Episode 43: The Death of a Musical Legend
Episode description
On December 8, 1980, 40-year-old John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, a band that transformed the music scene in the 1960s, was shot and killed on the steps of his Manhattan apartment by obsessed fan Mark David Chapman. Chapman had suffered years with mental illness and after his arrest psychiatrists deemed him borderline psychotic. Chapman was instructed by his lawyers to plead insanity, but instead he pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 20 years to life. Today, Chapman remains behind bars. So, was the murderer of the legendary musical genius John Lennon, a sinister mind or someone who had been suffering years with mental illness which led him to committing murder.
References:
John Lennon death: What happened on the day The Beatles star was shot? | The Independent
John Lennon is Shot (history.com)
John Lennon: I was there the day he died - BBC News
The Tragic Story Of The Murder Of John Lennon (grunge.com)
How Did John Lennon Die? Inside The Rock Legend's Shocking Murder (allthatsinteresting.com)
Disturbing Details Found In John Lennon's Autopsy Report (grunge.com)
The Murder of John Lennon - Crime Museum
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