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Interview with Doug Gregan at New Brothers Fellowship

6/29/2025

 

Reason For Truth

1/5/2024

 
Steven Garofalo interviews Dr. Michael Caparrelli about his new book,
Monster Mirror - 100 hours with David Berkowitz:


A New Book With a New Perspective

10/9/2023

 
Monster Mirror is now available at Amazon.com in English, and Spanish. 

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All proceeds will go to UnMuted, a non-profit organization that gives victims of trauma their voices back.
Note: David does not receive any monetary gain from the sale of this book.​
Monster Mirror by Michael A. Caparrelli, PhD
For many years, David harbored shameful secrets about what drove him to gun down the defenseless inside parked cars and on urban sidewalks. He hid behind defense mechanisms (explained in the book) to escape the immense trauma that he inflicted upon many families, along with his own devout parents.
​

For any of us who may have withheld dirty secrets, we know how sick those secrets can make us. David is no exception to this rule of life. His skeletons have resulted in bouts of sadness, anxiety and sleepless nights. David has learned that whatever you run from will run you.
In his book, Dr. Caparrelli, a PhD in behavioral science, shares David's story from a different perspective. Drop in on the conversation, throughout 270 pages, as David divulges more about his childhood, his young adult life, and his crimes, while Dr. Mike shares professional and personal insight on what led David down that dark path.   ​​
Recent interviews:
Point of View Radio (47:01)
CBN       |      Dr. Daniel Amen
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The Balanced Voice Podcast

9/29/2022

 

The Federalist

8/10/2022

 
See: David Berkowitz, The 'Son of Sam' Killer, Serves Six Life Sentences by Serving Others,
by Pam Danziger, co-founder of Faith Underground

Salvo Magazine (Reissue from 2011)

8/9/2022

 
Son of Hope, by Terrell Clemmons

I Served in Prison With David Berkowitz

7/20/2022

 
Listen to what Michael J. Love has to say about David:

Faith Underground

9/6/2020

 
Read the latest article by Faith Underground's Jeremiah Nighthawk Taylor:
​"Far More than Rehabilitation, Salvation Gave 'Son of Sam' David Berkowitz New Life."

Reason for Truth

1/17/2019

 
Listen to Steve Garofalo's powerful message of forgiveness:
See  David's Letter to Steve:  Son of Sam - to - Son of God

A Nice Article by the Senior Pastor                                              at Time Square Church in Manhattan

10/10/2018

 
Carter Conlon shares: "I have always believed that it is impossible to claim, 'I am in Christ, and Christ is in me,' and not be lovingly and compassionately invested in the physical, spiritual and emotional health and well-being of other people - no matter who they are.
Continue reading The Christian Post article.

New Gospel Tract

8/23/2018

 
See the new Son of Hope gospel tract​ created by Solid Rock Minstry.

Jane Hope Fields - A Friend and a Colaborer

2/14/2018

 
Though Jane is now 100 years old, we still want to recognize her for the work she has done for the Lord, and for the love and support she has given David:
Jane Hope Fields Continues to Serve

David's Interview with Storyteller Ministries Now Available

11/1/2016

 
For the first time ever David shares his Life Story and clears up some confusion caused by the media in a nine part video interview called "​In His Own Words."

Transfer to a New Correctional Facility

4/12/2016

 
David was recently transferred to a new Correctional Facility.  Details will be posted when we have more information.  

Charisma News

9/3/2015

 
Read Article about David, told by his friend, Grant Berry:
From Son of Sam to the Son of Hope

Sound of Life Radio

8/8/2013

 
David was interviewed by Sound of Life Radio:

Suffolk, VA Prayer Event  &  Boundless Mercy Video

5/3/2012

 
David is a guest at the Suffolk, VA Prayer Event.

The American Bible Society

3/30/2011

 
The American Bible Society Interviews David:
Boundless Mercy Article

Salvo Magazine

3/9/2011

 
Terrell Clemmons wrote a nice article about David for Salvo Magazine:
Son of Hope: The Story of David Berkowitz 

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Focus on the Family Radio

3/25/2009

 
Focus on the Family re-aired an interview recorded with David several years ago. The response was overwhelming. This website received over 10,000 hits in just three days, including many emails from people all over the U.S. expressing their joy for what God has done in David's life.

David has been living for Christ for over 35 years now and God continues to use his powerful testimony to reach people all over the globe.

Below are just two of many emails we've received (names have been omitted for privacy):

Dear David,

I am a Catholic Christian businessman, who seeks to walk with Christ along my daily path. For years, I have been wrestling with the issue of Capital Punishment. My Church and my brothers in Christ are pro-life in all circumstances, including the abolishment of Capital Punishment. Being conservative in my views, I have not been able to reconcile my own hard-line perspective with that of many other Christians and clergy. In fact, I had simply shut out any internal debate or analysis on this subject, deciding rather to live the Gospel, but keeping the concept of Capital Punishment as a "private" view point.

This past week, I heard a snippet of your Son of Hope interview with Bill Meir (Focus on the Family). It intrigued me to the point of purchasing the CD set so that I could listen to the interview in its entirety. I must say that your words have totally softened my heart on the subject of Capital Punishment, and I no longer believe in its merit or its morality. In fact, I now place it in the same category as abortion or euthanasia.

I want you to know that your words have softened my heart to allow the heart of Jesus to take over. I now find that this softening is affecting other areas of my life as well. I find it easy and even natural to be softer and more understanding in business and in many situations in life.

Of course, I have never met you in person, nor have I ever spent much time learning about you or your past. I cannot, therefore, judge the sincerity of your words. Nonetheless, the mere fact that Christ's love can impact a person in a way that makes a man coming from your background now speak with Christian charity and love is enough for me to understand that "Nothing is impossible for God" and that it is immoral for men to interfere in his dominion over the life he created.

I am praying for your continued encouragement and spiritual development.

You may be sure that for the rest of my life, whenever the issue of Capital Punishment is raised, I will be thinking about and praying for you.

May God continue to bless you and keep you in His grace,

T.

I listened intently to the 3 day series of the interview with David Berkowitz at first with nothing but solid doubt.

Today, I am truly in awe of the magnificent power of my God and am humbled by the sincere testimony of this man. I would like to send along a word of encouragement and gratitude to Mr. Berkowitz not only for enduring the long years of being a lost soul and all that brought him, but also for how he is now living a life that God designed for him and doing it with such excellence. Many are presented with God's Plan, and turn away because of the worldly desire for an easier path. I'm sure that Mr. Berkowitz has been reborn not to glorify himself, or make his path easier, but divinely to glorify God, and add to His Kingdom.

Again, I am humbled and blessed to have heard his testimony.

All I can do is praise God.

(as I'm finishing up this letter, the song "I can only Imagine" has begun to play on the radio in our office. Isn't that the truth? I can't wait to hugs the souls such as Mr. Berkowitz when I get there. Until then!)

L.

Daniel Lefkowitz

1/12/2009

 
Daniel Lefkowitz, who knew David as a teenager, visited the prison for an interview with him. Watch the 6 part video.
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