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Latest News: Son of Sam Featured in Conversations with a Killer

David Berkowitz, the infamous Son of Sam serial killer, is the latest focus of Netflix’s popular docuseries Conversations with a Killer . The fourth installment, The Son of Sam Tapes , revisits the late-night Son of Sam killings that once terrorized New York City.

From 1976 to 1977, Berkowitz murdered six people and injured 11 others in a rampage of shootings that spanned 13 months. Following the largest manhunt in the city’s history, he was arrested in August 1977. During police questioning, Berkowitz claimed he was ordered to kill by his neighbor’s demon-possessed dog, but later recanted this story. In May 1978, the killer pleaded guilty to the murders and was sentenced to six consecutive l

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