the last ten years, the homicide rate has increased by leaps and bounds. my god, somebody fired a shot! these tragedies keep getting closer and closer to home. i m afraid to let my kids walk out the door. the interurban crime wave has touched off a new round of gun buying. step out, mr. bundy. i ll plead not guilty right now. there has been a disturbing growth in cult phenomenon in this country. i shall be god. and beside me there shall be no other. all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. the 70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. at the time of a mass murder, there s a lot of media coverage. but usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perp
new york city in the early morning after a night of no electric power. what it did have in the dark streets was a wild outburst of crime. when the greatest city in the world goes black, it showed a crumbling america. then you have the son of sam on the loose. we always look for patterns in victims. there was this belief that he was only killing women with long dark hair. i know the .44 killer is after girls with long brown hair, so when i go out, me and my friends go out at night, we put our hair up. my hair was about down to my shoulder. it was about this length, i cut it short because of the .44 caliber killer. well, his last victim is actually blond. a 20-year-old new york city girl died this evening a day and a half after she and her companion were shot by the son of sam. he s the nighttime killer who has stalked new york residential boroughs for a year.
companion were shot by the son of sam. he s the nighttime killer who has stalked new york residential boroughs for a year. a postal worker walked out of his yonkers apartment last night, turned the ignition key in his car, and found himself surrounded by police. well, he said, you got me. police say those words ended the biggest manhunt in new york city history with the capture of son of sam. and this is what they say tripped up the .44 caliber killer. a parking ticket. david berkowitz drove this cream-colored ford galaxie from his home in yonkers to bensonhurst, brooklyn. then police say he went to stalk his 12th and 13th victims. but in the place he parked was a fire hydrant, and police had the lead they needed. when we get him and i interrogate him, my attitude at this time, i want to take him and throw him out the window. this guy was so pathetic. it was like talking to a zucchini. never blinked.
crumbling america. then you have the son of sam on the loose. we always look for patterns in victims. there was this belief that he was only killing women with long, dark hair. i know the .44 killer is after girls with long brown hair. so when i go out, me and my friends go out at night, we put our hair up. my hair is down to my shoulder. it was about this length. i cut it short because of the .44 caliber killer. well, his last victim was actually blond. a 20-year-old new york city girl died this evening a day and a half after she and her companion were shot by the son of sam. he s the nighttime killer who has stalked new york residential boroughs for a year. a postal worker walked out of his yonkers apartment last night, turned the ignition key in his car, and found himself surrounded by police. well, he said, you got me. police say those words ended the biggest manhunt in new york city
new york city in the early morning after a night of no electric power. what it did have in the dark streets was a wild outburst of crime. when the greatest city in the world goes black, it showed a crumbling america. then you have the son of sam on the loose. we always look for patterns in victims. there was this belief that he was only killing women with long, dark hair. i know the .44 killer is after girls with long brown hair. so when i go out, me and my friends go out at night, we put our hair up. my hair is down to my shoulder. it was about this length. i cut it short because of the .44 caliber killer. well, his last victim was actually blond. a 20-year-old new york city girl died this evening a day and a half after she and her companion were shot by the son of sam. he s the nighttime killer who has stalked new york residential boroughs for a year.