'Boston Strangler' | Ep. 1: The Women

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True Crime

4.6 • 25.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In June 1962, a woman opens the door to a stranger. What happens next will shock the country and haunt the streets of Boston for years to come. Sixty years later, the story of the Boston Strangler still has a hold on the public imagination. The new ABC Audio podcast, "Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler," retraces the tragic fate of the victims and explores why a killer’s confession never closed this decades-old case. "Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler" -- a new three-part series, available on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3wgRdzb), Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3XFQm6X), Amazon Music (https://amzn.to/3ksWvFj), or wherever you're listening now. And check out “Boston Strangler,” starring Keira Knightley, streaming now on Hulu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've probably heard of the Boston Strangler, but something that might surprise you is even
0:05.5	after 13 murders and a confession to this day, almost all of those murder cases are considered
0:12.9	unsolved.
0:13.9	It's Rebecca Jarvis, and I want to tell you about a new podcast, Truth in Lies, The Boston
0:19.1	Strangler.
0:20.1	Listen and hear why, even today, so many questions remain unanswered.
0:25.0	We're about to play you the first episode of this season's Truth in Lies.
0:29.9	While you're listening, I hope you'll click the link in our episode description to follow
0:33.8	the show for the rest of the story.
0:36.0	And check out Boston Strangler starring Kira Knightley streaming now on Hulu.
0:41.6	A word of warning.
0:43.3	There are descriptions of violence in this episode that some listeners may find disturbing.
0:50.1	On June 14, 1962, Anna Slessers was having acquired Thursday at her apartment in Boston.
0:58.7	She'd emigrated from Latvia more than a decade prior and was living alone following a divorce.
1:06.2	Anna was in her mid-50s and worked as a seamstress.
1:10.2	Business was slow that week, so she was reportedly sent home the day before and was told not
1:15.5	to return until Monday.
1:18.4	Anna was expecting her son Yuris to pick her up that evening.
1:22.2	They were going to attend a memorial service.
1:25.4	In Latvia, June 14, is a national day of commemoration, honoring those who were exiled from
1:30.8	the region during World War II.
1:33.8	Newspaper accounts of that night, so that after eating dinner, Anna put on an op-em record.
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