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Boston Strangler

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Directed by Matt Ruskin

Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth. From TMDB

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Boston Strangler is a 2023 crime mystery thriller film, directed by Matt Ruskin, starring Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon and Chris Cooper.

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  • chickenwing @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 13, 2023

    Was Disney's Fox purchase a huge waste of money?. 70 billion dollars and what really do they have to show for it? The purchase gave them an insane amount of debt so they immediately laid off a lot of former fox employees and recently laid off 7000 employees to save them 5 billion. They also haven't done much of anything with the Fox catalog. Most of the new 20th century films were unceremoniously slapped onto Hulu streaming. - Hellraiser 2022 - Prey - New Mutants - No Exit - Barbarian -…

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  • Tracey @2300.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 6, 2025

    Watched a film last night re a journalist investigating the Boston Strangler back in the 60s. Great line from her editor in one scene: "We're here to report the news, not make it". If only..........

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  • Nash @radiodeadair.comBluesky · Feb 15, 2026

    The VCR had just started picking up steam and a studio exec in testimony to Congress famously called it "the Boston Strangler" for Hollywood. As far as they knew, any means of obtaining the story that wasn't a movie theater was an economic assault.

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  • On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 12, 2026

    On this day (12th April) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing The Boston Strangler (1968), Touch Of Evil (1958) and Terror Train (1980) as a Family in Peril triple bill.

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  • DG ❤️🇨🇦 @dgct2.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 9, 2025

    I never knew how much of a clusterf**k the Boston Strangler case was. I watched the movie last night. I knew some of the history but my goodness the BPD were incompetent & misogynistic. 13 women were murdered and they sat on their fingers. Thank goodness the reporters gave them a kick in the arse.

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  • The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2026

    #BOTD 1930 Carolyn Conwell in Chicago, Illinois. Actress, known for Torn Curtain (1966), The Boston Strangler (1968) and The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972). Her career spanned television and film, appearing in projects like The Young and the Restless as Mary Williams and Little House on the Prairie.

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  • Deoxys Midnight Runners @deoxysmidniternnrs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2025

    “The VCR is to the American film industry what the Boston Strangler is to the woman home alone.” -Actual quote from a former president of the MPAA, Jack Valenti.

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  • Eric D. Snider @ericdsnider.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2025

    Tony Curtis does some good acting in THE BOSTON STRANGLER (1968), and might be the record holder for top-billed actor who appears latest in the movie. It's 60 minutes or 52% over before he shows up.

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  • Nightmare On Elm StreetsAJed @streetsajed.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2023

    Haven't watched a lot of movies released this year so far. Of the ones I have, No On Will Save You is easily not just my favorite horror movie of the year, but favorite over all. Also really enjoyed Knock At The Cabin. If you want to count Boston Strangler and Wrath Of Becky, those were good too.

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  • Darci Meadows, Published Author @saintwalker98.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2026

    my GOD the all timers here, History of Occult is SO good, CrimeWave is a frankly underappreciated gem, Boston Strangler just an great film, the Swimmer I feel like has been growing in estimation so much, They Look Like People is the best elevated horror movie before that was a thing, Miracle Mile!

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  • Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    Do you like split screens? If so, do @amandajanestern.com and @joelipsett.bsky.social ever have a movie for you! On Tuesday we’re covering THE BOSTON STRANGLER (1968)

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  • Lily and Generoso (plasticgrapes) @plasticgrapes.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2026

    Los Angeles friends! A terrific thriller double feature at the @newbeverly.bsky.social next Tues. and Wed. 9/15 and 9/16... Michael Powell's 1960 classic, Peeping Tom, and director Richard Fleischer's (Mr. Majestyk, The Boston Strangler) rarely screened 1971 psychological horror film, See No Evil!

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  • Tom of Ligeia 🧟‍♂️ @baloobas.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2025

    A review of the brilliantly funny 1972 movie Play It Again Sam that makes it sound like The Boston Strangler because - gasp! - Woody Allen - outrage!! etc. So sick of this shit.

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  • Pop Culture Schlock @popcultureschlock.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    It's a 31 Days of Halloween Vintage Magazine Movie Ad Monday on Pop Culture Schlock! Today, a killer half-page ad for 1968's The Boston Strangler, starring Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo, with Henry Fonda and George Kennedy as lead investigators John S. Bottomly and Phil DiNatale 🎃

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  • Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2026

    Tomorrow on the Main Feed: @amandajanestern.com and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle their first Boston Strangler film of the month with 1964’s THE STRANGLER

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  • Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2025

    Have you seen the newer Boston Strangler movie with Keira Knightly? boxd.it/52TV0P

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2025

    Film-wise: at 7.15, When We Were Kings on Sky Docs. At 8, Sleepless In Seattle on Sky Showcase. At 9, Titanic on Film4, Night of the Demon on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, Suicide Squad on ITV2 or The Quick & The Dead on 5Action. At 11.05, Boston Strangler on Film4. At 11.55, Legend on BBC1 #telly

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  • Marci 🎃 @marcishaun.blacksky.appBluesky · Apr 4, 2025

    #NowWatching 📽️💀 Boston Strangler (2023) #crime #thriller

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  • Flóra @flowers4urgrave.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2025

    #NowWatching 📽️ #FilmSky Boston Strangler (2023)

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  • Spam E. McSpam @spamemcspam.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2025

    Now watching: The Boston Strangler (1968)

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  • THIS IS THE ZODIAC SPEAKING @meatresponse.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2025

    Another great boston crime movie? The Boston Strangler with Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda. Surprisingly, more F slurs in it than The Town

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  • notadocmartin @notadocmartin.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2024

    Spooptober movie list thread! #1: Boston Strangler. My family actually lived near here at this time, my mother was down the street from one of the murders. At one point in the movie they interrogate a suspect in an apartment complex I used to walk by when I visited my grandmother. So that's weird.

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  • Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2024

    I got served a Facebook ad for the Keira Knightley Boston Strangler movie LMAO

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  • Trish 💟 ☮️ Australia @trishmelbourne.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 2, 2024

    YES! That spontaneous combustion had me in a world of anxiety when I was little. Plus quicksand and The Boston Strangler even though I live in Australia. I think I saw the movie starring Tony Curtis 😳🤷‍♀️

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  • Giallo Biafra @fulciseyefetish.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2024

    The easiest way to get me to watch any movie is for George Kennedy to pop up in it. TCM doing the Lord's work. Now Watching 🎥 The Boston Strangler (1968)

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  • The Echo of a Distant Time 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪🇩🇰🇨🇦🇺🇦 @arthurnewhook.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2023

    #OTD 1973: The ‘Boston Strangler’ Albert DeSalvo - inspiration for the Rolling Stones track ‘Midnight Rambler’ and a 1968 film where he was portrayed by Tony Curtis -  was stabbed to death by a fellow prisoner within the confines of MCI-Walpole prison. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_...

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  • DEAD TEENAGERS out now in paperback @judedoyle.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2023

    ICYMI: I think that Keira Knightley "Boston Strangler" movie was actually pretty good and I am willing to be publicly known for that opinion: https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/untitled-8/

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  • DEAD TEENAGERS out now in paperback @judedoyle.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2023

    On the "Boston Strangler" movie, true crime, my mom's brief time as a homicide reporter, and how journalism can bring us closer to understanding justice: https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/untitled-8/

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  • HELLFRAZIER @popnpizza.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2023

    Tonight's movie: Matt Ruskin's BOSTON STRANGLER (2023)

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  • Old Ain't Dead @[email protected]Mastodon · Mar 21, 2023

    The reason you know about #BostonStrangler isn't because he murdered women. It's because of two reporters who wouldn't let go. #MovieReview https://oldaintdead.com/boston-strangler-the-reason-youve-heard-of-him/

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  • That Guy Who Write About Toys & Movies @randyofaftimes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    #NobodyAsked #Halloween While there are elements in FAIL-SAFE, THE BOSTON STRANGLER and THE SWARM, I really wish we had at least one straight forward horror film-starring Henry Fonda. Like Frank in ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, I'd like to see him be the villain. Or revealed as in the last act!

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    Film-wise: at 9pm, All of Us Strangers on Film4 or Notting Hill on Comedy Central. At 9.05pm, The Boston Strangler on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 9.30pm, Universal Soldier on ITV4. At 10.15pm, Ghostbusters II on Sky One. At 10.40, The Monkey on BBC1. At 11.10pm, The Innocents on Film4 #telly

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  • Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2026

    Tomorrow on the main feed: @amandajanestern.com and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up a month on the notorious Massachusetts serial killer with a look at the 2023 Hulu film, BOSTON STRANGLER, starring Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon

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  • stansinderin.bsky.social @stansinderin.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2026

    Presume this was made after the Tony Curtis Boston Strangler movie. First saw Buono as King Tut on Batman.

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  • Julian Seltzer @julianseltzer.comBluesky · Jun 21, 2026

    #NowWatching #FilmSky #FirstTimeWatch The Boston Strangler (2023) Dir. Matt Ruskin Starring: Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon

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  • Steven Caumo @stevencwriter.bsky.socialBluesky · May 2, 2026

    THE BOSTON STRANGLER with Tony Curtis is the last 5 star film I logged on Letterboxd. The first three ALL NIGHT LONG movies by Katsuya Matsumura were jaw droppingly disturbing

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  • michelle @themichelle.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 7, 2026

    Mum had me watching Rocky Horror before I was 10. It remained my favourite movie until LOTR was released. (She also gave me The Boston Strangler to read when she saw me, a pre-teen, reading my sister’s copy of The Stranger Beside Me.)

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  • Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2025

    headed by Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes." The tracks run direct from Chicago to L.A. The Oscar®-nominated* story, directed by Richard Fleischer (The Boston Strangler) and scripted by his frequent collaborator Earl Felton, zigzags with surprise turns. Film noir favorite Charles McGraw plays

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  • Travels With Brindle is still composing a silent movie score @travelswithbrindle.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 8, 2025

    Director Richard Fleischer was #BOTD! I reviewed his Boston Strangler movie for @crooked-marquee.bsky.social

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  • Acey Deecey 🚀🚀 @mcgarrygirl78.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 8, 2025

    That's exactly what I was thinking of. Plus any TV movie about the Boston Strangler or the Charles Stuart case. Also, Jeremy Renner's accent in The Town.

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  • Schlockluster Video @schlocklustervideo.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    The Strangler (1964) is pretty underrated, imho! Bit of a campy torn-from-the-headlines true crime film loosely based off of The Boston Strangler case staring awesome veteran character actor Victor Buono. Pretty fun flick in my opinion!

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  • PoodleWrangler2001 @poodlewrangler2001.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 3, 2025

    When I was little, if my parents couldn't find a babysitter, they'd drag me along to the drive in. I'd usually fall asleep before the main attraction started, but I have one really traumatic memory of waking to see Tony Curtis strangle a woman: Richard Fletcher's 1968 film,The Boston Strangler.

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2025

    Film-wise: at 6.15, Jurassic World: Dominion on ITV2. At 9, Die Another Day on ITV4 or Boston Strangler on Film4. At 10, Past Lives on BBC2. At 10.55, Momentum on Legend. At 11.15, Jojo Rabbit on Film4. At 11.35, Creed on ITV4. At 11.40, Bonnie & Clyde on BBC2. At 12, Sisters Brothers on BBC1 #telly

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  • Haunted Lungs Jules 🏳️‍🌈 (🏳️‍⚧️ ally) @mancjules.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2025

    JW The Boston Strangler. V good film. I didn’t know much about the case beforehand but when desalvo’s name popped up I recognised it. I had no idea that the case was still unsolved! Now I’m going to have to have a deep dive into the details. WTF?!

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 24, 2025

    Film-wise: at 8pm, King Kong on Sky Showcase. At 8.10, Train Of Events on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 9pm, Boston Strangler on Film4, Creed on ITV4 or Other Guys on Comedy Central. At 10.55, Death Wish on Legend. At 11.15, T2: Trainspotting on Film4. At 1.35am, Shallow Grave on Film4 #telly

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  • Torontoplex @torontoplex.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 23, 2025

    Today - Baseball film EEPHUS + Q&A at Paradise via Bleeding Edge, Welles' CITIZEN KANE and Bong's SNOWPIERCER at Fox, Maddin's MY WINNIPEG and Destination Love visits the afterlife for ROUGE at Revue, THE BOSTON STRANGLER stalks Market Video, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep

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  • Pete D. Wright @itsmepete.comBluesky · Jan 18, 2025

    One more from last night's write. The Boston Strangler was new to me. Tony Curtis blew me away. 📽️ #letterboxd

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  • 🌸 '𝕃𝕖 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖!' 🌸 @up-za-daisy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    Some of my favourite books/movies are about murderers or tragic figures. "So happy childhood, happy teens, happy now" books/movies bore me. Another excellent old movie is The Boston Strangler (Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy + others) Disturbing but superb.

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  • georgia-lux @georgialux.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2025

    this extremely goofy AbuDeka installment is about 25% better than the "real movie" i watched on the plane (BOSTON STRANGLER was ok enough i guess, i watched the whole thing, and AbuDeka would def benefit from a supporting turn from Carrie Coon)

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  • Eric D. Snider @ericdsnider.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2024

    I also watched BOSTON STRANGLER on the plane, which was a good movie combining my twin loves of murder and journalism. I don’t know if this was a real movie or a Netflick or a Hulu or what. I used to know stuff like that, but not anymore.

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  • Grai like gray @grailikegray.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2024

    Boston Strangler movie on Hulu. Really enjoying it until about the 1:14 mark when there is the worst attempt at noir photography. 👎👎Actually moved my head to try to see around the back of Keira Knightley's head.

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  • Cella @cellalila.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Watching the Boston Strangler movie and thinking about Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole and how women have fought for equal rights over the years.

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  • brooklyngirl3618.bsky.social @brooklyngirl3618.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2024

    Saw this movie. Love Martin in all his roles. However to be honest this movie was very creepy. With all the horrors of history, The Boston Strangler, The Zodiac Killer, Charles Manson and Son of Sam this movie A is for Acid is one of the worst! Not the movie or acting, the subject matter…..

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  • Kellen M. Quigley @kellen-quigley.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2023

    My ★★★ review of Boston Strangler on Letterboxd boxd.it/5bmH57

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  • Pete Baran @pb14.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2023

    Watching The Boston Strangler (2023) Keira Knightly has moved comfortably into these kind of professional woman quietly bossing it roles, which she's good at but does not afford her the opportunity to wear anything vaguely interesting (this is a very drab looking film) which is a loss I think

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  • Eleanor’s Trousers @eleanorstrousers.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2023

    If you also like a good Girl Reporter movie, I really enjoyed the Boston Strangler movie with Keira Knightley on Hulu.

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  • Rod Hilton @rodhiltonMastodon · Apr 22, 2023

    Great Value Zodiac. #Movies #BostonStrangler https://letterboxd.com/rodhilton/film/boston-strangler/

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  • QuirkyFilms @[email protected]Mastodon · Feb 23, 2023

    Disney+ drop a trailer to #BostonStrangler Reporter Loretta McLaughlin was the first who connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler and report on the city's most notorious serial killer. #KeiraKnightley #CarrieCoon #ChrisCooper Premieres: UK #DisneyPlus March 17

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  • AngelsArcanum/NabariNoBro @angelsarcanum.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    275. The Boston Strangler (film): a fascinating, formally bold look at trying to understand & catch a killer in a compartmentalized way, a strong evolution of Fleischer’s Follow Me Quietly. Respectful true crime stuff that dispels prejudices and argues *everyone* is weird & a viable killer. 8-9/10

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  • George Merchant Ballentyne @gmballentyne.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    Every time I watch a feature film in 2026. No. 212, “The Boston Strangler” (1968) tonight on Talking Pictures TV. www.imdb.com/title/tt0062755/ #MyMovies2026 #TheBostonStrangler ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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