It was the first of eight seemingly random shootings that continued throughout New York City for more than a year afterwards. It was a year of terror, in which the streets of New York City were uncharacteristically silent at night. Scared of being the next shooting victim, people stayed home, off of the streets and out of their cars. From the summer of 1976 until the summer of 1977, fourteen people were shot in parked cars throughout the city, from the Bronx to Brooklyn. Six of them died. Creepy, cryptic letters were sent to the police and to journalists from “the Son of Sam,” claiming responsibility for the violent murders, mocking the police, and threatening more to come.
Lone wolf or Satan cult - did Netflix serial killer Son of Sam really act alone?
The new Netflix series follows serial killer David Berkowitz who terrorised New York City on a killing spree in the 1970s, and begs the question of whether Son of Sam acted alone or as part of an evil cult
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The story of the Son of Sam, David Berkowitz, who was found guilty of six murders committed in New York City in the late 1970s, once again returns to prime time in Netflix’s new documentary
The Sons of Sam. Though Berkowitz is the titular focus, the four-part series organizes events around a different Yonkers resident. The series chronicles the white-whale search of investigative reporter Maury Terry, who maintained Berkowitz was not the sole perpetrator of the New York City killing spree. His investigations and his book,
The Ultimate Evil, attempted to connect Berkowitz’s crimes to other occult-linked killings in the United States, while also proving the Berkowitz murders required accomplices namely Berkowitz’s neighbors John and Michael Carr, the actual sons of Sam (Sam Carr).
Bizarre reason serial killer David Berkowitz chose Son of Sam nickname
Serial killer David Berkowitz is the subject of Netflix s latest true crime series, called Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness. But how did David come up with the name Son of Sam?
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The latest true crime docuseries on Netflix is The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness, all about the crimes of serial killer David Berkowitz and journalist Maury Terry’s investigation into the theory Berkowitz didn’t act alone. One of the main parts of the investigation focused around a series of letters which were sent to police and the media, which were signed as being from The Sons of Sam killer.
During the time of the murders, the killer sent a number of letters to the NYPD and local New York media. These taunted the recipients and said he would continue committing his awful crimes. None of the letters are read in full during the Netflix series, and only some show on screen for a few seconds. So, here’s what all The Sons of Sam letters actually said.