Episode 2: Fear in Boston

Stranglers

SiriusXM Podcasts

Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Two more murders bring the total to five, terrorizing the city. As the police come up short in their attempt to protect the city, women take desperate measures to protect themselves. In this episode, host Portland Helmich meets a granddaughter of the Strangler’s fourth victim, and she follows the Boston police as they launch and attempt to control one of the largest manhunts the city had ever known. We’ll hear the voice of the late detective Phil DiNatale, meet his son, John, and explore the family’s vast archive of original Strangler notes, photos and diaries. Portland also interviews Mark Safarik, a retired FBI agent, who specializes in the homicides of elderly women. Safarik explains that with an unprecedented crime, traditional crime-solving techniques are almost never effective. This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron.

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0:00.0	The following program includes descriptions of graphic and sexually explicit violence.
0:09.8	This show may not be suitable for those affected by such descriptions or for young listeners.
0:14.9	The serial discretion is advised.
0:19.2	Previously on Stranglers.
0:21.1	Were you the one that discovered her?
0:22.7	She went in and she comes running back.
0:25.2	Her hands are up.
0:28.9	Mrs. Schleser's a retired seamstress had been strangled manually.
0:32.4	Then the belt from her housecoat had been twisted about her neck.
0:35.2	By the end of June 1962, three women had died.
0:38.9	Their murders were like nothing Boston had ever seen.
0:42.1	Savage killings made more horrible by their repetition.
0:45.5	We had had other killers.
0:47.6	We had had other murderers.
0:50.2	But we had no serial kill-up as this appeared to be.
0:57.6	The city was afraid.
0:59.6	Afraid of strangers at the door.
1:01.5	Afraid of strangers on the street.
1:03.4	Afraid of each other.
1:06.4	There is fear in Boston.
1:08.0	Not only salesmen, but even police find it difficult to gain admission to houses.
1:12.0	That these good women should come to such a death is a terrible pity.
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