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The Alphabet murders (also known as the Double Initial murders) are an unsolved series of child murders which occurred between 1971 and 1973 in Rochester, New York. All three victims were girls aged ten or eleven whose surname began with the same letter as that of her first name.
The Alphabet Murders is a 1965 British detective film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot. It is based on the 1936 novel The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie.
Tony Randall stars as Hercule Poirot in this 1965 adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel. The film is a slapstick parody with a serial killer targeting people by their initials and a bumbling detective duo.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Frank Tashlin
- 1966-05-17
Nov 27, 2022 · Between 1971 and 1973, three girls with double initials were strangled and raped in Rochester, New York. The Alphabet Murders case remains a mystery, despite multiple suspects and clues.
Nov 18, 2023 · One of the chief suspects in New York's Alphabet Murders has been released after serving more than 30 years in prison, Newsweek has learned. The 76-year-old man had been serving a sentence of...
Oct 18, 2023 · Three young girls were abducted, raped, and killed in Rochester, New York in the early 1970s, with their initials matching the locations where their bodies were found. Learn about the chilling case that has baffled investigators for over 50 years and the possible links to other unsolved murders.
Hercule Poirot (Tony Randall) on the path called “Rotten Row” in London’s Hyde Park, questions Doncaster (Guy Rolfe) and company when he spies Anita Ekberg, known to him only as “A-B-C,” and linked to the murders, in director Frank Tashlin’s comic take on Agatha Christie, The Alphabet Murders, 1965.
