Boston Strangler will premiere on March 17 exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ under the Star banner in all other areas. Accompanying the film is three-part companion podcast from ABC’s news division, which is set to be released for free on all major podcast platforms ahead of the film’s debut. According to Deadline “The Boston Strangler podcast will be hosted by award-winning journalist and former Boston Globe reporter Dick Lehr, who knew McLaughlin and reported on the Boston Strangler case. The podcast delves into the backstories and tragic fate of the victims linked to the Boston Strangler case and explores why these half-century-old killings remain the subject of so much fascination.”
For those unaware, The Boston Strangler is the moniker of the Boston-based serial killer, Albert Desalvo, who murdered 13 women in the 1960s by getting invited into their apartments, killing them, and then swiftly fleeing the scene of the crime. The investigation was almost cold until Desalvo confessed in 1965.
The film is directed and written by Matt Ruskin. It tells the story of Loretta McLaughlin (Knightley), a reporter for the Record-American newspaper, who became the first journalist to connect the Boston Strangler murders of the 1960s. As the mysterious killer claims more and more victims, Loretta attempts to continue her investigation alongside colleague and confidante Jean Cole (Carrie Coon). Yet, the two women find themselves impeded by the rampant misogyny of the time. Nevertheless, McLaughlin and Cole bravely pursue the story at significant personal risk, putting their own lives and reputations on the line in their quest to uncover the truth. Ruskin was passionate about bringing the story to film. he said, In an interview with Collider
“Having grown up in Boston, I had always heard of the Strangler in a very abstract sense, but I didn’t really know anything about the details of the case and a few years ago, I started reading about it and discovered a really fascinating, layered serial killer story,” he says. “I always loved journalism stories and in researching the case, I discovered these two journalists, starting with Loretta McLaughlin, the first journalist to connect the murders, and in her reporting, she actually gave the Boston Strangler his name.”
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