@@HamTheBacon Being realistic? You're acting like he committed mass genocide. He influenced so many people to advocate for peace and was inspirational to millions. He had a tragic upbringing with an absent father and losing his mother at an early age. He was still an incredibly charismatic and entertaining young lad and well into his adult life. With all the mischief that this lead to he got Cynthia pregnant and didn't know what to do, so quickly had to marry. He was incredibly young, and hadn't had the first clue on parenting and was thrust straight into it. He was absent for Julian's childhood like his dad was for him and yes he did hit Cynthia. While that was incredibly wrong, it was clarified by her that it was only once. A lot of the stuff he did towards the end of The Beatles and after that were mainly out of Heroin addiction and there were incredibly bad tensions at the time. But he fixed himself up and did incredible and influential things for society. Following the birth of Sean he even started to be a better father to Julian and Julian said later on somewhere along the lines of "Just as we were starting to get closer and make a relationship, he got shot and killed". And even if you think that he was a bad person, how could you condone and support the kind of actions his murderer did, you're equally as bad as him and you are filth if you think those actions and morales are justified. John Lennon was loved by millions and had a rough time, but he made a very big effort to change in his last few years, and did a good job at that, and I know if he was still with us today he would have been a way better person and redeemed himself.
Earlier that day a nanny and Sean were entering the Dakota. Chapman spoke with them, and shook the 5 year olds hand.The same hand that pulled the trigger that night.
@@seerstone8982 i would not disagree on your statement regarding this psychopath he got what he wanted and now wants out, that will not be happening he can IMAGINE all he wants !, BUT HE IS A DREAMER AND NOT THE ONLY ONE !
I KNOW WHAT A LOW LIFE UNFIT FOR SOCITEY, A TYPICAL OXYGEN THEIF OF THE WORST KIND ! M I AM SURE AS YOKO HAS PREDICTED IF THAT MONSTER WERE TO EVER GET OUT SOMEONE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE FAMOUS LIKE JACK RUBY !
I’ve met a lot of famous people on my job in the 60’s. Some were stuck up. Others were amazingly kind and humble. The ones who took the time to sign an autograph, to ask my name so that they could make it personal, those were the famous people I will never forget. Lennon certainly took the time and was very kind to that jerk. How sad that such a famous well loved for real person who cared about his fans had his life taken by a crazy.
Cool story bro u should have your own tv show called iv met famous people in my Job in the 60s n some were stuck up n kind. Awesome dude ur so cool 😎 ur a fing legend brother
It’s honestly so sickening to think about. Talking about how kind a person he was, and then taking his life just a few hours later. It’s very disturbing.
@@mosesluckett7568 Total coward. That nonentity murdered John Lennon for one reason only - to steal a tiny fraction of his fame. It was utterly pointless because he could never steal any aspect of John's fame that actually mattered - his talent, his humanity, his wisdom, or the love he inspired in millions of people, most who had never met him. John was and still is greatly loved. People feel nothing but contempt for his killer. He stole something priceless from this world.
@chief wiggums 'REGAIN his fame'??? He never lost his fame, so he didn't have to regain it - He was John Lennon FFS! Your comment is so ludicrous I don't know where to begin. So I won't. Except to say if promoting peace and love, writing and performing some of the best music of the 20th century and being wittier than Oscar Wilde, Anita Loos and Noel Coward combined is the work of Satan - sign me up as a devil worshipper! #JohnLennonForever #LennonLegend
I really hate this man. He had no reason, no purpose other than he wanted to be known for someting and as a result the world looses an incredible man. I hope he's never released
I'm appalled the scumbag is even given the opportunity of parole. Every time it comes up, Yoko Ono has to write another letter to the damn parole board, telling them why she does not want him released. Ironically, chief among her reasons is that HE would not be safe! He should have got a whole life sentence - why should John's loved ones regularly have this worry? And I see no reason on God's earth why he gets to enjoy conjugal visits from his dumb wife, when his victim John Lennon can never spend another minute with his!
... Really? You would call the cops on your lover? I don't think you have ever been in love or know what it does to blind your reason sometimes. Is this lady to blame? A little bit, but hindsight is 20/20
Alex Murphy I’ve been in love and that is not an excuse to just let a dangerous person roam free. That just enables them to continue their spree of destruction. I’ve heard tons of stories of wives and mothers letting their husbands/boyfriends abuse and kill and not do anything because of “love”, it’s BS
@G. GOLDMANN - what a shame that you give born again Christians a bad name. And that, my friend, is offensive to God. You should be witnessing not judging. And you should be showing love above all. Remember it’s the GRACE of God through his Son Jesus that we are saved. It’s a gift NOT BY WORKS lest any man can boast. And as for George Harrison, He came to Jesus Christ during the last couple of months of his life. He WAS born again before he passed. Praise Jesus! And ALL glory to God!! 🙏✝️🙏
The murderer is the very definition of a sociopath. No feeling, no conscience, no guilt, no shame. What a sickening, soulless human being. And that woman stays with him? How twisted can you get.
I see some people here telling tales about people crying about him. I don't believe it, first because he was not famous anymore (beatlemania lasted from 1964-1966), and second, because USA never liked very much artists from other countries. You ask any American, and he wilk mention that Elvis and Mike Jackson were the greatest, but none will mention John Lennon.
resireg you must be living in a different country then me. An entire generation worshiped the Beatles on a scale you can’t imagine. John Lennon’s death affected many people I know personally on a deep level. Speak for yourself.
I was in high school at the time John was shot. Felt like I had been dropkicked in the teeth. Forty-one years later, it still hurts. RIP John Lennon, 1940 to Eternity 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@davewlodarski3413 I was living in New York City and was 2 blocks away that night when John Lennon was killed on Dec 9th 1980. I was going into a Deli on 74th street and Broadway and a police officer comes running out of the store saying that someone had been shot on 72nd street. The next morning i found out it was John Lennon. I will never forget that cold December night. RIP John Lennon
Yes I remember it well. I literally don't remember eating for at least 4 days afterwards. I was 21 at the time and the Beatles particularly John and Paul were like human gods to me. I had to work the next day, we'd. Thurs. and Friday and it was agonizing trying to keep from getting emotional around people. I was a human zombie for days and the of time I remember people grieving by the millions was seeing documentary of JFK and being 18 when Elvis died in 1977. Two of the three legends were murdered, and Elvis by a greedy drug doctor who valued money over life.
It’s amazing how many most famous was born in 1940. My father born that year. And no he’s not famous. But you had many John, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, John Morrison and many others.
It’s so cruel and stupid and it makes me so angry. John did absolutely nothing wrong abd was killed for no reason at all, he did nothing... why do people like his killer exist?
Maybe he was, his assassin said he felt like John subconsciously knew he was gonna kill him, even looking him dead in the eyes and asking him "Is there anything else?" And then later in the night when John returns to the Dakota, he saw the same guy sitting in the archway in the front and looked at him. He had to have thought it was strange or shady that he was still there. Maybe he accepted it. IDK.
He's a cold-blooded killer who took away the father of 2 sons and millions of fans who enjoyed his talents. I remember watching the documentary/movie that he and Yoko did at their home in England and during filming, a strange young man was standing at the edge of their land. John was intrigued by him and invited him in for a meal. It was very touching.
Yeah he was a a VIETNAM VETERAN who had PTSD and was taking a lot of LSD and his mind was a bit gone.And he sadly died in a plane crash in the 80's crazy world isn't it..
And I thought that getting drunk along with burping and tooting on my way out of the bar and at the bus stop was the lowest you could get. And especially being boisterous when you can use your friend for courage to act out in public. Like the time I was waiting for the bus with my friend and standing under the skywalk. I knew it would be a great place due to the acoustics. I look up at the sky walk and belched and it bounced off the metal underside of the sky walk and around the surrounding buildings. I had learned about acoustics in architecture class and my experiment worked better than I thought. I was laughing and so was the people around us. Point is not all people struggling with emotional difficulties have an urge to hurt people.
I was in the marine corps at the time. I was watching Monday night football when I heard the news. WHAT A TRAGEDY. John was a musical genius. R.I.P john...
The fact that he had become a loving husband and father, and was reconnecting with his first son at the time, _and_ he was only at home instead of at dinner because he wanted to be able to say goodnight to his son instead of going to dinner just makes me tear up every time I hear about it.
@@moicecibon4768 Yes and it's also well known that he beat his first wife and Yoko. John was a truly amazing man, but it's not right to ignore the fact that he was a self-admitted wife beater.
All these years later I never thought I'd cry over John's passing again. To hear this news I've not heard before devastates me. Love you, John. Miss you.
Well said. The scumbag got EXACTLY what he wanted, as the American media lined up to interview the pathetic excuse for a man. He shouldn't EVER have been interviewed by anyone other than the police. Instead he really did get the celebrity treatment that he so craved by an uncaring media. Lennon's poor family must have been devastated.
@@davekennedy6315 Yeah blame the public's morbid fascination with killers. We turn killers into celebrities and celebrities into kings. Chapman was a selfish jackass but he wasn't a dummy. He knew the public would eat his story up.
@@jcam.hart8 If you need attention I can spare some time. Yes. Lennon had a very dark side. And he had violent tendencies as a young man, something he grew to be deeply ashamed and remorseful of. It was no dark secret only told after his death. He was very open about it. In hopes that other angry young men might not make the same mistakes he had.
Yes, the wickedness and waste of this particular murder is painfully obvious. A nonentity robbed John Lennon of his life, his loved ones of a beloved husband, father and friend, and the world of his colossal talent.
@I. GOLDMANN Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Your evil, (judge) mental comments here reveal you to be a sinner, so by your own convictions you are headed straight to hell. Though it's obvious from your crazy hatred - you're already there. You are to be devoutly pitied. John Lennon's good work and beloved memory will live on forever, long after you have been forgotten.
I was 23 and managing a Radio Shack store in Walnut Creek CA. I didn’t hear the news until Tuesday morning when I heard the news on one of the display stereos. I was very upset and went across the street to tell my girlfriend (at that time) who worked at the coffee shop what had happened. I was in total disbelief and my mind was numb. Why? Just why? Regardless of who he was as a person, this was and still is a sad day to remember.
The John Lennon case is a good situation. I don't think Todd Rundgren is a soulless fuck but Mark David Chapman being exposed to an interview where Todd Rundgren attempted to trash John Lennon triggered him. Apparently it was a misunderstanding and (mind blowing moment coming which I won't specify, any person would know) didn't know how Todd Rundgren looked and didn't say anything to him. Todd Rundgren ran off with assumptions and took out of context John Lennon's banter with a waitress and related that to him being abusive to women. John Lennon came across that and sent him a letter apologizing.... Then a guy who didn't like the Beatles but was a Todd Rundgren fan (probably cause someone he wanted to imitate who was deep liked him) kills John Lennon because he wanted to see if being famous will make his life complete. It's a lot to be learned because were in a box where all cycles repeat and the same results always happen...or E=MC^2 it's the same thing
john was not the "wife beating" monster the internet has made him out to be. yoko and cynthia (apart from one incident in their teens) have both stated that this beating shit is absolute nonsense,. He had his share of demons and problems but brought immense and permamnent joy to us.
I heard this news on a coach on the way to school. I had only just discovered the Beatles but didn't really know anything about them but from that day on I wanted to know everything . John and the Beatles have got me through good and bad and I thank them all . This guy that killed John means nothing to me because he is nothing!
@Michael H. Agreed, John Lennon and his wife can never spend another second together - why the hell should his killer get that privilege? Besides, if he cared a damn about the woman he married he wouldn't have committed a crime guaranteed to put him in a prison cell for life.
@Jason Bouphasavanh That was my point. John Lennon had a wife he loved very much, and she him. Thanks to this evil scumbag, they can never spend any more intimate moments together. Why should he get that privilege? I do not understand how this is any kind of justice - he murdered John Lennon FFS, he should be in solitary confinement!
@Jason Bouphasavanh It just baffles me, you know? I'm British, and we've always perceived the American justice system to be very, very tough - killers generally get sentences of literally hundreds of years, or are put on death row and possibly executed. Why is the asshole who murdered John Lennon even eligible for parole? I have never heard of any convicted murderer getting the privilege of conjugal visits from a woman! It truly beggars belief. It certainly wouldn't happen here in the UK.
Being someone named after John, and learning to love and respect him and the Beatles, its really sad this happened. John was one of the greatest songwriters that will ever exist, as well as Paul.
Maxine e I think he’s making a joke by saying that most people’s goal on tik tok is to get famous. So, imagine if tik tok stopped working. They’ll resort to murdering like Mark Chapman did to get famous.
I will never forget that moment when Howard announced the news Of John's death. John an David Bowie were the two most shocking deaths in the music industry for me. It's sad when anyone in the music industry dies but these two were hard. I still have a deep hatred for Chapman. It makes me sick that he is still breathing more than 40 years after he snuffed out one of our greatest. I hope he burns in hell.
Can you do vids on the following topics: 1. Chernobyl disaster and AFTERMATH 2. Repurcussion of Cold War around the world 3. Mini wars around the world 4. Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter (Haunted category) Much appreciated ✌🏼
I was in the military during the cold war, and I have a cold war service certificate signed by Donald Rumsfeld, issued after the cold war. Odd thing to receive from the government, but they do issue these types of things.
I was 16 when John was shot. I was at a house party and everyone was talking about it. I was just getting into the Beatles at the time. Early the next morning a bunch of us left the party and took the train into the city. We stayed all day in Central Park in front of the Dakota, what’s now Strawberry Field. There were thousands of people. It was so sad and surreal 💙
@@crawl9828 I hear you. :) Check out the song by the O Jays, sung back in the 70s,, I think that it is called " Smile, in Face's they don't tell the truth Or backstabbers? " It had lots of truth on it. I'm an older man, LOL! Have a good day Crawl.
People like Chapman make me positively ill. He has no soul. It still makes me heartsick to this day at the loss of John Lennon in such a meaningless manner. John was kind to his fans. He did not deserve that.
The most shocking fact is Mark not only killed John, but he tried to kill Paul too! This is horrible. Paul said later in an interview that after John's death, he understood that his life was in danger too. And that is why he was scared to get out of his house until the police announced that Chapman had been safely prisionized and there was no chance for him to escape.
@@simenlekang3374 If people really believe that this dumbass redneck, from Georgia did all this, then I guess, that's that. But, I for one, really don't buy it. He was an unemployed loser, who 'magically' moved into a choice apt in Honolulu(not far from where the cia conducted mind control) made several long distance trips, to Europe, New York etc, bought expensive art...AND, has been getting conjugal visits ever since his incareration, and book deals, interviews. And, he knows he'll remain in relative comfort, for the rest of his days. It's part of 'the deal'. As is his ongoing, constantly evolving bullshit reasons as to why he did it. Designed to confound. But, believe what you believe. I do.
The John Lennon case is a good situation. I don't think Todd Rundgren is a soulless fuck but Mark David Chapman being exposed to an interview where Todd Rundgren attempted to trash John Lennon triggered him. Apparently it was a misunderstanding and (mind blowing moment coming which I won't specify, any person would know) didn't know how Todd Rundgren looked and didn't say anything to him. Todd Rundgren ran off with assumptions and took out of context John Lennon's banter with a waitress and related that to him being abusive to women. John Lennon came across that and sent him a letter apologizing.... Then a guy who didn't like the Beatles but was a Todd Rundgren fan (probably cause someone he wanted to imitate who was deep liked him) kills John Lennon because he wanted to see if being famous will make his life complete. It's a lot to be learned because were in a box where all cycles repeat and the same results always happen...or E=MC^2 it's the same thing
I was 18, and had graduated in May of 1980. Mt. St. Helen's erupted two days prior to graduation,August saw one of my bffs killed in a car accident, she was 15. December....yeah. Came home from cruising the Strip with Denise, blasting Kiss from the 8-Track in her Mach 1 Mustang, and my Mom looked at me and said "sit down, I have something to tell you". I was like, 'what?'. "John Lennon was just shot and killed, honey", my knees buckled. The phone rang. My bestie, Sue Mitchell was on the other end, crying so hard I could barely understand her as she also told me John was dead. She idolized Paul McCartney, and loved the Beatles, John was always my favorite. For a couple of months, every time I heard "Imagine" I would cry. John Lennon's assassination truly rocked my world, and not in a good way. Yoko is a strong woman, and I greatly admire her for most of what she's done, (barring Georgia Guidestones) and Sean with a music career...awesome. Hang in there, and carry on. RIP John we still love and remember you, and dig your music. ✌🏻
Can you do a story on the Jim Croce plane crash? there's so much surrounding his life and death that is a mystery to me. Thank you for the content here. you are the best!
That would be interesting to do, Jim Croce like Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Big Bopper before him, had just wrapped up what would be his last concert only an hour before he was killed in a plane crash. But is was no after midnight, and they weren't flying in a snow storm, and Jim Croce was age 30 at the plane crash, which was an age that none of the singers that was killed in the 1959 plane crash I'm the morning hours of February 3rd, 1959 had flown off into a snowstorm, and had a lot lesser experience pilot flying on instruments alone.
You should make a video about the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. The whole assassination was spontaneous and involved taking a wrong turn down a road and a sandwich.
What's appalling, too, was that I later found out that the album Lennon signed is for auction. C'mon, people. These kinds of "artifacts" should just be in the museums. Better yet, hidden. Not sold.
Good job with the video but I cannot stomach hearing the murderer speak. I was in my senior year in high school and we were beyond heartbroken and I feel exactly the same way today. RIP John. I'm so sorry this punk did this and his wife ... no words for her
As a fellow “SCOUSER” like John , all of our city went into mourning the day he died, due to his senseless killing...One of the greatest musician/songwriters to have ever lived. RIP 💕
Mary lose ...yeah me too...I still get emotional at the thought of John being murdered....✌🏻I went through my teens listening to THE BEATLES.....they gave us scousers pride in our City.....
Gordz I think Paul was being VERY generous considering how he referred to HIM? HE is lucky he's never been released. If he had been he'd learn prison doesn't end when he's past the bars and concrete. He wouldn't be safe anywhere or welcome.
But he TOLD her he went there in October to assassinate Lennon, then went back and did it. No concern about letting anyone know? Either she's the most insecure woman alive, or she gave him leave to carry out his twisted crap. She's still "with" him, so that says something. Even as an insecure person afraid to go out in the world alone (which she does, BTW since she has to), that would be a perfect opportunity to wash her hands of the creep. Instead, she has conjugal visits and awaits the day of his release. True, he's ultimately responsible, but she should have alerted police. She had the ability to save Lennon's life. She may have an untimely death as well, if he ever gets released, which he won't.
@@_Daniel_Plainview Kuules, .....she straight up knew he had an obsession on killing a famous person and a hateboner for Lennon. She knew he had been in all the way in New York for that. She knew he was not just speaking, he took action. Yes, she SHOULD and COULD have alerted someone with "Hey, my husband is insane and needs some serious help." She COULD have gotten him an assesment in psychiatric care. That was a thing back then.
One of my earliest memories my mum was on the edge of the chair glued to the tele. And my dad came back from work saying all that money and fame isn’t worth anything if this can happen. The Beatles were important to working class and lower middle class kids from the north of England they proved that you could do anything if you wanted. Before them our aspirations were very limited.
It was almost 9pm that Monday night while watching Monday Night Football on the West coast ~ hearing Cosell's voice again announcing Lennon's death still painful to hear...
One sad fact not mentioned is that the reason why John came back to his apartment after leaving was that he was going to say goodnight to his son before he went to bed since John and Yoko were going to be back late
Right! My partner still cries every year. A man who just samg about love and peace wiped out. Lennon and Co put our city on the map and Chapman would be wiped off it of he was here
@@lucasoheyze4597 they didnt stand trial in Liverpool. As soon as they were caught they and their families were put into hiding in different parts of the country.
I saw on Netflix where he spoke with an American Vietnam that flew to his home in England. I was surprised how he was willing to talk with him for as long as he did and refused to call police. The access he was willing give to fans was sadly is undoing. Really sad even 40 years later.
John donated bullet proof vests to the new york city police not long before he was killed. Who would have thought he would end up getting shot himself?!? The bullets were hallow point so not sure a bullet proof vest would have saved his life. Still love & miss him. R.i.p John.
I remember my mom waking me up early the next morning (we missed the announcement that evening) and telling me about what occured. I was in 3rd grade, and it was right before Christmas. They played alot of Lennon that holiday season...it was sad but also a celebration of him and his life.
Its strange... and maybe cathartic; in 1972 when I was 15 years old, my grandfather was stabbed to death while driving a cab in Wichita, Kansas. He was my favorite adult at the time and it destroyed me. It changed my life.. Music became even more of a driving force then it already was.. 8 years later and I was 23 and a new father of 7 months and the leader of the band that had made me want to play music when I saw them on Sullivan.. was taken in the most violent way... These 2 events alone.. drive me to play music every day... And not just play music but dont be the same as everyone else..
Sherlock Honks that wasn’t a coincidence that was part of his obsession. Chapman is a liar he was obsessed with Lennon. He only changed his story recently probably because he wants to be paroled. Yoko has denied (and rightfully so) him from being paroled. Chapman was a sick man who talked to little people that lived in his walls they as he said told him to kill John Lennon.
@@monkee5th i seriously think if he was paroled hed either be attacked or killed by a beatles or John Lennon fan and rightfully so hes such a piece of trash
@@monkee5th I've heard several versions of his reasons for killing Lennon, and there are several versions only because he kept spewing them out. The one and only important thing is that a sociopath walked up to an innocent man in front of his home and murdered him in cold blood. He can explain it away all he likes, but the fact is an innocent man from Liverpool, England, living an independent life on his own terms, and had caused this person no harm in any respect, was brutally murdered. I don't care how much of an angel Lennon was or was not. He was a great songwriter, musician, singer who had just released his first album in five years, regardless of whether or not it was going to be a hit, regardless of the talk of a possible Beatle reunion, etc., and was prevented from his deserved chance to live a long. healthy life. If the album was a bomb, oh well, we'll survive. If the Beatles had never gotten back together, oh, well, we'll survive. Nothing about any of this mattered, even rumors of John divorcing Yoko later, or vice versa - nothing matters at all except the life of an innocent man whose music touched millions of people, whose quick razor sharp wit made us all laugh and made us all think, even inspired a lot of us, was ended by somebody else outside his home.
He did it out of jeleousy. Listening to him so matter of fact and no emotion talk about murdering John just irks me…he took a big part of my heart that day and I’ve never gotten it back. I’m sure many feel the same
A co-conspirator would have been fairly easy to imply, but, hard to prove. Not taking action to save a person's life when you have the information that your husband had admitted going so far as to go to the place where John lived, to kill him, then chickened out? Should have let the cops know so he could be arrested for observation and to develop an attempted murder charge on him. She should have been investigated, interrogated hard, and had some criminal charge filed upon her. I think they planned it together. The two of them thought it out, but only Mark did the dirty work.
I was 16 and had pictures of John Lennon and the Beatles all over my bed rom wall. I was devastated when he was murdered. I loved him and still do. Chapman admitted that he killed JL for attention Chapman is the ultimate loser.
I thought it was a Dream myself but, the next morning my alarm clock went off, and I have it set to play music on the radio.. "Day Tripper" was playing. That second I knew, it wasn't a dream! 🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂🚶
John Lennon was the most important person in my life! When he was killed I never recovered! I’m 60 and not a day has gone by since that I don’t think of him several times a day… probably not healthy I’m sure
Let’s not call a man who emotionally abused and beat both his wives and his son a “wonderful person.” It doesn’t make his murder justified, the murderer is still an evil lunatic, but calling John Lennon wonderful is gross.
John's assassin just wanted the fame and notariety. He is truly a narcissist! Claiming no I'll will towards John and to have "found Jesus". At the end of the day, all the famous are truly like everyone else. They're spouses, parents and folks just trying to earn a living. John's assassin should never be released from prison!
and thats why we need to stop feeding psycopaths in prisons for life. just give them the same consideration they gave their victims! he is no assassin he is just a pathetic murderer!
Very good point that is considered occasionally. Famous people have parents and grandparents, have problems like everyone, maybe some don't like onions on their pizza, feel sad or happy often, worry about their kids and parents, enjoy watching sports or not, have toenail fungus or achy knees, worry about national or world events, have favorite music or TV shows that isn't their own, have cats and dogs that piss on their carpet, trouble with relationships, effectively guide people, good or not good with money, occasionally gets a bad case of gas, occasionally doesn't get to the bathroom in time, and some have a lot of love in their hearts. This Mark psychopath didn't consider for a second what his actions would do to his family. I sounds like it did years later, but who gives a crap.
Oh, John could have been killed earlier in the day, but he wasn't, so he was able to go and put finishing touches on Yoko's song. THANK GOD!!!!!! We almost compounded one tragedy with another. All of posterity thanks you for the gift of Yoko's music!
Why on earth give this man a platform? The reason he killed because he wanted to be famous. Best punishment would be not interview, film and air the man.
I was 12, in my parents bedroom watching Monday Night Football alone when I heard the news. The Beatles had been my favorite group for about four years by that point. "Did Howard Cosell really say, John Lennon?" I said to myself. I just couldn't believe it! Sometimes I still can't. I will never forget that night or where I was......RIP John Lennon
Kyu Sakamoto should be considered for inclusion. Look him up if you don't know, he wrote one the most famous international hits from Japan. The crash was famous and tragic, too.
John Lennon is a martyr in the classic sense. Just like other famous or religious people his message of love was his priority despite his personal demons. He will be remembered and loved by millions of people despite the bullets of an assassin! Thank you John Lennon for contributing so much to humanity in such a short time. We love and miss you!
ANYONE who kills a Celebrity or someone in high power, to gain fame and notoriety should NEVER I mean NEVER have their name of face mentioned or shown in or on anything but a mug shot!! RIP John Lennon 💔😇🌫☮☁️✌
One of the strangest things about this was this. somewhere in those days i heard or read the guy who produced lennon's last record, the one they were working on that night, said that Lennon had told him when they were alone, "I don't want Yoko to know this but I have a strong feeling I'm not gonna' be around much longer." Later, the same guy said, "There were some strange things said up in the booth that last couple of days" meaning things Lennon had said to him. I've never heard anything more about this. I always wished the guy would elaborate but i never heard him say anything else about it. Possibly since most people don't believe in premonitions and such things, he didn't want to get into it. i don't know. was his name jack douglas? something close to that, I think.
This scumbag should never be given any preferential treatment like sex in jail with his wife, only his inmate friends so he feels pain. Nor should he ever be paroled .
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Something about him killing John and not even having a personal vendetta against him just makes it worse
And something about the killer knowing the witness makes it pretty weird as well.
I would call him an angel, John Lennon was an abusive piece of garbage, that assassin saved lennon’s son’s life.
@@HamTheBacon are you out of your mind?!
Riad Bagirli no im being realistic, you can worship him all you want as a beatle, but as a human, the man was filth.
@@HamTheBacon Being realistic? You're acting like he committed mass genocide. He influenced so many people to advocate for peace and was inspirational to millions. He had a tragic upbringing with an absent father and losing his mother at an early age. He was still an incredibly charismatic and entertaining young lad and well into his adult life. With all the mischief that this lead to he got Cynthia pregnant and didn't know what to do, so quickly had to marry. He was incredibly young, and hadn't had the first clue on parenting and was thrust straight into it. He was absent for Julian's childhood like his dad was for him and yes he did hit Cynthia. While that was incredibly wrong, it was clarified by her that it was only once. A lot of the stuff he did towards the end of The Beatles and after that were mainly out of Heroin addiction and there were incredibly bad tensions at the time. But he fixed himself up and did incredible and influential things for society. Following the birth of Sean he even started to be a better father to Julian and Julian said later on somewhere along the lines of "Just as we were starting to get closer and make a relationship, he got shot and killed". And even if you think that he was a bad person, how could you condone and support the kind of actions his murderer did, you're equally as bad as him and you are filth if you think those actions and morales are justified. John Lennon was loved by millions and had a rough time, but he made a very big effort to change in his last few years, and did a good job at that, and I know if he was still with us today he would have been a way better person and redeemed himself.
To hear him say how kind Lennon was to him and knowing that didn't change his mind about killing him is so sad.
I AM LOST FOR WORDS , SUCH DARKNESS IN :HUMANITY"?
Earlier that day a nanny and Sean were entering the Dakota. Chapman spoke with them, and shook the 5 year olds hand.The same hand that pulled the trigger that night.
@@seerstone8982 i would not disagree on your statement regarding this psychopath he got what he wanted and now wants out, that will not be happening he can IMAGINE all he wants !, BUT HE IS A DREAMER AND NOT THE ONLY ONE !
I KNOW WHAT A LOW LIFE UNFIT FOR SOCITEY, A TYPICAL OXYGEN THEIF OF THE WORST KIND ! M I AM SURE AS YOKO HAS PREDICTED IF THAT MONSTER WERE TO EVER GET OUT SOMEONE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE FAMOUS LIKE JACK RUBY !
He sold his soul to Satan.. that's.what happpens
I’ve met a lot of famous people on my job in the 60’s. Some were stuck up. Others were amazingly kind and humble. The ones who took the time to sign an autograph, to ask my name so that they could make it personal, those were the famous people I will never forget. Lennon certainly took the time and was very kind to that jerk. How sad that such a famous well loved for real person who cared about his fans had his life taken by a crazy.
Proves it doesn't pay to be nice. Mostly jerks live long.
@@AJ-tp9bk Ikr?
Normal jerks: uncool
Famous jerks: understandable
Cool story bro u should have your own tv show called iv met famous people in my Job in the 60s n some were stuck up n kind. Awesome dude ur so cool 😎 ur a fing legend brother
@@AJ-tp9bk why would you want to live long as a jerk
@@BK-hp6fv I'm not a jerk and I also don't want to live long.
John Lennon was kind to Chapman, and Chapman later murdered him. That is just so ... sad.
Chapman was a coward went he shot him in the back.
It’s honestly so sickening to think about. Talking about how kind a person he was, and then taking his life just a few hours later. It’s very disturbing.
@@mosesluckett7568 Total coward. That nonentity murdered John Lennon for one reason only - to steal a tiny fraction of his fame. It was utterly pointless because he could never steal any aspect of John's fame that actually mattered - his talent, his humanity, his wisdom, or the love he inspired in millions of people, most who had never met him. John was and still is greatly loved. People feel nothing but contempt for his killer. He stole something priceless from this world.
@chief wiggums 'REGAIN his fame'??? He never lost his fame, so he didn't have to regain it - He was John Lennon FFS!
Your comment is so ludicrous I don't know where to begin. So I won't. Except to say if promoting peace and love, writing and performing some of the best music of the 20th century and being wittier than Oscar Wilde, Anita Loos and Noel Coward combined is the work of Satan - sign me up as a devil worshipper!
#JohnLennonForever #LennonLegend
@@Tara-id3rk it's very sickening, it's one of the most disgusting things anyone has ever done, and disturbing
I really hate this man. He had no reason, no purpose other than he wanted to be known for someting and as a result the world looses an incredible man. I hope he's never released
He was up for parole this past August. I read that he was denied parole for the 11th time. I hope he does stay in there until he dies.
Melissa Cooper thanks for telling me this. I hope so too.
LOSES. Your welcome, TRUMAN CAPOTE (from the grave)!!
I'm appalled the scumbag is even given the opportunity of parole. Every time it comes up, Yoko Ono has to write another letter to the damn parole board, telling them why she does not want him released. Ironically, chief among her reasons is that HE would not be safe! He should have got a whole life sentence - why should John's loved ones regularly have this worry? And I see no reason on God's earth why he gets to enjoy conjugal visits from his dumb wife, when his victim John Lennon can never spend another minute with his!
I AM CRYING RIGHT NOW AS YOU ARE A TRUE HUMAN BEING WITH YOUR COMMENT
He did it because he never did anything useful his whole life,let him rot in prison the rest of his life
He ain't no real Christian, just an egotistical useless failure. What the hell his wife sees in him... i don't care
Chapman is beneath contempt. May he never be free
@@Kelly14UK what's religion got to do with it? One human being killed another human being, that's all that's matters. Religion has a lot to answer for
@@Tully_23_32 Makes me sick he gets the right to have sex with her. Lennon was killed at only 40. Chapman's a talentless waste of space.
@@Kelly14UK She loves fame as well.....MSM, tv, etc. promotes the wiked desire to fame.
If my significant other talked of murdering someone I would call the police. That woman should be held partly accountable
... Really? You would call the cops on your lover? I don't think you have ever been in love or know what it does to blind your reason sometimes. Is this lady to blame? A little bit, but hindsight is 20/20
Ted Bundy.
Alex Murphy I’ve been in love and that is not an excuse to just let a dangerous person roam free. That just enables them to continue their spree of destruction. I’ve heard tons of stories of wives and mothers letting their husbands/boyfriends abuse and kill and not do anything because of “love”, it’s BS
She still gets to have sex with her husband behind bars sickening indeed
Exactly!!!
“Now we’re left cold and sad, by someone, the devils best friend, someone who offended all”....
George Harrison. How true George!!!
all those years go made me cry the first time i heard it🥺💔
@I. GOLDMANN Nobody cares about your bait Kyle, stfu and go back to your zoom call
George had it right!!! George also said in an interview that he knows one day he'll see John again.
@Gabri'e'l GOLDMANN Doesn't the bible say Judge not least ye be judged? You must of missed that part.
@G. GOLDMANN - what a shame that you give born again Christians a bad name. And that, my friend, is offensive to God. You should be witnessing not judging. And you should be showing love above all. Remember it’s the GRACE of God through his Son Jesus that we are saved. It’s a gift NOT BY WORKS lest any man can boast.
And as for George Harrison, He came to Jesus Christ during the last couple of months of his life. He WAS born again before he passed. Praise Jesus! And ALL glory to God!! 🙏✝️🙏
The murderer is the very definition of a sociopath. No feeling, no conscience, no guilt, no shame. What a sickening, soulless human being. And that woman stays with him? How twisted can you get.
keep him in jail he very sick not soulless wife should have reported to police and lennon first attempt maybe caused him to cancel 2sd attempt
You need to look into this further ' there was way more to it ' ever read the book The Lives of John Lennon? Fab.
It was a government operation. Look at the door man.
Yoko had a lot of abortions. No difference.
@@paulfrost8895 Yep
It’s crazy to think that this December will mark 40 years since johns been gone... the same amount of time he lived in total. Such a waste.
What's so sad is that we'll never know what John Lennon would have accomplished in his career from 1981-today and no Beatles reunion.
@@jasonpalacios1363
The world was truly robbed on that day jason...❤
I see some people here telling tales about people crying about him. I don't believe it, first because he was not famous anymore (beatlemania lasted from 1964-1966), and second, because USA never liked very much artists from other countries. You ask any American, and he wilk mention that Elvis and Mike Jackson were the greatest, but none will mention John Lennon.
resireg you must be living in a different country then me. An entire generation worshiped the Beatles on a scale you can’t imagine. John Lennon’s death affected many people I know personally on a deep level. Speak for yourself.
@@resireg You obviously don't live in the US.
We've buried "his" name for so long. Why bring it out now? Who cares why he did it, just know that he is unworthy of the press of what he did.
Too bad it wasn't Yoko onsteay,She is so evil,
I mean why do you watch this video if u dont care about it?
@si james Did he spike his smack?
sorry, but his name was never "buried"
Denise Gonzalez oh to be so ignorant and heartless
I was in high school at the time John was shot. Felt like I had been dropkicked in the teeth. Forty-one years later, it still hurts. RIP John Lennon, 1940 to Eternity 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I was a senior in high school at the time. I was extremely upset when I heard John Lennon was murdered.
@@davewlodarski3413 I was living in New York City and was 2 blocks away that night when John Lennon was killed on Dec 9th 1980. I was going into a Deli on 74th street and Broadway and a police officer comes running out of the store saying that someone had been shot on 72nd street. The next morning i found out it was John Lennon. I will never forget that cold December night. RIP John Lennon
Yes I remember it well. I literally don't remember eating for at least 4 days afterwards. I was 21 at the time and the Beatles particularly John and Paul were like human gods to me. I had to work the next day, we'd. Thurs. and Friday and it was agonizing trying to keep from getting emotional around people. I was a human zombie for days and the of time I remember people grieving by the millions was seeing documentary of JFK and being 18 when Elvis died in 1977. Two of the three legends were murdered, and Elvis by a greedy drug doctor who valued money over life.
It’s amazing how many most famous was born in 1940. My father born that year. And no he’s not famous. But you had many John, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, John Morrison and many others.
But he is not resting in peace but rather in torment.
He just killed john for nothing
Yet everyone knows his name
Cool Breeze - and I’ll immediately forget his name
@@beach3girl459 No one knows this clowns name lol they know the book he had in his hands but not his name.
Study my ultra
It’s so cruel and stupid and it makes me so angry. John did absolutely nothing wrong abd was killed for no reason at all, he did nothing... why do people like his killer exist?
Everything will be OK in the end.
If it's not OK, it's not the end.
-John Lennon
This is one of the best quotes I've ever read.
Fernando Sebino and before that a general proverb.
Oof…. The fact he wasn’t ok when his life ended makes this quote so sad
@@lowkeysoundsystem6174 his death is what I mean, he didn’t die in a peaceful way
Maybe he was, his assassin said he felt like John subconsciously knew he was gonna kill him, even looking him dead in the eyes and asking him "Is there anything else?" And then later in the night when John returns to the Dakota, he saw the same guy sitting in the archway in the front and looked at him. He had to have thought it was strange or shady that he was still there. Maybe he accepted it. IDK.
He's a cold-blooded killer who took away the father of 2 sons and millions of fans who enjoyed his talents. I remember watching the documentary/movie that he and Yoko did at their home in England and during filming, a strange young man was standing at the edge of their land. John was intrigued by him and invited him in for a meal. It was very touching.
Yeah I saw that too that kid was a veteran of the war in Vietnam
I know its so sad who will beat his wife and children now 😓
Yeah he was a a VIETNAM VETERAN who had PTSD and was taking a lot of LSD and his mind was a bit gone.And he sadly died in a plane crash in the 80's crazy world isn't it..
@@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 I didn't know that. Thank you.
Imagine being so empty of self-worth and human decency, that taking someone else’s life, somehow “validates” your own. He will never get out of jail.
I don't think he cares. He got what he wanted. Pure evil.
He's right where he needs to be, prison, to live with what he has done.
I saw a Chapman interview. He said that when a Lennon song is played in the prison, he can't bear to listen. I'm surprised he has lived this long.
And I thought that getting drunk along with burping and tooting on my way out of the bar and at the bus stop was the lowest you could get. And especially being boisterous when you can use your friend for courage to act out in public. Like the time I was waiting for the bus with my friend and standing under the skywalk. I knew it would be a great place due to the acoustics. I look up at the sky walk and belched and it bounced off the metal underside of the sky walk and around the surrounding buildings. I had learned about acoustics in architecture class and my experiment worked better than I thought. I was laughing and so was the people around us. Point is not all people struggling with emotional difficulties have an urge to hurt people.
Brainwashed.
I was in the marine corps at the time. I was watching Monday night football when I heard the news.
WHAT A TRAGEDY. John was a musical genius. R.I.P john...
Chapman deprived us, younger generations, of meeting and experiencing a living legend.
Yes 🙏🏽💔
yeah i was 30 in 1980 old goat i saw live ed sullivan on tv it was huge event
Thank God for Chapman
Chapman was a stooge ' the government were behind his murder ' they pulled the strings.
@@coolguysupercool4292 IDI AMIN? PINOCHET? ANY OTHER "HEROS" FOR YOU
The fact that he had become a loving husband and father, and was reconnecting with his first son at the time, _and_ he was only at home instead of at dinner because he wanted to be able to say goodnight to his son instead of going to dinner just makes me tear up every time I hear about it.
I. Still cry when i hear imagine.
At least he got time to make up for some of his past mistakes, so there is that.
He also abandoned his first child
@@moicecibon4768 Yes and it's also well known that he beat his first wife and Yoko.
John was a truly amazing man, but it's not right to ignore the fact that he was a self-admitted wife beater.
@@kyliepechler He who is without sin ....
The man is just evil and prison best place for a person like that
Or Hell.
Try a Russian goglag
Ken More he’s pretty much heading their
He’s no more evil than any other murderer. At Lennon won’t be making shitty music anymore.
12floz don’t disrespect the dead
All these years later I never thought I'd cry over John's passing again. To hear this news I've not heard before devastates me.
Love you, John. Miss you.
Stupidity has many names - this name, like the existence, should never be remembered.
Well said. The scumbag got EXACTLY what he wanted, as the American media lined up to interview the pathetic excuse for a man. He shouldn't EVER have been interviewed by anyone other than the police. Instead he really did get the celebrity treatment that he so craved by an uncaring media. Lennon's poor family must have been devastated.
John Lennon was murdered by an unnamed assailant in 1980.
As far as I am concerned.
John Lennon abused and cheated on his wife with Yoko Ono. He then abandoned his son. Lennon was a scumbag.
@@davekennedy6315 Yeah blame the public's morbid fascination with killers. We turn killers into celebrities and celebrities into kings. Chapman was a selfish jackass but he wasn't a dummy. He knew the public would eat his story up.
@@jcam.hart8
If you need attention I can spare some time.
Yes. Lennon had a very dark side. And he had violent tendencies as a young man, something he grew to be deeply ashamed and remorseful of.
It was no dark secret only told after his death.
He was very open about it.
In hopes that other angry young men might not make the same mistakes he had.
So sad. Imagine if he was still alive. The music that would’ve been made. Rip John Lennon 1940-1980.
Absolutely 😔 Well said. Rip John, we miss you
Yes, the wickedness and waste of this particular murder is painfully obvious. A nonentity robbed John Lennon of his life, his loved ones of a beloved husband, father and friend, and the world of his colossal talent.
@I. GOLDMANN Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Your evil, (judge) mental comments here reveal you to be a sinner, so by your own convictions you are headed straight to hell.
Though it's obvious from your crazy hatred - you're already there. You are to be devoutly pitied.
John Lennon's good work and beloved memory will live on forever, long after you have been forgotten.
I. GOLDMANN
I’m pretty sure your aren’t goldmann cause you think your made out a gold, well think again over and over
maybe this can ease the pain, its as close it can gets what couldve had been ruclips.net/video/ldprtBLrLSw/видео.html
I always put a guitar ornament onto my Christmas tree for John in remembrance of that horrible day, and the joy the Beatles brought to my entire life.
I love that ❤
I was 23 and managing a Radio Shack store in Walnut Creek CA. I didn’t hear the news until Tuesday morning when I heard the news on one of the display stereos. I was very upset and went across the street to tell my girlfriend (at that time) who worked at the coffee shop what had happened. I was in total disbelief and my mind was numb. Why? Just why? Regardless of who he was as a person, this was and still is a sad day to remember.
Really miss radio shack, liked getting free battery from battery card, got batteries from different locations sometimes.
The John Lennon case is a good situation. I don't think Todd Rundgren is a soulless fuck but Mark David Chapman being exposed to an interview where Todd Rundgren attempted to trash John Lennon triggered him. Apparently it was a misunderstanding and (mind blowing moment coming which I won't specify, any person would know) didn't know how Todd Rundgren looked and didn't say anything to him. Todd Rundgren ran off with assumptions and took out of context John Lennon's banter with a waitress and related that to him being abusive to women. John Lennon came across that and sent him a letter apologizing....
Then a guy who didn't like the Beatles but was a Todd Rundgren fan (probably cause someone he wanted to imitate who was deep liked him) kills John Lennon because he wanted to see if being famous will make his life complete.
It's a lot to be learned because were in a box where all cycles repeat and the same results always happen...or E=MC^2 it's the same thing
@Mi Amor Lennon is/was a musical & cultural icon and his death was senseless?
john was not the "wife beating" monster the internet has made him out to be. yoko and cynthia (apart from one incident in their teens) have both stated that this beating shit is absolute nonsense,. He had his share of demons and problems but brought immense and permamnent joy to us.
I was on my way home from a freshman year high school meeting when this news broke. I remember standing in the hallway crying. Still miss you John.
I was taking a dump when I heard the news, I'll never forget how sad I was when I discovered that there was no more toilet paper
@@TheCleaner76 YA KNOW that kind of humor was just what ole JOHN kinds of dug
I heard this news on a coach on the way to school. I had only just discovered the Beatles but didn't really know anything about them but from that day on I wanted to know everything . John and the Beatles have got me through good and bad and I thank them all . This guy that killed John means nothing to me because he is nothing!
...he gets 44 hours with his wife? It should be his cell mate instead.
What cell mate would want that piece of trash?!
@Michael H. Agreed, John Lennon and his wife can never spend another second together - why the hell should his killer get that privilege? Besides, if he cared a damn about the woman he married he wouldn't have committed a crime guaranteed to put him in a prison cell for life.
@Jason Bouphasavanh That was my point. John Lennon had a wife he loved very much, and she him. Thanks to this evil scumbag, they can never spend any more intimate moments together. Why should he get that privilege? I do not understand how this is any kind of justice - he murdered John Lennon FFS, he should be in solitary confinement!
@Jason Bouphasavanh It just baffles me, you know? I'm British, and we've always perceived the American justice system to be very, very tough - killers generally get sentences of literally hundreds of years, or are put on death row and possibly executed. Why is the asshole who murdered John Lennon even eligible for parole?
I have never heard of any convicted murderer getting the privilege of conjugal visits from a woman! It truly beggars belief. It certainly wouldn't happen here in the UK.
damn. if his cell mate got 44 hrs with his wife. lol
"refuses to divorce him"...that´s because she is as sick as him. Let´s see other video.
She knew what was going on she wants to be linked to Lennon too
Being someone named after John, and learning to love and respect him and the Beatles, its really sad this happened. John was one of the greatest songwriters that will ever exist, as well as Paul.
I was named after PAUL Too bad he died in 66
I surprised myself by turning away from the story. Just too sad. Forty years later , it is still too senseless and sad. RIP John.
😢
So he only did it to be know as a “somebody”..
We’re not actually sure, he changes his story all the time
Edward Lee Miller huh?
Maxine e I think he’s making a joke by saying that most people’s goal on tik tok is to get famous. So, imagine if tik tok stopped working. They’ll resort to murdering like Mark Chapman did to get famous.
Luca ahh .thanks 👍🏽
Yes, and to be known as a somebody, he figured he needed a body.
I will never forget that moment when Howard announced the news Of John's death. John an David Bowie were the two most shocking deaths in the music industry for me. It's sad when anyone in the music industry dies but these two were hard. I still have a deep hatred for Chapman. It makes me sick that he is still breathing more than 40 years after he snuffed out one of our greatest. I hope he burns in hell.
Can you do vids on the following topics:
1. Chernobyl disaster and AFTERMATH
2. Repurcussion of Cold War around the world
3. Mini wars around the world
4. Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter (Haunted category)
Much appreciated ✌🏼
2 would be really interesting
The Warrens were and are conartists. They took advantage of people and squeezed money out of people who couldn't afford it.
@@TheAnthery ANY PROOFS?
He asked for suggestions on, " Other MUSIC stories you would like to hear about!"
I was in the military during the cold war, and I have a cold war service certificate signed by Donald Rumsfeld, issued after the cold war. Odd thing to receive from the government, but they do issue these types of things.
Is it just me or he seems to not have any regret in what he did?.
He's Psycho... No can do.
@Myrt Myrtle He never will! They know once they do he'll be bumped off imminently
and they've known that from day 1 of his arrest.
that's what he wants "fame"
He seems proud that he killed john. God will punish him
MK ULTRA... subject...
I was 16 when John was shot. I was at a house party and everyone was talking about it. I was just getting into the Beatles at the time. Early the next morning a bunch of us left the party and took the train into the city. We stayed all day in Central Park in front of the Dakota, what’s now Strawberry Field. There were thousands of people. It was so sad and surreal 💙
How could you ask someone for their autograph, then turn around and shot them dead in cold blood 🤷🏾♂️
Sad to say many people smile to our faces, and then backstab us. It is human nature. :(
@@jerrysullivan8424 story of my life man! humans suck thats why they like the idea of vampires so much.
@@crawl9828 I hear you. :) Check out the song by the O Jays, sung back in the 70s,, I think that it is called " Smile, in Face's they don't tell the truth Or backstabbers? " It had lots of truth on it. I'm an older man, LOL! Have a good day Crawl.
You walk up and ask for the autograph and as they're busy signing it, you shoot them in the head.
Pretty simple, Dingus.
People like Chapman make me positively ill. He has no soul. It still makes me heartsick to this day at the loss of John Lennon in such a meaningless manner. John was kind to his fans. He did not deserve that.
The most shocking fact is Mark not only killed John, but he tried to kill Paul too! This is horrible. Paul said later in an interview that after John's death, he understood that his life was in danger too. And that is why he was scared to get out of his house until the police announced that Chapman had been safely prisionized and there was no chance for him to escape.
He has no regret! He got exactly what he wanted, to be famous!
Fry the guy
your right I'm sooo sorry .......NOW!!......
deep fry in boiling oil, and laugh upon his dying body, (similar to lennons incident)
Lennon was against the death penalty. In fact Lennon probably would've forgave him.
Hes not famous, everyone hates him that no one remember even his nam👎👎
Damn! I had chills when I found out Paul McCartney was one of his targets!
That's bullshit. All of those other names, was bullshit. It was always going to be Lennon, he was their target. All along.
@@waynej2608 who's they??
same dude! scary shit happens like this all the time though! really wish it would stop! RIP Lennon we miss you like crazy!
@@simenlekang3374 If people really believe that this dumbass redneck, from Georgia did all this, then I guess, that's that. But, I for one, really don't buy it. He was an unemployed loser, who 'magically' moved into a choice apt in Honolulu(not far from where the cia conducted mind control) made several long distance trips, to Europe, New York etc, bought expensive art...AND, has been getting conjugal visits ever since his incareration, and book deals, interviews. And, he knows he'll remain in relative comfort, for the rest of his days. It's part of 'the deal'. As is his ongoing, constantly evolving bullshit reasons as to why he did it. Designed to confound. But, believe what you believe. I do.
You will get over it a typical McCartney fan .
John lennon was a damn good singer and I'll never forget him
A good singer? Compared to who...Tiny Tim?
Famous? I'd forgotten his name until you mentioned it. The way it should be.
The John Lennon case is a good situation. I don't think Todd Rundgren is a soulless fuck but Mark David Chapman being exposed to an interview where Todd Rundgren attempted to trash John Lennon triggered him. Apparently it was a misunderstanding and (mind blowing moment coming which I won't specify, any person would know) didn't know how Todd Rundgren looked and didn't say anything to him. Todd Rundgren ran off with assumptions and took out of context John Lennon's banter with a waitress and related that to him being abusive to women. John Lennon came across that and sent him a letter apologizing....
Then a guy who didn't like the Beatles but was a Todd Rundgren fan (probably cause someone he wanted to imitate who was deep liked him) kills John Lennon because he wanted to see if being famous will make his life complete.
It's a lot to be learned because were in a box where all cycles repeat and the same results always happen...or E=MC^2 it's the same thing
He sought fame but found infamy. Fame is earned.
This was the sad tragedy that made me a Beatles fan as their music was played everywhere after this and as a 8 year old I fell in love with the music
YEAH WMMR PHILLY had it for THREE STRAIGHT DAYS Never will forget it Also remember hearing "FREEBIRD" every half hour days after the crash
My Grandma told me that when her friend herd the news that Lennon was dead she cried like she knew him in person.
Finding out the death of Lennon whilst watching Little House on the Prairie. What a contrast in emotions!
Yes, that’s what I remember as well. Being annoyed with the breaking news story, then immediately heartbroken.
I was 18, and had graduated in May of 1980. Mt. St. Helen's erupted two days prior to graduation,August saw one of my bffs killed in a car accident, she was 15. December....yeah. Came home from cruising the Strip with Denise, blasting Kiss from the 8-Track in her Mach 1 Mustang, and my Mom looked at me and said "sit down, I have something to tell you". I was like, 'what?'. "John Lennon was just shot and killed, honey", my knees buckled. The phone rang. My bestie, Sue Mitchell was on the other end, crying so hard I could barely understand her as she also told me John was dead. She idolized Paul McCartney, and loved the Beatles, John was always my favorite. For a couple of months, every time I heard "Imagine" I would cry. John Lennon's assassination truly rocked my world, and not in a good way. Yoko is a strong woman, and I greatly admire her for most of what she's done, (barring Georgia Guidestones) and Sean with a music career...awesome. Hang in there, and carry on. RIP John we still love and remember you, and dig your music. ✌🏻
@Sharon Cinna smh
She stays with the worm chipmunk killer cause she’s another sicko seeking pathetically fame.
I was out on my family's ranch, painting a fence. Heard the news on my transistor radio.
John Lennon lives on in the hearts of all those who love him❤
I’m watching the new Beatles docu on Disney now. I was 7 when this happened. So sad his creative genius was extinguished
Can you do a story on the Jim Croce plane crash? there's so much surrounding his life and death that is a mystery to me. Thank you for the content here. you are the best!
There is a really good documentary about his life: ruclips.net/video/n__wnKLehH4/видео.html
That would be interesting to do, Jim Croce like Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Big Bopper before him, had just wrapped up what would be his last concert only an hour before he was killed in a plane crash. But is was no after midnight, and they weren't flying in a snow storm, and Jim Croce was age 30 at the plane crash, which was an age that none of the singers that was killed in the 1959 plane crash I'm the morning hours of February 3rd, 1959 had flown off into a snowstorm, and had a lot lesser experience pilot flying on instruments alone.
Croce's death was highly suspicious
I got to hang out with his brother Bob one night in a bar on the beach in New Jersey. Nice guy. We didn’t discuss Jim.
I agree. And the crash that killed Otis Redding. Still listed as undetermined I believe.
You should make a video about the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. The whole assassination was spontaneous and involved taking a wrong turn down a road and a sandwich.
World Eater well who's to say they won't do that next
Isn’t the guy who did it ur pfp?
nice profile pic
Probably never in history has a wrong turn been so consequential. It ended up in two world wars and the deaths of millions.
JP Yup that’s good ol Gavrillo
What's appalling, too, was that I later found out that the album Lennon signed is for auction. C'mon, people. These kinds of "artifacts" should just be in the museums. Better yet, hidden. Not sold.
Good job with the video but I cannot stomach hearing the murderer speak. I was in my senior year in high school and we were beyond heartbroken and I feel exactly the same way today. RIP John. I'm so sorry this punk did this and his wife ... no words for her
Shes worse.
He was a wasted case ' but I still don't believe he was totally behind the murder ' he was a government stooge of right wing extremists.
As a fellow “SCOUSER” like John , all of our city went into mourning the day he died, due to his senseless killing...One of the greatest musician/songwriters to have ever lived. RIP 💕
Mary lose ...yeah me too...I still get emotional at the thought of John being murdered....✌🏻I went through my teens listening to THE BEATLES.....they gave us scousers pride in our City.....
@@frankhornby6873 so sad 😞
My grandmother was a scouser-I feel John's loss too.
A+ video!
Fascinating topic and video!
Paul McCartney called him ''the jerk of all jerks.'' I call him something a lot worse than that!
Such as? The F word!? Or even mabe..THE B WORD!???
You’re talking about Lenon, right?
@@spydirty2530 no, chapman
Calling Chapman the jerk of all jerks is a huge understatement.
Gordz I think Paul was being VERY generous considering how he referred to HIM?
HE is lucky he's never been released. If he had been he'd learn prison doesn't end when he's past the bars and concrete.
He wouldn't be safe anywhere or welcome.
His wife didn't "let" him go back to New York...he was an adult and made his own choices. She is not responsible for his actions in any way.
Bull💩!!! She could have saved Lennon's life. She should be rotting in a prison as well with NO VISITS.
She ruined him
@@ghostcityshelton9378 "If, could, should" whatever, easy to say after something like that because we know what happened.
But he TOLD her he went there in October to assassinate Lennon, then went back and did it. No concern about letting anyone know? Either she's the most insecure woman alive, or she gave him leave to carry out his twisted crap. She's still "with" him, so that says something. Even as an insecure person afraid to go out in the world alone (which she does, BTW since she has to), that would be a perfect opportunity to wash her hands of the creep. Instead, she has conjugal visits and awaits the day of his release.
True, he's ultimately responsible, but she should have alerted police. She had the ability to save Lennon's life.
She may have an untimely death as well, if he ever gets released, which he won't.
@@_Daniel_Plainview Kuules, .....she straight up knew he had an obsession on killing a famous person and a hateboner for Lennon. She knew he had been in all the way in New York for that. She knew he was not just speaking, he took action. Yes, she SHOULD and COULD have alerted someone with "Hey, my husband is insane and needs some serious help." She COULD have gotten him an assesment in psychiatric care. That was a thing back then.
Many of the photos of Chapman here are actually of Jared Leto, who played him in the film, "Chapter 27".
I also noticed this
@Vickie Lawson your thumbnail is AWESOME! I grew up watching "Small Wonder."
Leto looked uncannily similar to the real chapman
One of my earliest memories my mum was on the edge of the chair glued to the tele. And my dad came back from work saying all that money and fame isn’t worth anything if this can happen. The Beatles were important to working class and lower middle class kids from the north of England they proved that you could do anything if you wanted. Before them our aspirations were very limited.
"If you talk about destruction, you can count me out...,
- John Lennon
@MOOSELIGHTNING !! ?
Count me out...in.
Helter Skelter
@MOOSELIGHTNING !! But, the original single release of Revolution, only has 'out'. Also, on the Hey Jude album, a u.s.a release.
@MOOSELIGHTNING !! Me too. 😎✌
JOHN LENNON FOREVER goodbye John we miss you so much.😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪
It was almost 9pm that Monday night while watching Monday Night Football on the West coast ~ hearing Cosell's voice again announcing Lennon's death still painful to hear...
I was watching in my dorm room in Boston. After the announcement doors opened and people came out into the hallway. No one could believe it.
Same in Albuquerque. 😒
One sad fact not mentioned is that the reason why John came back to his apartment after leaving was that he was going to say goodnight to his son before he went to bed since John and Yoko were going to be back late
Chapman had also gone up to Sean Lennon the day before and touched his hand while he was out with his nanny
@@ferdiahunt9899 I heard that, too, and found it creepy and disgusting.
@Jovan Popovic Not conspiracy. Not theory. Just bullshit.
I was 15 when John was killed .. it still hurts to this day 😢💔
and i wasnt even born by the time he died but still feel connected to him and his songs :(
The craziest thing is that he is still alive and gets constant visitors. What a world.
@Jovan Popovic
YOKO was right there. Did she know? Is that why she wasn’t hit?
I just wish they could have sent him to Liverpool to stand trial , doubt he would have made it to the court rooms!!
Right! My partner still cries every year. A man who just samg about love and peace wiped out. Lennon and Co put our city on the map and Chapman would be wiped off it of he was here
Wouldn't have stood a chance if he came here to LIVERPOOL the B"tard!! 😡
So you would kill this guy if he came to Liverpool, but you did nothing about the James Bulger killers?
@@lucasoheyze4597 they didnt stand trial in Liverpool. As soon as they were caught they and their families were put into hiding in different parts of the country.
I saw on Netflix where he spoke with an American Vietnam that flew to his home in England. I was surprised how he was willing to talk with him for as long as he did and refused to call police. The access he was willing give to fans was sadly is undoing. Really sad even 40 years later.
That's one of the reasons why celebrities need personal body guards at all times. I heard Michael Jackson had three body guards watching him 24/7.
John donated bullet proof vests to the new york city police not long before he was killed. Who would have thought he would end up getting shot himself?!? The bullets were hallow point so not sure a bullet proof vest would have saved his life. Still love & miss him. R.i.p John.
No doubt McCartney and Ringo have good security teams around them.
One of the craziest cases ever. So sad.
This is so sad John was a wonderful song writer and singer.Rest In Peace🙏❤
Chapman should have gotten the electric chair! Its gonna be 40 years since John was killed! I will always remember it. RIP John and George.
slip satch ...and I'd throw the petrol over "IT"....and light the match!....
I remember my mom waking me up early the next morning (we missed the announcement that evening) and telling me about what occured. I was in 3rd grade, and it was right before Christmas. They played alot of Lennon that holiday season...it was sad but also a celebration of him and his life.
Would love to hear history about Dimebag Darrell … he wasn’t shot the way Lennon was but still just as sickening… RIP Lennon and Dimebag 🖤 🖤🙏🏻🤘🏻
They were also both shot on Dec.8th.
@@tonyjoeroach399 Also interesting is Dime was 38 and john 40 Also vinnie was 56 George 58 Two by gun Two by disese
Its strange... and maybe cathartic; in 1972 when I was 15 years old, my grandfather was stabbed to death while driving a cab in Wichita, Kansas. He was my favorite adult at the time and it destroyed me. It changed my life.. Music became even more of a driving force then it already was.. 8 years later and I was 23 and a new father of 7 months and the leader of the band that had made me want to play music when I saw them on Sullivan.. was taken in the most violent way... These 2 events alone.. drive me to play music every day... And not just play music but dont be the same as everyone else..
Anyone find it odd that both Mark Chapman and John Lennon both had Japanese wives at the time? I guess it's just more coincidental high strangeness...
Sherlock Honks that wasn’t a coincidence that was part of his obsession. Chapman is a liar he was obsessed with Lennon. He only changed his story recently probably because he wants to be paroled. Yoko has denied (and rightfully so) him from being paroled. Chapman was a sick man who talked to little people that lived in his walls they as he said told him to kill John Lennon.
@@monkee5th i seriously think if he was paroled hed either be attacked or killed by a beatles or John Lennon fan and rightfully so hes such a piece of trash
hiroko is trash tbh
@@monkee5th I've heard several versions of his reasons for killing Lennon, and there are several versions only because he kept spewing them out. The one and only important thing is that a sociopath walked up to an innocent man in front of his home and murdered him in cold blood. He can explain it away all he likes, but the fact is an innocent man from Liverpool, England, living an independent life on his own terms, and had caused this person no harm in any respect, was brutally murdered. I don't care how much of an angel Lennon was or was not. He was a great songwriter, musician, singer who had just released his first album in five years, regardless of whether or not it was going to be a hit, regardless of the talk of a possible Beatle reunion, etc., and was prevented from his deserved chance to live a long. healthy life. If the album was a bomb, oh well, we'll survive. If the Beatles had never gotten back together, oh, well, we'll survive. Nothing about any of this mattered, even rumors of John divorcing Yoko later, or vice versa - nothing matters at all except the life of an innocent man whose music touched millions of people, whose quick razor sharp wit made us all laugh and made us all think, even inspired a lot of us, was ended by somebody else outside his home.
Because MDC was an obsessed fan so he'll copy what his idol did.
He did it out of jeleousy. Listening to him so matter of fact and no emotion talk about murdering John just irks me…he took a big part of my heart that day and I’ve never gotten it back. I’m sure many feel the same
Why didn't she warn authorities of his plan? Should of opened her mouth. SMH.
She certainly opened her mouth afterwards when it got her face on television.
@@elvisleeboy and she had the audacity to claim she was a Beatles fan!
his wife needs in prison too
Jackie Jones, Exactly. This makes her her husband acomplice. She must really be dim witted
A co-conspirator would have been fairly easy to imply, but, hard to prove. Not taking action to save a person's life when you have the information that your husband had admitted going so far as to go to the place where John lived, to kill him, then chickened out? Should have let the cops know so he could be arrested for observation and to develop an attempted murder charge on him. She should have been investigated, interrogated hard, and had some criminal charge filed upon her. I think they planned it together. The two of them thought it out, but only Mark did the dirty work.
I was 16 and had pictures of John Lennon and the Beatles all over my bed rom wall.
I was devastated when he was murdered. I loved him and still do.
Chapman admitted that he killed JL for attention
Chapman is the ultimate loser.
LET HIM OUT OF JAIL IM SURE BEATLE FANS WILL GIVE HIM THE ATTENTION HE NEEDS ????
Yes, beatles'fans will punch him to death.
The fact it wasn't *personal* almot makes it even worse
Imagine all the people living life in peace... Tell me guys, what part of these words this beast could not understand ?
I remember watching Monday Night Football and Howard Cosell announced John Lennon was shot and I remember the next day everybody crying
I thought it was a Dream myself but, the next morning my alarm clock went off, and I have it set to play music on the radio.. "Day Tripper" was playing.
That second I knew, it wasn't a dream! 🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂🚶
John Lennon was the most important person in my life! When he was killed I never recovered! I’m 60 and not a day has gone by since that I don’t think of him several times a day… probably not healthy I’m sure
If he wanted fame , why did he take such a wonderful person from us , if John was alive we’d be listening to them live till now
And Yoko Ono taking a dump on his legacy. Oh wait, she still is.
Because taking out someone of such fame would be notable
John was far from a wonderful person, just ask his son but his murder was still so unnecessary
@@SpinTheWords maybe she did him in...
Let’s not call a man who emotionally abused and beat both his wives and his son a “wonderful person.” It doesn’t make his murder justified, the murderer is still an evil lunatic, but calling John Lennon wonderful is gross.
I never knew he was married, or that his wife was also of Japanese heritage. Creepy.
What a horrifying tragedy!
A man was murdered.
Thank you for sharing helpful and informative videos!
I will never understand the obsession with fame. Fortune? Yes, but fame? Your life stops being your own.
John's assassin just wanted the fame and notariety. He is truly a narcissist! Claiming no I'll will towards John and to have "found Jesus".
At the end of the day, all the famous are truly like everyone else. They're spouses, parents and folks just trying to earn a living. John's assassin should never be released from prison!
This is not an assignation, it’s murder!!!!
and thats why we need to stop feeding psycopaths in prisons for life. just give them the same consideration they gave their victims! he is no assassin he is just a pathetic murderer!
Are those pics of Jared Leto :/, his "assassin" ?
Very good point that is considered occasionally. Famous people have parents and grandparents, have problems like everyone, maybe some don't like onions on their pizza, feel sad or happy often, worry about their kids and parents, enjoy watching sports or not, have toenail fungus or achy knees, worry about national or world events, have favorite music or TV shows that isn't their own, have cats and dogs that piss on their carpet, trouble with relationships, effectively guide people, good or not good with money, occasionally gets a bad case of gas, occasionally doesn't get to the bathroom in time, and some have a lot of love in their hearts. This Mark psychopath didn't consider for a second what his actions would do to his family. I sounds like it did years later, but who gives a crap.
Oh, John could have been killed earlier in the day, but he wasn't, so he was able to go and put finishing touches on Yoko's song. THANK GOD!!!!!! We almost compounded one tragedy with another. All of posterity thanks you for the gift of Yoko's music!
Why on earth give this man a platform? The reason he killed because he wanted to be famous. Best punishment would be not interview, film and air the man.
because people would INEVITABLE talk about him.
I love john Lennon I never got to meet him he died when I was 7 months so sad.😭🌹
It’s ok a lot of people who were alive then didn’t meet him either !
His name should never be spoken again . We are giving him what he wanted.
I was 12, in my parents bedroom watching Monday Night Football alone when I heard the news. The Beatles had been my favorite group for about four years by that point. "Did Howard Cosell really say, John Lennon?" I said to myself. I just couldn't believe it! Sometimes I still can't. I will never forget that night or where I was......RIP John Lennon
How about doing an episode about famous people who died in airplane crashes? Pedro Infante, John Denver and others.
Coming soon
@@WeirdHistory I wont miss that...........excited already 😬❤
Thanks. Looking forward to it.
Kyu Sakamoto should be considered for inclusion. Look him up if you don't know, he wrote one the most famous international hits from Japan. The crash was famous and tragic, too.
SRV helicopter crash. He wasn’t even supposed to be on that helicopter... RIP
Wife is just as guilty because of her negligence and complicity.
His wife is an accessory. She belongs in the cell with her husband! In fact I can't understand why she isn't????
John Lennon is a martyr in the classic sense. Just like other famous or religious people his message of love was his priority despite his personal demons. He will be remembered and loved by millions of people despite the bullets of an assassin! Thank you John Lennon for contributing so much to humanity in such a short time. We love and miss you!
Lennon is a satanist and antichristian do not make him martyr! It is rediculus! He is very famous because of his wonderful music-nothing more........
We were robbed. He was taken from us for no reason.
Sick people in the world. My heart just sank when I heard the news. John Lennon always will be remember. Musical Genius and human rights
ANYONE who kills a Celebrity or someone in high power, to gain fame and notoriety should NEVER I mean NEVER have their name of face mentioned or shown in or on anything but a mug shot!! RIP John Lennon 💔😇🌫☮☁️✌
This is why a lot of celebrities don’t interacted with they’re fans now days, even people who say they support you can do you wrong😤.
One of the strangest things about this was this. somewhere in those days i heard or read the guy who produced lennon's last record, the one they were working on that night, said that Lennon had told him when they were alone, "I don't want Yoko to know this but I have a strong feeling I'm not gonna' be around much longer." Later, the same guy said, "There were some strange things said up in the booth that last couple of days" meaning things Lennon had said to him. I've never heard anything more about this. I always wished the guy would elaborate but i never heard him say anything else about it. Possibly since most people don't believe in premonitions and such things, he didn't want to get into it. i don't know. was his name jack douglas? something close to that, I think.
He lives on through all of us. Spread peace my friends🙏❤️✌️
This scumbag should never be given any preferential treatment like sex in jail with his wife, only his inmate friends so he feels pain. Nor should he ever be paroled .