In today's episode, we look into the cases of celebrities getting killed by their unsuspecting, “loving” fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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They adored them, worshiped them, framed their faces on bedroom walls, sang their songs in the dark, and memorized their every move. To the world, they were stars, icons, untouchable. But to someone else, they were so much more. Something personal, intimate, and possessive. Some called it admiration and others called it love.
But what happens when obsession crosses the line and when fantasy fractures? When the person that you idolize becomes the subject of your rage? These are the stories of fame turned fatal. Crime, conspiracy, cults, serial killers, and murder. All things that I love to consume and I know you do too, you see. twisted, beautiful, intellectually minded freak.
And today we are talking about just that, celebrities who were killed by their biggest fans. So without further ado, let's unbuckle our seat belts, go Mach 5 down the highway, slam on the brakes, and bust through this windshield into these killer fans together. Before we get into the video, I just wanna say thank you.
Yesterday, which is probably a week now, I got number two on the Spotify charts in North America, right under Joe Rogan. I'm coming for you, Joe. Knocking on your door. But I know it'll be short-lived or whatever because you guys like blew up one of my episodes.
But I just want to say thank you so much for listening here and for listening on Spotify as well, along with all the other listening platforms like Apple and the other ones. And if you didn't know, I am on Spotify as well, if you want to listen there. But I'm floored by the love from you guys and this true crime stuff. It means the world to me.
And I truly enjoy doing this content and learning more, going through these cases and bringing light to certain cases and everything. So I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you so much for listening. And now we can stop being sappy and get into the episode. Mark David Chapman was born May 10th, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas. But he was raised in Dakotor, Georgia.
And to those around him, he was often quiet, withdrawn, and deeply imaginative. Sounding like me, honestly. And from a young age, he created an imaginary world called the Little People, where he ruled as their king. This guy's sounding a lot like me right now, and I'm a little scared.
But anyway, this was just a fantasy to escape the instability and emotional coldness of his life at home because his father was reportedly very violent and also very detached from his son. And his mother was just overwhelmed as well and kind of in her own world, if you will. And as Mark grew up and became a teenager, he just began to spiral.
He would use drugs, he would skip school on a regular basis. And he once even ran away from home for two weeks, surviving on the streets of Miami. But in 1971, he became a born again Christian and just threw himself headfirst into faith. And for a while, it seemed like his life had changed for the better. He would volunteer with children and he just won praises at the YMCA where he worked.
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