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Netflix Releases Rare Son of Sam Serial Killer Interview Tapes Found After 45 Years
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, JUL 30 – The docuseries features rare prison interviews with David Berkowitz, revealing his motives and psychological state during his 1976-77 killing spree, streaming on Netflix now.
- On July 30, Netflix released Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes, revisiting Berkowitz’s case nearly 50 years later with archival and new interviews.
- Amid psychological revelations, Berkowitz says discovering his adoption and his mother’s death at 14 fueled resentment and attacks on young couples.
- Featuring rare prison audio, Jack Jones’s 1980 interviews at Attica reveal unnerving psychological insights into David Berkowitz’s psyche.
- Amid other true-crime releases, Netflix quickly soared to number one with Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes, joining its serial killer lineup of Bundy and Dahmer.
- Looking ahead, Joe Berlinger states that the Son of Sam case is seminal, with Berkowitz’s reign hijacking New York City’s sense of safety and influencing investigative tools, Murphy said.
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In the Netflix docuseries, “Conversations With a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes" (now streaming), director/ producer Joe Berlinger explores David Berkowitz and his reign of terror on 1970s New York City. Read his exclusive interview with The Post.
The True Story Behind Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes
Nearly 50 years after the arrest of David Berkowitz, the serial killer who terrorized New York City between 1976 and 1977, a new documentary series, Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes, explores that chilling period in history. Out July 30, the three-part series features audio of past interviews Berkowitz did with Rochester Democrat and Chronicle journalist Jack Jones, plus a new interview with Berkowitz, who is serving a life sent…
New Son of Sam doc uncovers chilling audio from killer who terrorized NYC
From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz – better known as the notorious serial killer “Son of Sam” – terrorized New York City. Nearly five decades later, The Son of Sam Tapes, a gripping new three-part Netflix docuseries premiering July 30, revisits the killings through prison recordings and interviews with survivors. Journalist Mary Murphy talks to Andrea Cavallier about what it was like to live through that time as a teenager in Queens
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