The "Son of Sam" Sitdown in PRISON | Michael Franzese
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- In today's Sit Down with Michael Franzese, dive deep into the raw and riveting journey of David as he opens up about his tumultuous childhood, struggles with depression, and the haunting guilt that shaped his early years. From adoption to self-destructive behavior, join us as David also known as 'Son of Sam' shares his powerful story of redemption and resilience.
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The fact I can see the “son of sam” and a former mafia member doing an interview proves that the internet is a wild thing 😂
And it's possible the Zodiac killer is at home watching it 🤣
@@paulavery5889 lol
@@paulavery5889 😆
Forgetaboutitttt
@@user-dk3up2nl1m It's spelled Fuhgeddaboudiit. It's on the sign in Brooklyn.
If you told someone in 1980 this would happen they would say you were insane but here we are.
Don't discount the fact YOU may be crazy
Yes, yes, cater to the alcoholics the very backbone, the bread n butter of any booze company.
🎉😂😊Sdljf5@@jimevans1112
…. And ADD the fact that Prosecutor Rudy Giuliani wrote Michael F forward to his book.
They’d call you insane.
I actually did tell all my friends in 1979 this would happen.
My parents grew up with Stacy Moskowitz, his last victim. My mother and her were very close. She was supposed to come to our house the day she was shot. My mother speaks of her often and I've heard first-hand accounts of the damage this man has done. I think it's hard for us now to imagine the impact this man had on the entire city when he was on his murder spree. People were terrified. It affected everyone's daily life in a real way. He may sit there now like a Jesus-loving, mild-mannered old man, but make no mistake, this man traumatized an entire generation and ruined many lives. He will never get "forgiveness" from those who were personally affected by his actions.
Fr
I am w you 100%. Don’t feed me that mental health BS or tell me that’s were ok w it cuz he’s turned to Jesus. Nah
Forgiveness is for the victim not the killer! It’s necessary for the victims to be able to move on in life in a healthy way.
You'd be surprised, many people forgive absolute monsters so they themselves can move on with life
Word
As a rookie CO I was abke to train at his facilty. Escorted him to medical several times and he was completely respectful and talkative. I was always in shock that I was actually in the same space as this man.
Wende? Or Attica?
@HUNTSPOINT. It's CREEPY.
Wende.
Did you get a autograph, you seem like you were star struck?😂
Not thaaaat creepy when you think about it...he wasn't a Dahmer, Bundy nor Gacy...he ran up on innocent civilians and pulled a trigger...we're not talkin about Jason Voorhees ova heaa...
You are about the tenth person I've heard emphasizing forgiveness in the past few days. I've been struggling with forgiving a doctor who contributed to my son's death by overdose. That surely must mean something. It's a big help to me.
Sorry about your son. God bless!
Maybe the doc simply missed the dose, it's real easy to mis a dot on the syringe especially in a panic.
@@sitdowndogbreath Nope. My son was clean from fentanyl for 9 months, felt some anxiety about his first job in 10 years and the shrink gave him 3 highly addictive medications--which he promptly finished in two days and then overdosed on fentanyl. I filed a complaint and am awaiting the verdict but if they don't decide to suspend him I've almost decided to forgive him and let God handle his carelessness and apathy. He works with a lot of addicts for cripes sake, he should know better.
@@r.s.632 Not to sound heartless, but as an addict, we ourselves are the only ones personally responsible for our addictions and/or recovery. So unless we're given a drug unknowingly, it's on us and it's our choice to take/use any drug/substance that is given, sold, or prescribed. Blaming doctors only makes it harder for people who actually need the drugs to get them. For that's how I initially got addicted--I couldn't get a prescription when I genuinely needed/still need a prescription for pain pills, so I had to go to the streets where there is only fentanyl now and not even pills to buy on the street. I would have never taken fentanyl otherwise. Nonetheless, I'd never blame a dealer for selling me fentanyl or anything I willingly and knowingly buy. And it's wrong for people to blame dealers for selling to willing and knowing users.
@@r.s.632Talk to a lawyer
My thoughts are with the families who Son of Sam destroyed.
You little brain can’t comprehend this video and it’s ok
Yes, but he didn’t act alone. There were many and the narrative is a lie. People have NO idea!
@@missmorena1049what does that have to do with the families
@@missmorena1049
Mancherian aic
@@missmorena1049
Who were they then? Why stay inside for so long and not give them away?
The Son of Sam is the first big news story I remember from my childhood, I was 9 years old….I can’t believe this guy is still alive. Pray for the lives and the families he destroyed.
Fr 🙏 😇
Berkowitz recently turned 71, he was born 1953, he was 24 years old when he was arrested in 1977.
That goes without saying,I imagine he prays daily for those sins.
A very powerful story,I always hated this man but now I don't.The supernatural is very real.
@@Rhatid-monI remember that time and being afraid to go out, I was 20. I lived in the area he was murdering.In the book he blames it all on seeing his parents doing stuff in the bedroom. He said he slept in the same bedroom. ANd that messed him up sexually.
I don’t believe him here, he seeems to blame it’s all on his adoption and take no responsibility for being a psychopath.
The cause of depression related to anger is that the anger is turned inward against the self.
As a kid of the 70s, this guy was our boogie man and the scariest guy alive. To see him still alive and talking normally with Mike is surreal. 😮
He was possessed by a powerful demon
That's the fear you felt
He was transformed!
The people he worked with are still out there tho. He is just a chess piece they sacrificed
@@beesea105That might be true, but aren't we all? Really? It's a fucked up world and everything happens for a reason, with and sometimes without consequence.
@keithlayton5483 I've watched many docs with that dude and he will speak on everything except what made him do it and what happened to the brothers he worked with (who are dead). I believe it's so much bigger than what we can think of. IT IS THE SYSTEM AND THESE EVIL PEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE
I lived through the Son of Sam. He was active in my neighborhood and me and my coworker used to take the train #7 and read the newspaper about it reading where he strike last. I used to run home from the train looking around me in fear. I was never that scared in my life. Another girl i worked with her cousin got shot in the eye while sitting in a car with her boyfriend by SOSam. It was crazy AF.
You lived through SoS but you use "AF" lol 🤔
Wow, that’s so scary. I live in California and seeing it in the news was frightening I can’t imagine what you went through ❤
@@peppercat8718 yes i never been really that scared before or after. Thanks god i live just across the street from the train so i ran straight into my building. The guy had a type of girls he would like to shoot at i forgot if it was blonds or brunettes. I think the guy is schizophrenic.
Obviously, you skipped all your English, grammar, and composition classes.
No way anyone from Son of Sams era use “AF” in their speech 😂
If Mr Franseze did the interview with the families of victims to see how they cope I doubt it would garner hundreds of thousands of views like this one. There is unhealthy fascination with all things criminal all around the world.
Pray for families that lost family members 🙏
O shut up
Yes I agree🙏
Pray for that talking dog that someone
is feeding him and giving fresh water.
Pray for the victims of the Mafia and Michael Franzese too.
Yeah can you imagine
I hope Franzese does more interviews with high profile inmates. This is a category that a lot of people (including myself) are interested in.
Why not interview the talking dog?
Let's find out his motivation.
I agree .
I visited David laffer who killed 4 people execution style. I would love to see a sitdown with him
There is a channel on RUclips that interviews serial killers in prison doing life , like the amazon review killer that killed Charlie and 4 ppl in a bike shop and kept his girlfriend a s slave in a container.
@@FaceFcuk what's the name of the channel 🤔
The whole premise of this is just insane! The first half of the video is just an advertisement for this guy's book! Sold with God's blessing.
I honestly can’t believe he has made it this long in prison. I would have thought someone’s family member or friend of a friends friend of the victims would get him.
I don't think people of today can comprehend how absolutely TERRIFYING the whole Son Of Sam reign of terror was. The whole city was scared. Every time he murdered it was plastered all over the radio, TV, newspapers and magazines.
As a small kid I was petrified and I live across the rive in NJ. I spent almost every weekend and my Grandmother's house. Her bedroom was 2 single beds separated by a table with an old fashioned radio and lamp on it. The radio was so old it still had the tubes in the back that glowed orange/red! I slept in one of the beds and when we went to bed she would keep the radio on and we would fall asleep. Every once and awhile I would wake-up, maybe go to the bathroom or just roll over listen to the radio a little more and fall back asleep.
Every time that POS shot people I would hear about it almost immediately as the radio station interrupted their regularly scheduled program with an important announcement that would wake me up. I would then lay in bed terrified with just the orange glow from the radio and my sleeping grandmother deep in slumber listening to how he brutally murdered someone. I would pull the blanket over my head hoping, praying that the Son of Sam wouldn't come bursting out of a closet or bedroom door and gun us down. After awhile I would convince myself that there was no way he could get to us so quickly in NJ after he killed in NYC an just an hour away, and I would fall back asleep.
On Monday's I'd wait for my dad to come back from work in the city with a fresh copy of the New York Post which I'd read mostly for the sports page and box scores. But since it was the most important thing happening in the city, the paper was plastered with photos of the deceased or the one's he shot who survived, Sam's psychotic letters, maps of the city where he struck, etc,etc and I would read all about the murders and his rampage.
This went on for a year or so. Every time I'd forget the murders it seemed like he would strike again. One Saturday night after watching EMERGENCY and The Mary Tyler Moore show my Grandmother and I went to bed as usual. Late one night I again was woken up by a radio announcement but this time my Grandmother woke up before I did and she exclaimed "THEY GOT HIM!" I didn't even need to ask her whom it was they were talking about, I knew who it was. We ended up staying up for a little while longer as we listened to the radio give out all the information about how they got him.
It was all over. I never had to worry about SoS bursting out of the closet or breaking down the front door again. There was a huge sense of relief. It's very strange how vivid that particular time in my life I remember. I guess the whole event left some deep scars in my memory bank. I can't think of any other serial killer who paralyzed a city like that, especially a city like NY. I commend you for interviewing him but I don't know if I can watch and listen to him considering what he did to so many people. Not just the victims and their immediate family, but people like me who were too young to understand how cruel the world can be.
Every once in a while*, a period of time. Not awhile meaning 'for a while'. Otherwise you've said "every once in " instead of "every once in a period of time."
I hear you. My boogie man was the Zodiac Killer in San Francisco. I was terrified as a teenager. The only thing that helped me was listening to B.B.King.
@@thekeysman6760 🙄
I really liked your description of those sleepovers at grandma’s house. I could picture that glowing orange bulb on the old radio and as a kid your imagination runs away with you especially at night. It’s a blessing that grandma was with you and liked to have you visit and that you weren’t alone at night. Scary good 😊
@@davidgonzales1541 Thanks for the kind words!
What i like about Michael's interview technique is that he lets the person talk! 👍🏼💯
This interview actually answered questions that I've had about my older brother, who was adopted. He rejected my parents and myself as I came along two years after the adoption. Enlightening and educational. Thank you, Michael, and a big thank you to Mr Burkowitz for doing the interview.
Would you say thank you Mr Ted Bundy for the interview.
Mr Burkowitz? Wtf
I remember 1977 and the Son of Sam. I lived in utter terror.
This guy's memory is unbelievable. Dates. All his teachers names. Am I the only one who finds this amazing?
Just imagine if he'd actually talk about what people really want to hear....the crimes.
The talking dog is still refreshing
this twisted guys mind.
@ginavenditti1403 Not that amazing. I remember things from after my first year and used to freak my parents out when I was a teenager and recounted the past. I'm the same at 50 now. In theory, a clear mind sees and remembers all and it's possible for any of us. I'm not saying I'm clear all the time though!
He is getting pretty old. I have always remembered people and events from my past but not dates. But I know of lots of young people who can’t remember teachers, or even most of their childhood which is amazing to me but there are a lot of people out there who don’t remember.
@@stst77 And there are also a lot of people who do remember. We're all different.
My childhood was a friggin nightmare, but I never had thoughts of ever hurting or killing anyone. It's the choice he made instead of seeking help.
It's a choice he made at the time. You never done something you look back at and wonder how you thought or did that? Don't be a c*nt
Michael, so glad you’re talking about the mental health crisis. When I was elected to the legislature here in New York, I tried to spotlight the issue and fought for more attention and services. The reality is that these politicians didn’t care one bit. If there wasn’t a kickback or way to make money for them, they didn’t want to hear it. Keep talking about this. 🙏🏼👍🏻
Hi Joey, that is not only an american problem the atomization and the no vision-no future of our modern societies has brought as where we are now, thats why everybody is looking for identity, in form of nation, religion, etc.
It's a shame the world won't wake up and elect the right people to straighten out NY . I'm tired of the politics here in this state. They don't work for us anymore . They work for the devil and take greed over humanity..
Of course not. It’s all they care about. It’s sickening.
The joker ..was all about the failure to address mental health in a large city crime unruly...that is new york then and now...
Yet these self serving pols are re- elected by the same people complaining about them.
Murder is final. There's no going back or redemption in this life.
Especially murder of the innocent. God oversees authority, and authority must ensure justice or there is anarchy. Man kills, man judges, God judges man.
I come back after not watching franceze videos for two years to watch this and open to "we have wine now in California, nevada, illinois, 12 states. People are really enjoying the wine now - all my associates are doing very well"
C’mon he’s a changed man 😂😂😂
I used to work in a forensic hospital. Some of the patients committed horrible crimes because they're truly mentally ill. Such a tragedy for them their victims and the families.
Some were just evil
@@coraleeowensmiller7288true but often cult leaders like the main dude of the Chicago ripper crew. That is pure evil.
@@jonpicojones4032 my mom worked as a phych nurse, first with children. Then adults, she finally retired from a maximum security prison in Michigan.
My first accounter with the demonic was 5.
She was a praying woman and I know when I was being attacked. Her 4 children have had seen and unseen angels.
I know the wrapping in psalms 91, because a few people would get out and go after us.
She said there where times she knew someone was evil.
I learned a lot of my mom.
God made a special group of people, that can work with people that are mentally ill.
My hat is off to you!
Mental illness that causes death is just evil wearing a disguise.
Evil exists and causes the mental illness.
I’m a Christian and suffer from bipolar depression. In my case, the cause was a brain chemistry issue. I have been in treatment for years. Listening to hundreds of hours of Christian preaching helped me go from 5 powerful and expensive medications to one much less drug. The treatment plus my faith is what has helped me.
An ex - a beautiful friend to this day - of mine suffered horrendous bipolar sysmptoms that her life together became unbearable for herself and for ourselves as a loving couple.
I supported her through our fifteen years together and now thirty years total.
She would do same for me despite some of the hideous situations that arose.
She's now on one medication living a steady lifestyle.
My next scheme (pardon my facetiousness), is have her accept Jesus into her heart before she lives her physical life to the end.
With God's Divine Love I bless her, you and anyone with intention to change/everyone, every moment from the bottom of my heart ❤ 🙏 ❤
May I be good enough to be blessed as well
I suffer from PTSD, Depression, Panic Attacks and a couple of other Anxiety Disorders and for years it was left untreated and it got to the point of where I attempted Suicide. I spent time in a psych ward and I Thank God that when I got out I was able to actually function and have a normal life by doing what I loved the most and that was working in the music industry for 37 years 5 months and then I retired in 2021. Music and being in that industry was like medicine and therapy for me. I still must take a certain medication basically to keep me calm and help me sleep and really that is my biggest problem at the moment and that is getting a good night's sleep. I have learned to take 1 day at a time and keep myself busy with my guitar playing.
I know this will sound wild. Go off of wheat and added sugar. Also keep seeking Jesus.
@@seekthetruth824 keep seeking GD.
You’re in a cult. To be a Christian you have to believe in zombies. Correction, you have to believe in only ONE zombie. Zombies are not real. Pick a new cult.
Thank you for listening to him, pausing, and letting the story be told. It was very respectful. One thing that stands out to me s the part where structure is taken away and his mental health declined. This is so important. Honestly I believe it can save
lives. I live in Australia and they sold 90% of the inpatient and care homes. People with mental health challenges were left to get to their appointments, organise themselves and take their meds all on their own. The result. Abuse, deaths. Homelessness and devastation. There needs to be a medium between institutions and nothing. Thank you
Micheal, you are more influential to young people who follow you than you realize. God bless you Mr. Franzese
I hope not he was a killer for profit.
Explain what ya kill!!!?
@@RadioRich100 WAS being the operative word!
@@RadioRich100 WAS being the operative word!
@@damienalexander3450 All the people he killed ARE still dead (operative word)
They say when you hold on to anger and don’t forgive it’s like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die from it
Revenge is always good.
Anger fuels the rage in all of us.
Holding onto anger and Don't forgive its like drinking poison is very true. tho I don't forgive this monster. It's up to God and the family to deal with level of evil.
So true
@@scottisitoro3953pathetic childlike comment
@@scottisitoro3953
If you are on the path to revenge, be sure to dig two graves.
If you lose yourself to that, you will never come back out of it the same person.
I knew a couple of people from my old church who were visiting him, over 25 years ago. They believed that he has God in his heart even back then... I glad I found your channel 🎉❤
What a crock of shite.
My cousin was out on a first date with SM when this Fiend knelt down by their car window and fired at both him and his date. The only thing that lives in his heart is SATAN and Evil.
I want to thank you for your interpretation of forgiveness and sin. I struggle with this. I don't sin outwardly I sin my mind.
My daughter was murdered by a hit and run driver who was never found. I still dream of finding this murderer and if I did there would be no forgiveness in my heart. I just want to get my hands on him. It's so easy to forgive someone when your daughter, son, spouse isn't the one being murdered. There are monsters walking around posing as human beings and Berowitz is one of those.
Berkowitz. He's a butt pirate too
Agreed
Agreed.
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Read the Bible. If people sin against you and you don't forgive, God will not hear your prayer when you ask for forgiveness of your sins. Sin separates us from the Lord Romans 6:23. So I hope you think about what you just posted and repent. And for the others as well whom agreed on this post. May the Lord remove the scales from your eyes and soften your hearts in Jesus name.
In all my years growing up in NYC....The Son of Sam was one person who had the entire city stand still. He put more fear into the city like no other.
The crazy part is Michael likely caused far more damage to the community. I wouldn't be surprised if he has more bodies and definitely committed more crimes. Yet David is the monster and Michael is respected.
Yup!
It's because he was possessed by very powerful demon
@@GORILLA_PIMP Right, he was part of a satanic group in Yonkers
@@GORILLA_PIMPdid he go in detail himself?
Thank you for sharing. It was an amazing interview
Mr. Franzese. I understand exactly what you mean. The world needs more forgiveness. Well phrased and truly honest introduction.
I'm a Combat Veteran with 50% CRPTSD.
COMBAT RELATED POST TRAMAUTIC SYNDROME.
I thank you so much for bringing focus to this damn illness.
I salute you sir
Sorry bro, hope the VA is taking care of you but I unfortunately doubt that.
I’ll pray for you though
Much respect and gratitude for you ❤
Look up Within Heaven's Gates by Rebecca Springer. Page 64 😇
Slow hand salute to you my man.
Retired Marine here with 6 combat deployments. I left a large part of myself in those god forsaken places and in some ways miss it. Thank you for your service brother, and Semper Fi.
I actually knew a girl about 40 years ago whose sister he killed and the fact that he’s being interviewed on the Internet it’s just I don’t know it kind of makes me nauseous and feels really messed up. Also at 60 I am old enough to remember when he was reigning terror
I say if a judge lets him out? Go after the judge.
@@retiredmom2947 He will never get out. Thankfully!
I think this is a great platform to have him on it’s not a network tv show he’s not being deified which sometimes can unfortunately happen with the different monikers they give them. This is not in a faltering light physically and otherwise and it’s highlighting how sick he is. With the violence issues we’re dealing with in this country I do think it’s a good thing to simply hear the insight into the psychology as to why. It’s horrible to have to but even Ted bundy assisted in helping catch the green river killer by talking about himself. If it’ll give insight into how to prevent this, stop this for other families, then we unfortunately should listen. I wouldn’t ever recommend anyone close to the case to do that. I had a friend unalived and it’ll never be solved so I get it but if they could look into the psyche of the person as to why that happened and prevent it?! I’d personally be very supportive of that.
It is nauseating, isn't it -
Disgusting to fawn over this murderer and give any credence to what he says.
Most white people love this but if he was black there'll be all kind of hateful spiteful comments coming from them but they love this white serial killer
Hearing an ex mob boss saying murder is never justified, did raise a smile Michael.
No-one is perfect. We can but try. 😉
If you watch Spike Lees movie summer of sam, which was great. There is a scene where the italian street guys, gangsters and thugs make almost an agreement tht they need to get this guy sam off the streets and in so many words help the police. Its crazy that michael told that story in Queens of whr he was during thr time.
Pretty sure that, at this point, David is safer in prison than if he were released to an unforgiving public with a long memory.
You think there were others involved?
@@okigi-wo5zm No sir. Lone, rogue shooter
Definitely
He is where he belongs. God forgives. Men don't.
100% agree
He didn’t act alone, the Process Church cult was part of it & until he comes clean about their involvement no one should take him seriously
LOL! 1987 called. It wants it's satanic panic bullshit back.
That has to be one of the best interviews ever done. Great job ✌️❤️🙏
Huh? None of these guys went into detail about son of Sam’s horrific crimes. Made the whole interview too jokey and friendly.
Dr C is awesome , he's a devine intervention. He's gifted in sharing his insight.
Some will say criminals don’t deserve a voice. However, podcasts, such as this one, are a great method of learning more about what drives certain individuals. We all want to know the motive behind certain acts. Motive is the foundation of our daily decision making. Podcasts are truly modern day labs. Nicely done with this interview.
As someone who was hospitalized in 2020 with mental illness, I appreciate anyone willing to speak on it for it is one of most important issues not spoken about. Thank you Michael. I would love to one day speak to you Lord willing. Mobster history is my favorite as well. God bless you and your family brother.
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And God bless the families who still suffer from the hands of this murderer
Holy crap this is a fascinating interview. I remember following this murder spree when I was a kid through the newspapers and through watching the news. My dad, when I was small, let me watch the news with him. I was 13. I was a paperboy at that time and read every newspaper edition from front to back. After following these murders, I thought he was a sick SOB. Then years later, I think it was on 60 Minutes, I saw a story on him helping inmates. I was really shocked, but but I didn't know if it was an act or not because I couldn't rationalize what he did to how he was then behaving. Fast forward to Michael Franzese of today. When I first saw Michael Franzese on this channel, I thought it was a put on about him being saved. But Michael has proven to me through his unwavering explanations that he is now indeed saved. So while watching this interview my new goal was to see if Michael could spot something that David is lying. Well... I got to tell ya this is probably one of the best interviews on any subject that I have ever seen. Here is Michael, a former member of a notorious murderous organization, and David, a convicted serial killer, having a conversation about life. Wish I had seen this sooner. I think this interview should be shown on prime time TV to help others. Michael, I gotta say, of all your interviews to date this is by far the best one. Great job.
I’m living a better life because of these stories. Thank you Mr. Franzese
As someone who is coming back into his faith and just had a friend murdered last week. I think i really needed this. Im trying to find forgiveness in my heart, but it's tough.
Lies
@@Dave-gn4yt ironic, comin' from you
Forgiveness is not forgetting. Don't ever forget. Remember it forever.
"Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”" Romans 12:19
The one who wronged you will answer to God and recount every single moment of it straight to his face and have to explain himself.
God knows what happened and things will happen accordingly. To forgive is a personal decision that you make in order to come to peace with the fact that whoever it was that wronged you will pay or is paying for their sins, so there's no need to a hold a grudge. You're just taking up space in your own head with pain and suffering.
i forgave someone who killed someone i loved. it took faith to do it. I thank god to be able to embrace the power of forgiveness. i paid the price to do it. i wish you the power to embrace forgiveness.
Don't force the forgiveness bud from feeling like you 'should forgive'...within time you'll reach a point of feeling that the shift to forgiveness is what you need to follow...I'd be feeling pissed for a decent while if it'd been my own friend I reckon. I hope you do find peace soon.
In regards to your intro speech, I've had chronic depression since my teens woth suicide attempts. Only in recent years I've had control of it. It's AMAZING to see people, particularly men, discuss it publicly. Thanks for talking about it.
I don't usually sit through interviews but this was so well done. Great topics discussed and everyone could speak without being interrupted. Great interview!
Thanks Michael that was fascinating, I love the way you leave no stone unturned when you’re explaining things I always feel fully informed and you don’t disappoint. Well done.
Mr. Franzese. Thank you so much. The was a fascinating interview. I remember seeing an interview with David early in his walk. I think he was involved in prison ministry. I remember thinking "wow, this guy is genuine". Our God truly is a God of change. You, sir, are awesome.
I have PTSD from military service. Only God brings me through the low points. When I feel weak, I know he's carrying me.
amen! thank you for your service too. I remember seeing an interview with David along time ago and I thought the same.
Amen
Mike I needed you to ask him the hard questions - Why did he murder those people and how did he choose his victims, and why in Queens (mostly). Please have a Part 2.
The talking dog was his Keyser Soze.
@@scottisitoro3953he admitted there was no talking dog. There are other interviews with him online.
Probably he killed mostly in Queens because he lived there..He shot into a car n killed the girl n the guy she was with got shot in the eye .He was a postal worker at the time..When he did that shooting I was only two blocks away...
I'm 62 and my mom was a dance teacher (as am I too) and we went to NYC in the summer when I was 15, 16, 17 (amongst many times after) to take dance classes at conventions and at some of the big studios in NY (Broadway Dance Center/Steps etc) and I remember the hysteria with the Son of Sam murders.... All of us thought he was targeting women wearing certain type of hats and we should not be wearing those when we were going all around the city.
I am sorry for his victims and their families for their loss. 💔
But I'm glad to know that DB has a relationship with Jesus and that he is forgiven.
There were a lot of media driven myths about the Son of Sam spree that actually put the public in more danger. Berkowitz shot older, he shot young, he shot blonde, he shot brunette, he shot long hair, he shot short hair, he shot women, he shot men. The only thing that mattered to him was that his victim had to be in the right place at the right time, according to him. He just wanted to blow (mainly womens) heads off. It didn't matter who.
After watching that documentary Sons of Sam, it truly left me believing it wasn’t just one guy. If you get the chance again, ask him. Even he seemed confused with the number of 15 shootings when it was mentioned.
The MAury Terry story is bullcrap from start to finish. Berkie did not have help and he was the lone SOS killer.
A fascinating interview Michael. Thank you for going to see him. You made the right decision. When he became a Christian, he became a true brother. We do pray "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors". If we are unforgiving we will not be forgiven. God Bless you Michael and your family!
Being religious is not the same as being a good person. Christians are not exempt from that fact. But I think that if he is now considered harmless, he should be released, he should have atoned for his crimes.
@@dennislindqvist1265 Being a Christian is not being religious. And, even if harmless being now a Christian does not exempt him from punishment on this earth. He won't go to hell but as he even says he will never get out or should he.
no he can't be forgiven. because the people he killed can't repent before their lord and God.
@@IAmAlmightyGodHe is forgiven.
@@mariec4275he's a serial killer. You are not forgiven for forgiving him. Its not your right. Its not your family he killed.
Michael, in 2006-2008 I was involved in helping out with a prison ministry and David was on the list receiving the ministry’s newsletter and holiday cards I helped mail out. He wrote me back and included a Christian tract about his story of becoming a Christian. We exchanged a couple of letters at that time. His testimony and transformation is truly the prime example of what God can do ❤ So glad to see this video of you guys. I have the letters in a box in my closet. He had heart surgery several years ago I’m glad to see he’s doing well. My dad was a biker and into weed, coke and marriage hopping. I remember visiting him in prison and jail as early as 3 and 4 years old. He got saved several years before he died last year
Being 7yrs old & living just blocks from the 1st murder, I still have incredible vivid memories. Everyone on their stoop during the sweltering summer blackout. Wild time!
I'm not a religous person, but I am glad he found his path beyond a terrible situation.
Thank you Mike for this Video. I was left in tears after watching it. I purchased the book asap after I watched the video. Life changing!!!
I remember this as a kid living in NY in the 1970s like it was yesterday. David comes off as a sympathetic character and this interview gives understanding of maybe why he did the things he did. I still feel more for the family of the victims as I also remember seeing them in interviews and documentaries.
Even though he has mental illness I feel the same way you do. I think that if he really has changed for the better he should understand he needs to be in jail for the rest of his life. He killed many innocent people.
Exactly, he killed 15 and 16 year old girls.
The forgiveness isn't ours to offer. His victims, including the children, are dead.
@@IrishDavaRox His youngest victim was 19.
I'm pretty sure he's not the only Son of Sam.
@@Chopping-it-up he has been up for parole since 2006 and refused to apply for parole release. at one point he even wrote a note saying while he feels his no longer a threat to others that he deserves to serve the rest of his life behind bars for his crimes. So maybe he really has found belief in god.
I remember this so well. He killed Donna Lauria right around the corner from my house.
May SHE & the other BEAUTIFUL SOULS RIP
The mental health issue is in USA Canada. The rest of the world is doing just fine thank you. I live in Italy and still haven't met anyone on medication for mental health. While I live in Canada I barely knew anyone who wasn't on some kind of medicine
350+ million people in the US. How many in Italy? You probably have many, many mentally undiagnosed people. The fact that they don't take medication is a shame on Italy. You've had your fair share of crazy psychopaths in Italy, going as far back as as world War II.
I have not finished the entire segment, I’m about a quarter of the way in. I really like the way Michael Franzese explains things. I have a very good relationship with God, however I am definitely NOT a Christian. I loved how MICHAEL spoke regarding how he didn’t give David a pass for murder. I’m very impressed by Michael.
Man, the story of his childhood made me tear up. (As i’m on a job framing a carport)
It made me think of my 8 year old son who is a hyper little dude. And for some reason he’s asked me a couple times when he was 6 if he was adopted. Which he is not, and I’ve always made sure to take the time with him to make him feel at ease that I am his real daddy and mommy is his real mom. My own parents were assholes in 1977 when I was 7 and they used to think it was funny to tell me i was adopted. It was like a fun little dysfunctional game for them. They’d do it on a Saturday or Sunday, after we had breakfast. It was like they waited for me to be feeling totally happy and comfortable as we sat at the table together with my sister. They waited for the right moment to make me feel insecure and cry. Then they’d say they were just kidding. But at age 7 you don’t just rebound from something like that. And they said this to me several times.
So when I heard his story of actually being adopted and told at such a young age It just saddened me, for him. Very interesting podcast man. Thank you for your work.
May God be with you man.
Thank you again for sharing your work.
That’s a very narcissistic behavior they did to you.
Don’t feel bad my parents back then were no prize either.
My teacher went along with a couple of students about that. Needless to say, I got expelled for slapping him. Those students weren't my friends after that. I didn't think it was funny. Neither did my stepfather. He al.kst swung it out with the school principal! I'm telling you, ppl do some dumb hurtful stuff.. my parents weren't mad at me at all! They tried suing the school district. I'm telling you ppl are very hurtful. You did nothing wrong man it sounds like you had so, so parents.
@@freyavalentina3153 yeah I think you’re right.. all I know is it was very cruel and i would never do that to my children.
@@saveriosalemme5366 what they definitely taught me was, what not to do to your kids. The cycle has been broken.
I would NEVER be able to forgive someone killing any of my children...
Me either
Eventually you would do it for yourself or the hate becomes toxic and eats you alive
@@ponzo1967Repentance comes before forgiveness.
In the Bible, Matthew 19:26 says, "But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things r possible
Having to watch my mother go through what she is going through from some coward taking my brothers life, let alone me go through what I’m going through from having my little brother that I helped raised be taken the way he was I can’t forgive.
It’s been over 5 years and it doesn’t get easier. I tear up (as I type this) randomly all the time. I’m reminded of him all the time. The one thing that has changed is my threshold to endure the pain of all this shit. I am so sick and tired of all the pathetic waste of people having hand outs and made up excuses to justify why they are the way they are.
If we can’t have an eye for an eye anymore we should have should mark their foreheads to shame them while they steal the breathes of the ones that no longer can have any.
For me to forgive would be the same thing as me forgetting my love for him. I say Fuck’em all!!!
Judge not lest ye be judged. He gave the man a fair shake and as usual a very well put together interview. 💯
Thank you for this interview, Michael. You were at Surge Church this weekend. I missed going. I've been watching your videos for the past year. This video sheds light on many that have gone through mental illness and drug addiction/alcoholism in their families. You're touching on an area that needs more focus combined with a relationship in Jesus Christ. I hope you come again next year to Brad Sullivan's church. You're appreciated. Continue to show love in Christ. Forgiveness. It's a tough one if we're not walking in Christ.
I was in Iraq and one of my buddies father was a prison counselor at Attica we are getting mail and my buddy got one from berkowitz, saying he's praying for the troops, half of the guys didn't know anything about him, i was born in 81 and just knew enough to explain the summer of Sam
We all have a chance at redemption & forgiveness. It's very hard to swallow. Look Berkowitz should have been put to death, but he was not, so, the man has comes to terms with his horrific crimes, repented, and that's that. Perhaps everyone can learn from his life. Mad Dog Sweeney
@@mattsweeny3957i agree
Look up Within Heaven's Gates by Rebecca Springer. Page 64 😇
I was stationed at the North Pole and got a letter from Santa. The boys didn't know much about him. I was born in 79 and knew just enough to explain here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus, right down santa claus lane.
@@ebogar42 i think youre really the "son of spam"
Possibly one of the greatest insight interviews I’ve ever seen. Phycologists the world over need to watch this. This is another level. Astonishing.
But all it is, is the guy talking with the guy chipping in every so often. Right up to the 1 hour mark. I don't know anymore about this guy, totally devoid of emotion. He likes to talk about himself, he laughs at inappropriate times. Very odd guy. He does well in a confined, regimented space like prison.
Fascinating interview. Well done. Just Subscribed. 👍
Out of all wise guys who makes the best Sunday gravy
As a retired prison counselor, I can say one thing that is definitely true-No one makes it in prison or on the outside without Christ ❤
I don't know what experience you have but your statement is absolutely Not True.
I know a person who worked there EVERYDAY..as a social worker.. and DID HIS EVALUATION FOR PAROLE..!!!
(THEY)..SAID.. ( TO ME) Hes insane.. pathological liar..and WOULD MURDER AGAIN..!!!
IF he was released.. His conversion is B.S. stone cold killer.. I lived in Queens..when he STRUCK AT ELEPHAS BAR Northern Blvd..Bayside NY BULL SHIT..
Except literally every generation before Jesus was born lol
@peterj5106 tell that to the many people who have experienced redemption,fulfillment,a new & improved life through faith in Jesus Christ regardless of their past.Sure,it's not the case will all inmates but that doesn't make it any less legit.The results speak for themselves.
@@craigezell4261. Yea, & I'm not trying to take that away from anyone. If it work's for them then good, but everyone is different & I'm referring to the OP's remark "definitely true that No one makes it in prison or outside without Christ"....
Which, is not true. From my own experiences alone I can say plenty of people make it (prison or outside) without religion. Personal mental health comes before religion & a high percentage of prisoners have mental health issues.
You didn't ask why he shot and killed those girls, not once did he say he had a girl friend...
I'm pretty new to your channel but it really means a lot how compassionate you are about mental health. I'm a medic and we struggle with that in a big way. Both of my brothers are also adopted and I really hope they never felt the way he did.
Interesting because isolation is the only reason that I ever developed empathy.
God bless you Micheal. Love you brother
people need to understand it is harder to forgive then it is to hate to hate is easy
Most people will not hear that much less understand it. It’s an ugly world.
? What’s that got to do with anything ? 😂 and are u saying “people” arent understanding something but u do?
It was the summer of 77 and I lived out on Long Island. My father was Sargent in Emergency Services Division NYPD. We had a curfew because of this dude! Everyone lived in fear especially at night, he attacked at night. I was in the 7th grade, you can imagine this guy had the entire state of New York living in fear! One thing for sure they did not have the diagnosis back then for his mental illnesses nor did schools have special programs to assist. The lives he took, what he caused, still it’s difficult to process and forgive but clearly this is a different human being being interviewed from the son of sam killer. 🤷♂️
Excellent Channel. i grew up Sicilian in New York and currently live near L.A. Love Channel. Los Angeles is great place, Bronx is my home. My blood is Sicilian.
Jesus on the cross, "forgive them father for they know not what they do". Thank you Michael for the interview.
That was for killing Jesus not people doing nothing wrong
@dannydexter8989 if they repent, they can still receive salvation and forgiveness from God❤
@@PunkDogCreations yes but only he knows if he’s truly sincere. Maybe therapy and meditation has helped him but if he still has no empathy I don’t know if he can..
@@AdamGee8he doesn't DESERVE to be free!
Jesus talking to father? So Father is God 🙏🏽
Michael won't stop giving us the best of the best content worth watching.... always excited and anticipating the new uploads. Bravo!
I love hearing people talk about true forgiveness that only comes from the Lord Jesus Christ. The world doesn't understand forgiveness like that. It's so powerful and only comes from God through his Son Jesus Christ.
Thanks for the interview.
Who else wishes Mike would've brought Sammy along with him for this interview just to see what the hell would've happened?
The one time I would love to see Sammy's way of going about things instead of Michael's.
@@Cardb33 Sammy made a great video on Son of Sam/David Berkowitz. He ends his video by saying he reached out to the neighbor's dog for comment, and the dog denied all involvement in the murders. He emphasized that he's always been a good boy who only ever wanted the people in his neighborhood to pat him on the head and scratch his belly. Sammy added that he believed the dog because he was willing to give a statement without having an attorney present! 😉😁😁
@@Cardb33 disagree
@@Cardb33 you're joking right ??? Sammy a fucking confessed murderer of at least 19 victims
@@letsgomets002 What exactly are you arguing in favor of/against here? It's unclear what your position is
It's amazing that you were able to interview him in Prison.
serial killers love the attention gacy , dahmer , bundy . ramirez and several others made interviews long after they were caugth
Was not the real DB but a double look-alike.
@@jorgefiguerola1239 It doesn't look like an old David, does it. I also found it Extremely Odd how that Guy was Seated Facing "David" with the look like He was watching every single word that come from "David's" mouth. The million dollar question is....If it is fake David.....Why ...For What Purpose ?
@@johansvensson833but notice that these types of interviews with serial killers are not near as common as they used to be .. in the 80s and 90s they were common but not anymore
Truly
I love how you include our religion.
May God have mercy on our souls.
Michael is doing some great things, if these interviews were on television 30 years ago, he would have had the greatest TV show on air...ever, God bless you and your family Micheal F.
Michael do more Prison Interviews,say 1 a month on different crimes of violence.This is a wonderful interview and Michael you could get a real following on these interviews.
I like many thought David was some kind of disfunctonal maniac.He in reality seems so normal.A sad story for all the lives ruined including his own.
found out my mom died when I was 5 yrs old. It ruined my childhood. I finally knew why I was abused.
Hello from KY love your channel ❤️.Thank you so much for this video.I forgave him when I saw his sincerety.God knows how many people are suffering with mental illness.❤
Could you imagine what Mike would have done to this guy had he caught him back in the 70s?
probably loan him money at 2pts
@@twoshady518😂😂
Probably make him drive a gas truck.
Send him to the Hole
Nothing he wasn't a gangster at all...he was an earner...
Finally, someone who speaks my language. Thank you for doing what you're doing, Mr. Franzese.
Your language?
Can you say hello to the talking dog for me?
Who
Parents, divorced, children think it’s their fault. Same thing…. It’s very sad for children.
It shows you how vulnerable e all are as human beings. Our childhood experiences can effect us in ways we're not even aware of and when triggered can cause us to explode. It's a great story of redemption. Praying he grows in faith and strength in the Lord ❤
I love the work of God in the life of a believer. God bless brother!!
Amen
What a fantastic conversation. We live so many lives within our lifetime. I can tell David is an entirely different person than he was 40-50 years ago. He has no reason to pretend, he knows he is never getting out of prison. I think he is sincere. And while what he did was absolutely horrific, I do believe he has found faith and has done a complete 180. So good for him
YES- brought tears to my eyes
I believe that, too. He is a model prisoner accepting his punishment. He has never shown up for parole meetings. It shows me that he was not that monster years ago. I still have sincerest condolences to his victims. Despite his beliefs, he belongs in prison .
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Yes I feel really sorry for the people that lost their loved ones to son of Sam . I can hear through this interview that he has remorse and did suffer a lot of mental disorders . I’m not making excuses for him but I believe him . I wish he had help before he went on his rampage . God bless everyone .
Silly sausage.
Naw
Fascinating interview. Thank you so much for sharing this.
After his arrest he was confined to the same psych ward in the same city in same borough in the same hospital I was born in one month after his arrest. I’ve heard of him before but I just now found this out almost 47 years later while watching this video and delving into his past. Small world.