Satanic bible gave me twisted ideas, says Son of Sam serial killer

SON OF SAM serial killer David Berkowitz told a New York state parole board this week that he only "vaguely" remembers gunning down six people in a crime spree that terrorised New York City in 1977.

Berkowitz, who was denied parole on Tuesday in his first chance at freedom, said a satanic bible he read gave him “twisted” ideas. He said he could not understand his violent behaviour, according to a transcript of the hearing released yesterday. “It just happened,” he told the two-member board in the interview at Sullivan Correctional Facility, about 80 miles north-west of New York City. “I thought I was a soldier for the devil and all kinds of crazy things,” he said. “At the time, I thought I was pleasing somebody, you know. It’s not going to make sense.”

He recalled leaving satanic parties, where he drank wine and smoked marijuana, to commit crimes, but he denied the drugs influenced him.