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Jun 22, 2024 · On Aug. 10, 1977, David Berkowitz—aka Son of Sam— was arrested after a 13-month murder spree. A parking ticket finally led police to him.
Jun 10, 2024 · Over the span of just 13 months, Son of Sam forged a path of destruction that would result in the deaths of six people and the injuries of eleven others. The bloodshed would finally come to an end on August 10th, 1977, when police surrounded a vehicle parked outside 35 Pine Street in Yonkers.
Jun 27, 2024 · Known infamously as the “Son of Sam,” David Berkowitz terrorized New York City during the mid-1970s with a series of brutal shootings that left six people dead and seven others wounded. His reign of terror gripped the city in fear and led to one of the largest manhunts in New York’s history.
Jun 27, 2024 · On June 25, 1977, after a two month hiatus, Son of Sam returns to Queens in Bayside, near Forest Hills. The victims, a young couple in their car, survived. Then, the blackout of 1977 happened...
Jun 27, 2024 · The one-year anniversary of the first “Son of Sam” murder passed with peak police surveillance and no murders. Two days later, Berkowitz moved his attacks to Brooklyn for the first time.
Jun 8, 2024 · The newly-revealed first victim of the Son of Sam’s murderous rampage in NYC 48 years ago credits her survival in the nearly fatal attack to her time growing up in Europe as a trapeze artist.
Jun 23, 2024 · Discover the harrowing true story of the notorious serial killer who terrorized New York City forty years ago during the summer of 1977—David Berkowitz, otherwise known as Son of Sam—for true crime fans and viewers of The Lost Tapes: Son of Sam documentary now on the Smithsonian Channel.
