After many years of wandering in the wilderness with no home to speak of, Unsolved Mysteries recently landed on Amazon Prime. I was watching an episode from way back in Season 1 recently about David Berkowitz, a.k.a. the Son of Sam, and they were talking about how some evidence leads toward to the conclusion that there were multiple killers involved rather than a single gunman. (
@DaleBoca, maybe you remember this ep?)
For anyone who needs a refresher on the Son of Sam case, here you go:
David Berkowitz:
However, even early in the investigation questions were raised about whether or not he was the only person involved.
Here's the article on Unsolved Mysteries' official website about the case:
https://unsolved.com/gallery/son-of-sam/
For one, police sketches based upon survivors' descriptions varied wildly:
For another, Berkowitz taunted the police with notes that seemed to indicate he may not be acting alone but was instead in league with a group of some kind:
But perhaps most importantly, Berkowitz himself says that he had been a member of a Satanic cult and later said that he only performed some of the murders, not all of them.
However, even putting aside the Satanic cult theory, according to journalist John Hockenberry, from the beginning there were suspicions that Berkowitz did not act alone.
So what do you guys think? Was David Berkowitz THE Son of Sam murderer? Or was he just the fall guy who took all the blame?