The Assassination of John Lennon

The Assassination of John Lennon

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May 2025

Film Critic and Dakota resident Rex Reed states that John Lennon was just 10 minutes from safety before he was shot
On 9th December 1980, Film Critic and Dakota resident Rex Reed explains that the Dakota gates were always closed shut at 11pm.
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Nurse Barbara Kammerer confirms that John Lennon was shot 4 times in the front
Watch now | Barbara Kammerer, one of the nurses who attended to John Lennon on 8th December 1980, confirms on camera, that John was shot 4 times in the…
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Erasing the First Witnesses
The first accounts of John Lennon’s assassination were swiftly forgotten and buried. They tell us much that is important and not official
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ONI Jack Jones Sings for John Lennon
In 2020, Sky TV allowed ONI officer Jack Jones to take centre stage in their documentary, ‘The Assassination of John Lennon’.
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Mark Chapman’s Bellevue Hospital Toxicology Report Has Surfaced - Update
Mark Chapman was tested for drugs in his system the day after John Lennon’s assassination. Glutethimide and Quinine were found in his system.
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"Taxi Driver saw Lennon on the ground with blood coming from his mouth and from his chest"
Roughly an hour after John Lennon’s assassination, NBC reporter Brian Ross described a taxi driver witness, who rushed to the scene and saw Lennon on…
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April 2025

Moments after John Lennon’s assassination, Dakota doorman Jose Predomo implored Lennon’s alleged killer Mark Chapman to run away
Former navy intelligence officer Jack Jones (a man who for decades has propped up and reinforced the Lennon murder official narrative) attempts to…
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Police officer Herb Frauenberger describes finding John Lennon FACE DOWN and heavily bleeding, minutes after he was shot on 8th December…
Officer Frauenberger’s account wholly contradicts what Dakota staffers Joe Many and Jay Hastings said happened.
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The Troubling Testimony of Robert Morgan – Borrowed Time Update
How an artist living across the street from the Dakota building in December 1980, decided not to take what would have been the world’s most (in)famous…
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Dakota workers Jay Hastings & Joseph Many speak on camera for the first time in 2023 about their experiences at the Dakota on 8th December…
In Apple TV's 2023 'Murder without a Trial' TV series, Dakota workers Jay Hastings (Concierge) & Joseph Many (Basement Crew & Part Time Doorman…
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March 2025

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