The death of Natalie Wood, an American
film and television actress was shocking to many. When found 60 feet away from
the yacht that she and her husband owned, many questioned why would Natalie be
alone in the middle of the night when she once made a statement that “I am
afraid of water that is dark” (Kashner 1). Thirty five years later there are
still various conspiracy theories on the truth about her death:
1. Did
Natalie catch her former and current husband in bed together?
2. Was
Natalie overly intoxicated and had an accident?
3. Did
Natalie and her husband have an argument?
Let’s look at the
various conspiracy theories that follow Natalie Woods’s death, and the
feasibility that she walked in on her former and current husband in bed
together.
Character
Analysis
Natalie Wood was a very typical woman, with
magnificent brown eyes, youthful beauty and small petite form standing a whole
5’1 above ground (Natalie Wood Biography).
In 1956, Natalie was called the most beautiful teenager in the world by
life magazine. Externally, it showed during many of the roles that Natalie
played; were vulnerable characters put through emotional wringers which many
make statements on saying that maybe she was almost playing her real life as
one of her characters in her movies(ABC new). As Natalie got older, she had
wanted to attend public school at age fourteen, and after getting a look at
other teenagers she became very rebellious, smoking and challenging authority.
Soon, her family and friends called her the “lovely, but troubled star”
(Natalie Wood Biography).
Growing up, Natalie was very successful as
an actress, and it was all fun and games, but Natalie’s mother took it way more
than just a game. Natalie was very busy and did indeed love what she did behind
the scenes. Natalie’s mother pushed her to a whole other extent with the “love”
she showed her daughter, and her desire for her child to be the top star(Seccaspina).
She would rip butterflies apart if her daughter was expected to cry and could
not; she would make sure she found a way for her to cry on spot (1). Her mother
would do anything for her to be the star she always wanted to be (Collins). It
once got so far to the point where Natalie was raped during an audition, and
her mother did not care. Some say Natalie’s mom set up the encounter for the
spot in the movie and following she even tried to commit suicide (1).
Many people, one including Natalie’s
sister, Lana Wood, repeatedly made the comment that it looked as Natalie loved
the water and was always out on the boat that she and her husband owned; however,
that was not the case. One of the conspiracies was that Natalie and her husband
got in a fight and Natalie walked away for a while then hearing the dinghy bang
against the boat she had went to fix it and had fallen off of the boat (Phobic).
The background of it all was during a movie set she had fallen during a water
scene and broke her wrist, and her mother was so strict and caught up in the
star life that she had never taken her daughter to get it fixed. Natalie was so
terrified of water after that they even omitted that scene from the movie.
Although externally, people saw it as her love for the water, internally Natalie
had a fear for dark (1).
Project
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In the missing person’s case of
Natalie Wood, there were 3 main conspiracy theories listed as possible cause of
death. One theory is questioned to what exactly Natalie walked into on the
boat. Some say she saw her current husband Robert Wagner and ex-husband
Christopher Walken in bed with each other. The second shows how intoxicated
Mrs. Wood was, intoxicated to the point leading her to slip and drown (Crespo)?
And, lastly, did her and her husband get into an argument following him to beat
her to death and tossing her body into the water to seem as if it was all an
accident to “retrieve the dinghy”(Phobic).
The first conspiracy points to Natalie’s
former lover, Christopher Walken, and her husband’s so called “sex secret” (ENQUIRER).
The weekend started when Natalie invited Walken on the boat as a celebration
for the finishing of their movie
Brainstorm. However the way things ended was not so much a celebration when
Ms. Wood caught the two men in a passionate clinch in bed together (dsiegel).
Then, in shock, they both reacted to rough housing around on Natalie, which
would explain the bruises the autopsy found on her body and after throwing her
body over (Zennie). Neither of them had much to say on scene however, Robert
Wagner came back sixteen years later with his guilty conscience and started to
release information then walked away (KASHNER).
The second conspiracy questions just how
intoxicated Natalie Wood was. The waitress at the Harbor Reef restaurant on the
island, where she and her husband and Walken had dinner at, made a statement
that all three Hollywood actors drank very heavily (CBS News). Making their way
back to the boat they continued to drink. Later noted by Robert, the story that
he had told to what had happened that night was Natalie was trying to retrieve
the dinghy, slipped and fell hitting her head on the side of the boat and was
weighted down by the heavy, waterlogged coat she always insisted on wearing
(Wilkins). Natalie’s autopsy showed she was 0.14 percent, almost .04 percent
above the intoxication standard set by California vehicular code (1). With
being that intoxicated there was no way she could have been thinking clearly (Crespo).
The last conspiracy theory examines to
relationship between the married couple, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner. The
couple had been married to each other twice and reportedly had a volatile relationship
(Phobic). California resident, Marilyn Wayne, who was boating in the same area
approximately 40 yards, away made a statement she heard a young woman crying
out for help and only heard a speaking very aggressive then the noise stopped,
just minutes after 11:00 PM (ABC news). That morning, waking up to police,
Robert told one of his many stories that Natalie woke up to the sound of the
dinghy hitting the boat causing her not to be able to sleep. To fix the problem,
Natalie got out of bed to go fix it and slipped into the water wearing her
heavy coat, and she drowned. Having said that, this goes back to why would
Natalie go that close to water when her biggest fear was dark waters (Phobic).
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After analyzing the missing person’s case
of Natalie Wood, three conspiracies theories are still left to contemplate
1. Did
Natalie catch her former and current husband in bed together?
2. Was
Natalie overly intoxicated and had an accident?
3. Did
Natalie and her husband have an argument?
In 2016 the thirty
fifth anniversary of the lovely but troubled star is still missing, and it is
still questioned to what she walked into on the yacht.
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