Netflix sets July premiere for Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes, featuring chilling new audio from David Berkowitz.
Netflix is diving back into the darkest corners of true crime with its next Conversations with a Killer installment—this time focusing on one of New York City’s most notorious murderers. Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes will premiere July 30, 2025, bringing audiences a haunting look into the terrifying crime spree that paralyzed the city in the late 1970s.
The gripping three-part docuseries revisits the desperate manhunt for the .44-caliber killer, better known as David Berkowitz, who unleashed a wave of panic across the five boroughs with a series of seemingly random and brutal shootings. But this time, the story is told with a powerful twist: never-before-heard recordings that take viewers inside Berkowitz’s mind during his reign of terror.
Directed by Joe Berlinger, the Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind previous Conversations with a Killer chapters (The Ted Bundy Tapes, The John Wayne Gacy Tapes), the new series blends archival footage with firsthand accounts from detectives, journalists, and survivors to unpack how the fear took hold.
The docuseries sheds light on how a combination of cryptic letters, media frenzy, and a killer who seemed to vanish after each crime fueled a climate of public hysteria. But it’s the newly unearthed tapes that form the heart of the narrative—providing chilling insight into Berkowitz’s warped reasoning, emotional state, and the dark motivations that drove him to murder.
As Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes unfolds, viewers are offered a deeply personal—and deeply disturbing—portrait of a man whose crimes left an indelible scar on New York City.
The series aims to not only recount the facts but explore the psychological underpinnings of one of America’s most infamous serial killers, revealing how fear can ripple through a city when evil hides in plain sight.
