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Netflix’s The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness re-examines the infamous New York serial killer through the eyes of one man’s obsession with the case
The arrest of David Berkowitz on 10 August, 1977 brought to an end the largest manhunt yet in the New York City police department’s (NYPD) history and the city’s notorious “summer of fear”.
The city was at the mercy of the the so-called Son of Sam serial killer who terrorized the city with random shootings over the course of a year – six dead, seven wounded, all with a .44 caliber revolver and mostly while parked in dark “lover’s lanes”. The 24-year-old postal worker confessed to the string of brutal crimes furiously discussed in the press, which published taunting, deranged letters from the killer and metabolized widespread public anxiety and fear. News footage from the time, replayed in the new Netflix docuseries The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness, shows women in salons getting rid of the long brown hair believed to be preferred by the killer; Berkowitz’s booking was ensconced by a flurry of press and a leering, raucous crowd. Continue reading...