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  1. Mar 16, 2023 · Four more murders attributed to the Boston Strangler took place in 1963, confounding investigators and leaving the public convinced there was no end to the killings in sight.

  2. Mar 17, 2023 · Written and directed by Matt Ruskin ( Crown Heights ), Boston Strangler tells the story of 13 women who were murdered in and around Boston in the early 1960s, sometimes referred to as the...

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    The three journalists primarily featured in “Boston Strangler” were all based on real-life employees of the Boston Record-American. Loretta McLaughlin, played by Keira Knightley, was a reporter at the Record-American, and along with Jean Cole, wrote the definitive account of the case and coined the “Boston Strangler” moniker. After working at the R...

    There are two Boston Police figures who feature prominently in “Boston Strangler,” one of which is based on a real figure and one who is a composite of multiple real-life BPD officers. After McLaughlin publishes her first story, her editor catches hell from BPD Commissioner Edmund McNamara, who is played by Massachusetts native Bill Camp (“Joker”)....

    Much like in real life, the ending of “Boston Strangler” doesn’t come to any tidy conclusion about who was responsible for the killings. In the film, we see three men who are held up as possible suspects, two of whom existed in real life and one who is a pseudonymous creation. Albert DeSalvo, played by David Dastmalchian (“The Dark Knight”), confes...

    While “Boston Strangler” doesn’t provide any definitive answers, it does illustrate how several people close to the case, as well as many amateur sleuths in the present day, have unanswered questions. It also relies on theories put forth in the intervening years that have never been definitively proven. “Boston Strangler” speculates that George Nas...

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  4. Feb 24, 2023 · The original film stars Keira Knightley as Loretta McLaughlin, a Boston Record American investigative reporter determined to solve a string of sexually motivated serial killings in Boston in...

  5. Mar 17, 2023 · Hulu and Disney+'s new film, 'Boston Strangler' looks at real murders in Boston, and the women journalists who uncovered the story. Here's everything to know.

  6. Detective Phil DiNatale ultimately gets on the trail of a schizophrenic plumber named Albert De Salvo and cracks one of the most horrifying serial murder cases in U.S. history. Boston is being ...

  7. From Ted Bundy to Samuel Little, these are America's most prolific serial killers. What do we know about the case? Between 1962 and 1964, a series of brutal murders targeting women shocked the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The perpetrator used ligatures to strangle his victims to death, often after seriously sexually assaulting them.