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Caribbeans

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Wed Dec 6, 2023, 08:15 AM Dec 2023

'Murder Without a Trial' - 3-part TV series on John Lennon's assassination - Apple TV



Review from David Whelan who spent the last 3 years investigating John Lennon's assassination

In the trailer, the first person we see is cab driver Richard Peterson, a partial witness to Lennon’s murder. Peterson says: “Lennon was walking in and this kid says, John Lennon.” Peterson then says off-camera, “This guy just shot John Lennon.”

There are two very important things to understand with what Peterson is saying: firstly, Peterson has never said he saw John Lennon get struck with Mark Chapman’s alleged bullets. Peterson has consistently stated that he only saw Chapman raise a gun and shoot. John was out of Peterson’s vision when Peterson said he saw Chapman fire a gun.

What Peterson has not been consistent with over the years, is stating that he heard Chapman call out “John Lennon”. It is provable that Chapman did not do this. But, Peterson today says he did. Peterson’s statement from the night of the murder does not mention Chapman calling out “John Lennon”. Peterson has added this to his story. This is a crucial point, because the John Lennon assassination official narrative, needs us to believe that Lennon turned after Chapman called out to him, to square away Lennon’s frontal wounds. This did not happen. My forthcoming book will prove this...more
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The 20 most common misconceptions about John Lennon’s murder.
https://davidwhelan.substack.com/p/the-20-most-common-misconceptions
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'Murder Without a Trial' - 3-part TV series on John Lennon's assassination - Apple TV (Original Post) Caribbeans Dec 2023 OP
Waste of time? 3Hotdogs Dec 2023 #1
Is it ever a waste of time to find truth? Caribbeans Dec 2023 #2

Caribbeans

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2. Is it ever a waste of time to find truth?
Wed Dec 6, 2023, 06:40 PM
Dec 2023

The 20 most common misconceptions about John Lennon’s murder.
https://davidwhelan.substack.com/p/the-20-most-common-misconceptions

David Whelan has published many never before known facts about one of the least investigated murders of all time.

His own movie is coming out soon.

JL was shot in the chest according to evidence that Whelan has presented. Which is impossible if one believes the published accounts.

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