The Son Of Sam

Not Another True Crime Podcast

Betches

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

3.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This week, Sara and Danny tackle one of the most infamous criminals in NYC history: David Berkowitz aka The Son of Sam. They cover Berkowitz’ childhood and military record all the way to his eventual capture. They also dive into the alleged motive behind his criminal spree, which bizarrely centered around the demonic possession of German Shepherds. Next, they give us their thoughts on the recent Netflix documentary’, The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness,’ and breakdown some of the theories it suggests. Finally, they listen to the music of the time, testing their knowledge of iconic songs released in 1976, the year of the Son of Sam murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In the summer of 1977, New York City was in a total state of panic.
0:07.0	For months, a mysterious killer calling himself the son of Sam had conducted a series of murders
0:12.5	of innocent bystanders all while claiming to be carrying out the wishes of demons ordering
0:17.3	him to kill.
0:18.3	In a series of letters to the police, he promised to kill again while taunting the police,
0:24.0	whose Omega Task Force had been completely ineffective at finding this killer.
0:28.3	As the panic took over the city, New Yorkers refused to leave their homes and even changed
0:32.6	their appearance to avoid looking like the killer's victim.
0:35.3	Will the city survive the spree of this crazed demonic killer?
0:40.1	Betches media presents.
0:43.0	Not another true crime podcast.
0:45.9	It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
0:55.0	Over here, it's past 1977, safe to say, we did survive.
1:00.8	So we made it guys.
1:02.1	We made it.
1:03.1	We made it to our Hot Girl Summer of 2021, which God bless.
1:06.4	Oh my gosh.
1:07.4	God bless indeed.
1:08.4	I feel like I'm starting to have social events again.
1:12.4	It's actually a little intimidating.
1:14.8	It's intimidating and overwhelming and it's throwing me off my axis, I think.
1:18.1	Because now I don't know.
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