The Boston Strangler (1968)
runtime: 1h 56m | rating: 7.1/10 A series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt. Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on a true story, the film follows the investigators' path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon. — John Vogel In 1962, elderly women are being strangled to death in their homes in the metropolitan Boston area. Panic ensues not only in the general population, but also within the police forces in the Boston area; they begin to apprehend and question every known sexual criminal. Things for the police departments start to get out of control when subsequent stranglings extend to younger women. To show the public that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is taking the matter seriously, the state attorney general appoints law pro...