The Murder of John Lennon

This episode explores the tragic assassination of John Lennon on December 8th, 1980, and the deeply troubled man who killed him—Mark David Chapman. Josh and Chuck dive into Lennon's life in New York City, his renaissance with the album Double Fantasy, and the bizarre intersection of events that led to that fateful evening outside the Dakota apartment building. They also trace Chapman's disturbing path from a troubled childhood in Texas through drug use, religious conversion, mental illness, and his obsessive fantasy of gaining fame through murder, ultimately examining how a deeply unwell individual managed to get close enough to one of the world's most famous musicians to change history forever.