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Post by ace on May 3, 2020 13:31:37 GMT -6
David's prison letters, from what have been published in TUE and other media sources, show he's not inclined to write like someone who "loves word games". There's no British spelling, no poetic license, allegories or anything that could be remotely characterized as imaginative. Here's a link to examples of confirmed Berkowitz letters:
Please note: at least on my browser, the text links just lead back to the same page. On the left are thumbnails of he letters. Those open up (for me). You might have to save some to your desktop and expand in order to read.
I also ran across the graffiti from his apartment. Note "Children". Maybe a coincidence, maybe not.
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Post by ace on May 3, 2020 13:47:05 GMT -6
Speaking of letters, this snippet from the NYT on the day of David's arrest struck me as odd:
Two things: We're to believe David really, really, REALLY had it in for Glassman. Who was on the scene of his arrest? Glassman. Second, that makes three letters (or two letters and one "poem") with the slanted block handwrinting. But he doesn't write that way on his wall around the same period, when that very graffiti was supposed to be written for the purpose of making him out to be a lone crazy killer who goes by the name Son of Sam.
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Post by Admin Horan on May 4, 2020 9:36:11 GMT -6
Nice work. BTW, I'm prrreeettyyyyyyyyy sure Glassman faked his death.
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Post by Omega on May 4, 2020 9:50:02 GMT -6
RE: "BTW, I'm prrreeettyyyyyyyyy sure Glassman faked his death"
Explain that to Social Security
The "C R GLASSMAN" that was born in 1948 and died in 1991 is THE Craig Glassman who is listed in the SS Death Index database!
Oh, but we are dealing with the Government though!
Nevermind, carry on......
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Post by ace on May 4, 2020 13:44:04 GMT -6
After looking at photos of Berk's apartment, I wondered if anyone ever cataloged items on site, particularly books, magazines, self-published religious tracts that deal with the end of the world, that sort of thing. A long shot, sure, but what have I got to lose but a few keyboard clicks. So I googled "David Berkowitz books", figuring something interesting might come up. Didn't find anything along those lines, but I guess I found "Lee Chase". www.truecrimeauctionhouse.com/books/david-berkowitz-prison-owned-book-handwritten-notes-insideShe's described as his "infamous pen pal" but I had no idea she'd been outed already. |
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Post by Omega on May 4, 2020 14:24:38 GMT -6
GREAT find there Ace!
The more I am seeing lately with some of the real names now surfacing, the more we can see how close Maury Terry made the pseudonyms in "The Ultimate Evil" book to the actual names
Lee Chase = Dee Channel
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Post by ace on May 4, 2020 20:28:56 GMT -6
“The more I am seeing lately with some of the real names now surfacing, the more we can see how close Maury Terry made the pseudonyms in "The Ultimate Evil" book to the actual names”
Ha, true. Did you follow the breadcrumb trail in the back of Jonathan Mitchell’s ebook?
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Post by ace on May 4, 2020 20:41:07 GMT -6
Nice work. BTW, I'm prrreeettyyyyyyyyy sure Glassman faked his death. You’ve got me very interested in this character. |
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Post by Omega on May 5, 2020 4:54:57 GMT -6
Did you follow the breadcrumb trail in the back of Jonathan Mitchell’s ebook?
Yes, I purchased Jon's book and that is where I started to see how close Maury's pseudonyms were to the actual real names.
I heard an interview that Maury Terry did a few years prior to his death in 2015. In the interview, it sounded like Maury was working on the definitive update of "The Ultimate Evil". In Maury's words, it sounded like "and there will be no holding back this time" meaning naming names (finally).
I figured this update would be raring to go sometime around the 40th anniversary time frame of Son of Sam in 2016-2017
Unfortunately, Maury passed before this came to fruition.
Hopefully, someone else can pick up the torch and update "The Ultimate Evil" for the 50th anniversary in 2026-27, but it may be difficult with copyrights and access and other legal things. Jon and Professor Horan would seem more than capable of doing this update if they were granted access and can clear the legal hurdles and were interested.
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Post by Admin Horan on May 5, 2020 5:43:37 GMT -6
Well, Maury's nephew inherited the whole shebang. What he's going to do with it is anybody's guess. I'm not holding my breath that Maury knew a whole lot more than he published. I think he fell into the same trap that a lot of successful authors fall into--his publisher and agent and publicist promising another blockbuster that he just couldn't produce.
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