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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 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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Post by james1983 on Jul 19, 2020 16:42:02 GMT -6
Does anyone know anything about Berkowitzs prison weightlifting boyfriend Gary Charles Evans? I know he was a serial killer and weightlifter from New York. Born in 1954 he would have been of age to know Berkowitz and the crew before Berkowitz went to prison.
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Post by justiceseeker on May 18, 2021 1:00:43 GMT -6
Does anyone know anything about Berkowitzs prison weightlifting boyfriend Gary Charles Evans? I know he was a serial killer and weightlifter from New York. Born in 1954 he would have been of age to know Berkowitz and the crew before Berkowitz went to prison. One of his childhood friends and later partners in crime was a Michael Falco...
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Post by Admin Horan on May 18, 2021 14:13:09 GMT -6
Omega: I think I answered your question on another thread. Anyhoo, I'll answer it again--
The myth of the "Social Security Death Index." There is no such thing. There IS a Social Security CLAIMS index. Whenever anyone submits a CLAIM for Social Security death/survivor benefits, THAT goes into a database, whether the claim(s) is paid, or not. So, a person faking their own death forges (or has a relative try) a claim for death/survivor benefits. That APPLICATION shows up in the "Death Index." Then, anyone searching Intellius or whatever will find said Social Security "Death Index" entry and jump to the conclusion that the person is dead.
Without a Death Certificate, SS won't pay the claims. BUT--they do NOT "delete" that first (or any claim) from their "Index" just because they deny a claim that doesn't get resubmitted with a Death Certificate. They just assume it was attempted fraud and wait for them to try again. If they do.
Step 1. Pay for an obituary in the local paper. The paper doesn't care if you're alive or dead. They just want the check. Step 2. File a claim for SS death/survivor benefits. 3. MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. 4. Get a new ID with your name, SS number, everything--but with a different birthday. That won't fool the feds, but you're not trying to fool the feds. You're trying to fool self-appointed "citizen journalists" on condescending websites. In the old days, people were ID'd by name and date of birth--NOT SSN or DL number. 5. Get a job. Any job. 6. Take your first paycheck stub to a landlord and rent an apartment (or at least, apply for one, a big one, one that you have verified uses the big credit report companies, and make sure your job application and your rental application have your NEW birthday. Even if you get turned down for the apartment, your name, with your new birthday, generates a new entry on your new credit report.) 7. Get a car loan, and again, make sure you use your new birthdate on that loan application! 8. When you do get an apartment, make sure you get the phone in YOUR name, the one with the NEW birthdate. Make sure you make your phone number and address PUBLIC, so it shows up not only on your credit report, but also, on the phone company's customer marketing data database they sell/"share" with their "partners." That will spread your new address and birthdate all over the joint, further establishing your new identity. The other utilities don't matters as much. Get a PHONE, and make sure it's not unlisted! 9. Get a speeding ticket with your new drivers license that has your new address and birthdate on it. 10. As soon as possible, save up a down payment and BUY A HOUSE. In YOUR name. It will be tough to get a mortgage with such a short credit report, but if you put down a big enough down payment, you can swing it. So, you're looking at a cheap house. Just do it. It's either that, or go back to being your old self.
That won't do it, any more. But as late as 1991, that would fool everybody but the feds and certain vainglorious insurance investigators.
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Post by tomfromqueens on Jul 18, 2021 18:11:19 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.
On the subject of the hole-punched apartment wall, why am I seeing two different versions of the ‘lone psycho’ graffiti? Note the the additional scrawlings on the right, which is actually the back cover dust jacket of ‘Off the Wall’, Glassman’s book from 1980. The same image appears in the photo section of Carl Denaro’s new book, and something looked off about it. I just didn’t remember it looking so cartoonish and filled with mentions of Carr and Glassman.
Maybe just an embellishment by the Glassman camp, in an effort to amp up the wow factor and make Craig even more a part of the story than he already was?
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Post by Admin Horan on Jul 18, 2021 21:08:24 GMT -6
Well, one mundane reason is, they couldn't copyright the real image. So, they'd have to create one.
And BTW, I was right--Glassman FAKED his death. I finally got an official answer from NY Vital Records: "We did not find a death certificate and are issuing a No Record Statement as..."
Not only is Shayna Glassman a liar, she can only be acting as a go-between from Craig to Berko. And now, I'm curious about Michael Carr's death certificate. Know what I mean?
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Post by Omega on Jul 19, 2021 8:01:31 GMT -6
On the subject of the hole-punched apartment wall, why am I seeing two different versions of the ‘lone psycho’ graffiti? Note the the additional scrawlings on the right, which is actually the back cover dust jacket of ‘Off the Wall’, Glassman’s book from 1980. The same image appears in the photo section of Carl Denaro’s new book, and something looked off about it. I just didn’t remember it looking so cartoonish and filled with mentions of Carr and Glassman.
Maybe just an embellishment by the Glassman camp, in an effort to amp up the wow factor and make Craig even more a part of the story than he already was? All those writings were indeed on Berkowitz's apartment walls. The thing is they weren't together like it was posted on the back cover of the "Off The Wall" book. The "hole" and Mr. Williams is on one part of the wall and the "Craig Glassman worships the devil and has power over me" and "My name is Craig Glassman....." were on different parts of the wall or were written on different walls in the apartment. The 1981 Lawrence Klausmer book "Son of Sam" confirms that these Craig Glassman references were indeed on Berkowitz's walls. Notice the lettering in the "Craig Glassman worships the devil...." parts. Notice how the capital "I" and "E" tilt upwards. Similar style to the lettering in the Breslin letter. It may have wanted to show Berkowitz wrote the letters, but whoever wrote that part on the wall is most likely the SOS letter writer.
One last note on the Charles Willeford book "Off The Wall". The title page in the book states "A true life NOVEL by Charles Willeford" "Novel" indicating he took a lot of liberties portraying and embellishing Craig's role in the Son of Sam story like Craig is the one who rolled up to Berkowitz's car on the night of his arrest and pointed the gun at Berkowitz and then Berkowitz turned and said "What took you so long, CRAIG?"
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Post by Admin Horan on Jul 19, 2021 15:07:15 GMT -6
You know what would be funny? It it were true. These people tell lies and call it truth. What if, when they said they were "lying," like calling this book a "novel," they were telling the truth? What if there is something to it? "What took you so long, Craig?"
I don't suppose you'd care to lend me your copy...
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