The Sons of Sam

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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This episode contains *spoilers* so make sure to watch the entire series of "The Sons of Sam" on Netflix before listening on. When the “Son of Sam,” David Berkowitz was caught in the summer of 1977 after a string of shooting attacks in New York City, the world believed the nightmare was over, but for journalist Maury Terry, the real mystery was just beginning. Terry was convinced that Berkowitz had not acted alone. He spent decades attempting to prove that the web of darkness behind the murders went deeper than anyone imagined. In this episode, our host Rebecca Lavoie is joined by Joshua Zeman, the director and executive producer of the docu-series "The Sons of Sam."

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0:00.0	Welcome to You Can't Make This Up, a companion podcast for Netflix's original true crime stories.
0:08.0	I'm Rebecca Laveoy, your host. Each episode we take a close up look at a true crime narrative, documentary, or series,
0:15.1	and I talk to the people who made them, diving deep into the backstories and getting answers
0:19.1	to questions raised by what we just watched.
0:22.0	Today we're covering the four-part docueries The Sons of Sam, a
0:25.6	descent into darkness. I'm joined by Joshua Zeman, the series director and executive producer.
0:31.2	A note to listeners, this episode contains spoilers, so make sure to watch the entire series and then listen on.
0:38.4	When the son of Sam, David Berkowitz, was caught in the summer of 1977,
0:43.3	the world believed the nightmare was over.
0:45.4	But for journalist Maury Terry, the real mystery
0:47.9	was just beginning.
0:49.6	Terry was convinced that Berkowitz had not acted alone.
0:53.0	He spent decades attempting to prove that the web of darkness behind the murders went deeper
0:57.5	than anyone imagined.
1:01.5	Run from me darling. A killer on the loose in New York for a year and three days.
1:07.0	Run my good fight.
1:10.0	He is David Berkowitz, the man police believed to be the son of Sam.
1:14.6	You better run for your life.
1:18.8	They totally ignored the true story of this case.
1:21.6	Run.
1:24.0	Once they named Berkowitz, it was like,
1:26.0	hallelujah, we got our bad guy,
	...

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