Released on = January 23, 2007, 8:41 am

Press Release Author = Maria Almudevar - van Santen / TheHotStory PR

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = An article published in the Winter 2007 issue of Haunted
Times Magazine contains never before publicly released information about Mark David
Chapman\'s motive for murdering John Lennon. Chapman claims he was possessed by
demons who ordered him to kill one of the world\'s most popular and beloved
musicians. In the article, author Chip Coffey, delves into the history of Chapman\'s
claim.

Press Release Body = Mark David Chapman: Did the devil make him do it?

Colorado, USA (January 18, 2007) - For some, the murder of John Lennon by Mark David
Chapman on that fateful evening of December 8, 1980 might seem like a
straightforward case of 'bad man pulls trigger'. However, according to an article
in the Winter 2007 issue of Haunted Times Magazine, something more sinister may have
been at work.

The article "Did Demons Force Mark David Chapman to Murder John Lennon" written by
internationally acclaimed paranormal investigator and medium, Chip Coffey, contains
shocking information never before released to the public.

In 1972, Chapman became friends with a Decatur, Georgia couple and their two young
children. Shortly before meeting Chapman, the family had relocated to this four
bedroom, two-story house. The couple's seven-year-old daughter began exhibiting
bizarre behavior almost immediately. She began screaming at night, cursing and
violently attacking others as she repeatedly claimed to see a vision of an old man,
which terrified her.

Strangely enough, when the family relocated for a year due to the husband's job
transfer to Upstate New York, the daughter's visions ceased and her behavior
returned to normal. When the year was up and the family moved back into their
Decatur home, the bizarre behavior started up again.

Chapman was never told about these incidents. He claimed to have murdered John
Lennon because he was commanded to do so by two demons that he had encountered in
that same Decatur home. Witnesses saw Chapman sitting on a swing in the yard just
weeks before Lennon's murder more than a year after the family had moved.

At trial, he did not use the insanity defense.

Could demonic possession explain the senseless murder of one of rock 'n' rolls most
beloved icons? Nothing will bring John Lennon back. But could his fans accept this
theory for the brutal tragedy that they so desperately want to understand?

Chris Moon, editor of Haunted Times magazine says, "Demonic possessions have long
been an issue of interest and debate. There are recorded incidents as early as 4000
B.C. It was believed that demons were responsible for diseases of the mind and
body. Priests were called to perform exorcisms. Throughout the centuries, the
concept came to be adopted by some religious groups and rejected by others. Modern
day is really no different."

Coffey, who has spoken with the family, states, "I look at odds. What's the
likelihood that he [Chapman] could have made this up? No-one outside of the four
members of the Decatur family knew about what was going on in that house."

One thing is for certain, for Mark David Chapman, who shortly after his
incarceration at Attica Correctional Institute called upon Jesus to rid him of the
demons, as for the family he befriended in Decatur, there is no doubt that such
demons do indeed exist.

(Source: Haunted Times Magazine www.hauntedtimes.com)

For media inquiries and to arrange an interview, contact:
Maria Almudevar van Santen
maria@thehotstory.com

Chip Coffey is an internationally acclaimed psychic, medium, spiritual counselor and
parapsychologist. He is the great-grandson of famed Native American medicine woman
Minnie Sue Morrow Foster. Chip was born in Upstate New York, spent much of his
childhood in South Carolina, and now resides in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia.
www.chipcoffey.com


Haunted Times Magazine - Founded in 2005 by Christopher Moon, Haunted Times is on a
mission to bring readers the most comprehensive and enlightening publication on the
paranormal circuit. Each riveting issue contains articles by respected authors and
experts in all aspects of the supernatural. Whether one's interests fall within one
category such as ghosts, cryptozoology, ufology, vampires, or all of these, the
reader is sure to find compelling and in-depth investigative stories.

For more information, visit: www.hauntedtimes.com




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TheHotStory PR
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