A podcast series called “The Killing of Marilyn Monroe” has suggested that actress Marilyn Monroe had an affair with her psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson.

Greenson, who was Monroe’s psychiatrist at the time of her death, has been accused of being involved in Monroe’s death, including a possible cover-up.

The podcast is a 12-part series that investigates Monroe’s life away from the public eye, her life and career, and the events leading up to her death in 1962.

According to the podcast, Monroe would often stay at Greenson’s home.

Bill Birnes, an author and Hollywood historian who appears on the podcast, stated, “She was obviously astoundingly beautiful, but she was also very needy and she was a very damaged person.”

Entertainment journalist Charles Casillo also added, “Dr. Greenson fell in love with Marilyn Monroe. Like many people before him, he fell under her spell.

“That was crossing all kinds of bad lines for doctor-patient because there was no separation between her therapy and her friendship.

“She became more and more dependent on him.”

Greenson was one of the first people to discover Monroe’s body.

At 5:15 PM the night before her death, she talked to him for an hour and was told “to go for a ride when she complained she could not sleep.”

Greenson said he thought she was going to the beach for fresh air.

Around 3:25 AM, her housekeeper noticed Monroe’s lights were still on after heading to bed around 8 PM and didn’t hear any response when she went to check on her.

She called Greenson, who broke the window and discovered her body.

While Greenson was treating Monroe, he diagnosed her as a “borderline paranoid addictive personality.”

He believed that traditional psychoanalysis wouldn’t work for Monroe, and began an “unorthodox” approach, including “inviting her into his family, for drinks after the final analytic hour of the day, for dinner and to social gatherings.

He also ruled that she should sever old ties and encouraged his two children, then in their early twenties, to befriend her instead.

He eventually persuaded Marilyn to buy a Spanish hacienda for herself in nearby Brentwood, which she decorated to resemble the Greensons’ home.”

Some biographers and historians believe Greenson was using drugs to make Monroe reliant on him.

Donald Spoto, a biographer and theologian, claimed that Greenson “betrayed every ethic and responsibility to his family, his profession and to Marilyn Monroe” in his “egregious mishandling of his most famous patient.”

He called into question Greenson’s statements about prescribing her medication, including that he wanted to “give her something of me to swallow, to take in, so that she could overcome the sense of terrible emptiness that would depress and infuriate her.”

Greenson’s children, Daniel and Joan, have spoken up in the past about their father and came to his defense.

In 1961, Monroe suffered a nervous breakdown, complained of hearing voices, and was in the midst of separating from Arthur Miller.

She was committed to the Payne Whitney psychiatric clinic, and Greenson became worried about her. According to Daniel, his father “became increasingly desperate.

He felt that therapy as he knew it wasn’t working, he couldn’t hospitalize her because everyone came to stare and gawk at her, which was awful, and medication wasn’t helping in her case.”

At the advice of therapist Milton Wexler, he encouraged Monroe to spend time at Greenson’s home to “alleviate her separation anxiety.”

Living with the Greenson family meant bonding with his two children. And she also began staying after therapy sessions.

Joan stated how her father felt about Monroe’s death, saying, “He always felt that it was an accident that she killed herself.

“That she was getting better and that she no longer had a tolerance for barbiturates and sleeping medication and stuff like that because she had been slowly weaned off it.”

Daniel also believed she either committed suicide or accidentally overdosed:

“My father was hurt by the fact that she killed herself, and he would tell himself that it was accidental.

“People who take a lot of pills — and she took a lot of pills — can get so stoned from all the pills they’re taking that they lose track and they think they haven’t taken enough and they take more and then it kills them.

“That was his rationalisation. The idea that someone murdered her… Some people say that he killed her, Bobby Kennedy, the Mafia.

“All that crap is very hard on my mum, my sister and myself.”

Greenson’s unorthodox methods and close relationship with Monroe have led to speculation about their involvement with each other beyond just doctor-patient.

The podcast’s investigation into their relationship has sparked further rumors about a possible affair between the two.

Monroe’s love life has been the subject of much speculation and scrutiny.

She was known to have affairs with powerful men, including John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert F. Kennedy, as well as Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando.

Some have theorized that her relationships with these men were linked to her untimely death.

Monroe’s death has been shrouded in mystery, and many theories have been put forth about what really happened.

Some believe that she was killed by the government, while others think that she was murdered by the mafia or another powerful group.

The official cause of death was ruled as a probable suicide due to an overdose of barbiturates, but the circumstances surrounding her death have led to much speculation and debate.

The podcast series “The Killing of Marilyn Monroe” aims to shed light on some of these mysteries and provide a more complete picture of Monroe’s life and death.

Through interviews with experts and insiders, as well as archival footage and documents, the podcast seeks to uncover the truth about one of Hollywood’s most iconic figures.

Monroe remains an enduring symbol of beauty and glamour, and her legacy continues to fascinate people around the world.

Whether or not she had an affair with her psychiatrist, and whether or not that relationship had any bearing on her death, is likely to remain a topic of speculation and debate for years to come.