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Anna Nicole Smith: Methadone, a Murder Plot, and a Fate Like Marilyn’s

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Anna Nicole Smith transcended the laws of celebrity. She was a blond sexpot who was famous for being famous, and that was reason enough for pop culture. People around the world recognized her Marilyn Monroe-esque curves filled out Guess jeans, and her squeaky baby speaking voice on The Anna Nicole Show. In the early 2000s, the FBI investigated her regarding an alleged hit she organized to take out her 60-year-old “stepson.” But when Anna Nicole and her grown son Daniel died under eerily sudden — and similar — circumstances, people started to wonder if the feds were barking up the wrong bombshell.

Sources

Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith’s Death by Rita Cosby

How Anna Nicole Smith Ended Up Marrying an 89-year-old (Interview)

How To Marry A Millionaire (Texas Monthly)

High Times With Anna Nicole Smith (Los Angeles Magazine)

The Weird, Wild and Tragically Short Life of Anna Nicole Smith (E News)

How Anna Nicole Smith Became America's Punchline (Buzzfeed)

Anna Nicole Smith’s Final Hours (CBS News)

Anna Nicole Smith: Tragic Beauty (ABC)

Anna Nicole Smith investigated in murder plot, FBI files reveal (The Guardian)

FBI eyed a big bust (New York Post)

Anna Nicole Smith’s Ex Mark Hatten Says She “Died of a Broken Heart” (InTouch Weekly)

Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend off hook (USA Today)

Credits

Hosted by Jake Brennan.

Written by Victoria Wasylak.

Copy edited by James Sullivan.

Scored and mixed by Joel Edinberg.

Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraker.

*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak