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- Anna Nicole. - The blond bombshell.

What she had was her raw sex appeal.

She was modern-day Marilyn Monroe.

She was sort of famous for being famous.

Running towards fame.

And then at the end, she wanted to get away from all that.

I got a frantic call.

And I said, "What is going on?"

When she died, I was shocked.

There's so many questions still to be answered,

and there's so much that we still don't know.

There were conspiracy theories about Anna Nicole Smith dying.

Let me tell you my theory of I think she got murdered.

This is where it gets... nuts.

Why did they rule out suicide so quickly?

Why did they rule out homicide?

A ton of people got obsessed with the idea

that there was some deeper explanation.

I always had this underlying belief

that something happened to her.

911 Emergency.

The official narrative doesn't tell the whole story,

But you really have to look at everything.

You still have to go down that rabbit hole.

Still have to go down that path.

When a celebrity dies, the search for answers moves online

and the truth may be one click away.

February 8th, 2007.

Anna Nicole Smith and her entourage

check into the Hard Rock Hotel.

While the paparazzi waits outside, Anna Nicole Smith

doesn't leave her hotel room for three straight days.

And when her close confidantes finally go to see

what is going on, they discover the unthinkable.

I was her bodyguard.

I started doing CPR and giving her two breaths.

I remember it just like it was yesterday.

Trying to wake her up. Trying to wake her up.

Her lips was blue. She was still warm.

So that means she was just... Wasn't down too long.

Medics arrive at the scene.

But it's too late.

Fox News Has just confirmed that Anna Nicole Smith has died.

Anna Nicole Smith bursts onto the scene

when she mails some Polaroids to "Playboy" magazine.

And she ended up on the cover of "Playboy" magazine,

and her career just exploded from there.

Suddenly, everybody knew who Anna Nicole Smith was.

Overnight, Anna Nicole Smith becomes a supermodel.

Now I'm the Guess girl.

One thing the Anna Nicole Smith wasn't was stupid.

She knew that this was her moment, this was her window.

And she found a way to create this persona,

this public persona that really worked,

based around her appearance in "Playboy" magazine.

As quickly as the modeling world

embraces Anna Nicole Smith, it casts her aside.

But she's just getting started.

"The Anna Nicole Show" premieres,

and audiences just can't look away.

"The Anna Nicole Show" was at the really beginning of stars

doing reality shows like this,

where they let cameras into their home

and their life and their family.

The show is panned by critics.

It's raunchy, it's trashy,

and incredibly weird.

But the college crowd can't get enough of it,

and they help drive ratings through the roof.

The devotion of fans and followers grows.

But the infatuation with Anna Nicole Smith's life

takes a dark twist when she dies.

What happened to Anna Nicole Smith?

Where did she get the toxic combination of drugs from?

And who will take over her legal battles?

And is it possible that those two people are one in the same?

The coroner reports that 39-year-old Anna Nicole Smith

dies from an accidental overdose.

Right away, there's controversy.

The Internet explodes with hundreds of armchair

explanations of how Anna Nicole Smith died.

From allegations of elaborate murder plots on Reddit

to online crowdsourcing sites

dedicated to disproving the coroner's findings,

the cyber world is completely obsessed

with Anna Nicole's death.

And now, more than ever before, the Internet is where

the cyber world thinks cold cases can get solved.

My name is Deanna Thompson.

I was in a documentary called "Don't 'F' with Cats"

It highlights my work as a sleuth

trying to find a person who was killing cats online

that eventually ended up killing a human being.

Since then, people are daily asking for help on cases

that are difficult to break open.

When I believe in my heart of hearts

that something has happened that somebody hasn't paid for,

I immediately get triggered.

15 years after Anna Nicole's death,

many are unwilling to accept official explanations.

Amateur detectives analyze the circumstances of her death.

They're looking for hidden clues.

It's a mystery that's born the moment she died.

In 2007, big media rules.

There are many questions which are yet to be answered.

But a new way for fans to share stories

is just starting to emerge...

Social media.

With that kind of money involved,

you think somebody may have whacked her.

Somebody may have killed Anna Nicole Smith.

Fans have strong opinions, and now they have channels

of their own where they can voice them.

Something is up here.

As the Internet grows and the online world connects,

alternate theories on Anna Nicole's death go viral.

On Reddit, on YouTube, on Facebook,

a different story is being told.

In death, the Anna Nicole Smith mystery grips

a new kind of media.

As amateur sleuths, obsessed fans,

and concerned citizens scour police reports,

they feel there are gaping holes in the official story.

And with no witnesses listed,

what really happened in her last moments is unknown.

- I have so many questions... - Yeah.

...that I'm just not gonna get the answers to.

You know?

In one corner of the Internet, a dark theory takes hold.

I'm going to talk about a true-crime case today.

Well, in my opinion, a true-crime case.

A chorus of voices chime in, alleging Anna Nicole Smith

is a murder victim.

I hold degrees in criminal justice and forensic science.

I am a criminal investigator for my local sheriff's department.

In a case like this,

I think it's important to do a little more digging.

How did they actually rule out homicide?

Methods drawn from police agencies

cross over into independent investigations.

Cyber sleuths break down the circumstances

surrounding Anna Nicole's death.

They find there's too much missing in the official story.

- It was unwitnessed. - It was unattended.

There was nobody with her in that room.

We don't really know what happened to her.

There's a list of questions that need to be answered.

Online investigators search for a potential motive.

In my experience, the top three motives that I've seen

that drive somebody to kill are sex, money, and revenge.

One theory stands out amidst all the online chatter.

Hundreds of posts suggest responsibility

for Anna Nicole's death

lies with the family of the billionaire she married.

I started looking at her marriage

and subsequent lawsuits with the Marshall Estate.

To see if there's anything to the story,

online sleuths break down the controversial marriage

from its beginnings.

Anna Nicole always claimed that she married

J. Howard simply for love, not his money.

Anna Nicole is a 24-year-old dancer when she meets

86-year-old J. Howard Marshall, a billionaire petroleum tycoon.

He's a client at the strip club.

And he takes a fancy to Anna Nicole Smith, right?

She's... Look at her. I mean, how could you not?

- She's gorgeous. - Everybody thought it was crazy.

But, you know, there was something between them.

And he fell for her,

and he fell for her in a big way.

The unlikely pair fall in love, and in 1994, they get married.

It's a move that puts the couple in the spotlight.

And all over the Internet and in mainstream media,

people are losing their minds

over the sight of this stunning, young beauty arm-in-arm

with her billionaire husband.

- You have sex with the old guy? - With the old guy.

For the Marshall family, it's no joking matter.

The marriage sparks pure outrage.

J. Howard Marshall has two children...

E. Pierce and Howard III.

It's unclear who's in line to inherit the family fortune.

But suddenly, they have a new stepmother...

Blonde bombshell Anna Nicole Smith.

And their stepmother is half their age.

She stands between them and their inheritance.

They see Anna Nicole as a gold-digger.

My name is Andy Mayoras,

and I'm a trust-and-estate litigation attorney and author.

So, from the very start of their marriage,

Anna Nicole Smith was at war

with J. Howard Marshall's son Pierce Marshall,

the heir to his fortune.

E. Pierce Marshall was like,

"I'm not gonna let my dad be alone with this woman

who's going to convince him to change the will

when we're so close to the end.

Like, she's a gold-digger."

I mean, he absolutely thought ill of her.

In August 1995, after just a year of marriage,

J. Howard Marshall dies, and the real trouble begins.

Anna Nicole Smith insists her husband

promised her a part of his $1.6 billion estate.

$1.6 billion?

We lawyering up around here.

She goes after half of the Marshall estate.

$454 million is, like, life-changing,

...-me money, right?

Like, this is crazy-good money.

The dispute quickly escalates to the courts,

and right away, accusations and condemnations

fly from both sides.

And it became an ugly fight

that was on the cover of tabloid magazines,

and it really painted Anna Nicole

as this opportunistic blonde

who used her boobs to become rich.

You're just up there making stuff up as you go along.

I am not making anything up, Rusty!

They were throwing insults.

It was a very personal, heated, contested debate.

Nobody is going to let this gold-digging woman

in her 20s take hold of the family fortune.

A court ruling leaves Anna Nicole with nothing.

She actually ended up worse off from this legal fight

then when it had first started.

She ended up needing money, and needing money fast.

But the fight doesn't end there.

It's just the beginning of Anna Nicole Smith's hunt

for her share of the estate.

And the feud with the powerful Marshall family

leads to dire consequences.

It is possible that somebody in that family was so furious

and so angry with her, that they decided to get revenge.

Was Anna Nicole Smith killed in some sort of revenge plot?

Haunting theories about how Anna Nicole Smith died

spread online.

Some say she was knocked off.

Others say she killed herself.

And on the fringe of the Internet,

some suggest her death was part of a far wider conspiracy.

In the case of Anna Nicole Smith,

I was very invested.

When I started to find things out,

it triggers that justice crusader.

Across the Internet,

the family of her late husband draws persistent suspicion.

On her show, she baits the rich and powerful Marshall family.

- Bring it on. Come on. - I dare you.

The venom, the hatred on both sides was palatable.

Animosity grows when the fight returns to the courtroom.

This time, it goes all the way to the Supreme Court.

She claimed that her elderly husband

was going to leave her money.

Pierce Marshall wrongfully interfered

and didn't let it happen.

You are so mean to me.

Through all the dramatic twists and turns,

the online chatter about Anna Nicole's soap opera-like

life grows and grows.

The picture of a "Playboy" Playmate taking her case

in front of the United States Supreme Court

seems like the stuff of movies, not of real life.

Finally, after years of vicious court battles

between Anna Nicole and the Marshalls,

a final, definitive verdict

as dictated by the United States Supreme Court.

It's the Marshall family's worst nightmare.

They've lost everything they've been fighting for.

Anna Nicole is awarded

$88 million of the family estate.

To have a former "Playboy" Playmate actually showing up in

the United States Supreme Court is extraordinarily rare,

and it surprised many that she actually won.

The legal world can hardly believe it.

The Marshalls fume.

Anna Nicole Smith waits to collect $88 million.

Then, the unthinkable happens.

It was 2:00 this afternoon when authorities say they

found her in her hotel room at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

Before Anna Nicole Smith can collect, she's found dead.

Throughout the online world,

the fans who had watched Anna Nicole's

every move with fascination are now left stunned.

This is just a tragedy all over.

The popcorn drama has finally become real,

and online sites are becoming meeting places

where fans try to figure out what really happened

to the overnight star they loved to follow.

They wonder if the battle over millions of dollars

turned deadly.

Perhaps someone associated with the Marshall family

took matters into their own hands.

The amount of money spent in legal fees,

not to mention the time,

the stress, the aggravation of dealing

with this on a daily basis, year after year after year

had to be astronomical for both sides.

It really highlights the level of hatred

that was felt by Pierce Marshall and his family

towards Anna Nicole Smith.

The fight is ongoing when Anna Nicole Smith

checks into a hotel room in Hollywood, Florida,

for the very last time.

My name is Maurice Brighthaupt, also known as Big Moe.

Anna used to come to me terrified that

someone was out to get her.

She felt that the... Howard's family was powerful,

had a lot of money, and she always was paranoid,

thinking that maybe they had a hit out on her.

When holes appear in the official

explanation for her death,

speculation begins to focus on her nasty legal battle

with the powerful Marshall family.

She was on the brink of collecting $88 million

from the family estate when she's suddenly found dead.

With that kind of money involved,

you think somebody may have whacked her.

Somebody may have killed Anna Nicole Smith.

Rumors of a murder investigation circulate.

Murder for hire.

But when the story of the investigation breaks,

it stuns Internet detectives.

Anna Nicole Smith is not the target.

She is allegedly behind the plot.

In the year 2000,

the FBI is looking into Anna Nicole Smith for murder.

And not only just murder, but murder for hire.

Now that Anna Nicole is dead,

the allegations are put under the microscope.

Online sleuths wonder if they're rooted in reality.

Or perhaps they're actually a sly cover

to mask the Marshalls' own killer intentions.

Amateur sleuths speculate... Maybe they got to her first.

I think revenge is the most likely motive.

They may have wanted to get back at her

for what she put them through.

Did the Marshall family get it in their head

that they had to do... Like, enact

some sort of revenge and kill Anna Nicole Smith?

To many, revenge and pure hatred towards Anna Nicole

seem like plausible motives.

But there's no evidence to support the accusations.

The autopsy report plainly said

that there was no evidence of foul play.

It's unclear how someone could dose Anna Nicole Smith

while she was alone in her hotel room.

But according to online chatter,

there is someone in Anna Nicole Smith's life

who may have had motive and the means.

And the police agree.

A potential new suspect emerges.

Anna Nicole's death was definitely mysterious.

If Anna Nicole Smith were to die,

who would benefit?

If Anna Nicole Smith's death wasn't accidental,

then figuring out who had motive

and the means to end her life is an open question.

When you're looking for answers, when you're sleuthing,

you do want to go into it with an open mind

because you just want to go where the evidence takes you.

A long, drawn-out court battle

may have driven Anna Nicole to bankruptcy.

But at the time of her death,

the potential value of her estate was substantial.

At the time of Anna Nicole Smith's

tragic passing, she had not only won

an $88 million judgment against Pierce Marshall,

but she had won in the United States Supreme Court.

So at the time she passed away,

her expectancy was that she would receive $88 million.

When Internet sleuths lay out the case,

they see a clear motive... Money.

And there's one person in Anna Nicole's life

they believe has always been in line to cash in...

Howard K. Stern.

I kind of always suspected

that there was something nefarious going on.

He was doing it all and... And guiding her,

controlling her, or whatever.

Let's just say she was under close watch.

Some would also call Howard gatekeeper,

as he allegedly had taken over

Anna Nicole's phone and would screen her calls.

My initial thought process is, "Was Howard K. Stern involved?"

For anyone tuned into the Anna Nicole saga,

Howard K. Stern is a familiar face.

So, the first thing I did in researching Anna Nicole Smith

was I went back and watched "The Anna Nicole Show."

The show was a hit,

but Anna Nicole Smith is clearly not at her best.

She was clearly using something,

because she was often, in episodes, like, falling down

or slurring her words and kind of like in a fog.

Shit happens and then you live,

because that's really the truth of it.

It was like a train wreck.

I just couldn't look away.

If I ever record an album,

I want this guy to produce mine

and make me beautiful duets.

Speculation that Anna Nicole's life

is out of control runs rampant throughout the media.

Anna Nicole Smith had a lot of prescription medication.

People say she was over-prescribed.

I tend to agree that she was over-prescribed.

But through these prescriptions, she developed an addiction.

The media and Internet buzzes with questions

about how and why Anna Nicole's drug use got so bad.

I don't know what motive you would have

to keep someone drugged like that

that doesn't involve keeping big secrets.

Questions swirl around her agent, lawyer, and boyfriend,

Howard K. Stern.

He is in control of every aspect of Anna Nicole's life.

Not only was Howard K. Stern

a romantic partner of Anna Nicole,

but he was also the executor of her will.

Howard was able to exert a lot of control over Anna Nicole.

Many wonder if Howard K. Stern

was keeping Anna Nicole drugged up.

So, you really have to go through everything just to see

if you could find one little piece of information.

Some things that you just think are totally worthless,

you still have to go down the rabbit hole.

You still have to go down that path.

A strange video surfaces on the Internet.

In doing my research, I was reading

a lot of archived Reddit threads.

They reference this Anna Nicole Smith clown video.

And I'm like, "Well, what is this

Anna Nicole Smith clown video?"

Let's go look at this."

It's a video of a clearly under-the-influence

Anna Nicole Smith

getting clown makeup put on by a little girl.

And Howard K. Stern is filming this.

She's totally confused. She's out of it.

And she's pregnant on top of it.

Like, the whole thing is crazy.

Put you some new clothes on.

What? What?

What? What do you think? Huh?

And she thought this baby doll was her baby.

She literally did.

She took this baby doll into the nursery,

changed its diapers, was fussing over it,

telling it not to cry.

She was completely out of it.

And it was like a nine-minute video,

and you have to sit there and you have to go through it

just to see if you could find one little piece of information.

It's one nefarious comment

from behind the camera that is most alarming.

I said this footage is worth money.

It literally made the hairs on my neck stand up.

A creepy video ignites suspicion

around Howard K. Stern.

But when another suspicious death is revealed,

theories about Stern spread like wildfire.

So it was an ongoing, murder death mystery.

So the public remain interested.

People were immediately pointing fingers

at Howard K. Stern.

An obscure video with explosive implications

spreads on the Internet.

Howard K. Stern looks at Anna behind the camera and says,

"This is gonna be worth a lot of money someday."

She was so innocent. I mean, she really was.

"Why is it gonna be worth money? What money?"

It seems to show that Howard K. Stern

wants to capitalize on Anna Nicole Smith's troubles

and have it as leverage for the future.

For him to say that, she was so confused.

She's like, "What do you mean?"

You could tell she was hurt by that.

It made my blood boil, and it really kind of solidified

the fact, to me, of him being involved

because why would you say that?

If somebody passes and there's, like, a weird video,

then it's gonna be worth money.

If they're still alive

and there's a weird video, nobody really cares.

It's almost like he knew something

was gonna happen to her.

Stern knows Anna Nicole Smith has a booming fan base

and her every move is watched.

Some question whether Stern was trying to cash in

on Anna Nicole Smith, even before she's dead.

Red flag. Danger.

Danger alert.

Danger.

She's so out of it, and he's totally fine with it.

He's not a good guy.

Searching for more clues, independent investigators

find another dramatic incident a year before her death.

Anna Nicole gives birth to her first daughter.

Her 20-year-old son, Daniel,

comes to visit her at the hospital in the Bahamas.

A nurse is doing rounds

and sees that Daniel is in the chair,

and it appears that he's asleep.

Anna Nicole Smith wakes up and goes to wake up Daniel,

and he's unresponsive, and she starts screaming.

Just one year later, Anna Nicole Smith is dead, too.

Both mother and son die of an overdose.

Online, a clear connection is drawn,

and its implications are explored.

I really do believe that she was murdered,

and I think Danny was murdered for her estate.

I really wanted to look at what happened to Daniel

because if something nefarious happened to Daniel,

then it possibly could have happened to Anna Nicole.

Reports detail Howard K. Stern's actions

in the days and hours before Anna Nicole's son died.

From them, Internet sleuths learn that Daniel Smith's death

was treated with suspicion in the Bahamas.

The lawyer said, "Yes, this is an unusual death."

That's the word she used... An "unusual" death.

They dissect the circumstances

surrounding Daniel's death to learn more.

So my initial thought was, "Did Howard get rid of Daniel

because he's an obstacle?"

The motive would be clear.

Howard K. Stern could a carve a path to Anna Nicole's money

by eliminating her son.

At that point, they still thought it was possible

she was gonna to get like $90 million from that estate.

But it's details in Daniel Smith's autopsy

that raise red flags.

I am a forensic pathologist and a medical legal consultant.

Daniel Smith had several drugs in his system.

And there's a question about where he got them.

And that subsequently resulted in an intense investigation.

Independent investigators scour police reports for clues.

Police records show that the morning Daniel died,

a nurse found a partially dissolved and scored

methadone tablet in the bed that Stern had slept in.

It's a wild allegation that lives online.

Howard K. Stern is accused of giving Daniel Smith

the drugs that killed him.

With mounting suspicions,

Internet sleuths turn back to the day Anna Nicole Smith died.

Part of the process is taking

the last 24 hours of somebody' life

and finding clues, scour the Internet looking for details.

And we, as sleuths,

look at things a little bit differently than investigators.

Our motivation is a little bit different.

We really want justice for people.

Anna Nicole Smith's death

is determined to be an accidental overdose.

But the autopsy doesn't answer the same question

circling her son's case.

Where did all the drugs come from?

How did she get all of these drugs?

If Anna Nicole died of a drug overdose,

could the person who provided her with the drugs be charged

with killing her?

A subsequent police investigation

seems to provide the answer to the first question.

Eight of the 11 prescriptions

found in Anna Nicole's possession were in one name...

Howard K. Stern.

There is enough evidence for a criminal indictment.

What we have in this case is a conspiracy

among three individuals.

Howard K. Stern is the principal enabler.

Dr. Eroshevich and Dr. Kapoor

are prescribing drugs excessively to a known addict.

There were tons of prescriptions

in Howard K. Stern's name

that were in her system when she died.

So, clearly, he was giving her medication.

Howard K. Stern pleads not guilty.

"Not guilty" pleas are entered.

He's later cleared of all charges.

I feel vindicated.

I feel that this was a vindication for Anna.

But despite the lack of concrete evidence,

many fans still wonder if he killed Anna Nicole Smith

by allowing her to take too many drugs.

I feel like Anna could still be alive.

In one month, Anna was prescribed 1,500 pills.

Jesus.

It's not like he pulled the trigger, right?

It's not like he stabbed her in the chest.

But I do think that he helped load the gun.

There is no evidence of foul play

in Anna Nicole Smith's death.

But the circumstances surrounding her last moments

still don't sit well with cyber sleuths.

She was self-medicating.

And when you self-medicate, whether it's through alcohol,

heroin, cocaine, prescription drugs,

whatever, there's something wrong.

After the loss of her son, Anna Nicole Smith is devastated.

They wonder if the tragedy played a factor in her death.

We know that Anna Nicole witnessed the death of her son

in her own hospital room.

That can be a risk factor for developing depression

or worsening depression.

After her son dies,

Anna Nicole's grief is extreme and uncontrollable.

During the funeral, she was so sedated

and just so out of it.

It was truly tragic.

She, like, threw herself on the coffin.

She tried to, like, climb into it.

People had to, like, pull her back.

Online buzz flags Anna Nicole Smith's

deep, dark depression.

It's just a year later when she checks into the Hard Rock Hotel.

She had pills and little bottles of medications around.

But that one medication that was in that cough-syrup jar...

That really bothered me, and the way she was taking it.

It wasn't like one teaspoon or one cap full.

It was more like a jug,

like you would take a shot of whiskey or something like that.

Three days later, she takes drugs that cause an overdose.

The overall conclusion on the manner of death

was that this was an accidental overdose.

But online, fans wonder if it was actually accidental.

Did she intend to kill herself?

She's gonna want to take all those drugs and never wake up.

While Anna Nicole Smith's autopsy is conclusive,

independent investigators don't see it as

a black-and-white case.

There's no way for a medical examiner to be 100% positive

on a manner of death in a situation like this.

They look hard at the coroner's report.

An unusual factor that's listed draws focus...

Depression.

They noted the history of depression.

So why did they so quickly rule out suicide?

One of the core symptoms of depression

can be thoughts about death or suicide.

In fact, that's part of the criteria.

And untreated depression has a 15% risk of dying from suicide.

For many, it's evidence that it was depression that drove

Anna Nicole to take the drugs that killed her.

Some questions have been raised about the possibility of suicide

because she was extremely distraught

by the death of her son.

The fine line between intention and accident in her overdose

is far too thin for online sleuths.

I think in the back of her mind, she was kind of like,

"I don't think life is worth living anymore."

They hunt for more clues in statements Anna Nicole

reportedly made to friends and family.

There was another interesting thing that I uncovered

when I researched her case.

She actually made a comment to her bodyguard

in the days before her death.

And I remember going over to her and talking to her

and asking her how she's doing.

She said this one thing,

that she keeps having a dream of Daniel

asking her to come with her.

And I was like, "What do you mean?"

She was telling me that she didn't want to live anymore.

She wanted to be wherever Daniel was.

When we hear from a patient, "I can't go on anymore,"

that's a huge red flag for us

because that can be an indication of suicidal thinking.

There's nothing to prove Anna Nicole Smith

killed herself.

Tragically, the lives of super-star models

too often end too soon.

Anna Nicole Smith is one of 17 "Playboy" models

to pass away prematurely.

My name is Justin Ling.

I am a freelance investigative journalist

who specializes in misinformation,

conspiracy theories, and crazy nonsense.

I think understanding Anna Nicole Smith's death

and the theories that circulate around it

can tell us a lot about how people cope

with the death of someone they really looked up to and liked.

Some think the deaths of "Playboy" models are connected

for an entirely different reason.

They think it's all part of a deep-state conspiracy.

People who believe this theory point to the fact

that there's been some 17 generally mysterious Playmate

deaths over the past several decades,

including Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe

and, of course, Anna Nicole Smith.

Sleuths descend into the deepest corners of the Internet,

where a weird theory about

Anna Nicole Smith's death spreads.

There are videos on YouTube, you know,

with tens of thousands of hits.

I mean, there's one here.

It has 6.9 million views.

It's a theory that revolves

around Anna Nicole's questionable sobriety.

Her behavior is weird.

She's out of control.

Sometimes, it seems like she's on another planet.

I know nothing about nothing.

At that point, she needed help.

We needed to actually commit her.

Conspiracy theorists have come up with a strange explanation

for her altered state of mind.

I'm gonna play a little bit.

One theory that came about

was about Anna's ex-billionaire husband.

As he was wealthy, people believed

he was part of the elite

and released certain secrets to Anna before she died.

As the higher-ups didn't trust Anna,

they first tried to use mind-control techniques on her,

but eventually killed her.

It is the wildest of all conspiracy theories

on Anna Nicole Smith's death.

Most people are probably gonna laugh at the idea

that Anna Nicole Smith was part of a mind-control program.

But here's the thing.

There are some nuggets of truth

at the very core of it that really lead people to think

that there's some credibility to this idea.

Cyber sleuths claim to have seen cases like this before.

Some people are saying powerful forces

were controlling Anna Nicole's mind.

I realize this idea sounds completely insane.

But the CIA actually did run an attempted mind-control program

in the 1950s and 1960s.

They called it MK-Ultra.

It sounds like science-fiction,

but evidence of a CIA mind-control program

is all too real.

And some say it never ended.

A lot of people are pretty sure that MK-Ultra didn't end

in the 1970s like the U.S. government says.

It just changed form

and has been operating more secretly ever since.

A core part of this theory is the idea

that it's not just the CIA, but it's a globally connected,

deep state that's making these experiments possible.

Enter the Illuminati.

It's reputed to be a secret society

with origins in the distant past.

But stories of the mysterious and murky powers

of the Illuminati are part of broad-based

conspiracy theories that have found new life.

So, this idea that the Illuminati are everywhere

and they've infected politics, finance,

and even entertainment is getting huge

right around the time Anna Nicole Smith dies.

Anna Nicole Smith was just one of hundreds,

or perhaps thousands, of celebrities

controlled by the Illuminati... Or so they say.

But their proof is questionable.

A video was released

which shows Anna acting rather strange.

There seems to be some disassociation,

and she's in a trance-like state.

Towards the end of her life, Anna Nicole Smith records a few

weird videos of her behaving basically erratically.

...thinks you've lost your mind.

I didn't lose my mind.

Is this a mushroom trip?

The folks who believe the Illuminati are using LSD

to control these celebrities

take those videos and hold them up as proof

that she was being programmed by the Illuminati

and the CIA to do their bidding.

It seems like a farce.

But it all comes together in crystal-clear terms

for conspiracy theorists putting forward the most far-out theory

meant to explain Anna Nicole's death.

So the idea goes that the CIA and the Illuminati

never stopped doing the MK-Ultra experiments.

They just changed form and picked new targets.

Once Anna Nicole Smith stopped being useful,

they pressed the "reset" button on their mind-control device

and killed her.

There's a theory floating around that Anna Nicole Smith

was actually being mind-controlled by the CIA

and the Illuminati through an MK-Ultra experiment.

What do you think of that theory?

I know nothing about that.

I think that is completely wild.

Anna Nicole Smith...

Now, helping this theory along is the fact

that Anna Nicole Smith was in a movie

where she played an ex-CIA agent.

Now, the movie obviously is fiction,

but some people are basically treating it as true to life.

The official cause of Anna Nicole Smith's death

is an accidental overdose.

But alternative explanations continue to spread online,

especially because there are so many mysterious coincidences.

Human beings are predisposed to believe that there is some

deep, overarching conspiracy theory.

So, what's the ultimate finding?

Sleuths continue the hunt

for an explanation of Anna Nicole Smith's death.

Anna Nicole Smith has been dead for 15 years.

To this day, the official theory on how she actually died

is not universally accepted.

Something is up here.

Ever since her tragic death, an ever-growing online buzz

has put forward alternative explanations.

The real reason for her death remains in dispute.

But it's hard to know what her mind-set was at that time.

Was she making these choices,

or were these choices being thrust upon her?

Was she being sedated to some level?

Some believe that Anna Nicole Smith was murdered

and that the perpetrator is a free man.

For them, it isn't a ragged conspiracy theory.

They still believe Howard K. Stern

killed his client, even after he was fully cleared

of any wrongdoing.

He definitely played a part in her death, 100%.

But there is no physical evidence whatsoever

to support murder allegations.

You don't kill somebody by giving them

one of the anti-anxiety drugs.

You'd have to give a boat-load,

and you have to really mix it up.

Other sleuths believe that Anna Nicole Smith's overdose

wasn't accidental and that she may have killed herself.

We don't know for sure whether this was an accidental overdose

or whether she intended to commit suicide.

But the toxicology of her autopsy undercuts

the suicide theory.

The medical examiner concluded

that if somebody wanted to commit suicide,

chloral hydrate is a terrible drug to choose

and you're more likely to pick something stronger.

A third theory seems to be the most unreasonable of all.

Anna Nicole Smith's mind was controlled by the Illuminati

until she was no longer useful.

Is this a mushroom trip?

Maybe they were trying to turn these people into agents

of this deep-state conspiracy to influence the masses.

Maybe they were trying to get celebrities to work

as assassins for their secret worldwide conspiracy.

There is clearly something amiss in her behavior,

but the idea that Anna Nicole was a brainwashed pawn

of the Illuminati doesn't hold up.

The big takeaway from MK-Ultra

is that mind control doesn't work.

The whole experiment was shut down

because it wasn't going anywhere.

They were not unlocking the secrets of the human mind.

It's really unlikely

that they've figured it out since then.

Some alternative explanations

for Anna Nicole's death are conceivable.

Some are completely outlandish.

Finding the real story means following the cold, hard facts.

There is no evidence proving foul play.

The reality is all of us bear some responsibility

for what happened to her.

As people who pay for tabloid press and entertainment news,

We have some responsibility for the really difficult life

she experienced, for all of the salacious gossip and rumors

that clearly contributed to her declining mental health.

When Anna Nicole Smith checks into the Hard Rock Hotel,

her mental health is in decline.

But so is her physical health.

She had this really bad fever.

She was kind of foggy and in and out of it all day.

A cosmetic injection of human growth hormone

is causing problems.

She had a high fever.

She had infections in her buttocks from injections

that she was taking.

When you have 105 fever,

you need to get medical attention immediately.

And she refused medical attention.

And when you're an adult, you can't force your friend

to get medical attention.

But I just feel like the people around her

should have pushed harder.

Anna Nicole Smith takes drugs to sleep.

Meanwhile, her fever rises.

When you go 105 and 106, 107,

you're on the doorstep of death.

- I still think about it. - It's been over 15 years now.

I still think about it.

I sit there and I go over this in my head over and over again.

What could I have done better?

And then it come to the point where

there's nothing you could do.

I think digging into Anna Nicole Smith's death

can help us appreciate how the fame machine

can destroy people like her.

Anna, unfortunately, will be remembered by the masses

as a gold-digger who drug-overdosed.

But those that really know her and those that really love her

will know that she was a very thoughtful, caring, beautiful

person who gave light to those that she met.

If you ever met Anna,

if Anna's ever wrote or signed an autograph for you,

if Anna ever hugged you,

if Anna ever sat there and talked to you,

you would know that she was

a deep-down, kind-hearted person.

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