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

Women were taking coke bottles, breaking them up,

and putting the broken jagged glass on their window sills

so that if somebody tried to commit a window,

they were going to step on the broken glass.

It was a crime spree that stumped police for years.

It was novel to have a serial killer continue to kill

while the police are looking for him.

It had hundreds and hundreds of suspects.

I'm Dick Lair. I'm an author and journalist in Boston

where more than a half century ago,

13 women opened their doors to the man who would end their lives.

The killer's signature brutal method,

strangling them with their own nylon stockings,

bathrope ties, and scarves.

Another body in Boston, Mary Sullivan's,

44-A Charles Street apartment two.

His rampage vexed investigators.

The guard name method of investigation

needed to be with the carry of normal pride.

The police at one point turned to a psychic.

The story of the Boston Strangler

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