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‪Reporters now:‬ ‪“does the perpetrator/suspect suffer from mental illness?”‬ ‪Reporters in the 80’s:‬ ‪“WAS HE A SCREWBALL?!?”‬

“If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal”-John Lennon

Chapman sounds so eerily calm when he talks about the infamous killing. He sounds as if he is a sociopath. And that is an understatement.

How hypocritical for someone who claims to preach the word of God, to be Christian & yet commit the ultimate sin.

This man doesn’t even deserve a documentary, he should never be spoken of again

His five year old son would have spent his Christmas wondering where his father was and missing him.

I think John would be shaking his head in disbelief that the world hasn't leant anything by their past mistakes, but I'm sure he would still be saying, Please.. Please.. Give Peace a Chance!! R.I.P JOHN.

The thing that’s driving me crazy after watching this, is that he was saved by a fisherman in the middle of his suicide attempt. What if he was never found. John would still be here. His death still deeply saddens me.

Say what you want about John Lennon, but the man made great music and the world was robbed of his talent way sooner than it should've been.

We lost someone so so special :(

You just never know what goes on in a persons mind.

Fascinating and little known story. We always hear about the Manson murders, Ted Bundy, and Lee Harvey Oswald, but this story is equally important.

Mark Chapman was totally depressed and inadequate ,previously a drug user and unable to fi his way,and instead of killing himself took it on poor John Lennon

At the time of his death, John had booked studio to work on Ringo's album which Paul and George were already contributing. Who knows what could have been.

What an interesting documentary! Keep it up! RIP John Lennon.

Catcher in the Rye was an interesting book but where this guy went with it, he is truly lost. I loved the Beatles when I was a kid. They did change the world. Not this guy...

What gets me is why the doorman let this guy hang around all night !

Narrator keeps saying the pop singer. Think he was a bit more than that.

Certain things about John Lennon I liked & certain things about John Lennon I didn't like, but the man didn't have to die like that.

I read Catcher in the Rye while in high school, during the late ‘70’s but it never gave me the inclination to kill John Lennon, or anyone else!! Simply put, a psychopath blaming his crime on someone, or something else!

one of the worst days ever. John was kind to him. Pure evil loser. Beatles reunion and twenty John albums and world tour / over..

His girlfriend saying she couldn't tell anyone about it and here she is on national TV telling everyone ?!?!?

It's been 38 years since the death of a legend. His songs will remain forever, his legacy is one that is unmatched in this era. Time goes by and I was fortunate enough to listen to him when he was alive. Rest in peace John Lennon!

İt is not worth saying the name of this pycho killer. He doesn't diserve this documenrary

I can’t believe he killed a legend just because his own life sucked and he couldn’t “hack the system” called life. He was so young. He had his whole life to try and try again as everyone does. Even John Lennon himself struggled with his own demons. Is he any happier now? He could’ve been. He wasn’t homeless, so he had that going for him. Sometimes you gotta hit rock bottom before you figure out how to swim back up again. I’ve done it many times but I always find a way to swim back up. It’s life. Some are luckier than others but that’s also life. All you can do is try. It’s better than being in a cell as he is now.

I can’t make it through this video no matter how well it’s made. Mark Chapman doesn’t deserve 55 minutes from so many ppl but I understand why it was made. Hopefully insight to the killing can prevent the deaths of others.

I remember being woken by my partner early , about 7am, and he said ''John Lennon is dead''... The vividness of the memory, the still, dawn-dark room, the grey air, and partner's shocked voice and the digital red of the clock radio that told of the unbelievable news. I had seen all the Beatles in person as a 4 yr old child, when they filmed in our road early one morning..also a vivid memory. {Ailsa Ave} The small terraced houses that each of the Four Beatles lived in, in the film..{the house interiors were filmed at a local film studios}.

The ultimate nobody gaining fame from killing the ultimate somebody

I read "Catcher in the Eye", & Mark D Chapman is nothing like Holden Caufield.

Best documentary on Chapman I have seen so far.....

This video is just feeding the infamy that John Lennon's killer craved.

This documentary seems to blame J D Salinger. Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ is many people’s favorite work of fiction, including myself. As a teenager I identified with the hero Holden Caufield, as many teenagers since the 1950s have done so. However, sane persons grow up and mature past hero worship. Sane persons don’t murder as fictional characters. Chapman was a deranged individual who never grew up. Signing his copy of ‘Catcher’ to Holden Caufield from Holden Caufield speaks volumes. I signed my copy New York city, and the date purchased. For John Lennon to have been murdered by a lunatic still saddens me. I also felt sorrow for J D Salinger who was still alive at the time of Lennon’s murder. Outrageous that Salinger should bear any blame, as the documentary implied. Written on what should have been Lennon’s 79th birthday. RIP John Lennon and J D Salinger.

I wrote a song for you John..✌️❤️ love you. R.I.P.

Wonderful Documentary

We were in English class at PVC middle school in Croton on Hudson NY. Something was going wrong. We were doing oral reports. The school is part of a Dr King program. Alex started acting up, and another boy kept telling him to calm down. Someone might have left the room. 10 minutes later we got the news.

Imagine there's no Chapman.

And accurate retelling of a tragic story. Well done.

This killer, probably has someone or something to blame for every wrong he ever committed. Just a coward. If he really believed his own confession he would have killed himself before police arrived. Now the taxpayers get to feed this killer, while he sits back and reflects on his life, and the story of a fictional character. Unbelievable.

To listen to him talk he sounds well spoken and normal, you'd never think he was a psychotic killer. He talks about his senseless murder of JL as if it was some other person. I guess if that's schizophrenia, they should work on developing early detection.

RIP.John Lennon

as I understand it,chapman never went to trial.he is in a cell with a small window which looks out onto concrete and is let out for exercise in the concrete courtyard for one hour a day,for the rest of his life.if you watch the film of lennon performing imagine,camera scans across the audience and it looks like chapman sitting at one of the tables up front.

8:27 The Beatles arrived in the US on Feb.7 1964 not in August.

Wow. This documentary is truly mind blowing...

I thought the Catcher in the Rye was more funny than anything else. There really wasn't much of a plot in the story. Just a sketch of a smart 16 year old kid who is flunking out of school, because of boredom, basically. And then he wanders around New York City for three days. That is pretty much it. I certainly didn't take any grand vision from it. To me, just an amusing, well written short tale.

The wicked and the sick will mis-use anything to justify their wickedness whether it is chapman with catcher in the rye , manson with the beatles white album , or many psychos with god.

Can someone please tell me the name of the song at 41:19? I’ve been trying to find it.

He should NEVER be let out of Prison. EVER.

He should have been charged with a crime against humanity

Imagine. Just. Imagine.

7:27--8:00 beautiful sounds, could've been so much more. WHO WOULD KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND THE FULL RECORDING????

Damn. What is that song at 7:28?

If only that fisherman had minded his own business.

Anyone who thinks that Mark Chapman was a crazy guy who killed my father for personal reasons is either not right or naive, "said John Lennon's son Sean. The official version went so far that Lennon's killer was a frustrated fan. But the labor and destitute guard Chapmann had traveled around the world in the pre-murder era, staying in Lebanon, where the CIA maintained a secret training camp. One of the psychiatrists who judged Chapmann in court. Milton Kline, was a member of a secret training program "Mind Control", which examined, among other things, how to "program" people. Back then there was the project COINTELPRO at the FBI and later the OPERATION CHAOS, with which prominent exponents of the anti-war movement, the hippie scene and the cannabis-activists were monitored and defamed. "Targeted killings" were officially among the methods. Incidentally, it is mentioned in the Cannabis Culture article that even the infamous Manson murders that defamed the substance LSD were probably staged by OPERATION CHAOS.

What i personally find the most disturbing about this tragedy is that i have always been a huge fan of both The Beatles and catcher in the rye.

"between atlanta and georgia" is a strange choice of words

Mark David Chapman representing the Super Christians!

John Lennon will like forever in his wonderful music

well done

I love the reporter at the beginning asking, what I imagine is from the police, "is he some kind of screwball?" What a question!

So sad and now we are only left with his memory, and yoko...

The most loved man ,we cried with the world

"The Catcher in the Rye" probably killed more people than all of those albums I listened to, so far...

I'm a little confused. Is the documentary blaming The Catcher in the Rye?

My empathetic side wants to feel pity for this monster but, I just can't do it. Mental illness is so sad.

I was 9 years old when this happened. This is how I found out who The Beatles & John Lennon were. Scary way to find out when you're just a kid still. Makes an interesting statement about Mental Illness. When I was young I wanted to meet certain celebrities. Not kill them. But as I got older I realised that these people aren't who they are in the public image. Some I would still like to meet & some I'm glad I didn't. When I was young I wanted to be a rock star. Thank God that never happened. I wouldn't like the publicity & I don't want to be hunted down by someone with these problems.

Catcher in the rye is so OVERRATED!

I will always love john lennon, such a good man, funny man, awsome man, R.I.P John lennon

Two questions about this... 1: why was this made? 2: why and how did they get the rights to the Beatles music for this.

This is nuts now I realise

I never made it past the first page of that book before I threw it away! And I went to school in the 60’s and 70’s . Wasn’t banned then!

“Nine Stories”, by Salinger, is so much more enjoyable. Catcher in the rye is great, but a bit unpleasant after the first read.

The time line doesn't fit. The girl says she was 15 and he was 17 when they broke up. Then the narration claims at 16 he reads the book and becomes obsessed.

Mark David Chapman, in a strange way, was the perfect killer for John Lennon. A man whose lyrics were read into far too deeply, was killed by a man who read into the metaphorical meaning of a book far too deeply. Who took his own feelings of inadequacy, jealousy, obsession and rage and turned the subtext around to affiliate with a fictional character who was fighting against ‘phoniness’. In reality Chapman was an obsessed man, no surprise a musician himself, who had jealous rage for John Lennon he hid behind the interpreted meaning of some book he read. Jealousy inadequacy and obsession is a dangerous mix, people will kill others to fight their real feelings of inferiority.

why are there so many ads

Did the jurnolist call him a screwball isn't that from catch in the rye lol

what a waste

Mother should i trust the government ?

10 ads? Seriously?

What was he doing in Chicago for 3 days? ??

why am i doing this to myself

Down down down down all my dope is gone...

Chapman was a year younger than me!

Damn that fisherman!

I always felt something didn't add up with this man. John was all about peace and love. However he wasn't without serious faults with the way he treated his first family. His killer was no doubt mentally ill.

Did he receive professional help for his depression?

Shame you didn't take time to use captions of alot of this,,barley understand Chapman's words..

Holden Caufield was an antihero, he was not the best role model. I think he was bipolar too,

I am a nobody and I have stalkers, too .. So imagine what Stars go trough ...

John deserved a peaceful, amazing loving life. He should of lived for a long long time.

I entered a talent contest and they asked me what I wanted to do. I said Imagine the keyboard player didn't know it. I had learned it on guitar just recently. I played it and won the contest 25$. That was for John.

How much Ad Sense needs to be crammed into 55 minutes???? Geez I've lost count and lost interest in this segment!!!!!

Camp... Shark eyes suddenly after being programmed at (assassin camp)?

The mom in daughter were abit strange..I think the mom in love with Mark.

I know everyone hates this guy but I was wondering what happened. So thank you for the documentary even though he was/is a demonic person.

I really enjoyed this. My only complaint is I wish you had many more commercials. Being interrupted every 3 minutes wasn't good enough. Can you please interrupt me every 1 and 1/2 minutes! thank you very much.

Why,why why?!!!

He said “Jesus Christ is life’s greatest trip!” 🤦‍♀️😂😂

John Lennon should have just imagined there were no snubnose .38s

51:38 "A single story can lead to murder." Pssshhhhh.

I'll probably never read this book because of how it sickens me what this monster did. But, at least Mark didn't win, by doing what he did, he immortalized John Lennon forever. His name is way more widely known & anyone thinking of love & peace think of John Lennon.