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Ok, we need to talk about The Sons of Sam true crime series on Netflix. At first, it covers what looks like a pretty closed case about serial killer David Berkowitz. But then it dives head first into the huge investigation by journalist Maury Terry, and now a lot of people have been left wondering why John Carr was never properly investigated in the case.
In the summer of 1976, a serial killer was on the loose in New York. Over a year after his first crime, David Berkowitz would be found to be the man who killed six people and wounded seven others. But, investigator and journalist Maury Terry didn’t think he acted alone. Evidence pointed towards a murderous cult – but nobody else was ever convicted in the case.
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In the fall of 2003, I drove to the Orange County fairgrounds in Costa Mesa and watched Arnold Schwarzenegger campaign to replace Gov. Gray Davis with a spectacular stunt.
The action hero gave the signal and a crane dropped a wrecking ball on a Buick bearing the words “Davis Car Tax.” The car exploded, and so did the crowd, which wanted to recall Davis and elect Schwarzenegger.
Legendary New York newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin, who was standing beside me, was flummoxed. Looking like someone who’d just landed on another planet, he turned to me and asked what the heck was going on.
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.
In the summer of 1976, a serial killer was on the loose in New York. Now, David Berkowitz is serving life in prison for the crimes and says he doesn’t like thinking back to what he did.
David Richard Berkowitz is one of the most notorious serial killers in American history and the hunt for him captivated the world in the late 1970s. He became known as the Son of Sam through letters he had left at crime scenes, and police and the media also called him the .44 Caliber Killer – because of the gun he used. Berkowitz had grown up in New York City and previously served in the army, before his spree which ended in him killing six people and wounding seven others.