Overview

• The docuseries released July 30 on Netflix compiles previously unreleased 1980 audio interviews with reporter Jack Jones plus a 2024 interview with David Berkowitz.
• Filmmaker Joe Berlinger frames the Son of Sam case as foundational to modern true-crime media, highlighting how tabloid cooperation intensified fear across New York City in the 1970s.
• Archival recordings trace Berkowitz’s claimed motives to adoption-related resentment and demonic voices, while he now expresses remorse and urges early intervention.
• The series reaffirms that Berkowitz acted alone and notes that the shootings stopped following his August 1977 arrest after police traced a parking ticket to his vehicle.
• Berkowitz remains imprisoned at Shawangunk Correctional Facility under multiple life terms after a 2024 parole denial and is next eligible for review in 2026.