22 episodes
Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler ABC News
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4.4 • 2.8K Ratings
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Thirteen victims. An inconclusive investigation. Sixty years later, the story of the Boston Strangler still has a hold on the public imagination. “Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler” retraces the tragic fate of the victims and explores why a killer’s confession never closed this decades-old case.
Last season, “Truth and Lies: The Informant" told the story of an ordinary man who was recruited by the FBI to stop a domestic terror attack. Season 1 covered the rise and fall of the notorious sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein and told the stories of women who fought to bring Epstein to justice.
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Boston Strangler, E1: The Women
In June 1962, a woman opens the door to a stranger. What happens next will shock the country and haunt the streets of Boston for years to come.
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Boston Strangler, E2: The Search
The Boston Strangler's killing spree brings a torrent of pressure on law enforcement. Police try new techniques to catch the killer, but their methods raise questions among the press.
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Boston Strangler, E3: The Confession
When Albert DeSalvo confesses to the murders, it doesn't end the story of the Boston Strangler. Decades later, nearly all of the cases remain open.
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Boston Strangler, E4: Director Matt Ruskin
A conversation with writer and director Matt Ruskin about why he chose to reexamine the Boston Stranger story through the lens of two crusading women reporters who covered the crimes.
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Introducing "Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler"
Sixty years later, the story of the Boston Strangler still has a hold on the public imagination. "Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler" retraces the tragic fate of the victims and explores why a killer’s confession never closed this decades-old case.
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Informant, E1: There's No Place Like Home
A city in Southwest Kansas becomes an unlikely multicultural mecca. But some people around town aren't comfortable with this kind of change — and they start making it known.
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Customer Reviews
Great
This season is especially great. Story is riveting - hadn’t heard of it. Dan Day is a remarkable man. Definitely worth hearing his story.
Please do your homework
Nina Nichols, victim number 2, was my grandmother’s oldest and dearest friend. She spent her summer vacations with us in Maine and was Aunt Nina to us. When I heard her mentioned in the first episode, I gasped…her name is pronounced incorrectly. It is Nina with a long “i” - think “line”. It may sound picky but her death was a profound loss for our family. My grandmother was devastated to lose her lifelong friend in such a heinous manor. The mispronunciation of her name is, to me, one more indignity this wonderful lady does not deserve.
Awesome!!
Well put together, interesting story lines, a fantastic mix of narration and interviews with people with first-hand knowledge of crimes investigated. And what I’d like most is that there’s no useless banter between the hosts. The hosts are well spoken, informed and professional.