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Boston Strangler

Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer.

Director

Matt Ruskin

Year

Genre

crime, drama, history

Box Office

N/A

Production

20th Century Studios,LuckyChap Entertainment,Langley Park Productions,Scott Free Productions

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 6 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.hulu.com/movie/boston-strangler-323eae40-5c62-4765-949a-5b4f7f8f2ba4

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Loretta McLaughlin

Keira Knightley

Jean Cole

Jack Maclaine

Detective Conley

Alessandro Nivola

Detective DeLine

Albert DeSalvo

David Dastmalchian

Eddie Corsetti

Eddie Holland

Robert John Burke

Daniel Marsh

James McLaughlin

Detective Donovan

Michael Malvesti

Maggie

Aurora McLaughlin

Tommy

Patrick

Antonio X Volpicelli

Mary McDermott

Nancy E. Carroll

Kelly

Frank Cole

George Nassar

Gordon Nielson

Paul Dempsey

Christian Mallen

The Killer

Anne Samans

Pamela Jayne Morgan

Arthur

Fritz

Charlie Thurston

Phyllis

Stanley

Lifestyle Editor

Ellie

F. Lee Bailey

John Bottomly III

Richard DeSalvo

Emmie

Harrison

Old Addict

Richard O'Rourke

Detective Linski

Commissioner McNamara

Officer Dougan

Belmont Detective

Old Desk Cop

Sergeant Burke

Officer Sullivan

Jane Sullivan

Caroline Nesbitt

Anna Slesers

Claire

Grace Aiello Antczak

Nina Nichols

Sheriden Thomas

Helen Burke

Rosemary Howard

Sophie Clark

Ida Irga

Beverly Samans

Strangler Victim

Corinne Ognibene

Assault Victim

Young Woman

Caitlin Zerra Rose

Karen

Ms. Thompson

Mrs. Quinn

College Kid

Building Super

Ida's Super

Dr. Grayson

Nurse Patty

Jennifer Lafleur

Nurse Deb McNulty

Psych. Orderly

Director

Brawny Detective

Inmate

Production Assistant

Police Examiner

JC Kim

Herald Reporter

Jonathan Fielding

Officer Shanley

Reporter

Mateo Philip Arnold

Funeral Mourner

Young Reporter

Emmaline Berlin

Photographer

Steve Bertorelli

Coroner

Newsroom Reporter

Reporter

David S. Bookbinder

Bridgewater State Prison Guard

Bar Patron

Courtney Brooks

Bridgewater State Inmate

Waiter

Club Manager

Diner Waitress

Diner Patron

Boston PD Detective

Inmate

Cameen M Copeland

Boston Police Patrolman

Bridgewater Prison Inmate

Inmate

Diner Patron

Prison Administrator

Sunbeam Sales Rep

Russell J. Gannon

Bar Patron

Boston Police Detective

Private Club Member

Detective

Copy Boy

Phone Repair Guy

Medical Examiner

Dancer

Ellie

Photographer

Reporter

Sunday Advertiser Reporter

James J. LaBonte

Holland's Secretary

Doug Berman

Michigan State Police #2

Private Club Waiter

Sunday Advertiser Reporter

Prison Guard

Gordon Nielson's New Secretary

Mourner

Young Reporter

Meghan McClutchy

Reporter

Francis McGinny

Newsroom Reporter

Funeral Mourner

Wayne R. Miller

Reporter

Sean Ryan Morris

Photographer

Reporter

Photographer

Nancy

Sarah Howard Parker

Bridgewater Killer

Mark Pettograsso

City Official

Americo Presciutti

Courthouse Clerk

Mary Ann Schaub

Television Crewman

Patrolman

Nate Luis Silva

Detective

Crime Desk Reporter

Michael Stanton

Reporter

Funeral Mourner

Jordan Thompson

Boston Police Officer

Justin M. Tolliver

Bridgewater State Prison Inmate

David Torres Jr.

Lifestyle Reporter

Young Nurse

Sunday Advertising Reporter

Mauricio Viteri

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[announcer on radio] ...comes back now,
the other way. - Boston Strangler

[announcer on radio] ...comes back now, the other way.

[announcer] His jump shot is good. - Boston Strangler

[announcer] His jump shot is good.

- [distant thud]
- [person screams] - Boston Strangler

- [distant thud] - [person screams]

[thuds] - Boston Strangler

[singing on TV] Nowhere to run ♪ - Boston Strangler

[singing on TV] Nowhere to run ♪

[knocking continues] - Boston Strangler

[knocking continues]

[knocking continues] - Boston Strangler

[knocking continues]

[tires squealing] - Boston Strangler

[tires squealing]

[Nowhere to Run (Nowhere to Hide)
playing on TV] - Boston Strangler

[Nowhere to Run (Nowhere to Hide) playing on TV]

[singing on TV continues] - Boston Strangler

[singing on TV continues]

[news anchor on radio] ...city increases. - Boston Strangler

[news anchor on radio] ...city increases.

[footsteps approaching] - Boston Strangler

[footsteps approaching]

[phone ringing] - Boston Strangler

[phone ringing]

[phone ringing] - Boston Strangler

[phone ringing]

You see that? That's the crime desk.
I got six guys working that beat. - Boston Strangler

You see that? That's the crime desk. I got six guys wor...

Okay, Susan, - Boston Strangler

Ellie, you're on candidates' wives.
Basic life-on-the-trail stuff. - Boston Strangler

Ellie, you're on candidates' wives. Basic life-on-...

[broadcaster on radio] Tax reforms,
dislodging and equity demand. - Boston Strangler

[broadcaster on radio] Tax reforms, dislodging and equity de...

- [reporter] Hi, Phyllis.
- [Phyllis] Mornin'. - Boston Strangler

- [reporter] Hi, Phyllis. - [Phyllis] Mornin'.

Here. Use mine. I'll fix this one. - Boston Strangler

Here. Use mine. I'll fix this one.

What are you working on? - Boston Strangler

What are you working on?

[presenter on TV] And there
is the beautiful Monroe centerpiece... - Boston Strangler

[presenter on TV] And there is the beautiful Monroe centerpi...

I'm not gonna go around hounding people.
She's not even family. - Boston Strangler

I'm not gonna go around hounding people. She's not...

- Don't get up. I'll let myself out.
- [breathing heavily] - Boston Strangler

- Don't get up. I'll let myself out. - [breathing ...

[phone ringing] - Boston Strangler

[phone ringing]

And that's just it. Why would anybody
go around killing three nobody women? - Boston Strangler

And that's just it. Why would anybody go around killing...

Because you don't have the experience
covering homicides. - Boston Strangler

Because you don't have the experience covering homicide...

How am I supposed to get any experience if you won't give me a shot - Boston Strangler

How am I supposed to get any experience if you won't...

All right.
But you're still on the lifestyle desk. - Boston Strangler

All right. But you're still on the lifestyle desk.

Uh, Loretta McLaughlin,
with the Record American. - Boston Strangler

Uh, Loretta McLaughlin, with the Record American.

No. No, the door was locked.
I had to use a master key. - Boston Strangler

No. No, the door was locked. I had to use a master key.

I found her on the floor
with her legs spread open, - Boston Strangler

I found her on the floor with her legs spread open,

- [chattering]
- [phone ringing] - Boston Strangler

- [chattering] - [phone ringing]

No, I already confirmed Ida Irga.
Are you confirming Blake and Slesers? - Boston Strangler

No, I already confirmed Ida Irga. Are you confirming Blake a...

I'm not confirmin' nothin'.
Why don't you take a hike? - Boston Strangler

I'm not confirmin' nothin'. Why don't yo...

[phone ringing] - Boston Strangler

[phone ringing]

Uh-- Just wanna ask
about the stockings around her neck. - Boston Strangler

Uh-- Just wanna ask about the stockings around her neck.

Did you see if they were tied
in a single or a double-hitched knot? - Boston Strangler

Did you see if they were tied in a single or a double-hitche...

[Loretta]
What do these three women have in common? - Boston Strangler

[Loretta] What do these three women have in common?

Open up! Hey, if you don't open the door,
I'm gonna call the cops! - Boston Strangler

Open up! Hey, if you don't open the door, I'm gonn...

- Nice work, kid.
- [Loretta chuckles] - Boston Strangler

- Nice work, kid. - [Loretta chuckles]

- [buzzer sounds]
- [Phyllis] DA's office for you. - Boston Strangler

- [buzzer sounds] - [Phyllis] DA's office for you.

- You never should've sent her out on this.
- [buzzer sounds] - Boston Strangler

- You never should've sent her out on this. - [buzzer s...

No, he's here for you. - Boston Strangler

No, he's here for you.

Was it your idea to send some skirt
down to the station house? - Boston Strangler

Was it your idea to send some skirt down to the station hous...

Now I've got every old lady in
the fuckin' city tying up my phone lines! - Boston Strangler

Now I've got every old lady in the fuckin' city ty...

Homicide has been workin'
around the clock on this, - Boston Strangler

Homicide has been workin' around the clock on this,

It was a couple of dipshit beat cops
trying to bed that girl you sent down! - Boston Strangler

It was a couple of dipshit beat cops trying to bed that girl...

If you keep running this story,
you're gonna end up embarrassing yourself. - Boston Strangler

If you keep running this story, you're gonna end up emb...

- [chattering]
- [phone ringing] - Boston Strangler

- [chattering] - [phone ringing]

I am catching hell over this story. - Boston Strangler

I am catching hell over this story.

We beat everyone in the whole damn city,
and you're-- you're just gonna drop it? - Boston Strangler

We beat everyone in the whole damn city, and you're-- y...

[Kelly speaking, indistinct] - Boston Strangler

[Kelly speaking, indistinct]

[Loretta's husband]
I appreciate your help-- - Boston Strangler

[Loretta's husband] I appreciate your help--

Class pictures are tomorrow.
Might wanna ice it again. - Boston Strangler

Class pictures are tomorrow. Might wanna ice it again.

[door opens] - Boston Strangler

[melancholic singing on the radio] - Boston Strangler

[melancholic singing on the radio]

Our lives would be easier.
Kids would be better off. - Boston Strangler

Our lives would be easier. Kids would be better off.

[chuckles] - Boston Strangler

Jack's probably just afraid to rock
the boat. Don't take it personally. - Boston Strangler

Jack's probably just afraid to rock the boat. Don'...

[snickers] - Boston Strangler

[water running] - Boston Strangler

[water running]

[water running] - Boston Strangler

[water running]

[door opens] - Boston Strangler

- [home intruder] Super sent me.
- [thuds] - Boston Strangler

- [home intruder] Super sent me. - [thuds]

[phone ringing] - Boston Strangler

[phone ringing]

Loretta, it's Phyllis. - Boston Strangler

Loretta, it's Phyllis.

- [children chattering]
- Girls, hurry up! Let's go! - Boston Strangler

- [children chattering] - Girls, hurry up! Let's go!

[ringing continues] - Boston Strangler

[ringing continues]

It's Holland.
I need you on the Strangler story. - Boston Strangler

It's Holland. I need you on the Strangler story.

Can you wrap up
the nursing home story tonight? - Boston Strangler

Can you wrap up the nursing home story tonight?

He's using you. Putting a girl
on a story like that. It's a stunt. - Boston Strangler

He's using you. Putting a girl on a story like that. It...

[children chattering] - Boston Strangler

[children chattering]

Jean's gonna be working with you
on the Strangler story. - Boston Strangler

Jean's gonna be working with you on the Strangler story...

Oh, uh, no offense,
but I-I don't need any help with this. - Boston Strangler

Oh, uh, no offense, but I-I don't need any help with th...

Her cousin Arnold found the body,
but there's, uh-- - Boston Strangler

Her cousin Arnold found the body, but there's, uh--

[Jean] I already did.
Police aren't talking. Corsetti tried too. - Boston Strangler

[Jean] I already did. Police aren't talking. Corsetti t...

- Mrs. Sullivan?
- [person 1] This is the Howard residence. - Boston Strangler

- Mrs. Sullivan? - [person 1] This is the Howard residence.

[person 4] Who is this? - Boston Strangler

[person 4] Who is this?

Nobody here by that name. - Boston Strangler

Nobody here by that name.

- [Loretta] Hello?
- [line clicks] - Boston Strangler

- [Loretta] Hello? - [line clicks]

[reporters clamoring] - Boston Strangler

[reporters clamoring]

Commissioner! Is there a story-- - Boston Strangler

Commissioner! Is there a story--

[McNamara] They're not to allow
any person into their home - Boston Strangler

[McNamara] They're not to allow any person into their h...

- Especially women living alone!
- Are you confirming the story-- - Boston Strangler

- Especially women living alone! - Are you confirming the st...

- [reporter] Do you have any suspects?
- [reporters clamoring] - Boston Strangler

- [reporter] Do you have any suspects? - [reporters clamorin...

[broadcaster 1 on radio] Extraordinary
methods of investigation are needed - Boston Strangler

[broadcaster 1 on radio] Extraordinary methods of investigat...

[knocking] - Boston Strangler

- [resident screams]
- [home intruder grunts] - Boston Strangler

- [resident screams] - [home intruder grunts]

[officer on radio] Standby one second. - Boston Strangler

[officer on radio] Standby one second.

Boston Strangler poster

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Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Matt Ruskin

Writer: Matt Ruskin

Production: 20th Century Studios,LuckyChap Entertainment,Langley Park Productions,Scott Free Productions

Genre: crime, drama, history

Year: 2023

MetaScore: 58/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 17 Mar 2023

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 6 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.hulu.com/movie/boston-strangler-323eae40-5c62-4765-949a-5b4f7f8f2ba4

Also watch: Luther: The Fallen Sun, Till, Echo Boomers, Nico, 1988, Lost on Everest, The Monster Project, The Story of My Wife, Mother, May I?, Calm with Horses, What Doesn't Kill You, Inside Man, The Flying Deuces, Just Before Dawn