How Netflix s Sons of Sam Is a Cautionary Tale About True Crime Obsession ETOnline 5/5/2021
Now streaming on Netflix is
The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness, a new true-crime docuseries that not only re-examines the 1977 murder spree by David Berkowitz, known then as the Son of Sam, but also what happens when someone’s search for the truth goes too far. “Especially where we are in society right now, I think it’s an important cautionary tale of true crime,” director Joshua Zeman tells ET.
“I think we all need to realize what it means to go down the rabbit hole. And sometimes what it means to not be able to get back out,” he adds.
Where is John Hockenberry now?
It was 2018 when John last shared and put forth his side of the story in a lengthy essay titled Exile that was published on Harper s magazine. In those few thousand words, it s hard not to sympathize with the man when he says he went from recognized on the streets of New York City to someone who fears recognition and trembles at the prospect of running into some radio listener who has come to find me an object of pity or reproach.
Reporter John Hockenberry speaks during Future Of Film Panel: Stories By Numbers - 2014 Tribeca Film Festival at SVA Theater on April 24, 2014 in New York City. (Getty Images)
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Updated: May 5 2021, 5:48 ET
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A NETFLIX documentary sheds a new light on the murders of the infamous American serial killer known as the Son of Sam .
The streaming giant’s latest true crime fixture uses case files and interviews with investigators and journalists who followed the gruesome story and looks at evidence suggesting that David Berkowitz may not have acted alone.
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Thursday, 6th May 2021 at 5:03 pm
Just arrived on Netflix is The Sons of Sam â a brand new docuseries looking at the crimes of 1970s serial killer David Berkowitz.
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The true crime series dives into the killings that terrorised New York between 1976 and 1977, claimed to have been committed by an anonymous murderer who called himself âThe Son of Samâ in letters to the press and police.
While 24-year-old David Berkowitz was eventually convicted of the six murders and numerous attacks, some â including journalist Maury Terry â believe that he didnât act alone.
This Netflix four-parter explores the theory that Berkowitz committed the crimes as part of a satanic cult and through archive footage, focuses on Terryâs own investigation.
Thursday, 6th May 2021 at 5:04 pm
Arguably one of the most infamous serial killers in history has to be David Berkowitz – a.k.a The Son of Sam. Berkowitz’s crimes are looked at in detail in Netflix‘s brand new docuseries The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness – a four-parter which examines whether the convicted killer worked alone or as part of a satanic cult as he claims.
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Through archive footage and interviews, the new series dives into the investigation of Maury Terry – a journalist who became obsessed with the Son of Sam case and believed Berkowitz acted alongside other murderers between 1976 and 1977.