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Have You Seen This Man?

Introducing "Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler"

Have You Seen This Man?

ABC News

True Crime

4.22.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

You've probably heard of the Boston Strangler, but something that might surprise you is even

0:05.2

after 13 murders and a confession to this day almost all of those murder cases are considered

0:11.7

unsolved.

0:13.3

This is Sunny Hostin, and I want to tell you about a new podcast, Truth and Lies, The

0:18.2

Boston Strangler.

0:20.0

Listen and hear why, even today, so many questions remain unanswered.

0:24.5

We're about to play you the trailer for Truth and Lies, The Boston Strangler.

0:29.4

While you're listening, I hope you'll click the link in our episode description to follow

0:33.4

the show for the rest of the story, and make sure to watch Boston Strangler starring

0:38.4

Kieran Knightley streaming right now on Hulu.

0:43.9

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

0:48.3

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

0:54.4

their window sills so that if somebody tried to commit a window, they were going to step

0:58.3

on the broken glass.

1:00.1

It was a crime spree that stumped police for years.

1:03.7

It was novel to have a serial killer continue to kill while the police are looking for him.

1:10.6

They had hundreds and hundreds of suspects.

1:14.0

I'm Dick Lair.

1:15.2

I'm an author and journalist in Boston, where more than a half century ago, 13 women opened

1:20.4

their doors to the man who would end their lives.

1:24.4

The killer's signature brutal method, strangling them with their own nylon stockings, bath

1:29.6

rope ties and scarves.

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