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Only took me 45 minutes to get a confession
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Boston Strangler

Only took me 45 minutesto get a confession. His name is Paul Dempsey. Lives up in...

Only took me 45 minutes
to get a confession. His name is Paul Dempsey. Lives up in Maine,
but I can place him in Boston at the time of the first five murders. Uh, I'm assuming
you went to Boston Homicide with this?

Full Transcript

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Only took me 45 minutes to get a confession.
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His name is Paul Dempsey.
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Lives up in Maine, but I can place him in Boston
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at the time of the first five murders.
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Uh, I'm assuming you went to Boston Homicide with this?
Duration
16 seconds
Views
53
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:58
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.
First call I made. Couldn't get anyone to call me back. - Boston Strangler 00:05
First call I made. Couldn't get anyone to call me back.
Couple of weeks go by, so I make the trip up there myself. - Boston Strangler 00:11
Couple of weeks go by, so I make the trip up there myself.
Detective drove four hours for a homicide I'm working, - Boston Strangler 00:07
Detective drove four hours for a homicide I'm working,
Turns out Paul Dempsey was a suspect in a murder in Maine - Boston Strangler 00:07
Turns out Paul Dempsey was a suspect in a murder in Maine
The victim was an elderly woman found strangled - Boston Strangler 00:06
The victim was an elderly woman found strangled
It could be the original Strangler murder, - Boston Strangler 00:06
It could be the original Strangler murder,
I don't know how many times we have to tell you, but we're not doing it. - Boston Strangler 00:05
I don't know how many times we have to tell you, but we...
If anyone else was blowing it this badly, - Boston Strangler 00:07
If anyone else was blowing it this badly,
[thunder rumbling] - Boston Strangler 00:12
[thunder rumbling]
Without sharing evidence, police may overlook a common denominator, - Boston Strangler 00:21
Without sharing evidence, police may overlook a common denom...
[newscaster on TV] The attorney general held a press conference today - Boston Strangler 00:35
[newscaster on TV] The attorney general held a press confere...
[wind whistling] - Boston Strangler 00:10
[wind whistling]
[breathing shakily] - Boston Strangler 00:08
[breathing shakily]
[wind whistling] - Boston Strangler 00:13
[wind whistling]
[wind whistling] - Boston Strangler 00:06
[wind whistling]
[sighs] - Boston Strangler 00:14
[sighs]
Someone came to the house? - Boston Strangler 00:17
Someone came to the house?
Now, I didn't say anything when you put our pictures in the paper, - Boston Strangler 00:14
Now, I didn't say anything when you put our pictures in...
You know, it's like I get to do half of everything I really want - Boston Strangler 00:07
You know, it's like I get to do half of everything I re...
[chuckles] - Boston Strangler 00:06
[chuckles]