Were the Son of Sam Killings a Conspiracy? (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2021
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
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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| 1:01.0 | Previously on Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world. You're listening to episode 167 of Jimmy Aiken's |
| 1:07.6 | mysterious world. In this episode, we're talking about the Sun of Sam killings. In 1976, a terrifying |
| 1:14.7 | series of crimes began in New York City. Young couples and women with long dark hair were being shot. |
| 1:20.8 | Apparently at random. They were being shot with 44 caliber bullets, so the press dubbed their |
| 1:25.4 | attacker the 44 caliber killer. Soon, however, the killer gave himself a new name, The Sun of Sam. |
| 1:31.5 | In August of 1977, 44 years ago this month, David Burkowitz was arrested for the crimes. |
| 1:37.3 | The press began reporting that he'd been given his orders to kill by a 6,000 year old spirit in a |
| 1:42.4 | dog named Sam. Burkowitz confessed to the crimes, but doubt remains about whether he was the |
| 1:47.1 | only person involved. What happened in the Sun of Sam crimes? Who is David Burkowitz? |
| 1:51.6 | And did he really act alone? I think that the Sun of Sam crimes were horrific. I think that David |
| 1:56.8 | Burkowitz was involved and definitely committed some of them, but I also think that we need to give |
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