Arthur Miller the murder, postulating that part of the reason Miller took such an active interest (including supporting Reilly's defense and using his own celebrity to bring attention to Reilly's plight) was because he had felt similarly persecuted in his run-ins with the HUAC. He sympathized with Reilly, whom he firmly believed to be innocent and to have been railroaded by the Connecticut State Police and the Attorney General who had initially prosecuted the case. In 1964 "After the Fall" was produced, and is said to be a deeply personal view of Miller's experiences during his marriage to Monroe. The play reunited
Death of Marilyn Monroe or CIA, who wished to use the murder as a "point of pressure ... against the Kennedys." The book was heavily criticized in reviews, and later that year Mailer recanted his allegations in an interview with Mike Wallace for "60 Minutes", stating that he had made them to ensure commercial success for his book, and that he believes Monroe's death was "ten to one" an "accidental suicide". Two years later, Robert F. Slatzer published "The Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe" (1975), based on Capell's pamphlet. In addition to his assertion that Monroe was killed by Robert F. Kennedy,