Electricfetus - Gnostic Rebirth

Art Official Age

Artificial Cage

"Who do you think that is, there...?"

"Who do you think that is, there...?"

Well, fairly self-evidently, it's a female bearing Prince's symbol that he was showing us.

That's his sigil - his True Name. Inverted.

"The original trio recorded a few demos before Prince met the then-named Denise Matthews, a model and Canadian B movie actress, in January 1982. Prince was so taken by her charisma that he decided she would be the perfect frontwoman for his "Hookers" project. Matthews was eventually re-christened Vanity. 

Prince had originally suggested that she use the stage name "Vagina" (to be pronounced /vaginɑ/); she declined and renamed herself "Vanity" instead.

Other versions of the story suggest that it was Prince himself who coined the name "Vanity", as he said that looking at her was like looking in a mirror at the female version of himself. 

Around this time, Prince and Vanity began a romantic relationship. "

Sorry honey, there's a recession on.

"We expect Brother Nelson to be resurrected here on Earth, just like the Bible says, when Jehovah cleanses this Earth of all it's evil, there'll be a resurrection and we will welcome him back - and he'll be right [here] like flesh and blood, like you and me are talking here right now.

It's a deep, deep belief that we have."

http://spikethenews.blogspot.com/2016/05/disguises.html

Any day now, we expect to see him, in the flesh, alive and well.

He just might be Sister Nelson then.

And we will welcome him back with love and open arms.

"Electric Fetus"...?

This was his final tweet.

"Electric word 'Life', it means 'forever' and that's a mighty long time, but I'm here to tell ya - there's something else :

The AfterWorld."

Who do you think that is, there...?

Who do you think that is, there...?

Who do you think that is, there...?

Judy

"We're not going to talk about Judy, 

No, we're not gonna talk about Judy at all.."

Cayce Carmel Readings

Cayce Readings On Mt. Carmel

Mt. Carmel Temple 

(From the Sleeping Prophet "readings" given between 1939 until 1945.)

"Thus in Carmel - where there were the priests of this (Essene) faith - there were the (temple) maidens chosen who were dedicated to this purpose, this office, this service . . . That was the beginning, that was the foundation of what ye term The Church." (Cayce 5749-6)

Q.   "How did Mary and Joseph first come in contact with the Essenes and what was their preparation for the coming of Jesus?" 

A.   "As indicated, by being dedicated by their parents." (Cayce 254-109)

Q.   "How closely was Judy, the head of the Essenes, associated with Jesus in His Palestine sojourn?" 

A.   "For a portion of the experience the entity Judy was the teacher. How close? So close that the very heart and purposes were proclaimed as to those things that were traditions! For the entity sent Him to Persia, to Egypt, yea to India, that there might be completed the more perfect knowledge of the material ways in the activities of Him who became the Way, the Truth!"  (Cayce 1471)

"Ye say that there were those periods when for four hundred years little or nothing had happened in the experience of man as a revelation from the Father, or God, or from the Sources of Light. What was it, then, that made the setting for the place and for the entering in of that consciousness in the earth that you know as the Son of Man, the Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ of the Cross? Did the darkness bring the light? Did the wandering away from the thought of such bring the Christ into the earth? Rather, is this idea not a refutation of the common law that is present in spirit, mind, and body; that like begets like? As we asked oft, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? "Isn't it rather that there were those that ye hear little or nothing of in thy studies - the Essenes - who dedicated their lives, their minds, their bodies to a purpose, to a seeking for that which had been to them a promise of old. Were there not individuals - men and women - who dedicated their bodies that they might be channels through which such influences, such a body might come?

Q.   What is the correct meaning of the term Essene? 

A.   Expectancy....There purpose was of the first foundations of the prophets as established, or as understood from the period of the prophets, by Elijah; and propagated and studied through the things begun by Samuel. The movement was not an Egyptian one, though adopted by those in another period, or an earlier period, and made a part of the whole movement. They took Jews and Gentiles alike as members. The Essenes were a group of individuals sincere in their purpose and yet not orthodox as to the rabbis of that particular period.... 

Priests were active in the Carmelian area, where there had been the early teachings established years ago by Elijah, Elisha, Samuel; that taught the mysteries of man and his relationships to those forces as might manifest from within and without. For in those days there were more and more of the leaders of the people in Carmel - the original place where the School of the Prophets was established during Elijah's time and that of Samuel - these were called the Essenes; and those that were students of what ye would call astrology, numerology, phrenology, and those phases of study of the return of individuals - or reincarnation. These led to a proclaiming that a certain period was a cycle; and these had been the studies then of Aristotle, Enos, Mathesa, Judas, and those that were in the care or supervision of the school - as you would term in the present. These having been persecuted by those leaders, Sadducees (who taught) there was no resurrection - or there is no reincarnation, which is what resurrection meant in those periods. Then with those changes that had been as promptings from the positions of the stars - that is the common vision of our solar system and Sun, and those from without the spheres - or as the common name, the North Star - this began the preparation - for the 300 years, as has been given, in this period. In these signs then was the new cycle - the beginning of the Piscean Age, or that position of the Polar Star or North Star as related to the southern clouds. These made for the symbols, as would be the sign used, the manner of the sign's approach and the like. These then were the beginnings and these were those that were a part of the studies during that period.

Then there were again...the approach of that which had been handed down and had been the experiences from the sages of old - that an angel was to speak. As this occurred when there was the choosing of the mate that had - as in only the thought of those so close - been immaculately conceived. These brought to focal point the preparation of the mothers. Then there were those periods when he priest Zacharias, was slain for his repeating of the same in the hearing of those of his own school, these made for those fears that made the necessary preparations for the wedding, the preparation for the birth, for those activities for the preservation of the child; or the flight into Egypt. Hence, there was the continued preparation and dedication of those who might be the channels through which this chosen vessel might enter - through choice - into materiality. Thus in Carmel - where there were the priests of this faith - there were the maidens chosen who were dedicated to this purpose, this office, this service...That was the beginning, that was the foundation of what ye term The Church.

Among them was Mary, the beloved, the chosen one; and she, as had been foretold, was chosen as the channel. Thus she was separated and kept in the closer associations with and in the care or charge of this office...Then, when the days were fulfilled that the prophecy might come that had been given by Isaiah, Malachi, Joel and those of old, she - Mary, espoused to Joseph - a chosen vessel for the office among those of the priests, the sect or group who had separated and dedicated themselves in body, in mind, in spirit for this coming - became with child. There should not be merely the aggrandizement of an earthly or body passion. Each should give their bodies and there is a necessity for training, even as there was a training in that experience of the twelve girls, in the fitness of their bodies, and of their fathers and mothers. In the present this is called eugenics, which is the preparation for the entrance of souls that make the earth better in material and spiritual ways. For God is not mocked; and whatever ye sow that must ye also reap.

Q.   How were the maidens selected and by whom? 

A.   By all those who chose to give those that were perfect in body and in mind for the service...each as a representative of the twelve in the various phases that had been, or that had made up, Israel - or man. 

Q.   Please describe the training and preparation of the group of maidens? 

A.   Training as to physical exercise, first; training as to mental exercises as related to chastity, purity, love, patience, endurance. All of these by what would be termed by many in the present as persecutions, but as tests for physical and mental strength; and this under the supervision of those that cared for the nourishments by the protection of the food values. These were the manners and the way they were trained, directed, protected. 

Q.   "Were they put on a special diet?" 

A.   "No wine, no fermented drink ever given. Special foods, yes. These were kept balanced according to that which had been first set by Aran and Ra Ta." (Cayce 5749-7)

Q.   Could you name some of the twelve maidens? 

A.   Andra, Sophia, Edithia, Mary, and (one) was in the house of lodgement of the maidens, and third on the stair when the choice was made of Mary. 

Q.   How long was the preparation in progress before Mary was chosen? 

A.   Three years. 

Q.   In what manner was she chosen? 

A.   As they walked up the steps. 

Q.   How old was Mary at the time she was chosen? 

A.   Four, and as ye would call, between twelve and thirteen when designated as the one chosen by the angel on the stair. The Temple steps- or those that led to the altar, were called the Temple steps. These were those upon which the sun shone as it arose of a morning when there were the first periods of the chosen maidens going to the altar for prayer; as well as for the burning of incense. On this day, as they mounted the steps all were bathed in the morning sun; which not only made a beautiful picture but clothed all as in purple and gold. As Mary reached the top step, then there was thunder and lightning, and the angel led the way, taking the child by the hand before the altar. This was the manner of choice, this was the showing of the way; for she led the others of this particular day. 

Q.   Was this the orthodox Jewish Temple or the Essene Temple? 

A.   The Essenes, to be sure. Because of the adherence to those visions as proclaimed by Zacharias in the orthodox temple, he was slain even with his hands upon the horns of the alter. Hence, those as were being here protected were in Carmel, while Zacharias was in the temple in Jerusalem. 

Q.   "Where was the wedding of Mary and Joseph?" 

A.   "In the Temple there at Carmel."(Cayce 5749-8)

Q.   Were Mary and Joseph known to each other socially before the choosing for them to be man and wife? 

A.   As would be chosen in a Lodge, not as ye would term by visitations, nor as chosen by the sect of the families. Then it was not a choice altogether, as that they were appointed by the leaders of the sect or of the group or of the Lodge or of the Church, for this is the church that is called the Catholic now, and is the closest. These were kept, then, in that way of choice between them, and choice as pointed out by the divine forces. 

Q.   Please describe the membership of the women in the Essene Brotherhood, telling what privileges and restrictions they had, how they joined the Order, and what their life and work was? 

A.   This was the beginning of the period where women were considered as equals with the men in their activities, in their abilities to formulate, to live, to be channels. They joined by dedication - usually by their parents. It was a free will thing all the way through, but they were restricted only in the matter of certain foods and certain associations in various periods - which referred to sex, as well as to food and drink. John the Baptist first taught that women who chose, might dedicate their lives to a specific service. 

Q.   Please describe the process of selection and training of those set aside as holy women such as Mary, Edithia, and others as a possible mother for the Christ. How were they chosen, and what was their life and work while they waited in the Temple? 

A.   They were first dedicated and then there was the choice of the individual through the growths, as to whether they would be merely channels for general services. For these were chosen for special services at various times; as were the twelve chosen at the time, which may be used as an illustration. Remember, these came down from the periods when the School had begun, you see. When there were the activities in which there were to be the cleansings through which bodies were to become channels for the new race, or the new preparation, these then were restricted, of course, as to certain associations, developments in associations, activities and the like. We are speaking here of the twelve women you see - and all the women from the very beginning who were dedicated as channels for the new race, see? Hence the group we refer to here as the Essenes, which was the outgrowth of the periods of preparations from the teachings of Melchizedek, as propagated by Elijah and Elisha and Samuel. These were set aside for preserving themselves in direct line or choice for the offering of themselves as channels through which there might come the new or divine origin, see? There life and work during such periods of preparation were given to alms, good deeds, missionary activities - as would be termed today.

Essene Personalities

ANNA lived in the promised land preceding and just following the entrance of the Prince of Peace into the earth. And she was a member of an organization which attempted, through the mysteries of the sages, to interpret time and place according to astrology and numerology. Her interpretations were much sought after by the leaders in the group. However, because some individuals were inclined to interpret and apply the knowledge for material benefits, difficulties arose between Anna and the leaders of the Essenes. She was not in the Temple, but she chose the twelve maidens who were to be channels that might know truth so thoroughly that they could be moved by the Holy Spirit. Anna was the waiting maid with Elizabeth and Mary when they were heavy with child. This was during the activities which brought the Prince of Peace, the Christ, Jesus, into the earth. At their meeting when they had both become aware of what was to occur, she blessed them and made the prophecies as to what would be the material experience of each in the earth. She helped the maidens prepare and consecrate their lives during their periods of expectancy. Hence, she was known as a seeress and prophetess.

ELOISE then was in the capacity as one of the holy women who ministered in the Temple service and in the preparation of those who dedicated their lives for individual activity during that sojourn. The entity was then what would be termed in the present in some organizations as a Sister Superior, as an Officer, as it were, in those of the Essenes and their preparations. Hence, we find the entity, then, giving, ministering, encouraging, making for the greater activities; and making for those encouraging experiences oft in the lives of the disciples; coming into contact with the master oft in the ways between Bethany, Galilee, Jerusalem. For, as indicated, the entity kept the School on the way above Emmaus to the way that goeth down toward Jerico and towards the northernmost coast from Jerusalem. The entity blessed many of those who came to seek to know the teachings, the ways, the mysteries, the understandings; for the entity had been trained in the schools of those that were the prophets and prophetesses, and the entity was indeed a prophetess in those experiences - thus gained thruout.

DUENE was in the earth when the holy women were made heads of the church, or counselors. They were not Deaconesses, nor were they what we call today sisters of mercy or sisters superior. They took the Veil in order that they might better prepare themselves to be channels through which greater blessings might come, and to attain greater abilities for teaching. They separated themselves from their families and homes that they might become channels of blessings to others.

PHILO's experience at that time may become the key to his present sojourn. For when the Master walked in the earth, he was among the Essenes who made the predictions and the preparations for His entering in that period. And he kept the records for the Temple Service where the men and women were taught the law pertaining to material things, and the tenets relating to spiritual matters.

SOPHIA lived in the Promised Land when individuals looked forward to the channels through which the Messiah was expected to come. And she was among the group chosen to present themselves as channels worthy of acceptance. Hence, during both her girlhood and motherhood, she knew many of the people who were active in some way in connection with this definite religious experience.

JOSIE was close to Mary when the selection was indicated by the shadow or the angel on the stair, at that period of consecration in the Temple. This was not the Temple in Jerusalem, but the Temple where those who were consecrated worshipped, or a School - as it might be termed - for those who might be channels. This was part of that group of Essenes who, headed by Judy, made those interpretations of those activities from the Egyptian experience - as the Temple beautiful, and the service of the Temple of Sacrifice. Hence it was in this consecrated place where this selection was made. Then when there was the fulfilling of those periods when Mary was espoused to Joseph and was to give birth to the Savior, the Messiah, the Prince of Peace, the Way, the Truth, the Light, soon after this birth there was the issuing of the orders first by Judy that there should be someone selected to be with the parents during their sojourn in Egypt. Thus the entity Josie was selected or chosen by those of the Brotherhood - sometimes called White Brotherhood in the present - as the handmaid or companion of Mary, Jesus, and Joseph in their flight into Egypt...

The period of sojourn in Egypt was in and about, or close to, what was then Alexandria. Joseph and Mary were not idle, during that period of sojourn, but those records - that had been a part of those activities preserved in portions of the libraries there - were a part of the work that had been designated for the entity. And the interest in same was reported to the Brotherhood in the Judaen country...

Those same records from which the men of the East said and gave, By those records we have seen his star. These pertaining, then, to what you would call today astrological forecasts, as well as those records which had been compiled and gathered by all of those of that period pertaining to the coming of the Messiah. These had been part of the records from those in Carmel, in the early experiences, as of those given by Elijah, who was the forerunner, who was the cousin, who was the baptist. All of these had been a part of the records - pertaining not only to the nature of work of the parents but as to their places of sojourn, and the very characteristics that would indicate these individuals; the nature and the character that would be a part of the experiences of those coming in contact with the young child; as to how the garments worn by the child would heal children. For the body being perfect radiated that which was health, life itself. Just as today, individuals may radiate, by their spiritual selves, health, life, that vibration which is destructive to disease in any form in bodies. These were the characters and natures of things studied by Josie. Hence much of the early education, the early activities, were those prompted or directed by that leader in that particular experience, but were administered by - or in the closer associations by - Josie. Though from the idea of the brotherhood the activities of the entity were no longer necessitated, the entity Josie preferred to remain - and did remain until those periods when there was the sending or administering of the teachings to the young Master, first in Persia and later in India, and then in Egypt again - where there were the completions.

EDITHIA was in the household, and of the lineage, where the men had been set aside for a definite service among the people of that day. This was not in the manner understood today with respect to Israel, but rather that which was understood then by the meaning of the word, "Israel". It referred to those called of God for service among their fellow men. Then the group or sect to which the household of Edithia belonged, had been prepared through study, experience, longing, and desire. And the time had come when there was to be a change in the order of things...And it was to be understood, through the very expression of that Being in earth, that the Law was written in the hearts of men rather than upon tablets of stone, and that the Temple, the Holy of Holies, was to be within. This entity, Edithia, was among the daughters who were chosen to dedicate and consecrate their bodies, their minds, and their service to become a channel. And they were chosen in their early youth. 

Hence, the entity's thought and activity at that time was directed to that environment and atmosphere of expectancy and promise. And then the one was chosen, as through a gift from on High. At that time, this entity knew Mary, Martha, those of the households of Cleopas, of Anna, and of Joseph, and those of the Brotherhood of the Order called the Essenes in that particular land...

At that time, there were more and more attempts by those in authority to disband the members of the brotherhood...Edithia was one who aided in those preparations, and was a follower of the Lord during those periods of preparation, and during the persecutions that scattered the individuals chosen for offices...And the day will arrive, even as it arose then, when he who separates himself will become the one that declares to all. Edithia remained with the holy women who acted as mourners for Mark. For the latter had been her companion when she dedicated herself, her abilities, and her body for those services.

Q.   Can any more details be given as to the training of the Child? 

A.   Only those that covered the period from six years to about sixteen which were in keeping with the tenets of the Brotherhood; as well as that training in the Law - which was the Jewish or Mosaic Law in that period. This was read, this was interpreted in accordance with those activities defined and outlined for the parents and the companions of the developing body. Remember and keep in mind, He was normal. He developed normally. Those about him saw those characteristics that may be anyone's who wholly puts the trust in God! And to every parent might it not be said, daily, dedicate thy life that thy offspring may be called of God into service - to the glory of God and to the honor of thy name! Here, after the presentation at the Temple, when there were those questionings among the groups of the leaders, the entity was then sent again into Egypt for only a short period, and then into India, and then into what is now Persia. Hence, in all the ways of the Teachers the entity was trained. 

Q.  Were there any others besides Josie who were associated with the training or early education of Jesus? 

A.   Sofa was one of the women educated to service in the Temple...the entity was chosen by - what would be, what is termed in the Qabbalah - the moving of the symbols on the vesture of the priest...to be the attendant or the nurse to the babe when there was the birth then of John...

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Holden Caulfield Programming

NEMO=I AM NO-ONE=MARK DAVID CHAPMAN

"THIS IS MY STATEMENT - Holden Caulfield"

Mark David Chapman

"...Mark did a strange thing: he set up, on a bureau in his room, a display of his most treasured possessions ... They were designed to show the police the 'real' Mark when, as he anticipated, they later entered the room after he had accomplished the murder ... there was a movie still from The Wizard of Oz showing the young Judy Garland as Dorothy wiping away the Cowardly Lion's tears with 'To Dorothy' written on it in Mark's own handwriting."

Who Killed John Lennon?

Pp.220-221

"But I did leave you, Uncle Henry. That's just the trouble. 

And I tried to get back for days and days.... 

But it wasn't a dream. It was a place. 

And you - and you - and you - and you were there.

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE - CHAPTER 26

THAT'S ALL I'm going to tell about. I could probably tell you what I did after I went home, and how I got sick and all, and what school I'm supposed to go to next fall, after I get out of here, but I don't feel like it. I really don't. That stuff doesn't interest me too much right now.

A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they have here, keeps asking me if I'm going to apply myself when I go back to school next September. It's such a stupid question, in my opinion. I mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don't. I think I am, but how do I know? I swear, it's a stupid question.

D.B. isn't as bad as the rest of them, but he keeps asking me a lot of questions, too. He drove over last Saturday with this English babe that's in this new picture he's writing. She was pretty affected, but very good-looking. Anyway, one time when she went to the ladies' room way the hell down in the other wing, D.B. asked me what I thought about all this stuff I just finished telling you about. I didn't know what the hell to say. If you want to know the truth, I don't know what I think about it. I'm sorry I told so many people about it. About all I know is, I sort of miss everybody I told about. Even old Stradlater and Ackley, for instance. I think I even miss that goddam Maurice. It's funny. Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.

Double-Cross : The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe

"I told you that I was trouble,

You know that I'm no good..."

- Amy

"It had occurred to Mooney that Joe Kennedy, “the wily old bastard,” had had a brainstorm. By putting Bobby in charge of the Justice Department, it could only be one of two things: Either Bobby would put the clamps on Hoover and tell him to lay off the Outfit as Jack and Joe had promised or Bobby would be utilized as henchman, with a virtual army of FBI agents at his disposal to destroy all those to whom the Kennedys owed favors. 

The former seemed hopeful but highly unlikely—it would be a behavior totally out of character for Robert Kennedy, the crimebuster of McClellan committee fame. Slowly, Mooney came to the conclusion that the man he’d envisioned slaving away behind a desk in some obscure legal office after the election was to be his nemesis. 

Bobby Kennedy, it appeared, had been placed in the position of attorney general to systematically erase all markers, and Mooney knew he’d be on top of the list. “It’s a brilliant move on Joe’s part,” he said ruefully. “He’ll have Bobby wipe us out to cover their own dirty tracks and it’ll all be done in the name of the Kennedy ‘war on organized crime.’ Brilliant. Just fuckin’ brilliant.” 

Just as he was coming to that conclusion, though, Mooney told Chuck that Jack Kennedy had done something completely baffling: Kennedy had started sending him copies of confidential FBI memos through Judy Campbell. Chuck would later learn from Mooney that the President used a young starlet and Marilyn Monroe as couriers between them, as well. 

What documents these other two women carried, Chuck never knew—although, two decades later, when he heard sensationalized claims of women carrying correspondence regarding the Castro assassination between his brother and the President, he dismissed them as preposterous and laughable. 

Mooney wasn’t one to correspond. Guys in the Outfit weren’t stupid enough to get their picture taken in compromising positions, nor did they write incriminating memorandums or keep damning tapes that proved their wrongdoing. Bureaucrats, they were not. 

Studying the documents Mooney received from the President proved to be an eye-opener. Mooney was startled to learn that the G-men’s surveillance was highly detailed and incredibly extensive. He’d viewed the G-men as Boy Scouts, a nuisance, but basically nothing more. However, it appeared from the documents Jack was sending that the FBI was a bigger threat than he’d previously realized—there was at least one informant among his own ranks and extreme pressure to solicit more. 

Mooney interpreted his receipt of the FBI memos, which were routinely conveyed from the White House, as evidence that his relationship with the President was solid, after all. He concluded—wrongly, as it turned out—that Hoover and his agents were merely present in Chicago now to “make it look good.” 

He had Jack’s word he would be kept informed of the FBI’s operations and therefore would always be one step ahead of the game. Relieved, but still guarded and confused as to Bobby’s role in the scenario, Mooney dropped the notion that Jack Kennedy had turned his back on his preelection promises. Later, it would be discovered that Jack was sending Mooney only a carefully selected sample of the FBI memorandums issued daily to J. Edgar Hoover. Those Jack did send said nothing, for example, of the wiretaps that had by now been placed at Mooney’s favorite hangouts, the Armory Lounge and Celano’s tailor shop. 

Meanwhile, Bobby Kennedy, now ensconced as the attorney general, was orchestrating what would become the largest attack on organized crime in the nation’s history. The young Kennedy compiled a target list of the country’s thirty leading Mob bosses, and heading that list, just as Mooney had predicted, was the name Sam Giancana. 

The attorney general demanded that J. Edgar Hoover intensify the bureau’s efforts, going after the mobsters with the same zeal the FBI had used against the Communist party. To further his cause, Bobby brought the IRS on board to prosecute tax evasion by underworld figures. 

As Bobby Kennedy prepared for battle, Mooney, despite being comforted by the FBI reports, didn’t abandon his own surveillance of the Kennedys—nor did he ignore the traitor he’d learned of through the memorandums, a man he believed was William “Action” Jackson. He immediately put a contract out on Jackson and decided to increase his surveillance of the Kennedy brothers."

*****

"For months since the primaries, using technical assistance that could be traced back at least partially to the CIA, Mooney had gathered damning evidence of the Kennedys’ sexual exploits. And, in the weeks following his poolside proclamation of war to Chuck, he made it clear he fully intended to use this evidence, exposing the Kennedys’ tawdry hypocrisies to the entire world. The time was right, he said. He now had the muscle and the necessary connections to the media to destroy the Kennedy dynasty once and for all. But that would not be the case. There was one lingering problem with blackmail, a method Mooney longed to use. 

The fact was that, in exposing the sins of the Kennedys, the exact nature of the relationship between the CIA and Outfit might be exposed—just as had been feared in the case of the Dan Rowan wiretapping. Grudgingly, Mooney agreed early that summer with the opinion of his CIA cronies: Blackmail was out of the question; any information gleaned from their surveillance of the Kennedys would be used in more oblique ways. 

For several weeks, Mooney lamented this decision. Knowing he had enough smut to ruin the Kennedys forever and yet couldn’t use it, embittered him even further. But eventually, and Chuck thought somewhat portentously, Mooney brightened, saying they would just have to come up with another, more lasting solution to the Kennedy problem: a solution embodied in Marilyn Monroe. 

Marilyn Monroe had long been connected to the Outfit. Her first real break had come from a man Mooney and his lieutenant Johnny Roselli knew well—Joe Schenck, the Hollywood producer convicted and imprisoned back in the forties during the Browne-Bioff scandal. 

An aging seventy-year-old man by the time Mooney said he bedded Marilyn Monroe, Schenck nevertheless was still powerful in Hollywood. Always on the lookout for potential stars through his relationships with producers such as Schenck, Roselli had been impressed by Monroe—and told Mooney so. From behind the scenes, Chicago quietly promoted her career and Schenck introduced the buxom beauty to another man Mooney said he often conducted business with, producer Harry Cohn. According to Mooney, both Schenck and Cohn enjoyed Marilyn’s sexual favors in exchange for two-bit parts in films. 

But by 1953, her two-bit days were over. After achieving household name recognition with her sensationalized nude calendar and the movie All About Eve, Marilyn catapulted to true stardom with the hit movie Niagara. Although Mooney said she’d been a good investment, he also admitted she was a sadly driven woman. More comfortable with her clothes off than on, Marilyn readily traded her body and soul for what she imagined was success and fame.

Hers was a fantasy filled with conquered men and white knights. And neither would be the case; for instead, she became the conquered, discovering to her endless sorrow that the men she envisioned as her saviors became, at last, her persecutors. Deceived countless times by countless men, Marilyn Monroe was the quintessential victim. From what Chuck could learn from his brother, in the late fifties and early sixties, Marilyn’s desire to achieve stardom, coupled with her childlike desire to please, was exploited by the Outfit and the CIA, as well: Her sexual charms were employed by the CIA to frame world leaders—among them, President Sukarno of Indonesia. 

Mooney insisted that using Monroe as bait, the CIA had successfully compromised leaders from Asia to the Middle East. And Marilyn, perhaps more because she enjoyed the attentions of the world’s most powerful men than for reasons of patriotism, had been a willing participant in the intrigue. 

Throughout 1962, part-time Outfit-CIA operative Bernie Spindel’s wiretaps had recorded the lovemaking of Jack Kennedy. According to Mooney, he had all of Kennedy’s playthings—among them Judy Campbell and socialite Mary Meyer, as well as actresses Angie Dickinson and Marilyn Monroe—under surveillance. Sometime that spring, Mooney said he’d learned from Guy Banister that J. Edgar Hoover had confronted the President with FBI reports of the affair with Campbell and that, thanks to that, Judy’s effectiveness had waned.

However, he also knew that Marilyn and the President had been connected romantically since the Democratic National Convention—and that in March of 1962, Bobby Kennedy had become involved with her, as well. Marilyn, the orphan child of a dozen foster homes, now passed from one Kennedy to the other. And, she told friends over her tapped phones, she believed she was falling in love with the attorney general. 

The timing was perfect for Mooney. While Bobby and Jack were hurriedly severing their ties to their benefactors, they continued to believe that they themselves were untouchable. With Marilyn Monroe, Mooney would show them just how truly vulnerable they were. By June of 1962, Marilyn’s film career was losing momentum; she’d become unreliable and deeply troubled. Early that summer, Mooney told Chuck he’d had a former FBI agent and a detective working on Marilyn’s surveillance and in so doing had received a wealth of information about the starlet’s habits, her emotional state, and stormy love life. 

From what he’d learned, Mooney believed Marilyn’s use to Chicago and the CIA was dwindling. Later, Chuck would surmise that Marilyn Monroe’s knowledge of CIA-Outfit collaborative efforts coupled with her increasingly severe emotional instability had become a dangerous combination. And that by July, thanks to a failing relationship with Bobby Kennedy, she had become not only expendable but—when Mooney received reports of her threats to Bobby Kennedy to “blow the lid off the whole damn thing”—a frightening liability, as well. 

According to guys in the Outfit, it was at this time that the CIA, fearful of exposure by the vengeful, drug-addicted Monroe, requested that Mooney have her eliminated. And Mooney, smelling blood, seized on the CIA contract as a way to achieve another objective, as well. By murdering Monroe, it might be possible to depose the rulers of Camelot. 

One week before her death, a distraught Marilyn Monroe flew in to Lake Tahoe’s Cal-Neva Lodge. Unbeknown to her, Mooney had orchestrated the invitation. Among the guests that weekend was a man Mooney jokingly referred to as “Peter the Rabbit” Lawford. 

At dinner that evening, Mooney, Sinatra, and Lawford watched as Marilyn drank herself into near oblivion, pouring out her heart to an uncharacteristically sympathetic Mooney Giancana. She sobbed to Mooney that Bobby Kennedy had refused her phone calls—she’d even tried to reach him at his home in Virginia, something that sent the attorney general, recently hailed nationally as “Family Man of the Year,” into a rage. She was obviously crushed by the possibility that she was, as she put it, “nothing more than a piece of meat” to the two brothers. 

That night at the Cal-Neva, seeing Marilyn draped nude across her bed, her blonde hair in a frothy wave cascading over one eye, had been a beautiful, if disheveled, sight, Mooney said. He stood at the foot of her bed, looking on as she spread her legs for him, running her hands enticingly along her thighs. He’d accepted the invitation. He’d had her before, he said—plenty of times—but more than ever, he’d wanted her now. Wanted to know that he could take whatever the Kennedys might have. 

Zipping up his silk trousers later, he’d laughed to himself. He’d had Marilyn Monroe’s body. What he didn’t tell Chuck was that he’d soon have her life. One week later, Marilyn Monroe lay dead. It was all over the news that she’d committed suicide by taking an overdose of barbiturates—a tragic end to an already tragic life. 

But Chuck heard another, more sinister story circulate among the Outfit guys who frequented the Thunderbolt lounge. The week following Mooney’s tryst with Marilyn at the Cal-Neva Lodge, Chuckie Nicoletti told Chuck that Mooney had received word from the CIA that Bobby Kennedy would be in California on the weekend of August 4. That was what Nicoletti said Mooney had been waiting for. 

Mooney immediately flew to Palm Springs, California—ostensibly to attend a party. But in truth, Chuck imagined Mooney just wanted to be nearby when it happened, hoped to see Bobby Kennedy’s face for himself when the nation’s attorney general was implicated in the scandalous suicide of a rejected starlet. Nicoletti said that three other planes also landed in California that week—in San Francisco—carrying four other men. 

Mooney had selected a trusted assassin, Needles Gianola, to coordinate the job. Needles, in turn, brought his sidekick, Mugsy Tortorella, on board and two other professional killers—one from Kansas City and one from Detroit. 

The four men had gone to California, under Mooney’s orders, to murder Marilyn Monroe. 

Eavesdropping nearby, where the electronic surveillance equipment had been set up by Bernie Spindel, the killers patiently waited for the attorney general to arrive. 

Bobby Kennedy finally did appear at Marilyn’s home, late on Saturday, accompanied by another man. Listening in on the conversation, Mooney’s men ascertained that Marilyn was more than a little angry at Bobby. 

She became agitated—hysterical, in fact—and in response, they heard Kennedy instruct the man with him, evidently a doctor, to give her a shot to “calm her down.” Shortly thereafter, the attorney general and the doctor left. 

The killers waited for the cover of darkness and, sometime before midnight, entered Marilyn’s home. She struggled at first, it was said, but already drugged by the injected sedative, thanks to Bobby’s doctor friend, their rubber-gloved hands easily forced her nude body to the bed. 

Calmly, and with all the efficiency of a team of surgeons, they taped her mouth shut and proceeded to insert a specially “doctored” Nembutal suppository into her anus. 

Then they waited. The suppository, which Nicoletti said had been prepared by the same Chicago chemist who concocted the numerous chemical potions for the Castro hit, had been a brilliant choice. 

A lethal dosage of sedatives administered orally, and by force, would have been too risky, causing suspicious bruising during a likely struggle, as well as vomiting—a side effect that typically resulted from ingesting the huge quantities necessary to guarantee death. Using a suppository would eliminate any hope of reviving Marilyn, should she be found, since the medication was quickly absorbed through the anal membrane directly into the bloodstream. There’d be nothing in the stomach to pump out. 

Additionally, a suppository was as fast-acting as an injection but left no needle mark for a pathologist to discover. In short, it was the perfect weapon with which to kill Marilyn Monroe. 

Indeed, within moments of insertion, the suppository’s massive combination of barbiturates and chloryl hydrate quickly entered her bloodstream, rendering her totally unconscious. The men carefully removed the tape, wiped her mouth clean, and placed her across the bed. Their job completed, they left as quietly as they had come. 

It was at this point that Mooney had hoped “Act Two” of the drama would begin—that next, Bobby Kennedy’s affair with the distraught, love-scorned starlet would be exposed. 

But what Mooney hadn’t counted on were the lengths Bobby Kennedy would go to to cover up the affair. Nor could Mooney assist in the attorney general’s exposure by providing damning evidence of a compromising relationship with the starlet, due to the risk such an act posed to his own clandestine affairs with the CIA. 

Nevertheless, Mooney had expected that hordes of police would be called in—Monroe’s neighbors and housekeeper questioned, her home searched, and the scandalous discovery made that Bobby Kennedy had been there just hours earlier. In the wake of the investigation, it might also be suspected that the attorney general, along with a confederate, had administered a lethal dose of sedatives into Marilyn Monroe’s bloodstream. That, to Mooney, would have been the ultimate victory. 

But that was not to be. Instead, the killers listened over their wiretaps in the hours following the murder as a series of phone calls alerted Bobby Kennedy to Marilyn’s death and ultimately mobilized a team of FBI agents to avert the impending disaster that Mooney had anticipated would follow. Kennedy and Lawford, unaware there were other intruders in Marilyn’s home that evening, seemed to believe Bobby and his doctor friend were to blame for her overdose and death. 

From the wiretaps, Needles and Mugsy learned that Kennedy had panicked at the prospect of being charged with the starlet’s murder and implicated as Monroe’s sexual playmate. 

He directed Peter Lawford and detective Fred Otash—ironically, one of the men involved in setting up surveillance of Monroe—to sweep the house before the authorities arrived. Thus, there were to be no discoveries of Bobby’s visit to Marilyn’s home earlier in the day, no love notes or damning phone numbers connecting either Bobby or Jack to the dead sex symbol. 

Chuck would later hear that Marilyn’s diary had disappeared that night and that J. Edgar Hoover’s agents had confiscated the highly damaging telephone records, leaving little of substance that would implicate Bobby Kennedy. 

Ultimately, Marilyn’s death was termed a suicide and Bobby Kennedy was not mentioned publicly as either her lover or unwitting murderer until years later. It had been easy for the public to swallow such a story. Suicide wasn’t surprising, given Marilyn’s known addiction to alcohol and pills. She was unstable—that was no secret—an emotionally disturbed woman who’d attempted to take her own life on numerous occasions. This time, she’d simply been successful. 

Nicoletti told Chuck that J. Edgar Hoover’s men from the Justice Department eagerly stepped in to protect the attorney general. Like the underworld, the FBI had the President and the attorney general under surveillance. 

But this was a coup for Hoover; Nicoletti said that Hoover thought he had the goods on the Kennedys and, from this point on, would call the shots. For years, there’d be whispered speculation about Marilyn’s death and, hearing countless theories, Chuck would always laugh cynically to himself. 

Some, like that offered by Peter Lawford, who insisted that Marilyn had merely committed suicide, were, to Chuck, simply obvious attempts to protect the Kennedys. Typically, the closer a theory about the CIA and Outfit collaboration came to the truth, the greater the effort to discredit its proponent. 

By October, the story of the starlet’s murder was old news. 

That’s the way it was in the Outfit: Life went on. 

You listened, didn’t ask questions, tried not to think about the unpleasantries. "

Amy

 "There were no empty bottles, syringes, crack pipes or anything like that. It's not believed she had vomited."

The Sun, 24th July 2011

"The inquest into Winehouse's death heard she was more than five times the drink-drive limit when she died on 23 July.

Ms Greenway had said the "unintended consequence" of Winehouse drinking so much alcohol was her "sudden and unexpected death".

Three empty vodka bottles, two large and one small, were found at her flat, St Pancras Coroner's Court heard."

BBC, Feb. 1 2012

Double-Cross : The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe 

from Spike EP on Vimeo.

"I told you that I was trouble,

You know that I'm no good..."

"The killers waited for the cover of darkness and, sometime before midnight, entered Marilyn’s home. She struggled at first, it was said, but already drugged by the injected sedative, thanks to Bobby’s doctor friend, their rubber-gloved hands easily forced her nude body to the bed.

Calmly, and with all the efficiency of a team of surgeons, they taped her mouth shut and proceeded to insert a specially “doctored” Nembutal suppository into her anus.

Then they waited. The suppository, which Nicoletti said had been prepared by the same Chicago chemist who concocted the numerous chemical potions for the Castro hit, had been a brilliant choice.

A lethal dosage of sedatives administered orally, and by force, would have been too risky, causing suspicious bruising during a likely struggle, as well as vomiting—a side effect that typically resulted from ingesting the huge quantities necessary to guarantee death. Using a suppository would eliminate any hope of reviving Marilyn, should she be found, since the medication was quickly absorbed through the anal membrane directly into the bloodstream. There’d be nothing in the stomach to pump out.

Additionally, a suppository was as fast-acting as an injection but left no needle mark for a pathologist to discover. In short, it was the perfect weapon with which to kill Marilyn Monroe.

Indeed, within moments of insertion, the suppository’s massive combination of barbiturates and chloryl hydrate quickly entered her bloodstream, rendering her totally unconscious. The men carefully removed the tape, wiped her mouth clean, and placed her across the bed. 

Their job completed, they left as quietly as they had come."

Double Cross: The Story of the Man Who Controlled America, 

by Chuck & Sam Giancana Jr.

ABC News Special - John Belushi from Spike EP on Vimeo.

"These people don't appreciate comedy" - Mae Brussell

"When John Belushi died, there was much confusion in Los Angeles for the first week or so from the coroner's office and police officials concerning the cause of death. A week later, the headlines delivered a fait accompli – that he was always drunk, a slob, took drugs all the time. He had this expensive drug habit.

I didn't know John Belushi, but he was very successful, just as many rock musicians died at the peak of their success, at the crest when they were about to do better things. This death follows the same pattern.

He was about to make, with partners, two very important and highly political movies. One was to be called Blue Moon Over Miami, and it was to be directed by Louis Malle, the fellow who directed Atlantic City, nominated for an Academy Award – and also My Dinner with André; it's been suggested this was the best picture of the year. Malle is a serious director. The script was written by highly-successful and well-known writer, John Guare.

So one of the movies that Belushi was about to make was a comedy about the FBI and drug smuggling from Colombia to Miami. And he would play the role of the drug dealer, an informer for the FBI, and then the FBI agent becomes the drug dealer. That is, you must admit, a very controversial movie because the state of Florida depends upon the drug market. It is probably the biggest going industry in Florida, and also the United States.

And these people don't appreciate comedy.

And the network of assassination teams and drug dealers selling poison drugs comes from headquarters in Hollywood and Miami.

Belushi was also in Hollywood to make a movie called Noble Rot, and he was to be with his good friend Don Novello, Father Sarducci. Now, Father Sarducci and John Belushi were making a movie about the wineries in California, dominated by the mob. They are trying to establish social acceptance, and this was to be a comedy about the Italian Mafia. Noble Rot, you can imagine what that is by the title alone.

So if you think that Belushi was not overly-political, forget it. In the past, he made fun of the Establishment. And to make fun of the Establishment is lethal.

Incidentally, Belushi had bought a $400,000 home up at Martha's Vineyard – he had 2,000 feet of ocean-front land and eight-and-a-half acres. He bought it in 1979 from former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. When you read that a man had $2-million in life insurance, and has a $400,000 home that belonged to Robert McNamara, he wasn't just drugging and goofing off, his lazy, sloppy, sleazy image.

After he was dead, the articles came out, the mess he lived in, the dirt. To get into productions, you have a commitment to be on time. Millions of dollars are invested in you. You have a schedule you keep, and while it looks like fun and games on the screen, and I'm sure there is plenty of goofing off, there were also a lot of brilliant laughs – and plans and commitments to schedules and sense of timing.

The image given after he was dead was the big slob who almost deserved to die in his own vomit. But that wasn't John Belushi. His success, what he earned and what he was saying speak loud and clear. All the rest is garbage. You don't have to believe the cover stories once the fellow is dead.

Three nights before he died he was on LaCienega Blvd. near Wilshire., just bordering Beverly Hills. He was with a cab driver who gave an interview. It was late at night. They were sitting at a counter at a sandwich shop, and there was a newspaper there. They both were looking at it, and he asked Belushi, "Which part do you want, 'Sports,' 'Entertainment," or 'El Salvador'" And Belushi said: "I want El Salvador." He went on to say that he hated what he read in the news, that he hated Hollywood, that they're a "bunch of pricks. I want to get back to New York City." And he said that he wanted to stay there.

They went to Belushi's car, where he had a lot of cocaine in the glove compartment. But the driver said Belushi was unhappy, fearful of his environment, that he wanted to get back [to New York]. I think that about describes it. There was another article published about him, that he didn't want to stay in Hollywood. The last night before he died, Belushi said to somebody, "I'm going home to Judy tomorrow" – that's his wife in New York – "I want to get out of here."

I'm sure that he sensed some danger, just as Elvis Presley was poisoned until he died. Or John Lennon was kept secluded and isolated in an apartment, and the minute he emerged, he died.

Belushi, when he was in Hollywood, was bounced around the drug scenes and a lot of hard people, a very sleazy element that could entrap him later. He expressed the idea that he would leave the next day, evidently drop the movie and go back to New York. But that next day never came. "

Chris Farley - Last Minutes ALIVE from Spike EP on Vimeo.

Amy Winehouse Toxicology Test Results Reveal No Illegal Drugs In Singer's System At Death

ASSOCIATED PRESS - LONDON -- Amy Winehouse had no illegal drugs in her system when she died, and it is still unclear what killed the singer, her family said Tuesday. The family said in a statement that toxicology tests showed "alcohol was present" in the singer's body but it hasn't yet been determined if it contributed to her death.

The 27-year-old soul diva, who had battled drug and alcohol addiction for years, was found dead in her London home on July 23, and an initial post-mortem failed to determine the cause of death.

A statement released by spokesman Chris Goodman on the family's behalf said "toxicology results returned to the Winehouse family by authorities have confirmed that there were no illegal substances in Amy's system at the time of her death." The statement did not mention whether any legal drugs were found.

It said the family awaited the outcome of an inquest that is due to begin in October.

Winehouse's father, Mitch, has said his daughter had beaten her drug dependency three years before her death, but he admitted she was still struggling to control her drinking after several weeks of abstinence.

Mitch Winehouse told mourners at the singer's July 26 funeral that she had said to him, "'Dad I've had enough of drinking, I can't stand the look on your and the family's faces anymore.'"

The Winehouse family announced plans to establish a charitable foundation in the singer's name to help people struggling with addiction – although Mitch Winehouse has said the plans are on hold because someone else had registered the name Amy Winehouse Foundation.

In her short lifetime, Winehouse frequently made headlines because of drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, destructive relationships and abortive performances.

Her health often appeared fragile. In June 2008 and again in April 2010, she was taken to hospital and treated for injuries after fainting and falling at home.

Her father said she had developed the lung disease emphysema from smoking cigarettes and crack, although her spokeswoman later said Winehouse only had "early signs of what could lead to emphysema."

She turned her tumultuous life and personal demons into songs such as "Rehab," from her Grammy-winning album "Back to Black."

Her death prompted an outpouring of emotion from fans – many of whom left flowers and offerings outside her house in north London's Camden neighborhood – and from fellow musicians.

Her final recording, a duet with Tony Bennett on "Body and Soul," is due to released next month as a charity single.

In Britain, inquests are held to establish the facts whenever someone dies violently or in unexplained circumstances. Winehouse's inquest is due to begin Oct. 26 in London.

Forensic Sci Int. 2007 Jan 5;165(1):10-29. Epub 2006 Jun 19.

Interpreting results of ethanol analysis in postmortem specimens: a review of the literature.

Kugelberg FC1, Jones AW.

Author information

Abstract

We searched the scientific literature for articles dealing with postmortem aspects of ethanol and problems associated with making a correct interpretation of the results. 

A person's blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) and state of inebriation at the time of death is not always easy to establish owing to various postmortem artifacts. 

The possibility of alcohol being produced in the body after death, e.g. via microbial contamination and fermentation is a recurring issue in routine casework. 

If ethanol remains unabsorbed in the stomach at the time of death, this raises the possibility of continued local diffusion into surrounding tissues and central blood after death. Skull trauma often renders a person unconscious for several hours before death, during which time the BAC continues to decrease owing to metabolism in the liver. Under these circumstances blood from an intracerebral or subdural clot is a useful specimen for determination of ethanol. Bodies recovered from water are particular problematic to deal with owing to possible dilution of body fluids, decomposition, and enhanced risk of microbial synthesis of ethanol. 

The relationship between blood and urine-ethanol concentrations has been extensively investigated in autopsy specimens and the urine/blood concentration ratio might give a clue about the stage of alcohol absorption and distribution at the time of death. Owing to extensive abdominal trauma in aviation disasters (e.g. rupture of the viscera), interpretation of BAC in autopsy specimens from the pilot and crew is highly contentious and great care is needed to reach valid conclusions. 

Vitreous humor is strongly recommended as a body fluid for determination of ethanol in postmortem toxicology to help establish whether the deceased had consumed ethanol before death. Less common autopsy specimens submitted for analysis include bile, bone marrow, brain, testicle, muscle tissue, liver, synovial and cerebrospinal fluids. Some investigators recommend measuring the water content of autopsy blood and if necessary correcting the concentration of ethanol to a mean value of 80% w/w, which corresponds to fresh whole blood. 

Alcoholics often die at home with zero or low BAC and nothing more remarkable at autopsy than a fatty liver. Increasing evidence suggests that such deaths might be caused by a pronounced ketoacidosis. 

Recent research has focused on developing various biochemical tests or markers of postmortem synthesis of ethanol. These include the urinary metabolites of serotonin and non-oxidative metabolites of ethanol, such as ethyl glucuronide, phosphatidylethanol and fatty acid ethyl esters. 

This literature review will hopefully be a good starting point for those who are contemplating a fresh investigation into some aspect of postmortem alcohol analysis and toxicology.

0. CONCLUSIONS
   Post-mortem production of ethanol is a well known and documented phenomenon. Collecting samples into fluoride preservative can halt this process. However, correctly preserved samples may offer a false sense of security, particularly if there has been a prolonged delay between death and sample collection, during which fermentation may have occurred. Comparison of blood, urine and vitreous humour ethanol concentrations, where possible, pathological findings and case history all assist in determining whether ethanol present is the result of ante-mortem consumption or in-vitro, post-mortem production. EtG and EtS can be used as additional parameters to identify post-mortem fermentation. 
   

Vitreous Humor

Vitreous humor or fluid is the transparent gelatinous material filling the eyeball just behind the lens. This watery fluid makes an ideal specimen for forensic analysis of alcohol because of the isolated location of the sampling site, that is, the remoteness of the eyes from the gut, thus minimizing the risk of contamination with microorganisms or diffusion of alcohol from the stomach. The sampling and analysis of alcohol in vitreous humor (VH) is therefore highly recommended as a complement to taking blood samples for toxicological analysis and specimens of VH can be obtained without making a full autopsy. Comparing the concentration of alcohol in VH with the blood-alcohol concentration allows a check on whether postmortem synthesis of alcohol in the blood samples needs to be considered. 

Good agreement has been observed for the concentrations of alcohol determined in VH retrieved from both eyeballs.

Experience has shown that VH is more resistant to putrefactive changes than peripheral blood samples especially in highly traumatic deaths, e.g. aircraft accidents. When there is extensive trauma to the body, the spread of bacteria from the alimentary canal to various parts of the vascular system is much more likely. 

Under these circumstances, sampling and analysis of VH becomes virtually essential to allow making a reliable interpretation of the prevailing blood-alcohol concentration at the time of death. 

Moreover, it remains feasible to sample VH for analysis of alcohol when the corpse has become moderately decomposed. Finding a negative concentration of alcohol in VH and an elevated BAC strongly suggests that alcohol has been produced in the blood after death.

The concentration of alcohol in VH should exceed that of the femoral venous blood as there is roughly 10-20% more water in the eye fluid. The VH/BAC ratio depends to some extent on the time after drinking when death ensued, that is, on the stage of absorption and distribution of alcohol in the body. During or shortly after the end of drinking, one might expect the VH/BAC ratio of alcohol to be less than or close to unity whereas in the postabsorptive stage of alcohol pharmacokinetics when equilibration of alcohol in all body fluids is complete, the VH/BAC ratio should be about 1.2:1.

Figure 2 shows a scatter plot of the concentrations of alcohol in VH and in femoral venous blood in samples from 56 autopsies. The correlation coefficient was high (r = 0.98) although the scatter of the points around the regression line as reflected by the standard error estimate (syx) was large, being 0.23 mgl-1 so that 95% of cases should be expected to fall within + 0.46mgl-1 (2 x syx). It is obvious, therefore, that estimating blood-alcohol concentration indirectly from analysis of VH is rather uncertain if 95% limits of agreement are used, and even more uncertain if 99% confidence is required. The negligible intercept (0.01 gl-1) indicates rapid equilibration of alcohol between blood and eye fluids with no pooling of the alcohol and a minimal concentration-time lag. The regression coefficient of 1.19 indicates that VH-alcohol is 19% higher than the corresponding blood alcohol concentration in this material.

Amy Winehouse, 27, found dead at her London flat after suspected 'drug overdose'

By Sarah Bull 
Updated: 16:25, 26 July 2011

• Troubled singer had a long battle with drink and drugs
• London Ambulance Service found singer at 3.54pm but unable to revive her
• She was 'beyond help' according to Sky sources
• Autopsy could take place 'within next 24 hours'
• Comes after Winehouse was booed off stage after shambolic Serbian show

Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London.

The Back To Black singer was found at the property by emergency services at 3.54pm, and it's believed Winehouse's death was due to a suspected drug overdose. 

Winehouse was apparently 'beyond help' when paramedics arrived, according to Sky sources.

Sources have also claimed Winehouse's death was due to a drug overdose.

Passing: Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home this afternoon

The scene: Amy was pronounced dead yesterday afternoon after emergency services arrived at her house in north London

Tragic: Winehouse's body is seen being removed from her home

Drama: Members of the press and local residents watch as Winehouse's body is taken to the van

Two ambulance crews arrived at the scene within five minutes and a paramedic on a bicycle also attended, according to a spokeswoman.

'Sadly the patient had died,' she added.

A statement from Winehouse's U.S. record label read: 'We are deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer. 

'Our prayers go out to Amy's family, friends and fans at this difficult time.'

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: 'Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased.

'On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene.

'Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained.’

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said in a press conference this evening that no cause of death had yet been confirmed.

He said: 'I am aware of reports of a suspected drugs overdose, but I would like to reremphaise that no post-mortem has yet taken place and it would be inapproporaite to speculate on the cause of death.

'The death of any person is a sad time of friends and family especially for someone known nationally and internationally like Amy Winehouse. My sympathy extends not only to her family but also to her millions of fans across the world.'

A spokesman for the late singer said: 'Everyone involved with Amy is shocked and devastated. 

'Our thoughts are with her family and friends. The family will issue a statement when ready.'

It has also been claimed on gossip website RadarOnline.com that Winehouse's autopsy could take place within the next 24 hours.

Last public appearance: Amy joined goddaughter Dionne Bromfield on stage during the iTunes festival on Wednesday night

Healthy: Amy was spotted out in London looking healthier earlier this month

A Scotland Yard spokesman is quoted by the website as saying: 'The postmortem has not been scheduled yet but it is unlikely to take place before tomorrow.

'In the case of a murder it can be done within hours but this is not the case so tomorrow or even Monday is more likely in these circumstances.'

Cutie pie: Amy looking adorable at the age of two

A section of the road where the singer lived remained cordoned off tonight. Journalists, local residents and fans gathered at the police tapes, while forensic officers were seen going in and out of the building.

One neighbour, who did not want to be named, said she saw the singer's grief-stricken boyfriend, believed to be film director Reg Traviss, on the ground outside the house.

Two women then came 'speeding' up in a black Mercedes and walked in and out of the house crying. They said they believed the singer was at home last night.

Winehouse's father, Mitch, is understood to be returning to the UK from New York. He had been due to perform at the Blue Note jazz club in the city on Monday.

A message has been placed on the club's website, reading: 'We are very sad to report that the Mitch Winehouse performance on Monday July 25th is cancelled due to the unexpected death of his daughter, Amy Winehouse.

'Our condolences go out to Mitch and his family.' Mitch is now on his way back from New York.

Winehouse had been seen with her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield earlier this week as the teenager took to the stage at the iTunes festival.

She refused to join in for Mama Said, but did support the 14-year-old with a few dance moves before urging the crowd to buy Dionne's new album Good For The Soul.

A source said: 'Amy staggered onstage and grabbed the mic to beg the crowd to buy her protege’s new album.'

Winehouse's appearance at the concert came after she cancelled her European tour following a disastrous performance in June when she stumbled onto the stage in Belgrade and gave an incoherent performance appearing very disorientated and removed from reality. 

Unconfirmed: A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said the cause of death has yet to be confirmed

Mourning: Floral tributes are left outside Amy's house as news breaks of her death

Heartfelt: One note from a local resident states how much the singer will be missed in her local community

Following the concert which saw fans enraged and the subsequent video that circulated to millions she cancelled the remaining dates of her European tour. 

A statement released by the troubled singer's spokesperson at the time said that the singer would be given 'as long as it takes' to recover.

The statement read: 'Amy Winehouse is withdrawing from all scheduled performances.

'Everyone involved wishes to do everything they can to help her return to her best and she will be given as long as it takes for this to happen.'

Family: Amy with her father Mitch, to whom she was incredibly close, and her mother Janis

Shambolic: Amy was booed off stage during a shambolic performance in Belgrade in June

AMY AND BLAKE: A TROUBLED ROMANCE

Amy married Blake Fielder-Civil in Miami, Florida in 2007 but they were divorced two years later in September 2009.

From the beginning their relationship was fraught with difficulty as they struggled with addictions to crack cocaine and heroin. This led to numerous break-ups and ensuing make-ups.

Three months after they divorced speculation began to mount that they would once more marry. This was supported by the announcement on Facebook where they had both changed their relationship status to married.

But they never actually went ahead with it.
Fielder-Civil’s troubles continued and in June of this year was sentenced to 32 months in prison for burglary and possession of an imitation firearm.

Police caught the 29-year-old in a car in February with an altered number plate full of recently stolen possessions.

Winehouse had been working on her long-awaited new album, the follow-up to her 2006 breakthrough multi-million selling Back To Black, for the past three years.

The singer was born Amy Jade Winehouse on 14th September 1983 in Southgate, London.

Winehouse has had a troubled life which has included various stints in rehab for drug and alcohol addiction.

The singer is thought to have been to rehab four times.

In an interview in 2008, her mother Janis said she would be unsurprised if her daughter died before her time.

She said: 'I've known for a long time that my daughter has problems. 

'But seeing it on screen rammed it home. I realise my daughter could be dead within the year. We're watching her kill herself, slowly.

'I've already come to terms with her dead. I've steeled myself to ask her what ground she wants to be buried in, which cemetery.

'Because the drugs will get her if she stays on this road.

'I look at Heath Ledger and Britney. She's on their path. It's like watching a car crash - this person throwing all these gifts away.'

In addition, there was a website set up called When Will Amy Winehouse Die?, with visitors asked to guess the date of death with the chance of winning an iPod Touch.

In an interview last October with Harper's Bazaar magazine, Amy was asked if she was happy.

She replied: 'I don't know what you mean. I've got a very nice boyfriend. He's very good to me.'

And, asked if she had any unfulfilled ambitions, Amy replied: 'Nope! If I died tomorrow, I would be a happy girl.'

As well her battles with drugs and alcohol, Winehouse also had a troubled marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil, who she divorced in summer 2009.

Fielder-Civil and Winehouse married in 2007 in Miami. 

The pair's relationship - heavily documented by the media - saw them appearing in public bloodied and bruised after fights.

Former love: Amy with her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil

Troubled: Amy battled drink and drug addictions during her short life

It is also alleged former music video producer Fielder-Civil was the one who introduced the Back to Black star to heroin and crack cocaine.

Amy's father Mitch previously spoke out about how his daughter stayed away from drugs prior to meeting her ex-husband.

In a previous interview last year he said: 'He's not entirely responsible, she's got to take a portion of the responsibility, but it's clear, it really kicked off when they got together.'

Most recently, Winehouse was romantically linked to film director Reg Traviss, who she dated for a few months last year.

Weight worries: Amy also caused concern with her shrinking frame, and looked gaunt back in 2008 (right)

And Mitch also gave the new man his seal of approval.

In an interview with STV's The Hour programme, he said: 'I'm happy she's got a new boyfriend. I'm happy that she's moving on with her life.'

He said Traviss was a 'very nice, normal bloke'. The pair split in January this year but quickly rekindled their relationship.

In March, Traviss said: 'We've been together nearly a year now and we're very happy. Amy's doing well, she's fine. She's healthy and happy.'

AMY WINEHOUSE - THE LATEST MEMBER OF THE '27 CLUB'

The singer's tragic death at the age of 27 puts her in a pantheon of famous musicians who have all died at the same age.

Amy follows now joins the notorious 27 Club, also known as Forever 27, which is a group of musicians who have all died at the age while struggling to cope with fame.

Club members: Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison are among those who died at the age of 27

Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was the most recent victim and in 1994, pumped with heroin and valium, he turned a gun on himself.

Decades earlier Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones all died at 27. 

Rolling Stone Jones drowned in a swimming pool in 1969; Hendrix choked to death in 1970 after mixing wine with sleeping pills and singer Janis Joplin suffered a suspected heroin overdose the same year.

Doors star Morrison died of heart failure in 1971.

Winehouse has also caused controversy with her weight over the past few years. After hitting the music industry as a curvy role model, Winehouse then shed an astonishing amount of weight, leading to her looking gaunt in 2008.

Amy had a hugely successful musical career with the release of her debut album Frank in 2003, and the record considered her breakthrough album - Back To Black in 2006.

The singer featured on the Sunday Times Rich List earlier this year with an estimated net worth of around £6million.

During her career, Winehouse won awards including five Grammy Awards, a Q Music Award for Best Album for Back To Black and a World Music Award in 2008 for World's Best Selling Pop/Rock Female Artist.

Finding love again: Amy is believed to have been dating film director Reg Traviss at the time of her death

Success: Amy performed via video link at the Grammy Awards in 2008 after winning five awards

AMY WINEHOUSE: A LIFE CUT DOWN IN ITS PRIME

by Adrian Thrills

The tragic loss of Amy Winehouse has robbed us of a young, if fatally troubled, life cut down in its prime. It has also cheated British music of a talent, at 27, whose best years surely still lay ahead.

As a homegrown singer, she was with without question the outstanding vocalist of her generation. Without Amy, there would have been no Adele, no Duffy and no Lady Gaga. She may have been an alumni of the Brit School, but Winehouse was also a British great.

In an era of manufactured stars and precision-tooled pop puppets, she was the real deal. For all her demons - and, sadly, sometimes because of them - she cut through pop's hyperbole. Her rawness and emotional honesty harked back to an era when the best singers were more believable. For a white girl raised in the North London suburbs, she had the sweet, sure touch of an Aretha Franklin or Etta James.

Tragic loss: Amy Winehouse was a talented and much-loved singer and performer

Her talent was obvious from the off. The first time I saw her live was at the V Festival eight years ago. Tucked away at the bottom of the bill in one of the small tents, well away from the crowds gathering for headliners the Red Hot Chili Peppers, she oozed class. Dressed in a Fifties-style frock, playing a white Fender guitar, she showed nervous glimpses of a talent that would later wow the world. 

I was lucky enough to interview her twice. The first time came shortly before the release of debut album Frank in 2003. Having met her in a photographic studio in Soho around lunchtime, we relocated, at Amy's insistence, to her favourite local Italian cafe, where we enjoyed a lengthy chat over a large, non alcoholic lunch. She struck me then as a witty, intelligent young girl on the cusp of womanhood.

Full of joy: Amy performing at the start of her career back in 2004

She was full of the joys of life and understandably excited about her future. 

Confident in her own abilities, she was gleefully irreverent. Whereas other singers, media-trained to within an inch of their lives, were masters in the art of diplomacy, she happily sounded off with little regard of the consequences. 

Unconcerned about how her words might look in print, she dismissed her peers. 

Dido and Norah Jones, huge at the time, were among her targets. They were ridiculed for being bland. She was savage, too, in her criticisms of Madonna. 

She was naive, yes, but immensely likeable. A glowing review ensued.

Later, shortly before the release of second album Back To Black, I came face to face with a different Amy. Noticeably more slight than when we'd met three years previously, she turned up late in a coffee bar close to her North London home, but still turned heads with her long, raven black hair and striking eye-liner. 

But, while some of that earlier youthful, sparkle had gone, she still struck me as a woman who knew exactly what she wanted. Perhaps more aware of her own flaws, she even retracted what she had said three years earlier about her fellow female stars. 'When I was promoting my first album I was very defensive, so I lashed out a lot,' she said. 'But I won't be saying anything negative about other singers now. They've got their job to do. I'm just happy to be doing my own thing.' More mature in many ways, she was ready to let her music do the talking.

And Back To Black did just that. Rooted in emotional turmoil, it will go down as one of the classic British albums. Even now, in an era where female pop rules the charts in the shape of Adele, Beyoncé, Katy Perry and Gaga, nothing has come close to packing the sheer emotional punch of Back To Black. A departure from her jazzy debut, it was stark, simple and stunningly direct.

Musical stylings: Amy caused a stir with her first album Frank in 2004, and followed it with Back To Black in 2006

Musically, it was influenced heavily by Sixties girl groups such as The Shangri-Las and The Supremes. Lyrically, most notably on signature tune Rehab, it was clearly affected by the demons that were now troubling the singer. A far more commercial prospect than her eclectic debut, it went on to sell millions. 

It won Grammys and Brits and established Amy as the pre-eminent soul girl of her age.

Despite her problems, the Amy I glimpsed during our brief encounters was different from her public persona. Nobody makes records as good and enduring as Frank and Back To Black without an intimate knowledge of the essential ingredients of great pop music. And Amy certainly had that in abundance.

For me, the most recent example of the way in which her talent truly touched people from all walks of life came in a conversation a few weeks ago with the great Tony Bennett, who sung with Amy on a track, Body And Soul, from his forthcoming duets album. As a singer who has worked with the best, from Frank Sinatra to Ella Fitzgerald, he had no doubt as to where Amy stood - she was one of the best. Remember her this way.

Andrew Morris

TRAGIC Amy Winehouse may have been dead for up to six hours before her body was discovered lying in bed, cops fear. 

The star, 27, last spoke to her security team at 10am on Saturday. She was found at home in Camden, North London, at 4pm. Medics said she'd been dead several hours. Police sources reported no sign of drugs at the house. Amy had seen her doctor on Friday night. 

Amy's doctor examined her the evening before her death - and gave her the all clear. 

The singer was having regular check-ups because her drink and drug battles had left her so frail. 

A source said: "The doctor was happy with her condition. When he left on Friday night he had no concerns. Less than 24 hours later she was found dead. 

"Amy's health has been very fragile and she has been having a series of check-ups." 

Her cause of death is unlikely to be known until the police get the results of toxicology tests. That could take weeks. 

But Amy's family last night said reports she had bought cocaine, ketamine and ecstasy hours before she died were "nonsense". 

They added in a statement: "Our family has been left bereft by the loss of Amy, a wonderful daughter, sister, niece." 

Police sources confirmed there were no signs of drugs in her three-storey house. 

Amy was found dead in bed at her £2million home by her security guard Andrew Morris just before 4pm on Saturday. 

Her friend and PR man Chris Goodman said: "Amy was on her own at home apart from a security guard who we had appointed to help look after her over the past couple of years. 

TRAGIC singer chats about her newfound success to London cab driver

"She was in her bedroom after saying she wanted to sleep and when he went to wake her he found she wasn't breathing. 

"He called the emergency services straight away. He was very shocked. 

"At this stage no one knows how she died. She died alone in bed." 

On Friday night Amy had been well enough to play a drum kit she had recently moved into her bedroom. The noise was so loud neighbours complained. 

Susie Reynolds, 33, said: "It is a tragedy. When I heard the news I did not want to believe it. She was a genius. She was different. She was one of a kind." 

Amy may have been dead for up to six hours by the time she was found by Andrew. 

Paramedics who were called to the house in Camden Square, North London, believed she had been dead for "several hours at least." 

A source said: "Rigor mortis had set in indicating she is likely to have been dead for anything up to six hours. 

She is known to have been alive at 10am, when she spoke to Andrew. 

Video: Amy Winehouse's last appearance

The source added: "There were no empty bottles, syringes, crack pipes or anything like that. It's not believed she had vomited. 

"Her health was in a very bad state and she had been admitted to hospital by ambulance on a regular basis suffering seizures. Her nervous system was shot to pieces. The last time she was taken to hospital was about two weeks ago after the collapse of her latest tour. She was found in the street and taken to a private London clinic."