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New Evidence in John Lennon's Murder: Singer Was Shot With Two Different Type of Bullets
Radar Online ^ | Joshua Wilburn

Posted on 07/02/2023 8:20:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Two different guns may have been used in the December 8, 1980 shooting of music icon John Lennon, RadarOnline.com has learned.

According to British author and TV producer David Whelan, two different types of bullets were removed from Lennon's body during the autopsy. One was marked as a Semi-wadcutter or hollow-point bullet, while the other was listed as a 38-caliber lead bullet.

Whelan believes that the different bullet types add weight to his theory that a second shooter was involved in the killing.

The author has spent three years investigating the murder and has highlighted several inconsistencies in the official narrative, including the suggestion that police may have misunderstood how the shooting occurred.

Whelan's investigation has also revealed a 'hit list' compiled by convicted gunman Mark Chapman, including the former Beatle, Godfather actor Marlon Brando, and former First Lady Jackie Kennedy.

The prosecution's accepted version of events was that Chapman shot at Lennon five times, with four of the bullets hitting the singer in the back. However, Whelan's witnesses have suggested that the shooting may have been recorded incorrectly and that the fatal shots were actually fired into Lennon's chest.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist; clickbaitadspam; davidwhelan; johnlennon; lennon; markdavidchapman; music; thewalrus
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To: nickcarraway
Here are 40 different bullets for the .38 Super cartridge.
No doubt you can find as many for the .38 Special cartridge.

Send this pic to David Whelan and make his head explode. :)

61 posted on 07/02/2023 10:07:02 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: South Dakota

Aha! Proof someone is hiding something! Really, there have already been conspiracy theories about Lennon’s death (and McCartney’s but that’s another story). And my biggest question concerning that is “Who cares”?


62 posted on 07/02/2023 10:08:47 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: cpdiii

I always thought it was a .44 Special


63 posted on 07/02/2023 10:09:17 PM PDT by digger48
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To: nickcarraway

Crazy conspiracy night.


64 posted on 07/02/2023 10:13:01 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

We all know it was Stephen King.


65 posted on 07/02/2023 10:13:39 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

McCartney’s death has been greatly exaggerated that’s for sure. LOL


66 posted on 07/02/2023 10:16:06 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: grey_whiskers

I think that is a Dennis Leary joke.


67 posted on 07/02/2023 10:18:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: hecticskeptic

Thane of Glamis? Macbeth killed RFK?


68 posted on 07/02/2023 10:20:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Yeah, means nothing.


69 posted on 07/02/2023 11:48:36 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: nickcarraway

I thought the theory was a bit off-the-wall, too.


70 posted on 07/02/2023 11:49:46 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: nickcarraway

Massive illegal migrations
Massive inflation
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Biden family corruption
LGBTQ policies gutting the military
Climate change fraud
“Homeless” plague of inner cities
Gang wars
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Chinese preparing for war
Systematic censorship on Internet
Muslims murdering Christians wholesale
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OH LOOK! New evidence in the Lennon shooting!

I guess the UFO hoax hasn’t been distracting enough.


71 posted on 07/03/2023 12:02:16 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: allblues

“Semi wadcutters are not hollow point bullets”
They can be.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010796433/


72 posted on 07/03/2023 12:31:41 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: nickcarraway

The cops have the gun and all spent shells it contained.
Shells which presumably have markings on them.

If there was a super slick scheme to conceal a second shooter, you would THINK they both would have used exactly the same type of rounds.


73 posted on 07/03/2023 12:41:13 AM PDT by JustaTech (My mind is the weapon. Everything else is tools.)
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To: Flag_This

D’oh!!


74 posted on 07/03/2023 12:53:41 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

The grassy knoll


75 posted on 07/03/2023 2:44:54 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: nickcarraway

“walked away with all the money just over a decade later. Yoko had ALL the skill”

In a normal murder if you start with a blank slate—the spouse is the first suspect (in this case murder for hire).

Money is an excellent motive.


76 posted on 07/03/2023 2:52:32 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: llevrok
Other than those dulcet tones when she sang!

She must have heard some tomcats fighting in the back yard, and that's how she discovered her unique singing style.

77 posted on 07/03/2023 3:05:37 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: Telepathic Intruder; Rennes Templar
December 8, 1980. That would have been a good time to do a proper investigation.

Talk about Yesterday's news.

78 posted on 07/03/2023 3:17:58 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: TigersEye

You are correct what would David Whelan do if the shooter had been a hand-loader and used 6 different bullet types.

Then loaded them in 6 different makes of brass. Some brass some nickel. With different primers and powders.

Thousands of combinations.

Just proves David Whelan knows nothing about firearms.

Criminals often use different ammo or even the wrong ammo for the firearm in use.


79 posted on 07/03/2023 3:25:32 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: nickcarraway

Over the years and using several different weapons as my carry piece I have intentionally loaded different types of ammo.

Whether semi-auto or wheel gun I usually loaded a very light (and fast) segmented hollow point in the first two positions with the hope that misses would break up and not kill an innocent bystander with a ricochet. After two shots if you weren’t getting down seeking cover it was on you as the rest of the ammo was the most powerful and deadly I could find.


80 posted on 07/03/2023 3:30:27 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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