The Killing of JonBenet: The Final Suspects

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The team is coming to the end of an investigation that has taken a deep dive into late lead detective Lou Smit’s database of suspects for JonBenet’s murder. In this final, special episode, our team meets up with John and Jan Ramsey, as well as John’s son John Andrew, to discuss the progress we’ve made – and what more can still be done.

At the time of JonBenet’s death, DNA profiling was in its infancy – that meant that what today’s forensic scientists would consider standard procedures were not carried out. John Andrew Ramsey, JonBenet's step brother, joins the team as they meet with a forensic scientist to understand how DNA evidence is the way forward in solving the case.

The team delves deeper into the controversial world of child beauty pageants to investigate two other names on detective Smit’s list with ties to JonBenet’s involvement in pageants.Best Fiends: Download free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.Zola: Sign up at Zola.com/Ramsey to get your free personalized paper sample, then use code SAVE50 to get 50% off save-the-dates.

We’re turning our attention to perhaps the most well-known – and notorious - aspect of the whole JonBenet mystery, her participation in child beauty pageants. Did those pageants put her at risk from potential abusers? And is her murderer to be found in that community?

Some of the most compelling names on Lou Smit's suspect list concern the Henderson family. In this episode the team investigates how the Henderson family became involved in the case and whether they could have been involved in JonBenet's murder.

In this episode, we delve into more names on Lou Smit’s list of possible killers. Our team investigates a suspect with a potential motive for killing JonBenet Ramsey, and makes a startling discovery.

In this episode our team investigates whether JonBenet's killer could have been a business associate of John Ramsey with resentment against him. As we continue the search to find out who murdered JonBenet Ramsey, our team sets off on the trail of two men… both with professional grudges against John.SimpliSafe: Get free shipping plus a 60-day risk-free trial at SimpliSafe.com/JBR.Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/RAMSEY.Best Fiends: Download free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

We turn to a leading expert who has worked on the JonBenet case for the past 23 years, Jameson. Jameson, holds a treasure trove of files sourced from both the Ramsey family themselves and the late lead investigator on the case Lou Smit. Why did Lou on his deathbed, insist that she continue her search for answers?We also talk to Cindy Marra, Lou Smit’s daughter who has fascinating insight into the JonBenet case as our team continues to try and solve one of the nation's most infamous crimes.

The search for a killer continues, and the list of possible suspects grows. Former lead investigator in the JonBenét case, Lou Smit, discussed his investigation with several people and now one of those confidants is speaking out on our program and sharing the most compelling clues.

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In an exclusive interview, John Ramsey tells all about the worst morning of his life, as well as new details about the family life he, Patsy, JonBenet and son Burke enjoyed… and the decades of suspicion he has endured as prime suspect for the killing of his daughter. He will address the inconsistencies in his own accounts of that Christmas night and Boxing Day, and outline his own efforts to find JonBenet’s killer.Zola: Sign up at Zola.com/ramsey to get your free personalized paper sample and use code SAVE50 to get 50% off save-the-dates.BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/jbr.Best Fiends: Download free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

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We address in detail all of the evidence against John, Patsy and Burke Ramsey. Could one – or perhaps all of them – be responsible for JonBenet’s death? We hear arguments from those convinced of their guilt…as well as detailed evidence from investigators who believe they are victims of police harassment, cover-ups, and a 23 year smear campaign.Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/ramsey. SimpliSafe: Get free shipping plus a money-back guarantee at SimpliSafe.com/jbr.

When Patsy Ramsey found a two-and-a-half page ransom note on the morning of December 26th, 1996 demanding $118,000 for the return of her six-year-old daughter JonBenet, in a state of shock and disbelief, she searched the child’s empty bedroom and called 911. Within minutes, police, family and friends filled the house. Who would kidnap this adorable, beloved child? Hours later, father John was told to search again to see if anything was “amiss”. He went to the basement and opening the door made a grisly discovery.BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/JBR for 10% off your first month.

In this special behind the scenes episode of The Killing Of JonBenet: The Final Suspects, the audience is brought into the inner circle of the investigative team as they listen into a production meeting at the onset of the project. Executive Producers Dylan Howard and Matt Sprouse talk to investigative reporters Doug Longhini and Doug Montero, as well as the mysterious internet expert known only as Jameson, about the upcoming investigation that will utilize deceased lead detective Lou Smit’s list of uncleared suspects. If you have information that could help our investigators and the Ramseys identify JonBenet’s killer, please email us at tips@justiceforjonbenet.comAway: Learn more at AwayTravel.com/RAMSEY.Native: Get 20% off your first purchase at NativeDeodorant.com with promo code KILLING. Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/RAMSEY.SimpliSafe: Take advantage of limited time holiday savings and get a free HD security camera at SimpliSafe.com/JBR.

For 22 years, the JonBenét case has gripped the world, leaving everyone asking the same question: Who killed JonBenét Ramsey? Now, for the first time ever, JonBenét Ramsey's father and brother are armed with the original suspect list from Lou Smit, the late lead investigator on the case. Will they finally track down JonBenét's killer to solve one of the nation's most infamous crimes?  Look out for a round table analysis from the experts and investigators on the case on December 16th and the series premiere on December 23rd. Subscribe now to join the journey.

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A round-up of the entire series and a look at what action has taken place in the 57 years since Marilyn Monroe's murder, including the 1982 “threshold investigation” and the multitude of books since. The subsequent lives and deaths of JFK, RFK, Giancana, Hoover, Greenson, Sinatra, and Lawford will also be examined for clues. Finally, we ask: is the mounting evidence and newly-released FBI files incentive for the LA County DA’s office to reinvestigate the death of Hollywood’s most tragic star? Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play. Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE. SimpliSafe: Visit SimpliSafe.com/MONROE to get free shipping and a 60 day risk-free trial.

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Increasingly concerned about Marilyn Monroe’s erratic behavior and the Kennedy secrets she knew, Bobby Kennedy was sent to LA to control the situation. Whether he turned up at Marilyn’s condo with the intention of killing her will never be known, but when she wouldn’t give up her Red Book, things turned violent. A sedative was administered by Dr. Greenson; it didn’t work. A pillow was placed over Marilyn's head, a shot given, and then a fatal injection directly into her heart. Peter Lawford was called to doctor the scene to look like suicide before the police were called, and the Kennedy cover-up operation swung into action.Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE. Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.  

In this episode, we examine the various conspiracy theories surrounding Marilyn Monroe's death, investigating each of the suspects one by one. Was it a mob hit ordered by Giancana in order to get at President John F. Kennedy? Was it J Edgar Hoover, desperate to get his hands on Marilyn's Red Book to gain power over the President? Was the CIA, panicked over Marilyn’s ties to Communists and all the information she knew, spurred into silencing her? Or could it even have been the Kennedy's themselves?Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE. Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

The official coroner’s report declared Marilyn Monroe’s death “probable suicide”, but that was just one element in an immense cover-up designed to protect her real killer. From the quick disposal of her organs post-mortem, to the conspiracy of silence of her housekeeper and others close to her, the questions keep coming. How was Marilyn's psychiatrist (and lover) Dr. Ralph Greenson involved? What did J. Edgar Hoover’s – and, separately, PI Fred Otash’s – wire taps capture? Why was that information suppressed? And, most crucially, what happened to Marilyn’s Little Red Book?Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.SimpliSafe: Get free shipping and a 60-day risk-free trial at SimpliSafe.com/Monroe.Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE.

Exactly what happened on the night of August 4, 1962? This episode meticulously examines the official version of events – as well as the inconsistencies - that show Marilyn Monroe's death could not have been suicide. The lack of any pill or capsule in her stomach; the absence of vomit; the bruises omitted from the autopsy report; the glass window smashed from inside her room; the four hour gap between her housekeeper finding her body and the arrival of the police…Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE. Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

The days leading up to Marilyn Monroe's death are crucial to understanding why she died. There was the humiliation at a party held by Frank Sinatra and mobster Sam Giancana, the increasing reliance on alcohol and prescription drugs, heightened surveillance by Hoover, and the growing panic from the Kennedys about the contents of her Little Red Book. The men in her life were suddenly invested in the idea of her death…Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE. Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Marilyn’s affair with John F. Kennedy and his brother Bobby would prove to be the defining feature of her life and death. It put her at the center of a triangulated power struggle between the President, Hoover’s FBI, and the Mob. Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE.Best Fiends: Download free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Marilyn had learned to use her sexuality to great effect. As a 16-year-old, her first marriage (to factory worker Jim Dougherty) helped her escape childhood abuse, and later, she cultivated relationships with powerful Hollywood execs and directors to help kickstart her career. This chapter examines her marriages and sexual partners.Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE. Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

The glory years: during which Marilyn not only made a succession of smash hit movies, but also enjoyed relationships with a series of high profile men – including Sinatra and his rat pack buddy Peter Lawford. By the time of her marriages to Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, she was perhaps the most famous, and most lusted after woman on the planet.Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE. Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

In this chapter we examine how Marilyn finally escaped a life of poverty, abuse and abandonment she was born into – and how she wasn’t averse to using whatever weapons were in her formidable armory to help achieve her dream of making it big in Tinseltown. With spectacular effect.From her early modeling career to getting a break in Hollywood, bleaching her hair blonde and changing her name – as Norma Jeane became Marilyn Monroe. The roles were small, until she utilized the “casting couch”, becoming the lover first of influential Fox exec Joseph Schenck and then Johnny Hyde, VP of William Morris.Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE. Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

In this chapter we will examine how the woman born as Norma Jeane Mortensen was rejected by those closest to her and dreamed of escaping her life of foster homes, orphanages and repeated sexual abuse.As a woman, Marilyn Monroe was the most glamorous star the world had ever seen - but as a girl Norma Jeane had the most dysfunctional of childhoods and we discover the effect that tough upbringing had on Marilyn’s view of men... and how that was to resonate on all her later relationships – including with the first husband that history has mostly forgotten.Upstart: Find out how low your rate is at Upstart.com/Monroe. Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

She is the greatest female star Hollywood ever produced and in most people’s minds, the 20th century’s definitive sex symbol but on August 4, 1962, Marilyn Monroe’s incredible light was suddenly, shockingly, snuffed out and 57 years later, the full facts of her death remain hidden.Now learn the real story as we show how in the course of her brief time in the spotlight, Marilyn Monroe became a pawn at the center of a deadly power struggle between the President of the United States, his Attorney General brother, the highest levels of the Mafia, J Edgar Hoover’s FBI, Frank Sinatra, and America’s hidden Communist threat.The woman who had used her sexuality to hold sway over men her whole life was ultimately undone by her choice of lovers – and become little more than a puppet in their deadly schemes against one another.Upstart: Find out how low your Upstart rate is at Upstart.com/MONROE.Care/of: Visit TakeCareOf.com and use promo code KILLING to get 25% off your first order.Away: Get $20 off a suitcase at AwayTravel.com/Monroe, using promo code MONROE at checkout. Best Fiends: Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

The Killing of Marilyn Monroe is an explosive new 12-part podcast from the creators of Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood. Marilyn Monroe’s name, beauty and legend is still as iconic today as the night she died 57 years ago. But unlike the legacy of her stardom, shadowy conspiracies and unanswered questions continue to linger over what happened in the hours, days and weeks before the blonde bombshell took her final breath, naked on her bed and surrounded by a deadly cocktail of prescription pills. The coroners verdict: “Probable suicide”. Yet many believe it was murder. This original 12-part series investigates the secret life Marilyn hid from the world, juggling affairs with Rat Pack crooners, President's men and mob bosses… and chronicling every encounter in her infamous “Red Diary”. Some say she knew too much, got in too deep, became a threat to the most powerful and dangerous men in America. For the first time, and in unprecedented detail, The Killing of Marilyn Monroe will uncover exactly what she knew – and what it cost her. The series premieres on 8/19/19.