Boston Strangler

'Boston Strangler' tells the story of a series of murders in the early 1960s from the perspective of the two journalists who broke the story.

[WBZ-TV in 2018](https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-strangler-cellmate-interview-george-nassar-albert-desalvo-wbz-tv-i-team-cheryl-fiandaca/), Nassar denied having taken part in the killings and claimed he told Bailey to take on DeSalvo’s case. In the following years, Marsh moved to Ann Arbor, Mich., where a series of similar murders later took place. Lee Bailey (played by Luke Kirby), who took on DeSalvo as a client when he became the prime suspect in the case. The question of whether DeSalvo committed the other 12 murders remains unanswered. [Boston Globe](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/11/25/loretta-mclaughlin-groundbreaking-reporter-and-former-globe-editorial-page-editor/SfVdYxacCQtG5JfUSru5gL/story.html) about what pushed her to cover the case, explaining how it was the fourth murder in the summer of 1962 that “galvanized” her attention. DeSalvo recanted his confession in prison in 1973 shortly before he was stabbed to death by a fellow inmate. It was at this point in time that McLaughlin and Cole started to come up against significant resistance from authorities who took the stance that the level of detail included in their reporting wasn’t helping the investigation and could inspire copycat crimes. That said, in terms of trying to tell a story that spanned several years in a feature film, you obviously have to take some liberties.” In October 1964, 34-year-old Albert DeSalvo (played by David Dastmalchian) was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman after pretending to be a police officer to gain entry into her home. DeSalvo was sent to await trial at Bridgewater State Hospital, a state facility for the criminally insane, and it was there that he allegedly confessed to his cellmate, George Nassar (played by Greg Vrotos), that he was responsible for the murders associated with the Boston Strangler case. The majority were sexually assaulted before being strangled to death. That was what made them so interesting…sisters in anonymity, like all of us.”

The 1968 film “Boston Strangler,” starring Henry Fonda as the lead investigator and Tony Curtis as suspected Strangler Albert DeSalvo, debuted to generally ...

In the same documentary, Phil DiNatale, the lead investigator of a Boston Strangler task force, said he believed that DeSalvo, his prime suspect in the case, was guilty. A 1964 Record-American story tells of Hurkos touching crime scene objects and using ESP to identify an unnamed 57-year-old suspect who Brooke said matched the description of a “prime suspect” in the case. Much like in real life, the ending of “Boston Strangler” doesn’t come to any tidy conclusion about who was responsible for the killings. The deal said that DeSalvo would be sentenced to life in prison for the multiple rapes he allegedly committed, but his confession to being the Boston Strangler would not be admissible in court. “Boston Strangler” also spends time with another alleged suspect, known as “Daniel Marsh.” Marsh did not exist in real life, but instead represents the many men who were at one point strongly considered to be the Strangler. It also speculates that perhaps Nassar himself may have committed some of the killings, and found DeSalvo as a willing scapegoat. Nivola, who doesn’t naturally speak with a Boston accent but capably pulls it off in the film, told Boston.com that he watched a police interrogation of the “It was actually the first time I’d ever really listened to a real police interrogation start to finish,” Nivola said. It was also true that McLaughlin wrote a number of lifestyle pieces during her time at the Record-American and its predecessor. “Growing up in Boston, I think everybody had heard of the Boston Strangler,” Ruskin told Boston.com. McNamara initially garnered positive headlines for his diligence on the case, with the Record-American noting that he had assigned 150 detectives to the case in September 1962. This isn’t the first time Hollywood has taken a look at the killing spree that rocked Boston in the 1960s, during which 13 women were murdered between June 14, 1962, and January 4, 1964.

Here's what we know about Loretta McLoughlin the respected Boston Record American reporter who investigated The Boston Strangler in the 1960s.

There isn't much information on her cause of death, but the award-winning medical reporter and former Boston Globe editorial page editor was reportedly in her Milton, Massachusetts home when she passed away. She went on to appear in televised interviews surrounding the Boston Strangler, per She became the first journalist to find a connection between the infamous string of killings conducted by Albert DeSalvo and wrote a five-part series of stories about them in August 1962. Following the Boston Stranglers investigation, McLaughlin became "fascinated" by the psychological factors that prompted DeSalvo to kill his victims. Per the [Crime Museum](https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/the-boston-strangler/), he would act as a delivery or repairman to lure his female victims into their apartments before sexually assaulting and killing them. [The Boston Strangler](https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=74968X1525086&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Fmovie%2Fboston-strangler-323eae40-5c62-4765-949a-5b4f7f8f2ba4), is based on the Boston Record American's investigation that revealed the chilling real-life murders conducted by Albert DeSalvo between 1962 and 1964.