Returning: Autopsy: The Last Days of…

Doco series Autopsy: The Last Days of… returns this Sunday with an episode on Marilyn Monroe.

There have been numerous looks at the mysterious and tragic death of Hollywood’s legendary star, this one is led by forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd.

Buried deep in the archives, he discovers a damning piece of fresh evidence, allowing him to offer a startling new conclusion and finally reveal who was responsible for her death.

In the golden age of Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe eclipsed all others. Through a series of hit films in the 1950s she became the ultimate sex symbol. Her iconic look made her one of the most photographed, most famous women on the planet. But on 3.50 am on the 5th of August 1962, Marilyn was pronounced dead in the bedroom of her Los Angeles home. In spite of her success, Marilyn suffered chronic insomnia, severe anxiety and depression and died with bottles of prescription pills at her bedside. Her death was declared a ‘probable suicide.’ But this official uncertainty and rumours of affairs with both John F and Robert Kennedy opened the floodgates to 50 years of conspiracy theories and allegations that Marilyn was murdered. Britain’s leading forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd is piecing together the events of Marilyn’s last hours, using the autopsy report and her recently revealed private medical records. Here, buried deep in the archives, he discovers a damning piece of fresh evidence, allowing him to offer a startling new conclusion and finally reveal who was responsible for the death Marilyn Monroe.

10:40pm Sunday 13 September on Seven.