Killer Tape

Killer Tape

Killer Tape is a biographical true crime podcast where killers, and hard core criminals, tell their own story, in their own words. In season one, David Berkowitz, AKA The Son of Sam,tells his own life story, from birth to arrest through an extensive audio archive recorded inside Attica Prison in March of 1980 by investigative reporter Jack Jones. This exclusive archive represents, not only the most extensive interview ever conducted with Berkowitz, but it is, also his first in depth interview following his arrest, and it is being released here, for the first time.

Episodes

4: S01B04 JACK'S INTERVIEW NOTES

September 29, 2023 • 54 mins
Bill and Jack look over Jack's handwritten notes taken at the time of his month's long interview with Berkowitz. 
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3: S01B03 LETTERS WITH BERKOWITZ PART II

September 29, 2023 • 64 mins
Bill and Jack examine letters Berkowitz and Jack exchanged after the interview concluded.
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2: S01B02 LETTERS WITH BERKOWITZ PART I

September 29, 2023 • 46 mins
Bill and Jack examine letters Berkowitz mailed Jack asking him to come to the prison and interview him in his official capacity as a reporter. 
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1: S01B01 THE SON OF SAM LAW

September 29, 2023 • 47 mins
Bill and Jack look over a collection of documents put together in order to pass the "Son of Sam Law", which Berkowitz asked Jack to get him a copy of.
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21: S01E21: A UNIQUE GROUP OF MONSTERS

September 29, 2023 • 55 mins
As David Berkowitz joins a short list of infamous killers, a movie is being made on his life, a movie, he fears, will encourage others to do what he did. 
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20: S01E20: IN THE END, EVERYONE SELLS THEIR STORY

September 29, 2023 • 45 mins
David struggles with the way in which those close to him deal with the attention afforded them due to their association with him, namely his birth mother, Betty Falco. 
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19: S01E19: GIVING UP THE SON OF SAM

September 29, 2023 • 50 mins
Adjusting to life in prison, David Berkowitz’s conscious weighs heavy as he looks for someone to tell his story to. 
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18: S01E18: THE DOCTORS & THE DEMONS

September 29, 2023 • 64 mins
Ahead of court proceedings, David Berkowitz tells a group of psychologists a very bizarre story about a 6,000 year old demon named “Sam” who ordered him to kill through a talking dog named “Harvey”.
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17: S01E17: WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?

September 29, 2023 • 50 mins
As a result of a string of near misses and circuitous events, David Berkowitz is arrested. 
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16: S01E16: A CURIOSITY ABOUT DEATH

September 29, 2023 • 50 mins
As press coverage reaches a boiling point, David watches the funeral of one his victims on television, exposing a lifelong curiosity about death. 
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15: S01E15: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

September 29, 2023 • 48 mins
David Berkowitz taunts police and press alike through a series of deranged letters dubbing himself, “The Son of Sam”. 
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14: S01E14: BECOMING SON OF SAM

September 29, 2023 • 37 mins
Not being arrested as quickly as he suspected, David Berkowitz decides he’s going to need a story. 
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13: S01E13: LOCAL HERO, DAVID BERKOWITZ

September 29, 2023 • 54 mins
The duality of Berkowitz explored, David patrols New York City with homemade emergency rescue equipment hoping to be a hero, while at the same time, looking for a woman to kill.  
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12: S01E12: THE .44 CALIBER KILLER

September 29, 2023 • 48 mins
New York City press begins to put together the idea that the recent string of attacks terrorizing the city, may be connected, dubbing the assailant the “.44 Caliber Killer”.
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11: S01E11: FAILING AT EVERYTHING

September 29, 2023 • 52 mins
After murdering a young woman named Donna Lauria, David Berkowitz second attempt to take a women’s life is “unsuccessful”, sending him into a tailspin. 
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10: S01E10: TAXI DRIVER

September 29, 2023 • 49 mins
On a trip to visit an old Army buddy in Texas, David Berkowitz sees the film that will change his life forever, picking up the gun featured in the film, the very next morning, the infamous .44 revolver.
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9: S01E09: THE DEADLY TOWER

September 29, 2023 • 59 mins
As David’s destructive nature continues to turn outward, he looks for a killer to model himself after, and believing his has found one, embarks on his first attempt to murder a woman. 
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8: S01E08: THE SEARCH FOR BETTY FALCO

September 29, 2023 • 55 mins
David Berkowitz launches a heroic effort to locate his birth mother, the encounter with whom, does not go according to plan. 
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7: S01E07: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?

September 29, 2023 • 42 mins
Back in the Bronx following an honorable discharge from the Army, David Berkowitz shakily attempts to settle into civilian life when he finds out his birth mother, Betty Falco, is still very much alive. 
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6: S01E06: GOD, GUNS & GIRLS

September 29, 2023 • 53 mins
David Berkowitz joins the military, and picks up, along the way, the fundamental tenements of what, would eventually become the “Son of Sam Story”.
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