Normand Hodges, a 78-year-old retired CIA officer, has made a shocking series of confessions, according to reports.

He alleges that he carried out 37 assassinations for the American government between 1959 and 1972, including the actress and model, Marilyn Monroe.

He states that he has no regrets about his actions.

Hodges claims to have been a member of a group of five CIA agents whose sole mission was to carry out assassinations.

He admits that one of his assassinations was none other than the iconic actress, Marilyn Monroe.

According to Hodges, Monroe was not only killed due to her ties with John F Kennedy, but also because she had a relationship with Fidel Castro, making her a serious national security risk.

Hodges had served as a CIA officer for 41 years, working as an operative with top-level security clearances.

He claims that he was employed as a hit-man by the organization, tasked with assassinating individuals who posed a threat to the security of the United States of America.

Hodges was trained as a sniper, a martial arts expert, and in other methods including using poisons and explosives.

Despite his advanced age, he has managed to recall each of the assassinations he carried out for the CIA.

He states that the murders took place on American soil and were carried out on the orders of his commanding officer, Major James “Jimmy” Hayworth.

According to Hodges, the timeline for the assassinations was between August 1959 and March 1972, during a period when “the CIA had its own agenda”.

He also states that he was part of a five-member operation team who carried out the assassinations, with their victims ranging from journalists, union leaders, political activists, artists, and scientists.

All of these individuals were killed because their ideas posed a threat to the interests of the United States.

Hodges confesses that Marilyn Monroe was the only woman he had ever assassinated, making her a unique target at the time.

He claims that Monroe had become a significant “threat to the security of the country” and had to be eliminated.

“We had evidence that Marilyn Monroe had not only slept with Kennedy but also with Fidel Castro,” says Hodges.

“My commanding officer, Jimmy Hayworth, told me that she had to die and that it had to look like a suicide or an overdose. I had never killed a woman before, but I obeyed orders… I did it for America!”

“She could have transmitted strategic information to the communists, and we couldn’t allow that! She had to die! I just did what I had to do!”

Marilyn Monroe passed away on August 5, 1962.

Hodges claims that he entered her room while she was sleeping and injected her with a fatal dose of Chloral Hydrate, a powerful sedative, mixed with Nembutal, a short-acting barbiturate, which ultimately caused her death.

The FBI is taking Hodges’ claims very seriously and has placed him under custody while a full investigation is opened to verify his allegations.

Unfortunately, the most important witness in the case, Major James Hayworth, passed away in 2011 due to a heart attack.

Two other CIA assassins who were identified by Hodges are also no longer alive.