Killer Tape
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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
26
Episodes
26 episodes
4: S01B04 JACK'S INTERVIEW NOTES
E4
Sep 29, 2023
Bill and Jack look over Jack's handwritten notes taken at the time of his month's long interview with Berkowitz.
3: S01B03 LETTERS WITH BERKOWITZ PART II
E3
Sep 29, 2023
Bill and Jack examine letters Berkowitz and Jack exchanged after the interview concluded.
2: S01B02 LETTERS WITH BERKOWITZ PART I
E2
Sep 29, 2023
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.
1: S01B01 THE SON OF SAM LAW
E1
Sep 29, 2023
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.
21: S01E21: A UNIQUE GROUP OF MONSTERS
E21
Sep 29, 2023
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.
20: S01E20: IN THE END, EVERYONE SELLS THEIR STORY
E20
Sep 29, 2023
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.
19: S01E19: GIVING UP THE SON OF SAM
E19
Sep 29, 2023
Adjusting to life in prison, David Berkowitz’s conscious weighs heavy as he looks for someone to tell his story to.
18: S01E18: THE DOCTORS & THE DEMONS
E18
Sep 29, 2023
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”.
17: S01E17: WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
E17
Sep 29, 2023
As a result of a string of near misses and circuitous events, David Berkowitz is arrested.
16: S01E16: A CURIOSITY ABOUT DEATH
E16
Sep 29, 2023
As press coverage reaches a boiling point, David watches the funeral of one his victims on television, exposing a lifelong curiosity about death.
15: S01E15: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
E15
Sep 29, 2023
David Berkowitz taunts police and press alike through a series of deranged letters dubbing himself, “The Son of Sam”.
14: S01E14: BECOMING SON OF SAM
E14
Sep 29, 2023
Not being arrested as quickly as he suspected, David Berkowitz decides he’s going to need a story.
13: S01E13: LOCAL HERO, DAVID BERKOWITZ
E13
Sep 29, 2023
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.
12: S01E12: THE .44 CALIBER KILLER
E12
Sep 29, 2023
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”.
11: S01E11: FAILING AT EVERYTHING
E11
Sep 29, 2023
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.
10: S01E10: TAXI DRIVER
E10
Sep 29, 2023
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.
9: S01E09: THE DEADLY TOWER
E9
Sep 29, 2023
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.
8: S01E08: THE SEARCH FOR BETTY FALCO
E8
Sep 29, 2023
David Berkowitz launches a heroic effort to locate his birth mother, the encounter with whom, does not go according to plan.
7: S01E07: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?
E7
Sep 29, 2023
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.
6: S01E06: GOD, GUNS & GIRLS
E6
Sep 29, 2023
David Berkowitz joins the military, and picks up, along the way, the fundamental tenements of what, would eventually become the “Son of Sam Story”.
5: S01E05: GOODBYE SWEETHEART, HELLO VIETNAM
E5
Sep 29, 2023
A high school age David Berkowitz begins to attempt to navigate the world of dating.
4: S01E04: BERKOWITZ & SON
E4
Sep 29, 2023
Pearl Berkowitz, David Berkowitz’s adoptive mother, and the only person to whom he is close, receives a terminal cancer diagnosis just as David is about to enter high school.
3: S01E03: PHANTOM OF THE BRONX
E3
Sep 29, 2023
David Berkowitz terrorizes his adoptive mother, Pearl Berkowitz, amidst a secretive, one boy attempt to burn down The Bronx in an arson spree that would become legendary.
2: S01E02: THE ADOPTION
E2
Sep 29, 2023
As the interview begins, David divulges the interworking of his nuclear family, as well as the news of the adoption that will serve to derail his fragile psyche.
1: S01E01: MEETING THE SON OF SAM
E1
Sep 29, 2023
Investigative reporter Jack Jones is summoned to Attica Prison to conduct an interview by, and with, the world’s most infamous killer.
Killer Tape Season One Trailer
Sep 29, 2023
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.