"for the Samhain reunion tour, replacing Samhain's original guitarist, Pete ""Damien"" Marshall, who had opted out in order to tour with Iggy Pop. Playing guitar for the Samhain reunion inspired Youth to write an album worth of Samhain influenced music. Youth then contacted Steve Zing and London May (both ex-Samhain members), who were impressed with what Todd had written, and agreed to help him record an album. The project was dubbed ""Son of Sam,"" a nod to the fact that the band was spawned out of the Samhain reunion. Davey Havok, whose band, AFI, had opened for the Samhain reunion"
"David Berkowitz David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco, June 1, 1953), known also as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to eight separate shooting attacks that began in New York City during the summer of 1976. The crimes were perpetrated with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver. He killed six people and wounded seven others by July 1977. As the number of victims increased, Berkowitz eluded the biggest police manhunt in the history of New York City while leaving letters that mocked the police and promised further crimes, which"
"Green Jellÿ's comedy rock video ""Cereal Killer"" (1992) by the name of ""Toucan Son of Sam"", but it was later removed under threat of a copyright lawsuit by the Kellogg Company. David Berkowitz David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco, June 1, 1953), known also as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to eight separate shooting attacks that began in New York City during the summer of 1976. The crimes were perpetrated with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver. He killed six people and wounded seven others by July 1977."
"the name ""Son of Sam"" remains widely recognized as that of a notorious serial killer. Many manifestations in popular culture have helped perpetuate this notoriety, while Berkowitz himself continues to express remorse on Christian websites. Neysa Moskowitz, who previously had not hidden her hatred of Berkowitz, wrote him a letter shortly before her own death in 2006, forgiving him for killing her daughter, Stacy. After rampant speculation about publishers offering Berkowitz large sums of money for his story, the New York State Legislature swiftly passed a new law that prevented convicted criminals (and their relatives) from making any financial profit"
"one man was responsible for the .44 murders. The chubby teenager in the Voskerichian case was still regarded as a witness, while the dark-haired man who shot Lauria and Valenti was considered the suspect. Police discovered a handwritten letter near the bodies of Esau and Suriani, written mostly in block capitals with a few lower-case letters, and addressed to NYPD Captain Joseph Borrelli. With this letter, Berkowitz revealed the name ""Son of Sam"" for the first time. The press had previously dubbed the killer ""the .44 Caliber Killer"" because of his weapon of choice. The letter was initially withheld from"
"Sam DeStefano Sam ""Mad Sam"" DeStefano (September 13, 1909 − April 14, 1973) was an Italian-American gangster who became one of the Chicago Outfit's most notorious loan sharks and sociopathic killers. Chicago-based Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents, such as William F. Roemer, Jr., considered DeStefano to be the worst torture-murderer in the history of the United States. The Outfit used the mentally unstable and sadistic DeStefano for the torture-murders of Leo Foreman and Arthur Adler, the murder of DeStefano's younger brother, Michael DeStefano, Outfit enforcer and many others. However, due to DeStefano's deranged mental state, the Outfit never let"
"of the Son of Sam murders and of the New York City blackout of 1977, which took place on July 13–14, 1977. As a serial killer preyed on an alarmingly increasing number of victims while eluding a visibly shaken and financially strapped police force, a blanket of hot muggy weather descended on the city. Demand for electricity peaked in the middle of the afternoon when air conditioners were rumbling all over the city. That night, a major blackout— ""a total urban eclipse""—struck, and all five boroughs of New York City and most of Westchester County were suddenly without power for"
"Samuel Little Samuel Little (born June 7, 1940) is an American serial killer. In 2014, he was charged with the murder of three women in California between 1987 and 1989. After this conviction, California authorities said that he might have killed people in nine states from 1982 onwards. He claims to have killed as many as 90 people; investigators claim to have linked him to at least 34 murders. Little was born on June 7, 1940, in Reynolds, Georgia, possibly during one of his mother's prison stints. Little has claimed his mother was a ""lady of the night."" Soon after"
"The attack was carried out by Irish mobster Jimmy Burke, who objected to an article Breslin had written involving another member of the Lucchese family, Paul Vario. Breslin suffered a major concussion and nosebleeding, but survived the ordeal without any permanent injury. In 1971, Breslin spoke at Harvard's Class Day. In 1977, at the height of the Son of Sam scare in New York City, the killer, later identified as David Berkowitz, addressed letters to Breslin. Excerpts from the letters were published and used later in Spike Lee's film ""Summer of Sam"", which Breslin, portraying himself, bookends. In 2008, the"
"contacted by authorities in the investigation of Salemme's illegal activity within The Channel nightclub. Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Wyshak said that Salemme admitted to murdering eight people during the 1960s, and was suspected of involvement in six additional murders in the early 1990s. Salemme is held at the United States Penitentiary, Hazelton. Frank Salemme Francis P. Salemme [Salemmi] (born August 18, 1933), also known as ""Cadillac Frank"" and ""Julian Daniel Selig"", is an American mobster from Boston, Massachusetts who became a hitman and eventually the boss of the Patriarca crime family of New England before turning government witness. Salemme became"
"Samuel Green (criminal) Samuel Green (1796 – April 25, 1822) was a United States serial killer and robber. He has been called America's first ""Public enemy Number One."" Samuel Green was born in Meredith, New Hampshire in 1796. At an early age, his parents believed him to be possessed by a demon because of his frequent school skipping and would whip him. As a teenager, he became a blacksmith's apprentice where he was whipped for stealing. He was whipped for destroying the blacksmith's garden but did not admit it. He was then sent home and whipped again. In retaliation, Green"
"of Murder"", was published in the Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, in October 1967. His book, ""Our Violent Society"", came out in 1970, a Funk & Wagnalls' publication. Abrahamsen's expertise in psychopathology was enlisted by authorities during the notorious Son of Sam serial murder case: when the killer, David Berkowitz, was finally in custody, Abrahamsen was directed by the Brooklyn District Attorney to evaluate his ability to stand trial. He deemed him competent, but Berkowitz never went to trial, pleading guilty instead and receiving multiple life sentences. Abrahamsen continued to examine Berkowitz in jail, and ultimately documented"
"Patrick Kearney Patrick Wayne Kearney (born September 24, 1939) is an American serial killer who preyed on young men in California from 1965 to 1977. He is sometimes referred to as ""The Freeway Killer"", a nickname he shares with two other separate serial killers, William Bonin and Randy Kraft. Kearney may be among the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history, claiming possibly as many as 43 victims according to law enforcement. Kearney was the oldest of three sons and was raised in a reasonably stable family. His early life was not without some trauma, however; as a thin and"
"Edward J. Adams Edward J. ""Eddie"" Adams (1887 – November 22, 1921) was a notorious American criminal and serial killer in the Midwest. He murdered seven people–including three policemen—during a period of around 14 months, and wounded at least a dozen others. At age 34, Adams was surrounded and then killed by police in Wichita, Kansas. Edward J. ""Eddie"" Adams was born in 1887 on a farm in Hutchinson, Kansas as William Joseph Wallace. His father died when he was young and his mother remarried. He had a strong disdain for his stepfather, as well as for physical labor. He"
"a .44-caliber Bulldog revolver of the type that was identified in ballistics tests was found next to Berkowitz in the car. As described in ""Son of Sam"" (1981) by Lawrence D. Klausner, Detective Falotico remembered the big, inexplicable smile on the man's face: An alternate version claimed that Berkowitz' first words were reported to be, ""Well, you got me. How come it took you such a long time?"" Detective John Falotico was officially credited by the New York City Police Department as the arresting officer of the Son of Sam. Police searched Apartment 7-E and found it in disarray, with"
"Countries by P. R. Hamblin Samuel Green (criminal) Samuel Green (1796 – April 25, 1822) was a United States serial killer and robber. He has been called America's first ""Public enemy Number One."" Samuel Green was born in Meredith, New Hampshire in 1796. At an early age, his parents believed him to be possessed by a demon because of his frequent school skipping and would whip him. As a teenager, he became a blacksmith's apprentice where he was whipped for stealing. He was whipped for destroying the blacksmith's garden but did not admit it. He was then sent home and"
"Timothy Wilson Spencer Timothy Wilson Spencer (March 17, 1962 – April 27, 1994), also known as the ""Southside Strangler"", was a serial killer who committed three rapes and murders in Richmond, Virginia and one in Arlington, Virginia in the fall of 1987. In addition, he is believed to have committed at least one previous murder, in 1984, for which a different man, David Vasquez, was wrongfully convicted. He was known to police as a prolific home burglar. Spencer became the first serial killer in the United States to be convicted on the basis of DNA evidence, with David Vasquez being"
"William Suff William Lester Suff (born August 20, 1950, as Bill Lee Suff), also known as the Riverside Prostitute Killer and the Lake Elsinore Killer, is an American serial killer. In 1974, a Texas jury convicted Suff and his then-wife, Teryl, of beating their two-month-old daughter to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals later reversed Teryl’s conviction but upheld Suff's in ""Suff v. State"" (Tex. 1976) 531 S.W.2d 814, finding insufficient evidence to convict her as either the primary actor or a principal in their baby's murder. Though Suff was sentenced to 70 years in a Texas prison, he"
"crime over a period of three days and killed the guard because ""he liked his gun"". Hamdi Kayapınar Hamdi Kayapınar (born 1979) is a Turkish serial killer who dubs himself as ""Avcı"" (""The Hunter""). In his youth, he strangled his younger sibling to death. Later he killed six other people, and was sentenced to life in prison. In 2017, after 16 years of imprisonment, he was released on probation. In 2018, he was arrested on charges of killing his eighth victim, and pleaded guilty. Hamdi Kayapınar was born in the Erenköy neighborhood of the Melikgazi district in Kayseri Province, central"
"Samuel Corsaro Samuel ""Little Sammy"" Corsaro (1943 - July 5, 2002) was a mobster who belonged to the New Jersey faction of the Gambino crime family. His nickname ""Little Sammy"" came from his height of 5'5"". Born in Nutley, New Jersey, Corsaro later moved to Clifton, New Jersey. As a youth, he became involved in petty crime. In 1974, during a liquor store robbery in Morris County, New Jersey, Corsaro shot and killed a store clerk. Corsaro was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. In prison, Corsaro organized a program to teach inmates the upholstery and interior"
"Sam DeCavalcante Simone Rizzo ""Sam"" DeCavalcante (March 3, 1912 – February 7, 1997), known as ""Sam the Plumber"", was a member of the New Jersey Mafia. Claiming descent from the Italian royal family, DeCavalcante was nicknamed ""The Count"". The Kefauver hearings later named his crime family the DeCavalcante crime family since he was the boss of the family current to those hearings. DeCavalcante oversaw illegal gambling, loansharking, and labor racketeering in New Jersey. Living in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, but working in Newark, DeCavalcante commanded around 60 mafiosi. His legal business front was a"
"Grim Sleeper Grim Sleeper is the nickname for convicted serial killer Lonnie David Franklin Jr., responsible for at least ten murders and one attempted murder in Los Angeles, California. The attacker was dubbed the ""Grim Sleeper"" because he appeared to have taken a 14-year break from his crimes, from 1988 to 2002. In July 2010, Franklin was arrested as a suspect, and, after many delays, his trial began in February 2016. On May 5, 2016, the jury convicted him of killing nine women and one teenage girl. On June 6, 2016, the jury recommended the death penalty, and on August"
"Solomon, Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr., Aaron Schaffhausen, Bobby Jack Fowler, H. H. Holmes, John Bodkin Adams, George Hill Hodel, Gary Ridgway, Maury Travis, Andrei Chikatilo, Carl Eugene Watts, Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, Chester Turner, Wayne Adam Ford, Craig Price, Cary Anthony Stayner, Robert Hansen, Peter Sutcliffe, Joe Ball and tens of thousands of other male mass murderers and serial killers who target women and girls. Many, like the Long Island serial killer, the Killing Fields in Texas, the Highway of Tears killers and the New Bedford Highway Killer in the FBI database are still at large. Serial"
"William Bonin William George Bonin (January 8, 1947 – February 23, 1996), also known as the Freeway Killer, was an American serial killer and twice-paroled sex offender who committed the rape, torture, and murder of a minimum of 21 boys and young men in a series of killings in 1979 and 1980 in southern California. Bonin is also suspected of committing a further 15 murders. Described by the prosecutor at his first trial as ""the most arch-evil person who ever existed"", Bonin was convicted of 14 of the murders linked to the ""Freeway Killer"" in two separate trials in 1982"
"had also been dismembered prior to their disposal. Collectively, Bonin, Kraft and Kearney may have claimed up to 131 victims. William Bonin William George Bonin (January 8, 1947 – February 23, 1996), also known as the Freeway Killer, was an American serial killer and twice-paroled sex offender who committed the rape, torture, and murder of a minimum of 21 boys and young men in a series of killings in 1979 and 1980 in southern California. Bonin is also suspected of committing a further 15 murders. Described by the prosecutor at his first trial as ""the most arch-evil person who ever"
"Buffalo Bill (character) Jame Gumb (known by the nickname Buffalo Bill) is a character and the primary antagonist of Thomas Harris's 1988 novel ""The Silence of the Lambs"" and its 1991 film adaptation, in which he is played by Ted Levine. In the film and the novel, he is a serial killer who murders overweight women and skins them so he can make a ""woman suit"" for himself. According to the novel, Gumb was born in California on October 25, 1949, and abandoned by his mother – an alcoholic aspiring actress who misspelled ""James"" on his birth certificate – and"
"Albert Fish Hamilton Howard ""Albert"" Fish (May 19, 1870 – January 16, 1936) was an American serial killer. He was also known as the Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria, the Brooklyn Vampire, the Moon Maniac, and The Boogey Man. A child rapist and cannibal, he boasted that he ""had children in every state"", and at one time stated the number was about 100. However, it is not known whether he was referring to rapes or cannibalization, nor is it known if the statement was truthful. He was a suspect in at least five murders during his lifetime. Fish confessed"
"William Devin Howell William Devin Howell (born February 11, 1970) is an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering seven people in 2003. He is believed to have been the most prolific serial killer in Connecticut history. In November 2017, while already serving a 15-year prison sentence for manslaughter, he was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences, which he is currently serving at Cheshire Correctional Institution. The victims were identified as 7 women, one of whom was transgender. Their bodies were discovered behind a shopping plaza on Hartford Road in New Britain, beginning in 2007. The person who discovered"
"James Swann James Edward Swann, Jr., a.k.a. ""The Shotgun Stalker"" (born 1964), is an American serial killer whose random drive-by shotgun shootings in Washington, D.C. in 1993 earned him his nickname in the press. Swann was living in the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey before the attacks. Swann drove to Washington to carry out the attacks, which took place in the Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights neighborhoods. Each of the attacks followed a standard format: Swann would slow his car down next to a pedestrian and fire a 20-gauge shotgun at the target before driving away. Four people"
"Frank Salemme Francis P. Salemme [Salemmi] (born August 18, 1933), also known as ""Cadillac Frank"" and ""Julian Daniel Selig"", is an American mobster from Boston, Massachusetts who became a hitman and eventually the boss of the Patriarca crime family of New England before turning government witness. Salemme became acquainted with Patriarca family mobster Anthony Morelli in 1957 while in prison. He started working with Morelli in criminal activities after getting out of prison, and he quickly gained stature in the Patriarca family as an associate—although he could not become a made man or full member. Patriarca boss Raymond Patriarca respected"
"while he was being cross-examined. As a result, Clark requested to defend himself. He was denied co-counsel, advisory counsel and the services of a law clerk, with the judge improperly telling him to ""go it alone."" Doug Clark Douglas Daniel Clark (born March 10, 1948) is an American serial killer. Clark and his accomplice, Carol M. Bundy, were collectively known as the Sunset Strip Killers. They were accused and subsequently convicted of a series of murders in Los Angeles, California. Doug Clark was the son of Franklin Clark, a Naval Intelligence officer. His family moved frequently during Clark's childhood due"
"School in Parkland, Florida. Howard Unruh Howard Barton Unruh (January 21, 1921 – October 19, 2009) was an American mass murderer (sometimes classified as a spree killer) who shot and killed 13 people (including three children) during a 12-minute walk through his neighborhood on September 6, 1949, in Camden, New Jersey, when he was 28 years old. The incident became known as the ""Walk of Death"". Unruh was found to be criminally insane, and died in 2009 after a lengthy illness at the age of 88, following 60 years of confinement. Unruh was the son of Samuel Shipley Unruh and"
"his admission to Sullivan prison, Berkowitz began to claim that he had joined a Satanic cult in the spring of 1975. In 1993, Berkowitz made these claims known when he announced to the press that he had only killed three of the Son of Sam victims: Donna Lauria, Alexander Esau and Valentina Suriani. In his revised version of the events, Berkowitz said that other shooters were involved and that he fired the gun only in the first attack (Lauria and Valenti) and the sixth (Esau and Suriani). He said that he and several other cult members were involved in every"