The Big Apple’s most notorious serial killer is getting a new close-up.
In the Netflix docuseries, “Conversations With a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes” (now streaming), director/ producer Joe Berlinger explores David Berkowitz and his reign of terror on 1970s New York City — and even includes the killer’s claim that he wasn’t the culprit who shot one of his surviving victims, Wendy Savino.
“The story gripped the city like no other. In my mind, it kind of gave birth to our modern fascination with true crime,” Berlinger exclusively told The Post.
“It’s the first modern example of a serial killer taunting and baiting the press. People couldn’t wait for the next New York Post…to come out, to get more information, and the letters that were all published,” he elaborated. “[It was the] first time that you saw media, public fascination and violence all coming together.”…