Boston Strangler (2023) on Netflix
In 1962 Boston, reporter Loretta McLaughlin links the strangulation murders of three older women. Jean Cole joins her on the story, which angers their boss and the city's police.
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- Netflix2.1/5
- IMDb6.5/1042,110 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes66%
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Plot summary
Loretta McLaughlin reports for the Boston Record American in 1962. Three older women in the Boston area have been raped and strangled, each with a stocking knotted at the neck in a bow, and she connects the cases to one killer. Her boss and the city's police are angered by the story she writes. Jean Cole, a fellow reporter, works the case alongside her, and the two women face open sexism in their newsroom and in society. The hours Loretta spends reporting strain her marriage, and her family is harassed. In their articles the pair give the unknown killer a name: the Boston Strangler.
Cast
- Ryan Winklesas Daniel Marsh
- Aurora McLaughlinas Maggie
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Boston Strangler (2023)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Real-life reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole coined the name "the Boston Strangler" while covering the 1960s murders, and the film presents that as historically accurate.
- A house in Belmont, Massachusetts, doubled for reporter Loretta McLaughlin's home, and the Winn Brook Elementary School was turned into the Cambridge Police Department for second-unit filming; the school was paid $5,000.
