Celebrity stalkers are scary people. Understand the mind of a stalker who crosses the line is hard to figure out. 5 unfortunate cases of celebrity stalkers that turned deadly.
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00:00Hello and welcome to the Dark Mystery Lounge.
00:03Celebrity stalkers.
00:05The last time I talked about this topic was all the way back at the beginning of this channel's creation.
00:11When we looked at the Bjork stalker, Ricardo Lopez.
00:15We got to see inside the mind of a stalker and the reasoning for committing such violence.
00:21Although in that case, the only one that died was Ricardo himself.
00:26Leaving Bjork shaken but unharmed.
00:28But for other celebrities, sadly, they weren't so lucky.
00:34When it comes to being a celebrity and having fans, it becomes a double-edged sword.
00:39Some will admire you in a healthy way but still maintain a respectful distance.
00:44Others will develop an unhealthy obsession and cross the line.
00:50Today we are going to take a look at five celebrity stalkers that turned deadly.
00:55Let's get started.
00:58John Lennon was an English musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the founding member of the Beatles,
01:08one of the most influential bands in music history.
01:11Born in Liverpool, he formed the Beatles in the early 1960s with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
01:19Lennon played rhythm guitar and shared lead vocals and songwriting duties,
01:25creating iconic songs like Strawberry Fields Forever, Help, and All You Need Is Love.
01:31After the Beatles disbanded in 1970, Lennon pursued a solo career producing powerful and introspective music.
01:39His 1971 song, Imagine, became an anthem for peace and remains one of the most famous songs of all time.
01:48Lennon was also known for his political activism, especially with his wife, artist Yoko Ono.
01:55They campaigned for peace, notably with their bed-ins for peace during the Vietnam War.
02:02On December 8, 1980, 25-year-old Mark David Chapman walked up to John outside of his New York City apartment building,
02:11The Dakota, and asked for an autograph on one of his records, which John gladly did.
02:17Hours later, at 10.50 p.m., just outside of the same apartment building, Mark shot John four times.
02:27He didn't attempt to flee and was quickly arrested.
02:31John was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 11.15 p.m.
02:38He was 40 years old.
02:40Mark David Chapman traveled all the way from Hawaii to New York City with the intent to kill John.
02:46While in custody, when asked why he did what he did, Mark said he was a fan of the Beatles and John,
02:54but his feelings of resentment grew when the band said we were more popular than Jesus.
02:59Being a very religious man, he didn't take too kindly to that statement.
03:04He hated John's fame, wealth, and perceived hypocrisy,
03:09particularly in contrast to the lyrics like,
03:11Imagine No Possessions.
03:13He was also heavily influenced by the novel Catcher in the Rye,
03:18which he was carrying when he was arrested,
03:21claiming he wanted to become the book's main character, Holden Caulfield.
03:26Mark pled guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
03:32He has been denied parole multiple times and remains incarcerated.
03:35There was no funeral for John, just a silent vigil.
03:40His body was cremated and ashes scattered in New York's Central Park,
03:45where the Strawberry Fields Memorial was later created.
03:48Rebecca Lucio Schaefer was an actress and model.
03:57She began her modeling career during her junior year in high school.
04:02She appeared in department store catalogs and television commercials,
04:06and as an extra in television films.
04:08In 1984, when she was 16, she worked a summer in New York City with Elite Modeling Management,
04:16and with her parents' permission, stayed in the city to pursue modeling.
04:21While working in New York, Rebecca attended professional children's school.
04:26She also had a short-term role on a daytime soap opera, Guiding Light.
04:31In late 1984, she landed the role of Annie Barnes on ABC's One Life to Live for a stint that lasted six months.
04:41Rebecca had a hard time finding modeling jobs.
04:44Standing at 5'7", she was considered too short for high fashion modeling,
04:49so she shifted her focus to acting instead.
04:52In 1986, she appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine,
04:56which caught the attention of television producers who were casting for the comedy My Sister Sam,
05:03starring Pam Dauber.
05:05Rebecca won the role of Patricia Patty Russell,
05:09a teenager who moves from Oregon to San Francisco
05:12to live with her 29-year-old sister Samantha, or Sam,
05:16after the death of their parents.
05:18My Sister Sam was initially a hit, ranking in the Top 25 list,
05:22but it was canceled halfway through the second season in April 1988 due to falling ratings.
05:29After My Sister Sam,
05:31Rebecca had supporting roles in scenes from The Class Struggling in Beverly Hills,
05:36Voyage of Terror, The End of Innocence,
05:39and the television film Out of Time.
05:42She also served as a spokesperson for the children's charity Thursday's Child.
05:47Just like any young rising star, Rebecca received fan mail,
05:51but one fan wrote her several times.
05:54Nineteen-year-old Robert John Bartow,
05:56who lived in Tucson, Arizona.
05:58Rebecca made a fatal mistake.
06:00She wrote back,
06:02not knowing how dangerous this guy was.
06:04He obsessed over other celebrities in the past.
06:07He stalked Rebecca for three years,
06:10showing up to the set of My Sister Sam,
06:13but was turned away by the guards at the gate.
06:16Then he showed up to the set for a second time with a knife.
06:19Again, he was denied access.
06:22Even though there was a policy in place to inform executives,
06:26and actors were notified about uninvited advances towards them,
06:30security later admitted that,
06:32because Robert had made little fuss about the denied access and left when ordered,
06:37the encounter was considered too trivial to report to Rebecca.
06:41Robert gave up for a short time,
06:43until he saw Rebecca in the black comedy film
06:46Scenes from the Class Struggling in Beverly Hills in 1989,
06:51in which she appeared in bed with another actor.
06:54He became enraged by the scene,
06:56apparently out of jealousy,
06:58and decided that she should be punished for,
07:00He paid a detective agency in Tucson $250
07:08to find Rebecca's home address
07:10in the California Department of Motor Vehicles,
07:14or DMV, records.
07:15His brother helped him purchase a gun.
07:17So, for the third time,
07:20on July 18, 1989,
07:22Robert traveled to L.A.
07:24and wandered around the neighborhood where Rebecca lived,
07:28asking neighbors if she actually lived here.
07:31Once confirmed,
07:32he walked up and rang the doorbell.
07:35Rebecca was preparing for an audition
07:37for The Godfather Part 3
07:38and was expecting a script to be delivered.
07:42Unfortunately,
07:43the intercom system wasn't working properly,
07:45so she answered the door.
07:48Robert showed her a letter
07:49and an autograph that she had previously sent him.
07:53After a short conversation,
07:55she asked him not to come to her home again.
07:58He left and went to a diner to have breakfast.
08:01He returned to her apartment an hour later
08:03and rang the doorbell again.
08:05This time,
08:06she had a cold look on her face.
08:08He pulled out the handgun
08:09and shot her in the chest at point-blank range
08:12in the doorway of her apartment building.
08:13She collapsed, repeating,
08:16Why?
08:17Why?
08:18Robert fled the scene.
08:20Rebecca was rushed to the emergency room
08:22at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
08:24where she was pronounced dead 30 minutes later
08:27after her arrival.
08:29She was 21 years old.
08:31On July 23, 1989,
08:34hundreds of people attended Rebecca's funeral.
08:37She was laid to rest
08:38at Alba Shalom Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.
08:41On July 19,
08:43Robert was arrested in Tucson
08:44after motorists reported a man
08:46running through traffic on Interstate 10.
08:49He immediately confessed to the murder.
08:52Robert was convicted
08:52of first-degree aggravated murder
08:55in a bench trial,
08:56which is a trial by a judge
08:58rather than a jury,
08:59and it was argued that he was mentally ill.
09:02He was diagnosed with schizophrenia
09:03and that his illness directly led
09:06to his having committed the murder.
09:08He was sentenced to life in prison
09:10without the possibility of parole.
09:12He carried a red paperback copy
09:14of Catcher in the Rye
09:16when he murdered Rebecca,
09:18which he tossed onto the roof
09:19of a building as he fled.
09:22He insisted that it was coincidental
09:24and that he had not emulated
09:26Mark David Chapman,
09:28who had also carried a copy
09:29of the novel with him
09:31when he shot and killed John Lennon
09:33on December 8, 1980.
09:36Mark later claimed in an interview
09:37that he had received a letter
09:39from Robert before the murder of Rebecca,
09:43in which Robert inquired
09:44about life in prison.
09:46This incident sparked change.
09:48Federal laws regarding the release
09:50of personal information
09:51through the DMV was changed
09:53and the 1990 passing
09:55of America's first anti-stocking laws.
09:59Because of one person's obsession,
10:01another young life was cut short.
10:04Another star that died too soon.
10:06Rest in peace, Rebecca.
10:12Selena Quintanilla Perez,
10:15or simply known as Selena,
10:17was a singer, songwriter,
10:19and fashion designer
10:20known as the Queen of Tejano Music,
10:23earning nicknames like
10:24Tejano Madonna
10:25and Mexican Madonna
10:27for the outfits she would wear on stage
10:29and her dance moves.
10:31She started her music career
10:32when she was young at age 8.
10:35Her father Abraham,
10:36a former musician,
10:38noticed her singing talent
10:39and formed a band,
10:40Selena and Los Dinos,
10:42with her elder siblings
10:43A.B. on bass
10:44and Suzette on drums.
10:46He taught her how to sing in Spanish.
10:48Although the kids complained at first,
10:50they grew to love playing music.
10:53They played any gig they could get,
10:55playing at the family restaurant,
10:57Papagallo,
10:58and at weddings in Lake Jackson.
11:00After 1981,
11:01the band became a professional act.
11:04In 1982,
11:05the group moved to Corpus Christi
11:06and played in rural dance halls
11:08and urban nightclubs
11:10where Tejano music flourishes.
11:12The band was often turned down
11:14by Texas music venues
11:16because of the members' ages
11:17and because Selena was their lead singer.
11:21Her father was often told by promoters
11:23that Selena would never be successful
11:25because she's a woman
11:26in a genre historically dominated by men.
11:29But they kept pushing.
11:31And over the years,
11:32they became more and more popular.
11:34Selena became a star in Tejano music.
11:36She won the Tejano Music Award
11:39for Female Entertainer of the Year in 1987.
11:42And eight other Tejano Music Awards followed.
11:45After six successful albums with the band,
11:48Selena signed with EMI Latin in 1989
11:51as a solo artist.
11:53She released her self-titled debut album
11:55on October 17, 1989.
11:59Also around this time
12:00is when she met Chris Perez,
12:02their new lead guitarist.
12:04They fell in love
12:05and eloped on April 2, 1992
12:08despite her father's disapproval at first.
12:11With more albums being produced
12:13and her popularity growing,
12:15a registered nurse
12:16and fan named Yolanda Saldivar
12:19asked Abraham to start a fan club
12:21in San Antonio.
12:22He agreed,
12:23believing the fan club
12:24would bring more exposure for the band.
12:27Yolanda soon became a close friend
12:29to Selena and the family.
12:31She was trusted
12:32and became the acting president
12:34of the fan club in 1991.
12:36She got close to Selena,
12:38almost obsessive.
12:39In 1994,
12:41her album,
12:42Live,
12:42won a Grammy
12:43for Best Mexican American Album,
12:45making history
12:46as one of the youngest Tejano artists
12:48to do so.
12:49In the same year,
12:50Live won Album of the Year
12:52by the Billboard Latin Music Awards.
12:55Along with numerous awards
12:57she was getting for her music,
12:59Selena designed
12:59and manufactured a line of clothing.
13:02She opened two boutiques
13:03called Selena Etc.
13:05One in Corpus Christi
13:06and the other in San Antonio.
13:08Both were equipped
13:09with in-house beauty salons.
13:11Things were looking up for Selena
13:13or so she thought.
13:15Yolanda got closer to the family
13:17and was trusted
13:18with not only the fan club
13:19but became a manager
13:21at her boutiques.
13:23In 1995,
13:24complaints started coming in
13:25from employees
13:26about the bad treatment
13:27by Yolanda.
13:29Selena would dismiss
13:30these complaints
13:31thinking she knew
13:32her friend
13:32would never treat
13:33her employees
13:34in a negative way.
13:35So they complained
13:36to Abraham
13:37who took notice.
13:38Also around this time,
13:40complaints came in
13:41from the members
13:41of the fan club
13:42who said that they paid
13:44for membership
13:44and received nothing
13:46in return for it.
13:47So he started investigating,
13:49looking at the books.
13:50Something was wrong.
13:52Very wrong.
13:53He discovered that
13:54Yolanda had embezzled
13:55more than $30,000
13:56in forced checks
13:58from both the fan club
13:59and the boutiques.
14:01Abraham held a meeting
14:02with Selena and Suzette
14:04on the night of March 9th,
14:06confronting Yolanda
14:07about the inconsistencies
14:09about the disappeared funds.
14:11He told her
14:12that if she did not
14:13provide evidence
14:14that disproves his accusations,
14:16he would involve
14:16the local police.
14:18And he also banned her
14:19from having contact
14:20with Selena.
14:21After numerous stalling tactics,
14:23on March 31st, 1995,
14:26at 11.48 a.m.,
14:28Selena met Yolanda
14:30in her motel room
14:31at the Days Inn
14:32in Corpus Christi,
14:34demanding the financial papers.
14:36Yolanda pulled out
14:37a gun from her purse
14:38and pointed it at Selena.
14:40As Selena attempted to flee,
14:42Yolanda shot her once
14:43on the right lower shoulder,
14:45severing her subclavian artery
14:47and causing a severe blood loss.
14:50Critically wounded,
14:51Selena ran towards the lobby,
14:53leaving a 390-foot trail of blood.
14:57She collapsed on the floor
14:58as the clerk called 911,
15:00with Yolanda chasing after her
15:02and calling her a bitch.
15:04She tried to flee
15:05in her pickup truck,
15:06but police caught up with her.
15:08She surrendered
15:09after nearly
15:09nine-and-a-half-hour standoff
15:11with police and the FBI.
15:13Meanwhile,
15:14an ambulance rushed Selena
15:15to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital
15:18at 12 o'clock.
15:20Doctors did everything they could
15:21to try and save her,
15:23but it was too late.
15:25Selena was pronounced dead
15:26at 1.05 p.m.
15:28She was 23 years old.
15:30On April 1st,
15:32a vigil was held
15:33at the Bayfront Plaza
15:34in Corpus Christi,
15:36where 3,000 fans attended.
15:38Her public viewing
15:39the following day,
15:41about 30,000 to 40,000 fans
15:43passed by Selena's casket.
15:45More than 78,000
15:47signed a book of condolence.
15:49On April 3rd, 1995,
15:52Selena was laid to rest
15:53at Seaside Memorial Park.
15:56On July 18th, 1995,
15:58Selena's fifth and final album,
16:00Dreaming of You,
16:01was released,
16:02the crossover album
16:03from Spanish to English.
16:05Selena had been working on
16:06at the time of her death.
16:08It sold 175,000 copies
16:11on the day of its release
16:12in the U.S.,
16:14a then-record for a female vocalist,
16:17and sold 331,000 copies
16:20its first week.
16:22It debuted at number one
16:23on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart,
16:26becoming the first album
16:27by a Hispanic artist to do so.
16:30Dreaming of You helped Selena
16:32to become the first solo artist
16:33to debut a post-humorous album
16:35at number one.
16:37Yolanda was found guilty of murder
16:39and sentenced to 30 years to life
16:41in October 1995.
16:44She has had a parole hearing
16:45in March 2025,
16:47but was denied.
16:49Selena touched the lives
16:50of so many people
16:51with her singing,
16:52her kindness,
16:53and the only thing
16:54she was guilty of
16:55was trusting a wolf
16:56in sheep's clothing.
16:58Her young life was taken
16:59from this world too soon.
17:01Rest in peace, Selena.
17:02Daryl Lance Abbott,
17:10better known as Dimebag Daryl,
17:12was born on August 20, 1966,
17:15in Ennis, Texas.
17:17From the age of 12,
17:18he was drawn to the guitar,
17:21inspired by legends like
17:22Eddie Van Halen
17:23and Ace Fraley.
17:24In early 1980,
17:26when Dimebag was just 16,
17:29he formed Pantera
17:30with his brother,
17:32drummer Benny Paul.
17:33In 1986,
17:35lead vocalist Terry Glaze
17:37left,
17:38and he was replaced
17:39with Phil Anselmo.
17:40What began as a glam metal act
17:42evolved into one of the most
17:44influential heavy metal bands
17:45of all time,
17:47with albums like
17:48Cowboys from Hell,
17:49Vulgar Display of Power,
17:51and my personal favorite,
17:52Far Beyond Driven.
17:54Debut at number one
17:55on the Billboard 200 charts
17:57in 1994.
17:59Pantera redefined
18:01the sound of modern metal.
18:03Known for his crushing riffs,
18:05melodic solos,
18:06and signature squeal harmonics,
18:08Dimebag became one of the most
18:09celebrated guitarists
18:11in rock and metal history.
18:13After Pantera disbanded
18:14in 2003,
18:16Dimebag and Vinny launched
18:17Damage Plan,
18:19which released
18:20New Found Power,
18:21the band's only album,
18:23in 2004.
18:24On December 8,
18:262004,
18:27Damage Plan was performing
18:28at the El Rosa Villa
18:30nightclub
18:31in Columbus, Ohio.
18:3325-year-old Nathan Gill,
18:35a deranged fan,
18:37rushed onto the stage
18:38as the band played
18:39the first song
18:40of its set list,
18:41and shot Dimebag
18:42multiple times.
18:44The band's head of security,
18:46Jeffrey Mayhem Thompson,
18:48then tackled Gill,
18:49but was fatally shot
18:50in the ensuing struggle.
18:52A fan,
18:53Nathan Bray,
18:54was also killed
18:55as he attempted
18:56to aid Abbott and Thompson,
18:58as was Aaron Halk,
19:00an employee of the venue
19:01who tried to disarm Gill
19:03while he was reloading.
19:05Three others were wounded
19:06before Columbus police officer,
19:08James Negenmayer,
19:09entered the club
19:10and shot Gill once in the head,
19:12killing him.
19:14Unfortunately,
19:15Dimebag was pronounced
19:16dead at the scene.
19:16He was 38 years old.
19:19As to why Nathan Gill
19:20did what he did,
19:21there are nothing
19:22but theories and speculation.
19:24He was enlisted
19:25in the Marines
19:25for a short time,
19:27but was discharged
19:27after being diagnosed
19:29with paranoid schizophrenia.
19:31Although he had returned
19:32with medication,
19:33he declined additional treatment
19:35after returning home.
19:36He took up boxing and football
19:38and would play Pantera
19:39before games.
19:41Nathan,
19:41a lifelong heavy metal fan,
19:44became obsessed
19:44with Pantera
19:45while he was in high school
19:47and remained fixated
19:48on the band
19:49even after their
19:502003 separation.
19:53His former friend,
19:54Dave Johnson,
19:55told reporters
19:56that Nathan had showed up
19:58at a mutual friend's house
20:00with Pantera's lyrics
20:01that he had claimed
20:02were his own,
20:04asserting that Pantera
20:05had plagiarized the lyrics
20:07and were attempting
20:08to steal his identity.
20:09Another theory is that
20:11Nathan read
20:12the Metal Hammer interview
20:13with Phil Anselmo
20:15that had been published
20:16shortly before the shooting,
20:18where Anselmo said
20:19that Abbott
20:20deserves to be beaten severely.
20:22Investigators found
20:23no evidence
20:24that Gale had been motivated
20:26either by Pantera's split
20:28or by the dispute
20:29between Abbott and Anselmo,
20:31and were unable
20:32to find evidence
20:33that Gale even read
20:34the interview.
20:35The fact that the shooting
20:36occurred exactly 24 years
20:38after the murder
20:39of John Lennon
20:40was dismissed
20:41as coincidental.
20:43The funeral was held
20:44on December 14th
20:46in Arlington, Texas.
20:48He was laid to rest
20:49alongside his mother,
20:50Carolyn,
20:51at the Moore Memorial
20:52Garden Cemetery.
20:54The guest list included
20:55artists such as
20:56Eddie Van Halen,
20:58Zach Wilde,
20:59Corey Taylor,
21:00and Jerry Cantrell.
21:01Gene Simmons donated
21:03a kiss casket
21:03for the burial,
21:05and Eddie Van Halen
21:06donated his original
21:08black-and-yellow striped
21:091979 Cherville
21:11Bumblebee guitar,
21:13which was featured
21:14on the back cover
21:15of Van Halen 2 album,
21:17to be included
21:18in the casket.
21:19A few weeks prior
21:20to his death,
21:21Abbott had met Van Halen
21:23and asked him
21:23for a replica
21:24of the Bumblebee.
21:26Van Halen said
21:27at the funeral,
21:28Dime was an original,
21:30and only an original
21:31deserves the original.
21:33In 2018,
21:35Benny Paul died
21:35in his sleep
21:36at the age of 54.
21:38He, too,
21:38was buried
21:39in a kiss casket
21:40in between
21:41his mother and brother.
21:43In late 2020,
21:45a protective fence
21:46was installed
21:46around the Abbott
21:47burial ground
21:48in an effort
21:49to stop vandalism,
21:51as Daryl's grave
21:52had previously
21:52been scratched
21:53and defaced
21:54by other people
21:55over the years.
21:56In a 2010 interview,
21:59Benny called
21:59the vandalism
22:00a real disrespectful thing.
22:02The Al Rosa Villa
22:03nightclub was later
22:05demolished in 2021.
22:07The world lost
22:08a true artist,
22:09all because of
22:10a crazy jackass man
22:11who should have
22:12never been allowed
22:13to have weapons.
22:14Rest in peace,
22:15Dimebag Daryl Abbott.
22:23Christina Grimmie
22:24was a singer,
22:25songwriter,
22:26and internet personality.
22:28It seemed like
22:29music was in her soul.
22:31She started singing
22:32at the age of six
22:33and began playing piano
22:34at ten.
22:36With her friends
22:37encouraging her,
22:38Christina began
22:39posting videos
22:40on her YouTube channel
22:41in 2009,
22:42when she was just
22:4315 years old.
22:45She stated that
22:45she began a musical
22:47YouTube channel
22:47so that people
22:48could connect
22:49with her music.
22:50Christina began
22:51posting covers
22:52of popular songs
22:53on YouTube.
22:55With her pure voice
22:56and heartfelt performances,
22:58she quickly built
22:59a worldwide following.
23:00her channel grew
23:02to millions of subscribers
23:03and she became
23:05one of the platform's
23:06earliest breakout stars.
23:08She released an EP,
23:10Find Me,
23:11on June 14, 2011.
23:14The album was released
23:16independently
23:16and debuted
23:17at number 35
23:18on the Billboard 200 charts
23:20in the U.S.
23:22Her debut single,
23:24Advice,
23:24was released on Radio Disney
23:26on June 11,
23:27with a music video
23:29directed by
23:30Sean Babis
23:32being released
23:33on July 19
23:34on her YouTube channel.
23:36After she reached
23:372 million subscribers,
23:39she released her
23:40debut studio album
23:41With Love,
23:42which debuted
23:43on August 6, 2013.
23:46In 2014,
23:47Christina took her talent
23:48to national television,
23:50competing on season 6
23:51of The Boys,
23:53with Adam Levine
23:54as her coach.
23:55She wowed audiences
23:56and finished
23:57in third place.
23:58She impressed
23:59people so much
24:00that she had offers
24:01from Adam Levine
24:03to sign her
24:03to his label,
24:05222 Records,
24:06and Little Wayne
24:07offered to sign her
24:08to his label,
24:10Young Money Entertainment.
24:12Ultimately,
24:12she decided to sign
24:13with Island Records.
24:15Christina released
24:16her second EP,
24:18A-Side,
24:19on February 21,
24:202016.
24:21That same year,
24:23she took on
24:24an acting role,
24:25making her only
24:26motion picture appearance
24:27in The Matchbreaker.
24:29On June 10, 2016,
24:32Christina performed
24:32with the band
24:33Before You Exit
24:34at the Plaza Life
24:36in Orlando, Florida.
24:38After her performance
24:39ended at 10 p.m.,
24:41she held a meet and greet
24:42with her fans
24:43inside the venue.
24:45Fans were lined up
24:46as Christina signed autographs
24:47and took selfies with them.
24:49At 10.24 p.m.,
24:5127-year-old Kevin James Loible,
24:54who was in line
24:55with the rest of her fans,
24:57approached Christina
24:57when it was his turn.
24:59She opened her arms
25:00to hug him.
25:01Loible then pulled out
25:02a pistol and shot her
25:04three times
25:05at point-blank range.
25:07Christina's brother,
25:08who was selling merchandise
25:09at the nearby table,
25:11jumped towards
25:12and tackled Loible
25:13and the men scuffled.
25:15Loible broke free,
25:17backed against a wall,
25:18pulled out another pistol
25:19and shot himself
25:21in the head.
25:22He was pronounced
25:22dead at the scene.
25:24After CPR was performed
25:26on her by attending
25:27positions,
25:29she was taken
25:29to the Orlando
25:30Regional Medical Center
25:31in critical condition.
25:33By 10.59 p.m.,
25:35she was pronounced dead.
25:37She was 22 years old.
25:39Police didn't offer
25:40a motive,
25:41but looking at this guy,
25:43he was living
25:44like a hermit.
25:45He only had one friend
25:46who knew of his obsession
25:47with Christina.
25:49His family didn't know anything,
25:51and his co-workers said
25:52that Kevin would become
25:53angry and defensive
25:54when questioned
25:56about his obsession.
25:57Kevin had an unhealthy
25:59and realistic infatuation
26:00with the singer
26:01and tried to make himself
26:03more physically attractive
26:04to her through weight loss,
26:06hair transplants,
26:08teeth whitening,
26:09and eye surgery.
26:10Before the shooting,
26:11he had stated he was tired
26:13and ready to ascend.
26:15He traveled from
26:15St. Pete to Orlando
26:17just to commit
26:18such a horrible act
26:19of violence.
26:20People who attended
26:21the concert
26:22were shocked and angry
26:23that the security
26:24was more concerned
26:25about food and beverages
26:26being brought
26:27into the theater
26:27than being concerned
26:29about weapons.
26:30There were no metal detectors
26:32nor was anyone frisked.
26:34On June 16th,
26:36Christina was buried
26:37at the Berlin Cemetery
26:38in a private ceremony.
26:40The following day,
26:41thousands of friends
26:42and fans attended
26:44a public memorial
26:45held in Medford, New Jersey.
26:47Many celebrities
26:48dedicated performances
26:49to Christina.
26:51The tragedy was felt
26:52nationwide.
26:54Christina's death
26:54led to calls
26:55for increased security
26:56at performing art venues
26:58and also created
27:00a discussion
27:00about gun control
27:02and mental health.
27:03Noting the similarities
27:04between Christina's murder
27:06and the deaths
27:07of former Pantera guitarist
27:09Daryl Abbott
27:10and three others
27:11in 2004.
27:13Urging concert promoters
27:14and club owners
27:15to impose stronger measures
27:16to protect artists
27:18from gun-wielding fanatics.
27:20Adding,
27:21Sadly,
27:21that's not the case.
27:23Another rising star
27:24had to pay the consequence
27:25with her life.
27:27On February 17th,
27:292017,
27:30Christina's family
27:31released a post-humorous
27:33single,
27:34Invisible,
27:35which was part of
27:36Christina's EP B-Side,
27:38which was released
27:39on April 21st.
27:41On June 9th,
27:42the album
27:43All Is Vanity
27:44was released
27:45post-humorously.
27:47Another young life
27:48tragically cut short,
27:50another voice silenced,
27:52all because of a madman.
27:54Rest in peace,
27:55Christina Grimmie.
27:56After hearing these stories,
28:04a pattern seems to form
28:05as to the mentality
28:06of a celebrity stalker.
28:08They are often lonely
28:09with untreated mental illnesses
28:11and latch on to someone
28:13that happens to catch their eye.
28:15They build them up,
28:17placing them on a pedestal
28:18almost like a god.
28:20Then when the celebrity
28:21does something
28:22that the stalker doesn't like,
28:24they feel like
28:25it's a personal slight
28:26against them,
28:27shattering the illusion
28:28they created in their mind.
28:30They become obsessed
28:31with punishing the object
28:33of their obsession,
28:34not understanding
28:35that these celebrities
28:36are people
28:37that are not always
28:38so perfect
28:39and will have flaws.
28:41It doesn't justify
28:42what these people did.
28:44They took lives,
28:45which will never be excused.
28:47Understanding how
28:48celebrity stalkers,
28:49or any stalkers
28:50for that matter,
28:51operate,
28:51I guess it's trying
28:53to make sense
28:53out of the senseless.
28:55It's hard to get help
28:56for them
28:57if they are basically
28:58invisible to society.
29:00All people can do
29:01is stay vigilant.
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29:07Thank you for hanging out
29:08with me in the
29:09Dark Mystery Lounge.
29:10This is Phoenix
29:11signing out.
29:12Have a good evening
29:13and stay safe.
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