Ultimate Evil

The Search for the Sons of Sam

Ultimate Evil
Maury Terry
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Paperback
h229 x 152mm - 512pg
9 Mar 2021 US
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9781683692843
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A true crime cult classic that has been out of print over a decade, The Ultimate Evil is the inspiration for an upcoming Netflix docuseries and companion podcast about journalist Maury Terry' s terrifying investigation into the true evil behind the Son of Sam murders. On August 10, 1977, the NYPD arrested David Berkowitz, a mailman from Yonkers, 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. The case was officially closed soon after. Journalist Maury Terry was suspicious of Berkowitz' s confession. Spurred by conflicting eyewitness descriptions of the killer and the Queens District Attorney, who was convinced Berkowitz didn' t act alone, Terry investigated the case for a decade. In the original publication of The Ultimate Evil in 1987, he presented his theory that Berkowitz was a member of the Process Church of the Final Judgment, a Satanic cult responsible for the Son of Sam murders, as well as other ritual murders across the country. The epilogue of the 1999 edition included an interview in which Berkowitz confirmed Terry' s theory. But the full extent of the Process Church' s reach is still coming to light. After Terry' s death in 2015, documentary filmmaker Josh Zeman (Cropsey, The Killing Season) followed leads Terry left for him, which led to his Netflix series Sons of Sam. Together with Tenderfoot Media' s podcast Down the Rabbit Hole and this reissued edition of The Ultimate Evil--which includes an introduction by Zeman--these works reveal the stunning intersections of power, wealth, privilege, and evil in America--from the Summer of Sam till today.
"This book isn' t just about Son of Sam. . . It' s about an author who drove himself into the ground trying to make sense of some of the most brutal crimes in American history. Is what he found true? That' s for you to ponder. But I will tell you, I wasn' t able to put this book down--and neither will you. "--Billy Jensen, author of Chase Darkness with Me
Maury Terry was an award-winning investigative reporter whose work was prominently featured in both television and print media. He wrote for the Gannett newspaper chain, Vanity Fair, Gear, and Penthouse, among others. He reported on and coproduced nearly a dozen national TV specials about the Son of Sam conspiracy. In 1993, and again in 1997, he conducted the first television interviews about the case with confessed killer David Berkowitz. Terry' s television work included exclusive national specials on the O. J. Simpson case, New York' s Steinberg-Nussbaum investigation, and the Zodiac murders. He lectured extensively at law enforcement seminars across the United States. Terry died in Yonkers in 2015. Joshua Zeman is the critically acclaimed director of Cropsey about the New York urban legend turned true crime story, the Killer Legends anthology series for NBC Universal, The Killing Season about the Long Island Serial Killer, and Magic Mountain about unsolved disappearances in Humboldt County, CA. As a producer/co- producer, some of Zeman' s past credits include The Station Agent, Mysterious Skin, The Hawk is Dying, and Against the Current.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781683692843
Published: 9 Mar 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Quirk Books
Publisher: Quirk Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 512

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