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Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour
Natalie Wood was a Hollywood icon, beloved by millions for her performances in such classics as Miracle on 34th Street, West Side Story and Rebel Without a Cause. Married for the second time to actor Robert Wagner and the mother of young children, Natalie had everything to live for. Her bizarre death on or near the yacht Splendour on a chilly November evening in 1981 has b
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Published
September 1st 2009
by Medallion Press
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Marti Rulli is one of the finest true crime writers I've ever read. For those who say this book doesn't deliver, I question their expectations. "Goodbye Natalie Goodbye Splendour" is filled with information in regards to the Natalie Wood case that I NEVER knew existed! Marti Rulli was thorough enough to perform her own evidence testing and have other experts perform testing for her as well. The comparison of Rulli's evidence next to that of the police department's is polarizing. Rulli ...more
The book GNGS was quite a disappointment to me. I kept reading and reading for some information that I didn’t already know. The book still left me wondering. How did Natalie end up in the water? The banging dinghy theory was squelched, however I didn’t believe that story anyway.
I believe that RJ loved Natalie with all his heart. He was drunk that night and made a horrible mistake. He knew of her fear of water and punished her by either throwing her in or letting her slip without immediate ...more
I believe that RJ loved Natalie with all his heart. He was drunk that night and made a horrible mistake. He knew of her fear of water and punished her by either throwing her in or letting her slip without immediate ...more
I really enjoyed this book. I had a hard time putting it down. Dennis Davern finally tells the whole truth, about what he saw and heard that fateful night aboard the Splendour. The author goes into great detail about how she came to the conclusion that Dennis Davern was telling the truth. The book shows how power, privilege and being famous had a great impact on the Natalie Wood drowning investigation. I still remember when Natalie Wood died. There were many unanswered questions. This book help...more
Well, "Goodbye Natalie Goodbye Splendour" blew me away. I've read the other Natalie Wood books but this one is a stunner. I like that its revelations are backed by the prime character's polygraph test results (former Splendour Captain Dennis Davern). But it is author Marti Rulli who deserves the accolades here. In an effort to support her friend Davern's claims, she performs her own homemade investigation and evidence testing and she not only ends up supporting Davern's account, she ex...more
Let's start with the bad: This book is completely lacking in focus. Picking it up I had absolutely no idea what was ahead of me and nearly 400 pages later I'm still not exactly sure what I just read or what the point was. It's essentially about the author - whose friend was the captain of the ship the night Natalie Wood died - and her attempt to somehow learn the truth about that fateful night. In other words, it's about an author trying to write a book. That might be okay if this were fiction ...more
This book answers so many questions that Natalie Wood's fans have pondered. Now that the case has been officially re-opened we can say that it was successful in exposing the truth. Robert Wagner is shielded by celebrity and some fans who don't know enough about what happened to see just how responsible he was for Natalie's death are unaware of the facts of the case. Wagner is the one who should be doubted, questioned and held responsible.
Read it cover to cover. It seems that dennis milked this for all it's worth. I was waiting for something intelligent to be said. It never happened. It took Dennis all these years to say this. And marti was enabling him all these years
I think he was sorry for his lost lifestyle. Not his friend. He had a moral obligation to his " good friend " to speak out that night and heA didn't all these years. Waste of time reading this book
Bad book
I think he was sorry for his lost lifestyle. Not his friend. He had a moral obligation to his " good friend " to speak out that night and heA didn't all these years. Waste of time reading this book
Bad book
Now that I have read this book, I feel like I finally know what really happened to Natalie Wood. I never was satisfied with the explanation of the events leading up to her death. It seemed like a puzzle that had pieces missing. Marti Rulli tells the story of the events leading up to Natalie's death from the perspective of the captain of the Splendour, the yacht owned the Wagners from which Natalie met her untimely end.
Wow! If you are a Natalie wood fan then this is a definite must read! It starts off kinda slow but I found myself not being able to put it down and wanting to know more and more of what happened. This version does seem to make more sense than the police report and the coroner's report. I really wish they would open the case up again and investigate some more into what really happened.
Way too long for what this book contains. You have to go through the star-struck "witness" to hopefully find a kernel of truth. I'm not sure I found it, but I look at Robert Wagner with great suspicion now.
I really hope it didn't happen this way but the Captain's story does seem to fit with what the other witnesses heard and the condition of Natalie's body. Totally changes my view of Robert Wagner.
Interesting and tragic -- makes you want to wring some necks!
This is a riveting book. I could not put it down.
This book really blows your mind and forces you to rethink your feelings about Robert Wagner!!
Overly long, drawn out story from the captain and his friend (the writer of this book) about the events of the night that Natalie Wood died. After reading the book, I am still not sure about exactly what happened on Splendour that night.
I ended up skimming for info. I find the case for foul play compelling, but then it's never seemed believable as an accident. Facts about the actual night aside, it's a joke to call this a book. There's enough info for a newspaper article at best, but it would be a poorly written one.
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