Read previewWhen journalist Steve Fishman did an exclusive jailhouse interview with a serial killer and rapist, he had one particularly important question to ask.
Nearly 50 years later, Fishman has reflected on his narrow escape in the true-crime podcast, "Smoke Screen: My Friend, The Serial Killer."
"He seemed amiable, personable, and completely unthreatening," Fishman told BI.
Serial killer Carr died of prostate cancer.
AdvertisementFishman went on to interview the so-called "Son of Sam" serial killer David Berkowitz, in the 2000s.
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