Sneak peek: Son of Sam: The Killer Speaks | Forensic Files

[Music] We ready? >> That's a question New Yorkers have been asking themselves a lot lately.
Are we ready for another blackout? For a bus hijacking or a bombing or another murder by the 44 caliber killer?
I know that I'm not usually known for any public exhibitions of Tampa, but I want you to
know I'm damned angry. >> The city is preoccupied with the killer who in one note signed himself the son
of Sam. >> He is compelled to kill. I think people are really shook up. >> People wouldn't come out at night.
They're really scared. >> The whole city was kind of like in lockdown. No one stayed out past 10:00.
>> People were terrified. >> And the girl was covered with blood. >> Oh my god. Oh my god, we've been shot.
We've been shot. I should have been dead. >> I guess on one hand, I was happy to be
alive. A lot of people died from the same gun. >> He struck again over the weekend,
shooting a young couple in a Brooklyn Lovers Lane. And today, the girl died, the killer's sixth victim. He's wounded
seven others. >> It's just scary. It's frightening. >> When you're walking, people just look
over their shoulder. >> That's all they do is talk about the killer. walks up to strangers, usually
couples in parked cars, and shoots them with a large bore revolver. >> Police say they are nowhere near solving
the case. >> If you're asking whether we have any indication of who he is or where he
might be, the answer is no. >> To do this to a young girl and a young boy, he's not human.
>> He was writing about a dog that talked to him, gave him orders to kill. I mean,
he just was going out 30 nights a month looking for someone to kill. >> He terrified the city. I mean, I've
never seen people like that. [Music] Yeah, I see that people will never understand where I came from. No matter
how much I I try to explain it, it they wouldn't understand what it what it what
it it was to to walk in darkness.

ENCORE: Nearly five decades ago, the "Son of Sam" terrorized New York City. In a 2017 prison interview, convicted serial killer David Berkowitz tells CBS News what led him to kill. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor Maurice DuBois reports. Watch Saturday, Aug. 2 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

New Yorkers recount the fear during the Son of Sam killings and the impact on daily life.

Key points

The City in Fear. New Yorkers are grappling with fear as a serial killer terrorizes the city.
The Killer Strikes Again. The killer claims another victim, escalating the city's panic.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I want you to know I'm damned angry.

Expressing frustration about the city's fear.

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