Paperback Rocker: Where Words And Music Collide

My website is www.PaperbackRocker.com. You can find the podcast archives there. Find my books on Amazon by searching my name, Matt Syverson. Follow me on Twitter @PaperbackRocker. Email me at bowiefan1970@live.com. Thanks for listening! The show notes are as follows: This episode begins with Howard Cosell's Monday Night Football announcement of the assassination of John Lennon. You know John Lennon's story and his music. I'm going to tell you about Mark David Chapman. MDC was abused as a boy growing up, as was his mother. As a teenager, he fantasized about some imaginary little people living in the walls of his bedroom. In 1971, he became a religious zealot. He worked as a YMCA counselor and was well liked. A friend recommended "The Catcher In The Rye" to him. Chapman went to an evangelical college with his girlfriend, but he cheated on her. He flunked out, and she broke up with him. He became a security guard. He attempted suicide in '77, but failed. He was admitted to a hospital for depression and later got