From prison, berkowitz continued to assert and expand upon his claims of demonic possession.
Son of sam dog talking.
O n this episode of those conspiracy guys we talk about the son of sam who terrorised new york city in the summer of 1977 with indiscriminate shootings and mysterious serial letters to the police.
Berkowitz said that the sam he mentioned in his first letter when he was brought in for questioning was sam carr, his neighbor who had a dog by the name of harvey.
The son of sam killer said that his neighbor's black labrador retriever was possessed by a demon.
“then he came up with this son of sam thing.
Even though it happened many years ago, the memory of the event is still fresh in my mind.
Once in custody, berkowitz informed the police that a man from 6,000 years ago named sam spoke to him through his neighbor sam carr’s black labrador retriever, commanding him to kill.
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The detective was astonished when the woman said she knew david berkowitz and she believed him to be son of sam.
And as far as new york city police were concerned, the case was closed:
David berkowitz, also known as son of sam and the.44 caliber killer, is an american serial killer who terrorized the new york city area from july 1976 to july 1977.
But in 1976 and 1977, as a killer known as the son of sam was on the loose, the city held its breath.
Between the summers of 1976 and 1977, a young man named david berkowitz terrorized new york as he indiscriminately gunned down innocent young people in their cars.
The man turned his head and said, “i’m sam.” berkowitz reportedly also taunted the arresting officers, asking them what took them so long to find him.
Inside the room, chunky guy, with the pleasant young face, kept talking.
His name was david berkowitz and he told cops he was the.44 killer who used the name son of sam.
30, 1977, though, something happened.
He went by the name “son of sam,” claiming that satan had possessed his neighbor sam’s dog and was sending him messages to eliminate.
David berkowitz was finally arrested in his home in yonkers, ny on august 10, 1977, putting an.