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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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I wanted to ask you a few questions.
You mind openin' the door? - Boston Strangler

I wanted to ask you a few questions. You mind openin' t...

Ma'am, I'm a-- I'm a homicide detective
for the Boston Police Department. - Boston Strangler

Ma'am, I'm a-- I'm a homicide detective for t...

Yeah, well, I haven't met ya.
And I'm not letting strangers in. - Boston Strangler

Yeah, well, I haven't met ya. And I'm not letting ...

[crowd clamoring] - Boston Strangler

[crowd clamoring]

Yeah. Left her on the bed,
stockings tied around her neck. - Boston Strangler

Yeah. Left her on the bed, stockings tied around her neck.

No. No sign of forced entry.
Looks like he took his time too. - Boston Strangler

No. No sign of forced entry. Looks like he took his time too...

- [chattering]
- [typing] - Boston Strangler

- [chattering] - [typing]

[photographer] Come on. Why else you think
they got two girls on such a big story? - Boston Strangler

[photographer] Come on. Why else you think they got two girl...

I don't do stunt reporting.
Tell 'em I'm not doing it. - Boston Strangler

I don't do stunt reporting. Tell 'em I'm not ...

You don't mind being called a fluke?
By that jackass? - Boston Strangler

You don't mind being called a fluke? By that jackass?

Let 'em sell their papers. You still got
the biggest story in the city. - Boston Strangler

Let 'em sell their papers. You still got the biggest st...

[sighs] - Boston Strangler

[Loretta]
The crimes themselves are insane. - Boston Strangler

[Loretta] The crimes themselves are insane.

[chattering] - Boston Strangler

[chattering] - Boston Strangler

[Jean]
"I'm one of the many who can't sleep. - Boston Strangler

[Jean] "I'm one of the many who can't sleep.

The Boston Strangler must be caught. - Boston Strangler

The Boston Strangler must be caught.

- [chattering]
- [chuckles] - Boston Strangler

- [chattering] - [chuckles]

So, uh, how'd you become Holland's girl?
He poach you from one of the other papers? - Boston Strangler

So, uh, how'd you become Holland's girl? He poach ...

I got to know him pretty well, and so he
offered to get me a job when I turned 18. - Boston Strangler

I got to know him pretty well, and so he offered to get me a...

I wore my school clothes when they first
sent me out on assignments. - Boston Strangler

I wore my school clothes when they first sent me out on assi...

I learned to hold my own, - Boston Strangler

I learned to hold my own,

My senior year, I, uh--
I lined up with all the other girls - Boston Strangler

My senior year, I, uh-- I lined up with all the other girls

But my English teacher, Mrs. Welker,
she-- she pulled me out of the line - Boston Strangler

But my English teacher, Mrs. Welker, she-- she pulled me out...

They found another victim.
It was a young girl this time. - Boston Strangler

They found another victim. It was a young girl this time.

You gotta be kidding me.
It's New Year's Eve for Christ's sakes. - Boston Strangler

You gotta be kidding me. It's New Year's Eve for C...

[footsteps departing] - Boston Strangler

[footsteps departing]

[shutter clicks] - Boston Strangler

[shutter clicks]

[scoffs] - Boston Strangler

All of a sudden, he tells me I'm pretty
and asks me if I thought about modeling. - Boston Strangler

All of a sudden, he tells me I'm pretty and asks me if ...

I pretended to go back and get him,
and when I came back, he was gone. - Boston Strangler

I pretended to go back and get him, and when I came back, he...

Uh, normal. White guy, dark hair. - Boston Strangler

Uh, normal. White guy, dark hair.

[professor on phone]
She doesn't fit the pattern. - Boston Strangler

[professor on phone] She doesn't fit the pattern.

That's the going theory
with this type of killer. - Boston Strangler

That's the going theory with this type of killer.

Did you know they were gonna do this? - Boston Strangler

Did you know they were gonna do this?

[sighs] - Boston Strangler

[sighs] - Boston Strangler

Hello? - Boston Strangler

[phone rings] - Boston Strangler

[footsteps departing] - Boston Strangler

[footsteps departing]

[footsteps departing] - Boston Strangler

[footsteps departing]

Nope. We unlisted our number years ago
after I covered my first mayor's race. - Boston Strangler

Nope. We unlisted our number years ago after I covered my fi...

I'll be right back. - Boston Strangler

I'll be right back.

Been reading your stories.
They've been pretty good. - Boston Strangler

Been reading your stories. They've been pretty good.

Off the record? More than we can handle. - Boston Strangler

Off the record? More than we can handle.

There's no motive, and then he takes off
without leaving a shred of evidence. - Boston Strangler

There's no motive, and then he takes off without leavin...

[wind howling] - Boston Strangler

[resident] Do you want some coffee? - Boston Strangler

[resident] Do you want some coffee?

[shrieks] - Boston Strangler

[reporter on TV] The city is, for some,
glamorous, stimulating, prosperous. - Boston Strangler

[reporter on TV] The city is, for some, glamorous, stimulati...

I take lunch at noon. - Boston Strangler

I take lunch at noon.

[doll] Please take me with you. - Boston Strangler

[doll] Please take me with you.

Mr. Nielson used her to record
the prototype for the latest model. - Boston Strangler

Mr. Nielson used her to record the prototype for the latest ...

[parent] Beverly came over every week
no matter what. - Boston Strangler

[parent] Beverly came over every week no matter what.

She'd bring supper and we'd watch
the stories on the TV together. - Boston Strangler

She'd bring supper and we'd watch the stories on t...

I don't think so.
School took up most of her time. - Boston Strangler

I don't think so. School took up most of her time.

And the choir.
It's where a lot of her friends were from. - Boston Strangler

And the choir. It's where a lot of her friends were fro...

[parent] No.
At BU, where she was studying. - Boston Strangler

[parent] No. At BU, where she was studying.

[scoffs] - Boston Strangler

You know, with a job she loved,
living on her own terms. - Boston Strangler

You know, with a job she loved, living on her own terms.

She was doin' all the things I wish
I could've done with my own life. - Boston Strangler

She was doin' all the things I wish I could've don...

Maggie's nine.
The boys are seven and five. - Boston Strangler

Maggie's nine. The boys are seven and five.

[parent] Beverly was terrified of the dark
when she was that age. - Boston Strangler

[parent] Beverly was terrified of the dark when she was that...

Only way I could get her to calm down
was by singing to her. - Boston Strangler

Only way I could get her to calm down was by singing to her.

[sobs] - Boston Strangler

What he did to her.
What that must have been like for her. - Boston Strangler

What he did to her. What that must have been like for her.

[sobbing] - Boston Strangler

He had just gotten kicked out of Harvard,
was acting really erratic. - Boston Strangler

He had just gotten kicked out of Harvard, was acting really ...

He'd call in the middle of the night,
show up unannounced. Things like that. - Boston Strangler

He'd call in the middle of the night, show up unannounc...

Daniel Marsh? - Boston Strangler

[door closes] - Boston Strangler

It's just back here. - Boston Strangler

It's just back here.

[Loretta pants] - Boston Strangler

[Loretta pants]

Wait, what did you say his name was? - Boston Strangler

Wait, what did you say his name was?

[door lock clicks] - Boston Strangler

[door lock clicks]

- [detective] Boston Police Department!
- [gasps] - Boston Strangler

- [detective] Boston Police Department! - [gasps]

We caught Nielson removing evidence
from Patricia's apartment. - Boston Strangler

We caught Nielson removing evidence from Patricia's apa...

He failed two polygraph tests, - Boston Strangler

He failed two polygraph tests,

Uh, you can't charge a guy
for getting high - Boston Strangler

Uh, you can't charge a guy for getting high

I-I don't think you understand
what I'm dealin' with here. - Boston Strangler

I-I don't think you understand what I'm dealin...

I'm gettin' a hundred tips a day, - Boston Strangler

I'm gettin' a hundred tips a day,

I'm doing all I can,
but I'm not playing with a full deck. - Boston Strangler

I'm doing all I can, but I'm not playing with a fu...

[car door opens] - Boston Strangler

[car door opens]

The point is Commissioner McNamara's
not up to the job. - Boston Strangler

The point is Commissioner McNamara's not up to the job.

They won't coordinate
with other police departments, - Boston Strangler

They won't coordinate with other police departments,

You can't go after someone's livelihood
because you're impatient. - Boston Strangler

You can't go after someone's livelihood because yo...

You don't have a story. You have a grudge. - Boston Strangler

You don't have a story. You have a grudge.

[footsteps departing] - Boston Strangler

[footsteps departing]

Where you been? - Boston Strangler

Where you been?

Sit down. I gotta talk to you anyway. - Boston Strangler

Sit down. I gotta talk to you anyway.

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