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‘Son of Sam’ David Berkowitz claims he discourages would-be killers who write him | Banfield
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4:37Now PlayingDavid Berkowitz, who terrorized New York City as the “Son of Sam” killer in the late 1970s, today is a religious prisoner who discourages people from following in his earlier footsteps, says Michael Franzese, an ex-mobster-turned-YouTuber who met with Berkowitz last year. “He said, ‘I get hundreds of letters, and I try to discourage these people from doing anything crazy like I did,’” Franzese tells “Banfield.”
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