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Gloria could have stopped this

posted 12 years ago by straker-1
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No-one ever brings this up, and I don't know why. Chapman goes to New York to kill Lennon, can't track him down, rings Gloria and tells her "I was going to kill John Lennon, but your love saved me." He returns to Hawaii, and less than three weeks later he goes back to New York.

At no point does Gloria think "Hmmm, I wonder if he's going back to kill John Lennon, like he said he did less than three weeks ago? Should I tell anyone about that, warn anyone? Is his blatantly crazy behaviour anything to be concerned about at all? NAHHHHHHHHHHHH. I'll just make a cuppa coffee and pretend to be shocked when Lennon gets shot by my very obviously insane husband."

If this part of the story is true, and there is no reason to believe it isn't, Gloria Chapman bears some of the responsibility for the killing.

[–] somesunnyday 9 years ago

good point, however, in the film at least, she came across as a very weak subservient personality and was probably frightened to say something. Or it may be a simple case of she just didn't believe he'd go through with it. Who knows

[–] lovinlittles 8 years ago

I agree in parts...Chapman did call her from New York and state that he was going to kill John Lennon...She had to have known that her husband was falling apart mentally and from the way he obsessed over the catcher in the rye book and even identifying himself as Holden Caufield...Personally i think she should've let the authorities know what her husband was up to in New York the first time around...Apparently she is still married to Chapman and does pay him visits to where he's jailed..Really she couldn't have been that subservient back in 80 to contact someone to let them know that her husband was a crackerjack and of what he was planning on doing...In failing to do so, resulted in the loss of someone's life...It's unfortunate really..