Killer Tape
Biographical, true crime podcast where killers, and hard core criminals, tell their own story, in their own words.
Hosted by documentary filmmaker @billbadgleyofficial (IG) and investigative reporter Jack Jones. Season One is based on a 19hr, never before heard, interview with David Berkowitz recorded inside Attica Prison in March of 1980 during which he tells his entire life story from birth to arrest, and beyond.
EPISODE 14: BECOMING SON OF SAM
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Not being arrested as quickly as he suspected, David Berkowitz decides he’s going to need a story.
EPISODE 13: LOCAL HERO, DAVID BERKOWITZ
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David Berkowitz commits his fifth Son of Sam attack.
EPISODE 12: .44 CALIBER KILLER
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David commits his fourth Son of Sam attack.
EPISODE 11: FAILING AT EVERYTHING
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David Berkowitz commits his third Son of Sam attack.
EPISODE 13: LOCAL HERO, DAVID BERKOWITZ
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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.
EPISODE 11: FAILING AT EVERYTHING
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David Berkowitz commits his second attack.
EPISODE 12: .44 CALIBER KILLER
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Realizing the murders are connected, the press dubs the assailant the “.44 Caliber Killer”.
EPISODE 10: TAXI DRIVER (teaser 3)
David Berkowitz commits his first murder.
EPISODE 11: FAILING AT EVERYTHING
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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.
EPISODE 10: TAXI DRIVER
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David Berkowitz commits his first murder.
EPISODE 9: THE DEADLY TOWER
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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.
EPISODE 9: THE DEADLY TOWER
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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.
Interview Jack and Bill did for live web show in LA called The Museum of Home Video last week.
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EPISODE 8: THE SEARCH FOR BETTY FALCO
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David Berkowitz launches an effort to locate his birth mother, the encounter with whom, does not go according to plan.
EPISODE 7: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?
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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.
EPISODE 7: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?
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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.
7PM EST Monday, May 8th Jack and I go live on Undercurrents with Manny Grossman, tune in!
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EPISODE 6: GOD, GUNS & GIRLS
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David Berkowitz joins the military, and picks up, along the way, the fundamental tenements of what would eventually become the “Son of Sam" story.
EPISODE 5: GOODBYE SWEETHEART, HELLO VIETNAM.
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A high school age David Berkowitz begins to attempt to navigate the world of dating, before enlisting in the US Military.
EPISODE 5: GOODBYE SWEETHEART, HELLO VIETNAM.
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A high school age David Berkowitz begins to attempt to navigate the world of dating, before enlisting in the US Military.
EPISODE 4: BERKOWITZ & SON
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David's adoptive mother Pearl receives a terminal cancer diagnosis just as David is about to enter high school.
EPISODE 4: BERKOWITZ & SON
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David's adoptive mother Pearl receives a terminal cancer diagnosis just as David is about to enter high school.
OUT NOW! EPISODE 3: PHANTOM OF THE BRONX
A childhood 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.
EPISODE 3: PHANTOM OF THE BRONX
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A childhood 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.
OUT NOW! EPISODE 2: THE ADOPTION
In Episode 2 our story begins as David opens up about his adoptive parents Pearl & Nat Berkowitz.
Catch up before Episode 3 drops on Tuesday, April 4th.
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OUT NOW! EPISODE 2: THE ADOPTION
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.
Episode 1 & 2 of our 21 episode series on David Berkowitz (based around a lost 19hr audio archive with Berkowitz from 1980) is out now wherever you listen to podcasts.
OUT NOW! EPISODE 1: MEETING SON OF SAM
Investigative reporter Jack Jones is summoned to Attica Prison to conduct an interview by, and with, the world’s most infamous killer.
Episode 1 & 2 of our 21 episode series on David Berkowitz (based around a lost 19hr audio archive with Berkowitz from 1980) is out now wherever you listen to podcasts.