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Boston Strangler

Hello? I need you to call in a favor

[line rings] [Jean] Hello? I need you to call in a favor

Full Transcript

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[line rings]
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[Jean] Hello?
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I need you to call in a favor.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:36
Uploaded
Apr 14, 2025
Genres
crime, drama, history
Production
20th Century Studios,LuckyChap Entertainment,Langley Park Productions,Scott Free Productions

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Movie Summary

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.
I'm Jean Cole, Deb McNulty's expecting me. - Boston Strangler 00:16
I'm Jean Cole, Deb McNulty's expecting me.
He was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend. - Boston Strangler 00:26
He was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend.
[Loretta] Did he overlap with DeSalvo? - Boston Strangler 00:07
[Loretta] Did he overlap with DeSalvo?
All right, Daniel. Just write down where you were on each of these days. - Boston Strangler 00:07
All right, Daniel. Just write down where you were on each of...
Where were you when these women were murdered? - Boston Strangler 00:05
Where were you when these women were murdered?
I was going to school in Boston. You know that. - Boston Strangler 00:05
I was going to school in Boston. You know that.
You ever spend any time with Albert DeSalvo? - Boston Strangler 00:06
You ever spend any time with Albert DeSalvo?
There's a dozen reporters out there that just got tipped off. Go ahead. - Boston Strangler 00:06
There's a dozen reporters out there that just got tippe...
If they put my name in the paper, I'll just start over somewhere else. - Boston Strangler 00:08
If they put my name in the paper, I'll just start over ...
[officer on phone] Homicide. - Boston Strangler 00:10
[officer on phone] Homicide.
Loretta, he quit. Try him at home. - Boston Strangler 00:06
Loretta, he quit. Try him at home.
[bell rings] - Boston Strangler 00:08
[bell rings]
Well, he's got-- he's got to lay into him a little more. - Boston Strangler 00:05
Well, he's got-- he's got to lay into him a little...
- It was pretty close. - [footsteps approaching] - Boston Strangler 00:06
- It was pretty close. - [footsteps approaching]
Go home. Spend some time with your kids. - Boston Strangler 00:06
Go home. Spend some time with your kids.
When you realize you could give up your whole life for it, - Boston Strangler 00:05
When you realize you could give up your whole life for it,
[Bottomly on headphones] This is John Bottomly. - Boston Strangler 00:30
[Bottomly on headphones] This is John Bottomly.
[Bottomly] Okay, Albert. I'd like to ask you about her clothing. - Boston Strangler 00:08
[Bottomly] Okay, Albert. I'd like to ask you about her ...
Aren't you on a new story? - Boston Strangler 00:07
Aren't you on a new story?
[Bottomly] Albert, what color robe was she wearing? - Boston Strangler 00:21
[Bottomly] Albert, what color robe was she wearing?