Much is probably the best book by Mark Shaw

Article: Who Killed Dorothy Kilgallen? (PDF) by Sara Jordan

Mark Shaw's earlier book The Poison Patriarch was a trashy book

It relied on the book Double Cross by Sam and Chuck Giancana

Mark Shaw claims that Dorothy Kilgallen and Marilyn Monroe were best friends

According to Don McGovern, the two were only acquaintances

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" - Carl Sagan

Mark Shaw's imaginary trial prosecuting Robert Kennedy

There is no fact-checking involved in most biographies

Mark Shaw's publisher is Simon & Schuster

Actor Gianni Russo and his claims about having an affair with Marilyn Monroe

Russo also claimed the RFK hired a mob assassin nicknamed "the doctor" to kill Monroe

There are many problems with Russo's claims and yet Mark Shaw gives his story credence

Russo claimed that Marilyn attacked Bobby Kennedy in his presence at Cal-Neva Lodge

And Mark Shaw claims that both "Sam Giancana and RFK" were at the lodge which is patently false

Thomas Noguchi performed the autopsy on Monroe

Sgt. Jack Clemmons was the first police officer to arrive at the scene

Eunice Murray, Monroe's housekeeper was not involved in the sale of MM’s home

Clemmons said that there wasn't a drinking glass but there was

Clemmons also testified in the 80s that he saw Eunice Murray washing Marilyn's sheets

Marilyn didn't own a washing machine or a dryer

Maurice Reis, Frank Capell and Jack Clemmons propagated the RFK-Monroe affair hoax

There is no evidence backing their claims; just gossip and innuendo

Frank Capell's book The Strange Death of Marilyn Monroe came out in 1964

This book places RFK as a conspirator to murder Marilyn Monroe

Mark Shaw repeats Capell's claims

Capell accuses RFK as the "most dangerous commie of them all"

Shaw uses "cropped and wrongly located" as evidence to support his claims

Shaw's footnotes / references are very skimpy; only a paragraph or two for each chapter

Mark Shaw's theory about how Monroe was killed

Donald McGovern's website: www.marilynfromthe22ndrow.com/wp

Don's book Murder Orthodoxies is now available for free on his website