Maurice P. Terry Sr. (June 29, 1946 – December 10, 2015) was an American journalist associated with investigating the
Son of Sam
David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco; June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer and former United States Army, U.S. Army soldier who committed a series of stabbings and ...
killings.
Early career
A graduate at
Iona College
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, he worked as an in-house editor at
IBM
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after his reports on the
MLK assassination.
''The Ultimate Evil''
He is known for writing the 1987 book ''The Ultimate Evil'', which posited that the Son of Sam murders involved a
satanic cult of
serial killer
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s rather than only
David Berkowitz
David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco; June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer and former U.S. Army soldier who committed a series of stabbings and shootings between 1 ...
.
Sons of Sam: What The Netflix Documentary Leaves Out About David Berkowitz, ScreenRant
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His preserved archives, audio tapes, and his book were used as the basis for the Netflix
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documentary
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series '' The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness''.
See also
*Satanic panic
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*Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a Manson ...
*Conspiracy theory
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References
External links
The People vs. David Berkowitz
repository of investigatory files and documents compiled by Maury Terry relating to the David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) criminal case.
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1946 births
2015 deaths
American journalists
American conspiracy theorists
David Berkowitz
Iona University alumni
20th-century American journalists
21st-century American journalists
20th-century American non-fiction writers
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing