Assassination

  • This blog provides a structured psychological overview of Mark David Chapman, the individual responsible for the 1980 murder of musician John Lennon. Drawing upon documented interviews, legal testimony, and secondary analyses from criminology and psychology scholars, the essay examines key psychological themes associated with Chapman, including identity instability, obsessive ideation, parasocial attachment, and the role

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  • November 22, 1963, is a date forever etched into the fabric of American history. It was the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, plunging the nation into shock and sorrow. Amid the chaos and heartbreak of that day, another tragedy unfolded—a story often overshadowed but no less significant. It was the killing of Dallas

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  • The night of April 14, 1865, marked one of the darkest moments in American history—the culmination of a calculated conspiracy that aimed to decapitate the leadership of the United States government during the final days of the Civil War. While President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre is the most remembered event from that night,

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  • Martin Luther King Jr. stands as one of the most influential figures in American history, a leader whose unwavering commitment to justice, equality, and nonviolence transformed the social and political landscape of the United States. Born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, King grew up in a deeply segregated society. Despite the pervasive racial

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  • Theo van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker, author, and outspoken critic of Islamic extremism, was brutally murdered on November 2, 2004, in Amsterdam. His death shocked the Netherlands and sent ripples through Europe, igniting intense debates around free speech, religious tolerance, and the place of Islam in Western society. To understand the complex layers of this

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  • The 25th president of the United States, William McKinley, was assassinated on September 6, 1901, during a public event at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was attending a reception at the Temple of Music, where he was greeting members of the public as part of his duties at the exposition, a grand

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  • I have often made the point that there is basically—no difference between the far left and the far right, If there ever was a clearer indication of that it was Pim Fortuyn, initially a Marxist and communist, who later did a complete U-turn. Although I don’t consider extreme right, he was leaning towards the far

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  • Ides of March

    A few months ago I had the pleasure to interview Jim Peterik known from Survivor, but also from “The Tides of March”. However, this blog will not be about the band, although the name is clearly inspired by the actual event called Ides of March. Julius Caesar must be without a doubt the most well-known

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  • US President Abraham Lincoln was the third American president to die in office , and the first of four presidents to be assassinated. The other three were James Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901) and John F. Kennedy (1963). Lincoln’s death came in the closing days of the American Civil War, and a day after he

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  • Who doesn’t know the Rolling Stones master piece “Sympathy for the Devil”? For anyone of you who don’t know the song, go to YouTube, Spotify or any other music streaming platform and listen to it. I don’t mean that awful Guns N Roses version but the original by the Rolling Stones. The song is basically

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