Mark Chapman: The Fame Hungry Fan Who Killed John Lennon | Our History

December 1980, New York City, in the shadows of an upscale apartment block, a man called Mark Chapman is waiting with a gun. Within moments, John Lennon, one of the most famous musicians on the planet has been shot he is critically injured within minutes he is dead.

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But far from fleeing the scene, the killer offers himself to police. It soon transpires that the rationale for this horrendous crime is the assassin's narcissistic personality. This is the story of the original stalker killer the man and an incident that changed the world of celebrity culture. Celebrity Obsessed - John Lennon contains exclusive contributions from interviews with Mark Chapman's childhood friend, Miles McManus; The program also features Jack Jones, the author of The man who killed John Lennon, and the only person to interview Chapman while he was incarcerated in Attica Prison; Retired NYPD Officer Herb Frauenberger, one of the first responders on the night of Lennon's death; Lanny Jones, the former Editor of People Magazine; Former Manhattan District Attorney, Kim Hogrefe, and Criminologist, Prof. Jack Levin.

This film was first broadcast: 2018

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