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re: How big a deal was Rebecca Schaeffer’s murder?

Posted on 11/15/21 at 6:10 am to
Posted by Robin Masters
Birmingham
Member since Jul 2010
35928 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 6:10 am to
A dude I went to high school with wrote letters to murderers who were in jail as a weird hobby/fetish of sorts. I recall that girls murderer wrote him back a ton and sent drawings ect. The dude was obviously very lonely.

This post was edited on 11/15/21 at 6:11 am
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
7204 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 6:39 am to
John Wayne Gacy did the same thing plus he made money off his paintings he painted behind bars.
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
22848 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 6:46 am to
Ted Kaczynzki supposedly writes everyone back who writes him
Posted by TigerNlc
Chocolate City
Member since Jun 2006
33195 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 6:59 am to
I really didn’t know he was still alive.
Posted by shawnlsu
Member since Nov 2011
23682 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 7:17 am to
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Rebecca Schaeffer’s murder


Who?


Rebecca Schaeffer


The one that was murdered?


That really clears it up, thanks!
This post was edited on 11/15/21 at 7:18 am
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32729 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 7:18 am to
quote:

She was up for a major role in Godfather III when she was murdered.


And that role eventually went to...Sofia Coppola.
Posted by Cajun367
S. Louisiana
Member since Oct 2017
1943 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 7:20 am to
Damn, her murderer has the DNA of bayou water...

Posted by schatman
Montana
Member since Nov 2018
2958 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 7:40 am to
Is that Clint Howard?
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
156610 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 8:15 am to
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It was a big deal because it was the first stalker killing of a star.

Dude...seriously?



And that's just the first one that popped into my head. But Lennon was one of the most famous people and biggest "stars" on the planet.
Posted by BR92
Member since Apr 2021
1061 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 8:49 am to
Posted by BorrisMart
La
Member since Jul 2020
9026 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 8:55 am to
Is she the one who was supposed to play the daughter in Godfather 3?
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 9:14 am to
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Dude...seriously?


He killed Lennon because he wanted to be famous. This guy killed her because he was a whack job that lost his shite because she did a scene where she was in a bed with another actor.

Mark David Chapman was crazy but he wasn't stalking Lennon because he was obsessed with him.
Posted by MojoGuyPan
Intercession City, Florida
Member since Jun 2018
2797 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 9:22 am to
quote:

She was up for a major role in Godfather III when she was murdered.


She dodged a bullet.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20733 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 10:01 am to
I have no idea who that is

Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
15199 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 10:06 am to
She played opposite of Pam Dawber in My Sister Sam.

Some loser/psycho was infatuated with her.

Unfortunately that person is still living.
Posted by BR92
Member since Apr 2021
1061 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 10:11 am to
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Mark David Chapman was crazy but he wasn't stalking Lennon because he was obsessed with him.


Chapman believed that he was John Lennon at times. He played Lennon's music and was preoccupied with John's career, particularly comments he made regarding Jesus Christ during the Beatle years.

Chapman flew to NYC to kill Lennon, then flew to Atlanta to secure hollow point bullets before returning to NYC to murder the former Beatle.

He went around Manhattan asking others how to find John and essentially camped out in front of the Dakota.

This barely scratches the surface regarding Mark David Chapman's twisted interest in John Lennon.

I would say that Mark David Chapman was absolutely stalking and extremely obsessed with John Lennon by every definition of the word.
This post was edited on 11/15/21 at 10:22 am
Posted by lsursb
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
12318 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 10:57 am to
quote:

How big a deal was Rebecca Schaeffer’s murder?
yeah it was terrible

CA enacted new stalker laws because of this tragedy


Very sad. I happened to be in LA when that happened visiting a friend who lived a few streets from the scene. She was headed for stardom. Her murder changed a lot of privacy laws as the psycho was able to find her address.
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 11:10 am to
quote:

She dodged a bullet.


Not the one that mattered.
Posted by Rhio
Lake Charles
Member since Dec 2013
1423 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 11:12 am to
quote:

Mark David Chapman was crazy but he wasn't stalking Lennon because he was obsessed with him.


He was crazy AND completely obsessed with Lennon.
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32729 posts
Posted on 11/15/21 at 11:12 am to
quote:

Is she the one who was supposed to play the daughter in Godfather 3?


She was Coppola's first choice, then Winona Ryder, then his daughter after Ryder turned it down.
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