The Ultimate Evil The Ultimate Evil

The Ultimate Evil

The Search for the Sons of Sam

    • $18.99
    • $18.99

Publisher Description

The true-crime cult classic that inspired the Netflix docuseries The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness and a companion podcast, The Ultimate Evil follows journalist Maury Terry’s decades-long investigation into the terrifying truth behind the Son of Sam murders.
 
On August 10, 1977, the NYPD arrested David Berkowitz for the Son of Sam murders that had terrorized New York City for over a year. Berkowitz confessed to shooting sixteen people and killing six with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver, and the case was officially closed.
 
Journalist Maury Terry was suspicious of Berkowitz’s confession. Spurred by conflicting witness descriptions of the killer and clues overlooked in the investigation, Terry was convinced Berkowitz didn’t act alone. Meticulously gathering evidence for a decade, he released his findings in the first edition of The Ultimate Evil. Based upon the evidence he had uncovered, Terry theorized that the Son of Sam attacks were masterminded by a Yonkers-based cult that was responsible for other ritual murders across the country.

After Terry’s death in 2015, documentary filmmaker Josh Zeman (Cropsey, The Killing Season, Murder Mountain) was given access to Terry’s files, which form the basis of his docuseries with Netflix and a companion podcast. Taken together with The Ultimate Evil, which includes a new introduction by Zeman, these works reveal the stunning intersections of power, wealth, privilege, and evil in America—from the Summer of Sam until today.

GENRE
Non-Fiction
RELEASED
2021
20 April
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
544
Pages
PUBLISHER
Quirk Books
SELLER
Random House, LLC
SIZE
21.3
MB
Helter Skelter: Part Three of the Shocking Manson Murders Helter Skelter: Part Three of the Shocking Manson Murders
2015
I'll Be Gone in the Dark I'll Be Gone in the Dark
2018
Sniper Sniper
2013
Chase Darkness with Me Chase Darkness with Me
2019
ShadowMan ShadowMan
2022
Murderers' Row Volume One Murderers' Row Volume One
2015
The Killer's Shadow The Killer's Shadow
2020
The I-5 Killer The I-5 Killer
1984
The Night Stalker The Night Stalker
2016
Deliver Us Deliver Us
2015
Trace Evidence Trace Evidence
2018
When a Killer Calls When a Killer Calls
2022