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In this episode of F.B.I. Pathology Report, we explore the curious case of serial-murderer David Berkowitz a.k.a Son Of Sam, .44 Caliber Killer. Son Of Sam's span of killings [6 killed | 11 wounded] took place in NYC and lasted 1 year [1976-1977], causing an unstoppable terror to the Big Apple's citizens.
Claims of participation on Satanic Cults and accusations [by himself] of being forced to do the killings by taking orders from a demon who possessed his neighbor's dog, named Sam.
He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and later on admitted that the dog-demon story was a hoax. In conclusion, it's believed that Son of Sam enjoyed the killings, moreover the attention and popularity he got from the press, [which he communicated with, by sending letters to be published] and received some sort of a ""celebrity-like"" status. A tactic and habit we'll see later on that other famous murderers got fond of.
This episode is clothed with a touch of questionable-and-curious driven 80's synth melodies, coming back and forth along classic pop tunes from the era which resemble a forgotten NYC nightmare on the streets, circling around a certain sense of blurred agony and answers, slowly becoming more and more bleak by noise and distortion on the surface but on the very interior as well, reaching a deadlock and back again.
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STRAIGHT PANIC's personal synopsis:
Prompted purely with ""Son of Sam,"" Thomas Boettner has generated a time-warped vehicular tour through the attributed murders, via the top chart hits on the date of each occurrence, shot through detuned radios, field recordings, and palpably uneasy synth lines meant to replicate the social dread and fear generated during the years of the SON OF SAM murders. Rather than relying on brute aggression or ""harshness,"" this is a journey through time, degraded and decayed, where the markers of pop culture are used to add implication and intention to what were deemed ""senseless,"" ""unfathomable,"" ""monstrous."" Is it irony or simply chance that the Manhattans ""Kiss and Say Goodbye"" was number one on the day Lauria and Valenti were killed? Rod Stewart's ""Tonight's The Night"" was number one when Demasi and Lomino were shot down. Collective unconscious, occult ritual, Psy-Op, who can say. Much like Maury Terry sought to discern, the entire ordeal is still a rat's nest of half-leads, circumstances, and too-weird-to-not-be-true coincidences. Hello from the guttters.
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