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Introducing "Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler"

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

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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You've probably heard of the Boston Strangler, a serial killer who terrorized the Boston area

0:05.2

in the 1960s. But something that might surprise you is even after 13 murders and a confession

0:12.2

to this day, almost all those murder cases are considered unsolved. Hey, it's Brad, and I want

0:18.2

to tell you about a new podcast from my colleagues here at ABC News called Truth in Lies, the Boston

0:23.7

Strangler. Listen, and hear why even today so many questions remain unanswered. We're going to play

0:29.6

you a trailer right now for Truth in Lies, the Boston Strangler. While you're listening, you can

0:33.4

actually click the link in the episode description, literally just like scroll down to the description,

0:37.9

click it and follow the show for the rest of the story. And make sure to watch Boston Strangler

0:43.0

starring Keir Knightley streaming now on Hulu. All right, here's the trailer.

0:48.8

In the early 1960s, a killer held Boston in a state of fear.

0:53.2

Women were taking coke bottles, breaking them up and putting the broken jagged glass on their

0:59.7

window sills so that if somebody tried to commit a window, they were going to step on the broken glass.

1:05.1

It was a crime spree that stumped police for years. It was novel to have a serial killer

1:12.0

continue to kill while the police are looking for him. They had hundreds and hundreds of suspects.

1:18.9

I'm Dick Lair. I'm an author and journalist in Boston where more than a half century ago,

1:24.1

13 women opened their doors to the man who would end their lives. The killer's signature brutal method,

1:31.8

strangling them with their own nylon stockings, bath rope ties, and scarves. Another body in Boston,

1:39.2

Mary Sullivan's 44-A Charles Street apartment two. His rampage vexed investigators.

1:48.0

Investigations needed to be with the cadet of Nonna. The police at one point turned to a psychic.

1:55.1

A story of the Boston Strangler continues to have a hold on the popular imagination,

2:00.0

perhaps because even when a killer confessed, it never closed the case.

2:04.5

Here comes a guy already in prison who was willing to not only confess to my aunt's murder,

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