Killer Tape is a biographical true crime podcast where killers, and hard core criminals, tell their own story, in their own words. In season one, David Berkowitz, AKA The Son of Sam,tells his own life story, from birth to arrest through an extensive audio archive recorded inside Attica Prison in March of 1980 by investigative reporter Jack Jones. This exclusive archive represents, not only the most extensive interview ever conducted with Berkowitz, but it is, also his first in depth intervie ...
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Bill and Jack look over Jack's handwritten notes taken at the time of his month's long interview with Berkowitz.By Molasses Manifesto
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3: S01B03 LETTERS WITH BERKOWITZ PART II
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Bill and Jack examine letters Berkowitz and Jack exchanged after the interview concluded.By Molasses Manifesto
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Bill and Jack examine letters Berkowitz mailed Jack asking him to come to the prison and interview him in his official capacity as a reporter.By Molasses Manifesto
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Bill and Jack look over a collection of documents put together in order to pass the "Son of Sam Law", which Berkowitz asked Jack to get him a copy of.By Molasses Manifesto
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As David Berkowitz joins a short list of infamous killers, a movie is being made on his life, a movie, he fears, will encourage others to do what he did.By Molasses Manifesto
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20: S01E20: IN THE END, EVERYONE SELLS THEIR STORY
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David struggles with the way in which those close to him deal with the attention afforded them due to their association with him, namely his birth mother, Betty Falco.By Molasses Manifesto
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Adjusting to life in prison, David Berkowitz’s conscious weighs heavy as he looks for someone to tell his story to.By Molasses Manifesto
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18: S01E18: THE DOCTORS & THE DEMONS
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Ahead of court proceedings, David Berkowitz tells a group of psychologists a very bizarre story about a 6,000 year old demon named “Sam” who ordered him to kill through a talking dog named “Harvey”.By Molasses Manifesto
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As a result of a string of near misses and circuitous events, David Berkowitz is arrested.By Molasses Manifesto
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As press coverage reaches a boiling point, David watches the funeral of one his victims on television, exposing a lifelong curiosity about death.By Molasses Manifesto
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David Berkowitz taunts police and press alike through a series of deranged letters dubbing himself, “The Son of Sam”.By Molasses Manifesto
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Not being arrested as quickly as he suspected, David Berkowitz decides he’s going to need a story.By Molasses Manifesto
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The duality of Berkowitz explored, David patrols New York City with homemade emergency rescue equipment hoping to be a hero, while at the same time, looking for a woman to kill.By Molasses Manifesto
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New York City press begins to put together the idea that the recent string of attacks terrorizing the city, may be connected, dubbing the assailant the “.44 Caliber Killer”.By Molasses Manifesto
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After murdering a young woman named Donna Lauria, David Berkowitz second attempt to take a women’s life is “unsuccessful”, sending him into a tailspin.By Molasses Manifesto
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On a trip to visit an old Army buddy in Texas, David Berkowitz sees the film that will change his life forever, picking up the gun featured in the film, the very next morning, the infamous .44 revolver.By Molasses Manifesto
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As David’s destructive nature continues to turn outward, he looks for a killer to model himself after, and believing his has found one, embarks on his first attempt to murder a woman.By Molasses Manifesto
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David Berkowitz launches a heroic effort to locate his birth mother, the encounter with whom, does not go according to plan.By Molasses Manifesto
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Back in the Bronx following an honorable discharge from the Army, David Berkowitz shakily attempts to settle into civilian life when he finds out his birth mother, Betty Falco, is still very much alive.By Molasses Manifesto
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David Berkowitz joins the military, and picks up, along the way, the fundamental tenements of what, would eventually become the “Son of Sam Story”.By Molasses Manifesto
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5: S01E05: GOODBYE SWEETHEART, HELLO VIETNAM
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A high school age David Berkowitz begins to attempt to navigate the world of dating.By Molasses Manifesto
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Pearl Berkowitz, David Berkowitz’s adoptive mother, and the only person to whom he is close, receives a terminal cancer diagnosis just as David is about to enter high school.By Molasses Manifesto
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David Berkowitz terrorizes his adoptive mother, Pearl Berkowitz, amidst a secretive, one boy attempt to burn down The Bronx in an arson spree that would become legendary.By Molasses Manifesto
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As the interview begins, David divulges the interworking of his nuclear family, as well as the news of the adoption that will serve to derail his fragile psyche.By Molasses Manifesto
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Investigative reporter Jack Jones is summoned to Attica Prison to conduct an interview by, and with, the world’s most infamous killer.By Molasses Manifesto
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Killer Tape is a biographical true crime podcast where killers, and hard core criminals, tell their own story, in their own words. In season one, David Berkowitz, AKA The Son of Sam,tells his own life story, from birth to arrest through an extensive audio archive recorded inside Attica Prison in March of 1980 by investigative reporter Jack Jones. T…
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