Mark Chapman’s deranged confession to killing John Lennon revealed 43 years after murder

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heard for the first time, revealing how he gunned down the Beatle when a voice in his head said “Do it! Do it!” The killer’s words will be part of a new Apple TV+ documentary, “John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial,” released Wednesday, ahead of the 43rd anniversary of the murder on Friday.

It will also detail the Beatle’s last moments described on camera for the first time by two of the witnesses to his murder — and how his final words were: “I’m shot.”The documentary casts new light on how Chapman, 68, who has repeatedly failed in his bids to be paroled for the murder, confessed to it behind bars, claiming he shot Lennon because he was “a phony.”Under hypnosis, in preparation for a trial that was slated to have him pleading insanity, Chapman recalled sitting on the curb, seeing a black limo pull up to the building.

The door opened and Yoko Ono emerged. He remembered seeing Lennon exiting next.“I see a struggle,” he says, eerily calm. “Part of me didn’t want to do it.

Part of me did. I had a voice in my head, saying, ‘Do it! Do it! Do it!”By then, Chapman had already walked 6 feet toward the famous Beatle. “Took the gun out of my pocket and aimed at him and just fired away, all five shots.