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Son of Sam killer David Berkowitz looks to Anne Frank for inspiration, views himself as ‘father figure’ to other inmates
NY Post ^ | 05/16/2024 | Steven Vago

Posted on 05/16/2024 7:11:11 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A demonic dog inspired him to kill, but now he’s driven by a diary.

Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz compared his decades behind bars to Anne Frank’s “inspirational” writings — days before the self-proclaimed “father figure” is set to face the parole board.

“My favorite book is the Holy Bible. But the most inspirational book for me throughout my years of incarceration is ‘Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl,’” Berkowitz told The Post this week.

“Young Anne wrote her diary while in captivity. She shared her heart within its pages,” the 70-year-old wrote from the maximum-security Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Wallkill.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: berkowitz; father; frank; inspiration
Still a whack job or redeemed?
1 posted on 05/16/2024 7:11:11 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Guilty.

Keep him locked up.

Hope he keeps reading his Bible, though.


2 posted on 05/16/2024 7:12:36 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I heard that decades ago he became a Christian. If you write to him, like many fans of serial killers do all he does is send you religions material and tell you to turn to Jesus.

I don’t know his heart only God does.


3 posted on 05/16/2024 7:14:24 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’ve heard him in interviews, and he does “appear” to be redeemed- I be,eive he also takes full responsibility for his actions and wants to do his xentence in prison.


4 posted on 05/16/2024 7:18:00 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: SaveFerris

I beleive he wants to be kept locked for what he did.


5 posted on 05/16/2024 7:19:19 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Morgana; SaveFerris
If you write to him....

”Yes...maybe I’ll drop David a line....”

6 posted on 05/16/2024 7:29:07 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

I was thinking about Seinfeld with this


7 posted on 05/16/2024 7:31:25 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I used to think I was hearing voices until I realized it was just the dog talking.


8 posted on 05/16/2024 7:46:48 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well, geez! Who doesn’t look up to him?


9 posted on 05/16/2024 7:52:39 AM PDT by rey
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If the mental institutions weren’t closed, this guy might have gotten help and his victims would still be alive.


10 posted on 05/16/2024 8:47:01 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: fruser1

The voices in my head keep yelling at me but, I can’t understand them because they’re speaking Spanish.


11 posted on 05/16/2024 9:48:07 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: fruser1

The voices in my head keep yelling at me but, I can’t understand them because they’re speaking Spanish.


12 posted on 05/16/2024 9:48:11 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
How does a guy like him get a professional portrait? Some New York wackadoo took it or commissioned it, perhaps.


13 posted on 05/16/2024 10:16:00 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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