Were the Son of Sam Killings a Conspiracy? (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer)
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MYS168: Forty-four years ago this month, David Berkowitz was arrested and confessed to the Son of Sam shootings. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine whether he acted alone and what role satanism may have played in the murders.
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- MYS167: Son of Sam (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer)
- Maury Terry’s book The Ultimate Evil
- Netflix documentary
- David Berkowitz (Wikipedia)
- Son of Sam Law
- David Berkowitz’s official website
- “Lost Tapes” 1970s news coverage
- UPI story on guilty pleas
- “In his own words” interviews (videos)
- CBN Interview (text)
- History of NYC in the 1970s
- Inside Edition interview 1993 pt. 1
- Inside Edition interview 1993 pt. 2
- Inside Edition 1999
- Larry King interview 1999
- Process Church of the Final Judgment
- New York Times article on John Carr
- Page with police sketches
- Samhain
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