1 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:31,898 [announcer on radio] ...comes back now, the other way. 2 00:00:31,898 --> 00:00:35,568 Strong defense by both teams so far in this game. Duncan to Derby. 3 00:00:35,568 --> 00:00:37,537 Derby takes a quick shot from outside. 4 00:00:37,537 --> 00:00:40,807 And the Bulldogs have two men pressed defensively. And he hits again. 5 00:00:40,807 --> 00:00:44,210 Michigan back on top, by a score of 4-3. 6 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:47,113 Robinson quickly brings the ball up court. It's a shot. 7 00:00:47,113 --> 00:00:50,517 Miss. But the rebound is scooped up by the Bulldogs. 8 00:00:52,419 --> 00:00:53,920 [person] I'd rather not see you. 9 00:00:54,854 --> 00:00:57,157 [announcer] His jump shot is good. 10 00:00:57,157 --> 00:00:58,992 -Puts the Bulldogs back up... - [distant thud] 11 00:00:58,992 --> 00:01:00,226 ...5-4 12 00:01:00,226 --> 00:01:03,290 Well, Matthews was tightly manned on Johnson. 13 00:01:03,290 --> 00:01:05,365 But Michigan has managed to work through that 14 00:01:05,365 --> 00:01:07,600 in the early stages of this game. 15 00:01:08,401 --> 00:01:11,671 - [person] No! No! No! - [distant thud] 16 00:01:11,671 --> 00:01:13,373 [person sobs] 17 00:01:13,373 --> 00:01:15,108 - [screams] - [home intruder grunts] 18 00:01:15,608 --> 00:01:17,377 - [person whimpers] No! - [clattering] 19 00:01:19,312 --> 00:01:20,313 [distant thud] 20 00:01:20,313 --> 00:01:21,748 Back off! 21 00:01:21,748 --> 00:01:23,650 - [distant thud] - [person screams] 22 00:01:25,180 --> 00:01:26,820 - [person crying] - [home intruder grunting] 23 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:29,589 - [clattering] - [person grunts, gasps] 24 00:01:29,589 --> 00:01:33,590 - [person choking] - [home intruder grunting] 25 00:01:41,267 --> 00:01:42,268 [thuds] 26 00:01:44,537 --> 00:01:46,600 [footsteps approaching] 27 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:47,730 [thuds] 28 00:01:51,745 --> 00:01:53,947 [singing on TV] ♪ Nowhere to run ♪ 29 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:55,849 ♪ Nowhere to hide ♪ 30 00:01:56,649 --> 00:01:59,285 [knocking] 31 00:01:59,285 --> 00:02:02,622 [person 2] Claire, are you okay? Open up! 32 00:02:02,622 --> 00:02:03,690 [knocking continues] 33 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:06,326 Claire, if you don't answer the door, I'm calling the cops. 34 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:07,394 [knocking continues] 35 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:11,398 [dispatcher on radio] We have a possible intruder at Oak Tower apartments. 36 00:02:11,398 --> 00:02:12,665 Sixty-one, got it. 37 00:02:17,300 --> 00:02:19,939 [tires squealing] 38 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:23,109 [keys jingling] 39 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:26,146 [door opens] 40 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:32,652 [detective] State police! 41 00:02:32,652 --> 00:02:34,421 [Nowhere to Run (Nowhere to Hide) playing on TV] 42 00:02:34,421 --> 00:02:36,723 State police! Open up! 43 00:02:37,357 --> 00:02:40,360 [singing on TV continues] 44 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,630 - [keys jingling] - [door lock clicks] 45 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:46,166 [teakettle whistling] 46 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:49,235 ♪ Nowhere to run ♪ 47 00:02:49,235 --> 00:02:52,739 ♪ Nowhere to hide from ya ♪ 48 00:02:54,641 --> 00:02:58,912 -♪ Got nowhere to run to, baby ♪ -♪ Nowhere to run, no, baby ♪ 49 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:01,810 ♪ Nowhere to hide ♪ 50 00:03:02,582 --> 00:03:03,950 State police! 51 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:06,190 [singing on TV continues] 52 00:03:09,522 --> 00:03:10,523 [officer gasps] 53 00:03:14,394 --> 00:03:16,396 [music fades, ends] 54 00:03:28,274 --> 00:03:29,642 [news anchor on radio] ...city increases. 55 00:03:29,642 --> 00:03:32,612 Boston truck driver strike is still in progress. 56 00:03:32,612 --> 00:03:36,820 Our direct reports of the morning take us to Washington, to Paris... 57 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:42,220 [child 1] I'm trying to eat as fast as I can. 58 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:45,158 Eat your cereal. Hurry up. 59 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:46,960 [sighs] Toast? 60 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:48,528 Yeah. That one. 61 00:03:52,432 --> 00:03:55,201 [footsteps approaching] 62 00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:58,672 - Morning, everybody. - [child 2] Morning. 63 00:03:58,672 --> 00:03:59,939 - Where's Tommy? - [child 1] Morning. 64 00:03:59,939 --> 00:04:01,410 Shoot. Tommy! 65 00:04:01,410 --> 00:04:03,443 - [Tommy] Right here. - Come on. We gotta leave in two minutes. 66 00:04:04,544 --> 00:04:05,645 [parent] Do you want toast? 67 00:04:05,645 --> 00:04:06,746 [Tommy] Sure. 68 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:12,952 [church bells tolling] 69 00:04:18,224 --> 00:04:20,126 [phone ringing] 70 00:04:20,126 --> 00:04:22,620 - [receptionist] Record American. - [typing] 71 00:04:22,620 --> 00:04:24,464 When I do the follow up, I-I'll give you a call back. 72 00:04:27,330 --> 00:04:28,234 [receptionist] Record American. 73 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:35,542 Can't let one slide, can ya? 74 00:04:35,542 --> 00:04:37,444 Not until they get me off the lifestyle desk. 75 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:42,582 - Jack, you got a second? - Not now. 76 00:04:42,582 --> 00:04:44,517 Chelsea cops got caught running numbers again. 77 00:04:44,517 --> 00:04:46,653 The Globe and the Herald ran it today. We got nothing. 78 00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:48,188 Come on. Don't you have an assignment? 79 00:04:48,188 --> 00:04:50,523 Okay, what about the new suspect in the mail truck robbery? 80 00:04:50,523 --> 00:04:51,891 Every other paper covered it. 81 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:57,300 You see that? That's the crime desk. I got six guys working that beat. 82 00:04:58,698 --> 00:04:59,899 Okay, Susan, 83 00:04:59,899 --> 00:05:01,768 - you're on must-have housewares. - [Susan] Thank you. 84 00:05:01,768 --> 00:05:04,771 Mary, you got the fashion and style feature for the Sunday edition. 85 00:05:04,771 --> 00:05:06,773 - Twenty-inch feature with photos. - [Mary] Mmm. 86 00:05:06,773 --> 00:05:10,610 Ellie, you're on candidates' wives. Basic life-on-the-trail stuff. 87 00:05:10,610 --> 00:05:12,545 - What they're eating, wearing. - Who's yelling at who. 88 00:05:12,545 --> 00:05:15,448 Loretta, you get this week's product review. 89 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:16,850 Sunbeam has a new toaster. 90 00:05:19,586 --> 00:05:21,488 Okay, and Nancy, you're on diet tips, girl. 91 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:24,824 [broadcaster on radio] Tax reforms, dislodging and equity demand. 92 00:05:25,725 --> 00:05:27,961 And he would made that cut in taxes 93 00:05:27,961 --> 00:05:33,867 to take effect as of the start of next year, January 1963. 94 00:05:34,601 --> 00:05:38,338 The billions of dollars that are still placed in the hands of... 95 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:40,807 [reporters chattering] 96 00:05:59,292 --> 00:06:00,960 - [reporter] Hi, Phyllis. - [Phyllis] Mornin'. 97 00:06:03,863 --> 00:06:04,864 Who's that? 98 00:06:05,565 --> 00:06:08,735 Uh, that is Holland's girl, Jean Cole. 99 00:06:08,735 --> 00:06:10,737 [Loretta] What, is she a reporter or a nurse? 100 00:06:10,737 --> 00:06:13,973 She's working undercover. Got some story on nursing homes. 101 00:06:20,146 --> 00:06:21,147 [Jean sighs] 102 00:06:28,321 --> 00:06:32,192 Here. Use mine. I'll fix this one. 103 00:06:32,192 --> 00:06:33,293 [Jean] Thanks. 104 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:41,100 What are you working on? 105 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:42,836 Story on patient abuse. 106 00:06:42,836 --> 00:06:45,605 That sounds important. How'd you get it? 107 00:06:46,339 --> 00:06:47,307 I asked for it. 108 00:06:47,307 --> 00:06:48,641 And they just gave it to you? 109 00:06:48,641 --> 00:06:49,909 That's usually how it works. 110 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:51,711 Not around here, it isn't. 111 00:06:54,681 --> 00:06:55,682 Sorry. 112 00:06:55,682 --> 00:06:56,783 [typing] 113 00:07:12,832 --> 00:07:16,360 [presenter on TV] And there is the beautiful Monroe centerpiece... 114 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,271 What the hell is she gonna do with those? 115 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:21,241 - Ma, what did the doctor say? - I didn't go. 116 00:07:21,875 --> 00:07:24,544 - What do you mean you didn't go? - Katie didn't show up. 117 00:07:25,211 --> 00:07:26,913 What happened? You didn't call her? 118 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:30,116 I'm not gonna go around hounding people. She's not even family. 119 00:07:30,650 --> 00:07:32,419 [sighs] She's married to your son. 120 00:07:32,419 --> 00:07:35,121 If it was so damn important, you should've taken me yourself. 121 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:36,690 [Loretta] Yeah, yeah, I'm aware. 122 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:41,795 I'll see you in a couple days. 123 00:07:43,630 --> 00:07:45,732 - Don't get up. I'll let myself out. - [breathing heavily] 124 00:07:45,732 --> 00:07:47,667 - Gotta put the chain on. - Since when? 125 00:07:48,568 --> 00:07:50,700 Since the neighbor got killed. 126 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:52,172 - You didn't hear? - No. 127 00:07:52,739 --> 00:07:55,408 Mrs. Slesers, right around the corner. 128 00:07:56,776 --> 00:07:58,111 It was in your paper. 129 00:08:15,128 --> 00:08:17,300 [police radio chatter] 130 00:08:17,300 --> 00:08:18,131 [door closes] 131 00:08:30,910 --> 00:08:32,579 [phone ringing] 132 00:08:33,380 --> 00:08:36,249 Jack? I think I found something. 133 00:08:37,851 --> 00:08:40,520 Three women were strangled over the last two weeks. 134 00:08:43,323 --> 00:08:45,525 I don't see the interest. These are nobodies. 135 00:08:45,525 --> 00:08:47,460 [Loretta] Who do you think our readers are? 136 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:51,131 And that's just it. Why would anybody go around killing three nobody women? 137 00:08:51,131 --> 00:08:53,990 And how do you plan to find that out? 138 00:08:53,990 --> 00:08:55,535 Well, let me profile the victims. See if there's any connection. 139 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:57,771 Kid, you're not covering a homicide. 140 00:08:57,771 --> 00:08:58,705 Why not? 141 00:08:58,705 --> 00:09:01,908 Because you don't have the experience covering homicides. 142 00:09:01,908 --> 00:09:04,644 How am I supposed to get any experience if you won't give me a shot? 143 00:09:05,478 --> 00:09:06,579 No. 144 00:09:06,579 --> 00:09:09,820 Oh, come on. It's slow. 145 00:09:11,851 --> 00:09:13,286 I'll do it on my own time. 146 00:09:16,489 --> 00:09:20,326 All right. But you're still on the lifestyle desk. 147 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:23,897 [church bells tolling] 148 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:36,209 [doorbell rings] 149 00:09:41,147 --> 00:09:44,417 Uh, Loretta McLaughlin, with the Record American. 150 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:47,120 You're the super? You found Ida Irga? 151 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:48,488 Yeah, that's right. 152 00:09:49,122 --> 00:09:50,123 Uh... 153 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:53,126 Did it look like someone broke in? 154 00:09:53,126 --> 00:09:56,196 No. No, the door was locked. I had to use a master key. 155 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:58,531 Anything else unusual when you went in? 156 00:09:58,531 --> 00:10:00,567 No. Those details don't belong in your paper. 157 00:10:00,567 --> 00:10:03,103 No, no, I-- I'm not gonna print anything disrespectful. 158 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:05,500 I'm-- I'm just trying to get a sense. 159 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:07,307 You really wanna know? 160 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:12,212 I found her on the floor with her legs spread open, 161 00:10:12,212 --> 00:10:13,780 ankles strapped to a chair. 162 00:10:14,748 --> 00:10:17,830 There was a broom handle stuck between her legs. 163 00:10:21,870 --> 00:10:22,622 - You mean-- - Yeah. 164 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:25,525 He tied her stockings in a bow around her neck. 165 00:10:26,726 --> 00:10:27,994 A bow? 166 00:10:27,994 --> 00:10:29,496 Like on a gift. 167 00:10:35,350 --> 00:10:37,370 - [chattering] - [phone ringing] 168 00:10:39,239 --> 00:10:41,541 Uh, you know who's working the Anna Slesers homicide? 169 00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:42,742 I'm with the Record American. 170 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:45,478 They're out. Why I never seen ya before? 171 00:10:46,790 --> 00:10:48,448 I was working a different desk. You know when they'll be back? 172 00:10:48,448 --> 00:10:50,116 No clue. They're up to their eyeballs. 173 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:52,285 Yeah, I bet. Any suspects? 174 00:10:52,285 --> 00:10:55,188 Talk to Corsetti. He already covered it. 175 00:10:55,755 --> 00:10:58,558 I'm doing a different story about how the murders are connected. 176 00:10:58,558 --> 00:10:59,859 You mean the bows? 177 00:11:01,270 --> 00:11:02,996 All three had bows around their necks? 178 00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:04,631 I didn't say that. 179 00:11:04,631 --> 00:11:07,867 No, I already confirmed Ida Irga. Are you confirming Blake and Slesers? 180 00:11:07,867 --> 00:11:10,937 I'm not confirmin' nothin'. Why don't you take a hike? 181 00:11:13,473 --> 00:11:15,442 [Loretta] Only one I can confirm is Ida Irga. 182 00:11:16,420 --> 00:11:18,111 What about the autopsy reports? 183 00:11:18,111 --> 00:11:19,779 DA won't release them. 184 00:11:19,779 --> 00:11:21,247 Wasn't one of them in Lynn? 185 00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:22,415 Helen Blake. 186 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:25,251 Well, that's Es*** County. Different county, different DA. 187 00:11:25,852 --> 00:11:28,855 Corsetti, you know the medical examiner in Lynn? 188 00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:30,323 [Corsetti] Yeah, I play cards with him. 189 00:11:30,323 --> 00:11:32,325 See if you can get the Helen Blake autopsy. 190 00:11:41,668 --> 00:11:42,669 [Loretta] Thanks. 191 00:11:56,783 --> 00:11:58,451 Okay. [sighs] 192 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:25,412 [sighs] 193 00:12:32,519 --> 00:12:33,520 [sighs] 194 00:12:42,195 --> 00:12:45,310 [phone ringing] 195 00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:52,238 [officer 1] What's the one right next to... [laughs] 196 00:12:52,238 --> 00:12:55,308 Excuse me, I'm looking for Officer Dougan. 197 00:12:55,308 --> 00:12:57,677 [officer 2] Dougan? No, he's not here. 198 00:12:57,677 --> 00:12:58,778 You know where he drinks? 199 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:00,580 You know where Foley's is? 200 00:13:00,580 --> 00:13:01,648 [door creaks] 201 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:08,888 Officer Dougan? 202 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:11,691 Yeah. 203 00:13:11,691 --> 00:13:14,594 Uh, Loretta McLaughlin with the Record American. 204 00:13:15,195 --> 00:13:17,597 Uh, you took the call for Anna Slesers? 205 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:19,399 [Dougan] That's right. 206 00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:21,368 I need to ask you a detail about the crime scene. 207 00:13:21,368 --> 00:13:23,870 I don't think I'm supposed to be talking to the papers. 208 00:13:23,870 --> 00:13:25,372 No, it's nothing like that. 209 00:13:25,372 --> 00:13:29,642 Uh-- Just wanna ask about the stockings around her neck. 210 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:32,746 Did you see if they were tied in a single or a double-hitched knot? 211 00:13:33,346 --> 00:13:35,515 There's no way I could tell by looking. 212 00:13:35,515 --> 00:13:38,351 I would've had to roll her over, and-- I'm just a patrolman. 213 00:13:38,351 --> 00:13:39,719 I don't touch the bodies. 214 00:13:41,955 --> 00:13:43,323 Did it look decorative? 215 00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:48,194 In a real sick kind of way, yeah. 216 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:54,501 Thank you. 217 00:13:56,690 --> 00:13:59,390 I just confirmed Slesers. I've got confirmation on all three. 218 00:13:59,390 --> 00:14:01,274 [Jack] All right. Get back here and write it up. 219 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:07,747 [Loretta] What do these three women have in common? 220 00:14:08,915 --> 00:14:11,117 Three shadowy patterns of attack. 221 00:14:12,180 --> 00:14:14,521 Three knotted loops that bind them together. 222 00:14:15,321 --> 00:14:19,325 Strangers to one another in life, they became sisters in death. 223 00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:24,564 Each coming to the same horror-filled moment of murder by strangulation 224 00:14:25,432 --> 00:14:29,536 by a killer who came quietly, who is careful in his derangement, 225 00:14:29,536 --> 00:14:32,906 and self-possessed enough to lock the door on his way out. 226 00:14:33,573 --> 00:14:35,408 - [knocking] - [neighbor] Hey, you okay in there? 227 00:14:35,975 --> 00:14:40,747 Open up! Hey, if you don't open the door, I'm gonna call the cops! 228 00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:53,727 - Nice work, kid. - [Loretta chuckles] 229 00:14:54,427 --> 00:14:56,930 - [chattering] - [phone ringing] 230 00:14:56,930 --> 00:14:59,899 [announcer on radio] The city is buzzing today after a story in the Record American 231 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:03,803 claims that three elderly women were killed by one deranged individual. 232 00:15:03,803 --> 00:15:06,740 There's nothing in the Globe or the Herald. 233 00:15:08,875 --> 00:15:09,876 Or any of 'em. 234 00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:13,790 You beat the whole damn city. 235 00:15:15,181 --> 00:15:16,916 I can't believe it. This is incredible! 236 00:15:20,220 --> 00:15:21,888 The story's bullshit. 237 00:15:21,888 --> 00:15:24,824 Been getting calls all morning from my guys in the department. 238 00:15:24,824 --> 00:15:27,930 - [buzzer sounds] - [Phyllis] DA's office for you. 239 00:15:27,930 --> 00:15:28,828 Hold my calls, please. 240 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:30,397 [Corsetti] She's in way over her head. 241 00:15:30,397 --> 00:15:32,699 - You never should've sent her out on this. - [buzzer sounds] 242 00:15:32,699 --> 00:15:34,801 [Phyllis] I have Commissioner McNamara for you. 243 00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:36,536 I told you to hold my calls. 244 00:15:36,536 --> 00:15:39,105 No, he's here for you. 245 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:40,240 Jesus Christ. 246 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,808 **** 'em. 247 00:15:43,677 --> 00:15:44,844 Send him in. 248 00:15:44,844 --> 00:15:46,179 [drink pours] 249 00:15:49,516 --> 00:15:51,518 Ah, what can I do for you, Commissioner? 250 00:15:54,154 --> 00:15:57,357 Was it your idea to send some skirt down to the station house? 251 00:15:57,357 --> 00:15:59,926 Well, her name's Loretta. She was workin' a story. 252 00:15:59,926 --> 00:16:01,761 Is that what you're callin' it now? 253 00:16:02,896 --> 00:16:05,565 Hanging around the bar, flirtin' with my guys? 254 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:08,401 Never even identified herself as a reporter. 255 00:16:08,401 --> 00:16:12,706 Now I've got every old lady in the ****in' city tying up my phone lines! 256 00:16:12,706 --> 00:16:15,442 Just tell me what we got wrong, and I'll print a correction. 257 00:16:15,442 --> 00:16:17,444 It's barstool gossip, for Christ's sake! 258 00:16:17,444 --> 00:16:20,313 Half the news in the city's barstool gossip. 259 00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:21,815 What the hell did we get wrong? 260 00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:25,151 Homicide has been workin' around the clock on this, 261 00:16:25,151 --> 00:16:27,153 and we've got nothin' to connect the murders. 262 00:16:27,153 --> 00:16:28,822 What about the stockings? 263 00:16:28,822 --> 00:16:30,623 Only one of the victims in Boston had that. 264 00:16:30,623 --> 00:16:32,125 The other one looks like a suicide. 265 00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:35,950 - We got sources for both women-- - Sources! 266 00:16:35,950 --> 00:16:39,699 It was a couple of dipshit beat cops trying to bed that girl you sent down! 267 00:16:41,201 --> 00:16:43,236 I'm telling you this as a friend. 268 00:16:43,236 --> 00:16:46,806 If you keep running this story, you're gonna end up embarrassing yourself. 269 00:16:49,309 --> 00:16:53,346 - [chattering] - [phone ringing] 270 00:16:54,914 --> 00:16:55,949 [Jack] Loretta! 271 00:17:09,162 --> 00:17:10,230 Shut the door. 272 00:17:14,434 --> 00:17:17,637 I am catching hell over this story. 273 00:17:17,637 --> 00:17:20,106 Now, Commissioner McNamara says the whole thing's gossip. 274 00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:21,441 Same with Corsetti's sources. 275 00:17:21,441 --> 00:17:23,476 I confirmed every word of that story. 276 00:17:23,476 --> 00:17:25,345 You identified yourself as a reporter? 277 00:17:25,345 --> 00:17:26,680 Of course I did. 278 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,820 - Even at the bar? - Especially at the bar. 279 00:17:31,317 --> 00:17:32,819 I'm killin' the follow-up. 280 00:17:34,187 --> 00:17:37,457 We beat everyone in the whole damn city, and you're-- you're just gonna drop it? 281 00:17:37,457 --> 00:17:38,558 Yes, I am. 282 00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:40,930 The story is good. 283 00:17:40,930 --> 00:17:42,950 The story is a headache I don't need right now. 284 00:17:43,290 --> 00:17:45,265 And you're back on the lifestyle desk. 285 00:18:09,556 --> 00:18:11,391 [Kelly] She shouldn't be working like this. 286 00:18:11,391 --> 00:18:13,260 [Loretta's husband] Oh, come on, Kelly. 287 00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:15,950 [Kelly] She should be home taking care of her own husband. 288 00:18:15,950 --> 00:18:16,930 [Loretta's husband] You check in a few hours a day. 289 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:18,565 It's not the worst thing in the world. 290 00:18:18,565 --> 00:18:20,667 [Kelly speaking, indistinct] 291 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:23,970 [Kelly] You don't see how selfish it is? 292 00:18:23,970 --> 00:18:26,206 [Loretta's husband] What do you want me to say? We make it work. 293 00:18:26,206 --> 00:18:28,410 [Kelly] Yeah, 'cause I watch your kids half the week. 294 00:18:28,410 --> 00:18:29,609 [Loretta's husband] I appreciate your help-- 295 00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:31,511 [Kelly] She's going to ruin your children. 296 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:34,681 Hi, Kelly. 297 00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:36,916 Hi, Loretta. 298 00:18:36,916 --> 00:18:39,386 He offer you anything? Coffee? Tea? 299 00:18:39,386 --> 00:18:41,154 I was just headin' out. 300 00:18:42,355 --> 00:18:45,325 Tommy had a meltdown in the car. Gave Patrick a fat lip. 301 00:18:45,325 --> 00:18:48,995 Class pictures are tomorrow. Might wanna ice it again. 302 00:18:50,897 --> 00:18:52,198 Thank you. 303 00:18:52,198 --> 00:18:53,400 [door opens] 304 00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:55,568 - [sighs] - [door closes] 305 00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:16,523 [melancholic singing on the radio] 306 00:19:20,427 --> 00:19:22,262 So, why haven't you asked me to stay home? 307 00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:24,898 'Cause I know better. 308 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:26,900 No, I'm serious. Why not? 309 00:19:27,834 --> 00:19:28,968 'Cause you'd be miserable. 310 00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:31,471 Well, so what? 311 00:19:32,272 --> 00:19:36,760 Our lives would be easier. Kids would be better off. 312 00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:38,311 - Says who? - Your sister. 313 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:41,614 My mother. The neighbor. 314 00:19:41,614 --> 00:19:42,949 What the hell do they know? 315 00:19:44,384 --> 00:19:47,530 You'd drive us all mad if you were sittin' around here all day. 316 00:19:47,530 --> 00:19:48,154 [chuckles] 317 00:19:50,657 --> 00:19:51,725 It was a great story. 318 00:19:54,928 --> 00:19:58,431 Jack's probably just afraid to rock the boat. Don't take it personally. 319 00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:00,567 [snickers] 320 00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:05,705 [birds squawking, chirping] 321 00:20:18,852 --> 00:20:21,287 [church bells toll] 322 00:20:41,410 --> 00:20:43,900 [engine revving] 323 00:20:59,559 --> 00:21:00,560 [water running] 324 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,662 [chattering on TV] 325 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:13,273 [knocking] 326 00:21:27,487 --> 00:21:28,688 [door opens] 327 00:21:28,688 --> 00:21:30,156 [resident] Yes? Can I help you? 328 00:21:30,156 --> 00:21:32,225 [home intruder] Yeah, I got a call about a water leak. 329 00:21:32,225 --> 00:21:34,940 [resident] I'm sorry, who are you? 330 00:21:34,940 --> 00:21:35,695 - [home intruder] Super sent me. - [thuds] 331 00:21:35,695 --> 00:21:39,833 - [resident] No! Oh, God. No! - [clattering] 332 00:21:39,833 --> 00:21:42,736 - [resident straining, grunting] - [home intruder grunts] 333 00:21:43,937 --> 00:21:44,938 [resident whimpers] 334 00:21:44,938 --> 00:21:47,273 - [home intruder grunting] - [resident choking] 335 00:21:49,750 --> 00:21:51,177 - [resident whimpers, grunts] - [metal thuds] 336 00:21:51,177 --> 00:21:52,779 [metal rattles on floor] 337 00:21:52,779 --> 00:21:55,615 - [footsteps approaching] - [dragging] 338 00:22:06,326 --> 00:22:09,162 [phone ringing] 339 00:22:09,162 --> 00:22:10,230 Hello? 340 00:22:10,230 --> 00:22:11,698 Loretta, it's Phyllis. 341 00:22:11,698 --> 00:22:13,833 Another woman was strangled. Just came over the wire. 342 00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:16,690 - Thank you. - Who was that? 343 00:22:16,803 --> 00:22:18,638 - They just found a fourth victim. - Go. 344 00:22:18,638 --> 00:22:20,573 - You'll get the kids off to school? - Yeah, yeah. Go. 345 00:22:20,573 --> 00:22:21,875 - Thank you. - Mm-hmm. 346 00:22:21,875 --> 00:22:24,577 - Dad's taking you to school today, okay? - Dad's taking us? 347 00:22:24,577 --> 00:22:26,579 - [phone ringing] - [child] Where are you going? 348 00:22:26,579 --> 00:22:30,830 - [children chattering] - Girls, hurry up! Let's go! 349 00:22:30,830 --> 00:22:31,718 [ringing continues] 350 00:22:34,187 --> 00:22:36,356 - I saw that. - Wasn't hiding it. 351 00:22:37,457 --> 00:22:38,658 Maybe you should. 352 00:22:38,658 --> 00:22:39,726 Hello? 353 00:22:39,726 --> 00:22:42,562 It's Holland. I need you on the Strangler story. 354 00:22:42,562 --> 00:22:44,970 Jack put some amateur on it. 355 00:22:44,970 --> 00:22:45,198 That bad, huh? 356 00:22:45,198 --> 00:22:46,933 Can you wrap up the nursing home story tonight? 357 00:22:46,933 --> 00:22:49,235 - [Jean] Yeah, all right. - [handset settles in cradle] 358 00:22:49,235 --> 00:22:50,303 What was that about? 359 00:22:50,303 --> 00:22:53,139 [sighs] Holland wants me on those Strangler murders. 360 00:22:53,139 --> 00:22:54,808 [Jean's husband] The hell's the matter with him? 361 00:22:54,808 --> 00:22:55,975 What's that supposed to mean? 362 00:22:55,975 --> 00:22:59,312 He's using you. Putting a girl on a story like that. It's a stunt. 363 00:23:01,147 --> 00:23:02,649 I need you to get the girls off. 364 00:23:02,649 --> 00:23:03,983 [children chattering] 365 00:23:05,352 --> 00:23:06,619 Here, take a seat. 366 00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:13,693 Jean's gonna be working with you on the Strangler story. 367 00:23:13,693 --> 00:23:17,970 Oh, uh, no offense, but I-I don't need any help with this. 368 00:23:17,970 --> 00:23:18,331 It's not up for debate. 369 00:23:18,331 --> 00:23:20,330 [Loretta] What is she gonna cover that I can't? 370 00:23:20,330 --> 00:23:21,968 The whole story, if you keep it up. 371 00:23:21,968 --> 00:23:24,537 [smacks lips] Where are you at with the fourth victim? 372 00:23:24,537 --> 00:23:26,272 She have a stocking around the neck? 373 00:23:26,940 --> 00:23:28,708 Uh, I haven't got confirmation yet. 374 00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:31,611 Not yet? It's 40 minutes to deadline. 375 00:23:31,611 --> 00:23:33,790 Police won't confirm. 376 00:23:33,790 --> 00:23:35,448 Her cousin Arnold found the body, but there's, uh-- 377 00:23:35,448 --> 00:23:37,317 There's no listings for an Arnold Sullivan, 378 00:23:37,317 --> 00:23:38,952 and no other relatives have come forward. 379 00:23:38,952 --> 00:23:40,887 [editor] Jeanie, call around. See what you come up with. 380 00:23:40,887 --> 00:23:44,224 [Jean] I already did. Police aren't talking. Corsetti tried too. 381 00:23:44,224 --> 00:23:46,126 Never seen 'em this tight-lipped about anything. 382 00:23:46,126 --> 00:23:48,528 [Jack] That's 'cause they're bracing for a shitstorm. 383 00:23:49,696 --> 00:23:52,599 [editor] Find the cousin. Otherwise, pull it from page one. 384 00:23:56,703 --> 00:23:58,772 [footsteps approaching] 385 00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:03,900 [Loretta] What are you doing? 386 00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:05,445 I'm calling everyone in the phone book with the same last name. 387 00:24:05,445 --> 00:24:07,247 You know how many Sullivans there are? 388 00:24:07,247 --> 00:24:08,581 Better get crackin' then. 389 00:24:17,230 --> 00:24:19,559 Hello, I'm looking for a relative of Jane Sullivan. 390 00:24:19,559 --> 00:24:21,194 Hello, is this Mr. Sullivan? 391 00:24:21,194 --> 00:24:22,328 You're not? 392 00:24:22,328 --> 00:24:24,731 - Mrs. Sullivan? - [person 1] This is the Howard residence. 393 00:24:24,731 --> 00:24:26,232 - [person 2] Hello. - Hello, Mr. Sullivan? 394 00:24:26,232 --> 00:24:27,167 Wrong number. 395 00:24:27,167 --> 00:24:29,202 I'm looking for a relative of Jane Sullivan. 396 00:24:29,202 --> 00:24:30,904 - [person 3] No relation. - Thank you. 397 00:24:30,904 --> 00:24:32,720 [person 4] Who is this? 398 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:34,741 - I'm looking for a relative of Ja-- Hello? - [line clicks] 399 00:24:34,741 --> 00:24:36,609 - Mr. Sullivan, please? - [person 5] Not interested. 400 00:24:36,609 --> 00:24:38,645 - Jane. - [Loretta] Mrs. Sullivan? 401 00:24:38,645 --> 00:24:39,646 Is this Roberta Sullivan? 402 00:24:39,646 --> 00:24:41,281 - [person 6] She passed away. - Thank you. 403 00:24:41,281 --> 00:24:42,682 - [person 7] Hello? - Hi, is this Walter? 404 00:24:42,682 --> 00:24:43,817 Nobody here by that name. 405 00:24:43,817 --> 00:24:48,188 Hi, I'm looking for a relative of, um, sorry, Jane Sullivan. 406 00:24:48,188 --> 00:24:50,230 - [Loretta] Hello? - [line clicks] 407 00:24:50,230 --> 00:24:54,761 You are? My name is Jean Cole, I'm a reporter with the Record American. 408 00:24:54,761 --> 00:24:56,696 We were just calling to confirm some details. 409 00:24:58,198 --> 00:24:59,833 They just confirmed number four. 410 00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:03,703 All right. Phantom's going on page one. 411 00:25:08,908 --> 00:25:10,944 [reporters clamoring] 412 00:25:10,944 --> 00:25:13,179 [reporter] Are you confirming the story of the Record American? 413 00:25:13,179 --> 00:25:14,481 Commissioner! Is there a story-- 414 00:25:14,481 --> 00:25:17,150 [McNamara] We are advising the people of Boston 415 00:25:17,150 --> 00:25:21,354 to make sure they have proper locks on their doors, in good working order. 416 00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:22,956 Is there only one killer? 417 00:25:22,956 --> 00:25:24,824 [McNamara] They're not to allow any person into their home 418 00:25:24,824 --> 00:25:27,494 till they are absolutely sure they are a proper person. 419 00:25:27,494 --> 00:25:30,530 - Especially women living alone! - Are you confirming the story-- 420 00:25:30,530 --> 00:25:33,500 Keep your doors locked, and don't let strangers in your home! 421 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:35,568 Are you confirming the story in the Record American? 422 00:25:35,568 --> 00:25:37,370 Is there only one killer? 423 00:25:37,370 --> 00:25:39,873 I don't care if it's one killer or four. We're gonna catch whoever did this. 424 00:25:40,774 --> 00:25:42,876 - [reporter] Do you have any suspects? - [reporters clamoring] 425 00:25:42,876 --> 00:25:44,911 Commissioner, do you have any suspects? 426 00:25:44,911 --> 00:25:48,140 [broadcaster 1 on radio] Extraordinary methods of investigation are needed 427 00:25:48,140 --> 00:25:52,385 to deal with these highly abnormal and uncommon crimes. 428 00:25:52,385 --> 00:25:54,688 I believe that the people of Massachusetts 429 00:25:54,688 --> 00:25:57,357 have everything to gain and nothing to lose. 430 00:25:57,357 --> 00:26:00,393 [broadcaster 2 on radio] We believe this is a man who's come here to kill people. 431 00:26:00,393 --> 00:26:02,950 He is a terror to this city. 432 00:26:02,950 --> 00:26:03,897 We need to get him into custody. 433 00:26:08,535 --> 00:26:10,203 [knocking] 434 00:26:11,204 --> 00:26:13,707 [footsteps approaching] 435 00:26:13,707 --> 00:26:15,442 [door opens] 436 00:26:16,242 --> 00:26:19,245 We're gonna be painting here next week. I gotta take a look around. 437 00:26:19,245 --> 00:26:20,313 [resident] Who sent you? 438 00:26:20,313 --> 00:26:22,820 Uh, super. It'll only take a minute. 439 00:26:23,616 --> 00:26:24,984 [resident] Well, all right. 440 00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:30,523 - [resident screams] - [home intruder grunts] 441 00:26:30,523 --> 00:26:33,860 [resident straining, choking] 442 00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:36,262 - [home intruder grunts] - [resident straining] 443 00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:39,265 [crowd clamoring] 444 00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:49,809 [Loretta] I'm with the Record American. 445 00:26:50,510 --> 00:26:52,412 [officer on radio] Standby one second. 446 00:26:52,412 --> 00:26:53,847 [knocking] 447 00:26:55,248 --> 00:26:56,950 [detective] Hello, ma'am. How are you? 448 00:26:56,950 --> 00:26:59,986 I wanted to ask you a few questions. You mind openin' the door? 449 00:26:59,986 --> 00:27:01,221 [neighbor] You have ID? 450 00:27:04,190 --> 00:27:05,558 How do I know that's real? 451 00:27:05,558 --> 00:27:08,995 Ma'am, I'm a-- I'm a homicide detective for the Boston Police Department. 452 00:27:08,995 --> 00:27:12,320 Yeah, well, I haven't met ya. And I'm not letting strangers in. 453 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,267 All right, let's go. Gotta wait outside. 454 00:27:14,267 --> 00:27:16,569 - No, I'm with the Record American. - Doesn't matter. Let's go. 455 00:27:17,537 --> 00:27:18,872 [crowd clamoring] 456 00:27:18,872 --> 00:27:21,374 - [officer] People, please step back. - [onlooker 1] What's the big deal? 457 00:27:21,374 --> 00:27:24,770 - [onlooker 2] What's going on here? - [officer] Back up. Make some space. 458 00:27:24,770 --> 00:27:26,146 - They're not letting anyone in. - [Jean] Come on. 459 00:27:30,417 --> 00:27:31,451 Hey, Joe. 460 00:27:31,451 --> 00:27:33,190 Hey, Jeanie. How are ya? 461 00:27:33,190 --> 00:27:35,210 - How's the old man doin'? - He's still goin'. 462 00:27:35,555 --> 00:27:37,891 Any word on this? It lookin' like the others? 463 00:27:37,891 --> 00:27:41,494 Yeah. Left her on the bed, stockings tied around her neck. 464 00:27:41,995 --> 00:27:43,960 Did it look like he broke in? 465 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,200 No. No sign of forced entry. Looks like he took his time too. 466 00:27:48,768 --> 00:27:52,205 - [chattering] - [typing] 467 00:27:52,205 --> 00:27:53,707 [Phyllis] Record American. Please hold. 468 00:27:56,900 --> 00:27:58,110 I gotta take pictures for your byline. 469 00:27:59,346 --> 00:28:00,447 Since when do they do that? 470 00:28:00,447 --> 00:28:01,981 [photographer] Since they got you two. 471 00:28:02,482 --> 00:28:03,483 What does that mean? 472 00:28:03,483 --> 00:28:06,119 What do you think it means? It's a circulation stunt. 473 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:08,321 I'm not doing it. 474 00:28:08,321 --> 00:28:11,891 [photographer] Come on. Why else you think they got two girls on such a big story? 475 00:28:11,891 --> 00:28:14,928 I don't do stunt reporting. Tell 'em I'm not doing it. 476 00:28:14,928 --> 00:28:17,530 Tell 'em yourself. I don't make the rules around here. 477 00:28:18,164 --> 00:28:20,700 - [chattering] - [phone rings] 478 00:28:20,700 --> 00:28:21,935 [Phyllis] Record American. 479 00:28:24,137 --> 00:28:25,739 You're gonna let that ***hole bother you? 480 00:28:27,807 --> 00:28:31,144 You don't mind being called a fluke? By that jack***? 481 00:28:31,144 --> 00:28:34,647 Let 'em sell their papers. You still got the biggest story in the city. 482 00:28:42,355 --> 00:28:43,623 [sighs] 483 00:28:44,391 --> 00:28:47,761 [Loretta] Five women have been strangled over the past three months. 484 00:28:48,495 --> 00:28:51,765 By number and by nature, these stranglings are beyond anything 485 00:28:51,765 --> 00:28:54,534 ever seen before in the criminal history of the city. 486 00:28:56,202 --> 00:28:59,472 {\an8}The murders are clearly premeditated. All elderly. 487 00:28:59,472 --> 00:29:02,750 All lived alone. It's a pattern. 488 00:29:02,750 --> 00:29:04,744 [Loretta] The crimes themselves are insane. 489 00:29:04,744 --> 00:29:07,147 He ransacks the apartments but doesn't take anything. 490 00:29:07,647 --> 00:29:11,840 He leaves his victims posed with a bizarre air of ceremony, 491 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:13,820 each left with a decorative garrote around her neck. 492 00:29:14,521 --> 00:29:17,557 In every case, there is no evidence left behind, 493 00:29:17,557 --> 00:29:20,600 no clue as to how he selects his victims. 494 00:29:20,727 --> 00:29:24,597 He seems to come and go as he pleases, committing his crimes in broad daylight. 495 00:29:25,198 --> 00:29:27,734 [professor] It's highly organized behavior. 496 00:29:27,734 --> 00:29:32,380 Probably escalated over time, and now he's lost control. 497 00:29:32,539 --> 00:29:35,542 Barriers are down. He'll almost certainly repeat. 498 00:29:41,247 --> 00:29:42,982 [chattering] 499 00:29:45,151 --> 00:29:46,152 What's this? 500 00:29:46,653 --> 00:29:47,787 This is all for you two. 501 00:29:59,232 --> 00:30:01,340 [Jean] "I'm one of the many who can't sleep. 502 00:30:01,340 --> 00:30:04,771 I find myself awake all night and too frightened to leave during the day." 503 00:30:05,638 --> 00:30:08,942 "Every day is an eternity, every night a horror. 504 00:30:09,642 --> 00:30:11,978 Nobody knows what a woman alone feels." 505 00:30:12,746 --> 00:30:15,150 "No one knows fear as we know it." 506 00:30:16,316 --> 00:30:20,530 [Loretta] There is but one answer. The Boston Phantom... 507 00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:28,428 The Boston Strangler must be caught. 508 00:30:30,430 --> 00:30:31,765 Guess he's got a name now. 509 00:30:35,802 --> 00:30:36,903 Shit. 510 00:30:36,903 --> 00:30:38,471 - [chattering] - [chuckles] 511 00:30:38,972 --> 00:30:40,206 - Mmm. - Thanks. 512 00:30:42,642 --> 00:30:47,247 So, uh, how'd you become Holland's girl? He poach you from one of the other papers? 513 00:30:48,810 --> 00:30:50,116 He got me a job when I graduated high school. 514 00:30:51,170 --> 00:30:53,787 I was working at a lunch counter down by the courthouse. 515 00:30:53,787 --> 00:30:56,690 He covered a trial the summer before my senior year. 516 00:30:57,390 --> 00:31:01,394 I got to know him pretty well, and so he offered to get me a job when I turned 18. 517 00:31:02,429 --> 00:31:05,432 Back then, just living through the day was an accomplishment. 518 00:31:07,330 --> 00:31:10,103 I wore my school clothes when they first sent me out on assignments. 519 00:31:10,103 --> 00:31:11,905 I didn't have money for anything else. 520 00:31:11,905 --> 00:31:14,441 Holland took pity on me and lent me money for a new suit. 521 00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:16,976 I never wanted to let him down after that. 522 00:31:17,610 --> 00:31:18,778 I learned to hold my own, 523 00:31:18,778 --> 00:31:21,781 and he started sending me out on bigger and bigger stories, 524 00:31:21,781 --> 00:31:23,683 and it just became my life. 525 00:31:24,517 --> 00:31:26,720 I really can't imagine doing anything else. 526 00:31:29,189 --> 00:31:32,192 It's crazy to think your whole life can turn on a chance encounter. 527 00:31:33,493 --> 00:31:36,196 My senior year, I, uh-- I lined up with all the other girls 528 00:31:36,196 --> 00:31:37,697 to register for nursing school. 529 00:31:38,531 --> 00:31:41,434 But my English teacher, Mrs. Welker, she-- she pulled me out of the line 530 00:31:41,434 --> 00:31:44,704 and had me apply for a scholarship to go to college. 531 00:31:45,972 --> 00:31:46,973 And that was it. 532 00:31:47,941 --> 00:31:50,100 I'd be changing bedpans if it wasn't for her. 533 00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:51,678 Thank God for Mrs. Welker. 534 00:31:52,579 --> 00:31:53,680 [chuckles] 535 00:31:58,451 --> 00:32:01,454 - [chattering] - [jazz music playing on radio] 536 00:32:06,226 --> 00:32:08,561 [phone ringing] 537 00:32:11,498 --> 00:32:12,499 [sighs] Hello? 538 00:32:12,499 --> 00:32:14,670 -Hey, it's Jean. - Hey. 539 00:32:14,670 --> 00:32:16,936 They found another victim. It was a young girl this time. 540 00:32:16,936 --> 00:32:18,972 [gasps] I'll come in now. 541 00:32:20,740 --> 00:32:21,741 What was that? 542 00:32:22,475 --> 00:32:25,245 Oh. [sighs] Another woman turned up. I've gotta go in. 543 00:32:26,112 --> 00:32:29,516 You gotta be kidding me. It's New Year's Eve for Christ's sakes. 544 00:32:31,484 --> 00:32:33,153 Who's gonna take your mother home? 545 00:32:33,153 --> 00:32:35,321 [stammers] I can take her now, I guess. 546 00:32:40,260 --> 00:32:42,529 Go. I'll deal with it. 547 00:32:45,732 --> 00:32:47,734 [footsteps departing] 548 00:32:50,570 --> 00:32:51,871 [sighs] 549 00:32:53,707 --> 00:32:54,974 Mom had to go to work. 550 00:32:56,242 --> 00:32:58,244 [chattering] 551 00:33:02,282 --> 00:33:03,283 There's Joe. 552 00:33:35,348 --> 00:33:36,416 [shutter clicks] 553 00:33:38,518 --> 00:33:42,455 Hey, hey, ***hole. Come on. Come on. 554 00:33:43,156 --> 00:33:44,457 That's enough. 555 00:33:44,457 --> 00:33:45,859 [scoffs] 556 00:33:45,859 --> 00:33:48,280 [resident] That guy came to my door earlier today. 557 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,530 He said he was here to paint the apartment, so I let him in. 558 00:33:51,931 --> 00:33:56,536 All of a sudden, he tells me I'm pretty and asks me if I thought about modeling. 559 00:33:58,380 --> 00:34:00,640 I got nervous, told him my husband was home. 560 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:04,344 I pretended to go back and get him, and when I came back, he was gone. 561 00:34:04,944 --> 00:34:06,120 What time was this? 562 00:34:06,513 --> 00:34:08,948 Uh, this afternoon. Three o'clock. 563 00:34:10,417 --> 00:34:11,651 Could you describe him for me? 564 00:34:12,218 --> 00:34:16,890 Uh, normal. White guy, dark hair. 565 00:34:18,240 --> 00:34:19,459 He had workman's clothes on. 566 00:34:21,528 --> 00:34:22,696 He just looked regular. 567 00:34:25,432 --> 00:34:27,233 [professor on phone] She doesn't fit the pattern. 568 00:34:27,233 --> 00:34:30,970 To switch from all elderly women to a young girl is unheard of. 569 00:34:31,705 --> 00:34:33,139 When these guys establish a type, 570 00:34:33,139 --> 00:34:36,643 it usually comes from a trauma that's been years in the making. 571 00:34:36,643 --> 00:34:38,478 It doesn't just change all of a sudden. 572 00:34:38,478 --> 00:34:39,646 How sure are you? 573 00:34:40,246 --> 00:34:42,615 That's the going theory with this type of killer. 574 00:34:42,615 --> 00:34:45,180 But no one really knows. 575 00:34:53,326 --> 00:34:55,195 Did you know they were gonna do this? 576 00:34:56,396 --> 00:34:59,733 You really think this is smart? With that lunatic still out there? 577 00:34:59,733 --> 00:35:01,868 I don't know what to say. All right? 578 00:35:01,868 --> 00:35:03,937 Stanley was supposed to shoot the damn crime scene. 579 00:35:03,937 --> 00:35:06,390 [phone rings] 580 00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:11,144 Hello? 581 00:35:11,144 --> 00:35:14,681 [person breathing heavily on phone] 582 00:35:14,681 --> 00:35:15,782 Hello? 583 00:35:23,189 --> 00:35:24,190 [sighs] 584 00:35:25,558 --> 00:35:26,626 Who was that? 585 00:35:26,626 --> 00:35:28,940 It's just a wrong number. 586 00:35:29,229 --> 00:35:31,364 [phone ringing] 587 00:35:36,870 --> 00:35:37,871 Hello? 588 00:35:39,606 --> 00:35:40,607 Hello? 589 00:35:42,308 --> 00:35:43,410 Who is this? 590 00:35:49,949 --> 00:35:52,185 [phone rings] 591 00:35:55,855 --> 00:35:56,856 Who is this? 592 00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:00,493 Stop calling here! 593 00:36:07,367 --> 00:36:10,370 [footsteps departing] 594 00:36:11,738 --> 00:36:15,750 - [organ music playing] - [chattering] 595 00:36:19,112 --> 00:36:21,448 Are you having any problems with people calling your house? 596 00:36:21,448 --> 00:36:23,850 You gettin' hang-ups and the, uh, heavy breathers? 597 00:36:23,850 --> 00:36:25,218 - Yeah. They called you too? - Mmm. 598 00:36:25,218 --> 00:36:29,489 Nope. We unlisted our number years ago after I covered my first mayor's race. 599 00:36:31,191 --> 00:36:32,759 Yeah. Right. 600 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,195 I'm gonna go have a cigarette. 601 00:36:41,801 --> 00:36:43,136 I'll be right back. 602 00:36:48,410 --> 00:36:49,420 Hey. 603 00:36:49,976 --> 00:36:51,111 Got a smoke? 604 00:36:56,282 --> 00:36:59,352 Been reading your stories. They've been pretty good. 605 00:36:59,352 --> 00:37:00,720 Well, have you got any leads? 606 00:37:02,622 --> 00:37:03,656 Off the record. 607 00:37:03,656 --> 00:37:06,726 Off the record? More than we can handle. 608 00:37:06,726 --> 00:37:08,561 Are you close to making an arrest? 609 00:37:09,429 --> 00:37:12,232 These people have no idea what they're up against. 610 00:37:12,232 --> 00:37:13,400 [Loretta] What people? 611 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,102 Uh, the whole department, as far as I'm concerned. 612 00:37:16,102 --> 00:37:17,604 The whole police department? 613 00:37:18,238 --> 00:37:20,206 [detective] The usual rules don't apply. 614 00:37:20,206 --> 00:37:23,677 There's no motive, and then he takes off without leaving a shred of evidence. 615 00:37:24,477 --> 00:37:27,800 Guy's as careful as he is deranged. 616 00:37:29,783 --> 00:37:31,251 Nice talking to you. 617 00:37:34,287 --> 00:37:35,955 I'm Jim, by the way. 618 00:37:36,956 --> 00:37:38,692 You can call me at the paper anytime. 619 00:37:39,559 --> 00:37:40,894 I'll give you whatever I have. 620 00:37:44,497 --> 00:37:47,500 [wind howling] 621 00:37:48,234 --> 00:37:49,135 [thunderclap] 622 00:37:49,135 --> 00:37:50,270 [knocking] 623 00:37:52,380 --> 00:37:53,730 - Yes? - [mechanic] Yeah, 624 00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:55,208 the super sent me to check the radiator. 625 00:37:55,208 --> 00:37:56,676 It'll only take a second. 626 00:38:03,416 --> 00:38:05,118 [resident] Do you want some coffee? 627 00:38:05,118 --> 00:38:06,186 [mechanic] Yeah, sure. 628 00:38:07,530 --> 00:38:08,488 [thunderclap] 629 00:38:12,826 --> 00:38:14,361 [thunder rumbling] 630 00:38:25,372 --> 00:38:26,373 [shrieks] 631 00:38:26,373 --> 00:38:27,707 - [mug clatters] - [chokes] 632 00:38:28,575 --> 00:38:30,343 [grunting] 633 00:38:30,343 --> 00:38:32,812 [gasping, grunting] 634 00:38:35,348 --> 00:38:37,417 [whimpering, grunting] 635 00:38:41,988 --> 00:38:45,892 [reporter on TV] The city is, for some, glamorous, stimulating, prosperous. 636 00:38:45,892 --> 00:38:48,328 Only recently has it become dangerous. 637 00:38:49,729 --> 00:38:52,999 Five young girls have been strangled in the Boston area. 638 00:38:53,566 --> 00:38:56,136 A young girl was strangled in her Lawrence apartment. 639 00:38:56,136 --> 00:38:59,572 Stockings and a leotard wrapped tightly about her neck. 640 00:38:59,572 --> 00:39:03,977 A 21-year-old Boston University student was found by her two roommates, 641 00:39:03,977 --> 00:39:07,800 strangled with a silk stocking in her Back Bay apartment. 642 00:39:07,681 --> 00:39:11,551 And most recent, Patricia Bissette, a 24-year-old secretary, 643 00:39:11,551 --> 00:39:15,455 was also found strangled in her Back Bay apartment where she lived alone. 644 00:39:15,455 --> 00:39:18,525 [person on PA, indistinct] 645 00:39:27,333 --> 00:39:29,369 - [nurse] Jeanie. Hi. - [Jean] Yeah, yeah. 646 00:39:29,369 --> 00:39:30,537 You okay? 647 00:39:31,237 --> 00:39:33,640 Yeah. [stammers] Um, tough morning. 648 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:36,409 [Jean] You guys do the Patricia Bissette autopsy? 649 00:39:37,744 --> 00:39:38,912 It's a bad one. 650 00:39:40,246 --> 00:39:41,514 She was pregnant. 651 00:39:41,514 --> 00:39:44,170 Pregnant? Was she married? 652 00:39:44,170 --> 00:39:45,118 [nurse] Single. 653 00:39:45,885 --> 00:39:47,320 How far along was she? 654 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:48,555 [nurse] A few months. 655 00:39:50,824 --> 00:39:52,559 [receptionist] Nielson's Electronics. 656 00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:53,727 One moment. 657 00:39:55,428 --> 00:39:56,696 Mr. Nielson, please. 658 00:39:56,696 --> 00:39:59,232 He's not in today. Could I give him a message? 659 00:39:59,232 --> 00:40:01,334 Jean Cole with the Record American. 660 00:40:01,334 --> 00:40:03,470 Patricia Bissette was his secretary? 661 00:40:03,470 --> 00:40:04,571 That's right. 662 00:40:04,571 --> 00:40:05,772 You know her well? 663 00:40:06,706 --> 00:40:09,442 Pretty well. It's a small office. 664 00:40:10,110 --> 00:40:11,911 Do you know if she was dating anyone? 665 00:40:13,847 --> 00:40:14,848 I'm not sure. 666 00:40:18,284 --> 00:40:19,819 Did you know she was pregnant? 667 00:40:33,233 --> 00:40:34,634 I take lunch at noon. 668 00:40:34,634 --> 00:40:36,736 [chattering] 669 00:40:45,311 --> 00:40:46,312 What's this? 670 00:40:47,130 --> 00:40:48,682 [receptionist] Pull the string on the back. 671 00:40:49,449 --> 00:40:51,351 [doll] Please take me with you. 672 00:40:53,820 --> 00:40:55,321 That's Patricia's voice. 673 00:40:56,456 --> 00:41:00,160 Mr. Nielson used her to record the prototype for the latest model. 674 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,895 [doll] Please take me with you. 675 00:41:01,895 --> 00:41:03,290 Jesus. 676 00:41:03,863 --> 00:41:06,866 Mr. Nielson and Patricia were having an affair. 677 00:41:08,100 --> 00:41:09,602 Everyone in the office knew. 678 00:41:10,704 --> 00:41:11,938 Did he know she was pregnant? 679 00:41:13,206 --> 00:41:14,774 He was helping her sort it out. 680 00:41:14,774 --> 00:41:16,676 Sort it out? How? 681 00:41:17,344 --> 00:41:19,412 [receptionist] He found a convent in New Hampshire. 682 00:41:19,979 --> 00:41:22,820 They were supposed to arrange for an adoption. 683 00:41:22,916 --> 00:41:24,884 Do you know if Patricia wanted to keep the baby? 684 00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:27,821 Maybe. 685 00:41:29,289 --> 00:41:31,358 But Mr. Nielson has a wife and kids. 686 00:41:33,827 --> 00:41:34,994 So that was that. 687 00:41:38,732 --> 00:41:42,680 [parent] Beverly came over every week no matter what. 688 00:41:43,303 --> 00:41:46,639 She'd bring supper and we'd watch the stories on the TV together. 689 00:41:47,574 --> 00:41:49,909 Do you know if she had a boyfriend? 690 00:41:50,677 --> 00:41:54,347 I don't think so. School took up most of her time. 691 00:41:55,115 --> 00:41:58,518 And the choir. It's where a lot of her friends were from. 692 00:41:59,285 --> 00:42:00,286 At church? 693 00:42:00,286 --> 00:42:03,523 [parent] No. At BU, where she was studying. 694 00:42:04,224 --> 00:42:06,993 Oh. That's where I went. 695 00:42:08,194 --> 00:42:09,362 [scoffs] 696 00:42:09,362 --> 00:42:11,731 I always thought she'd end up being someone like you. 697 00:42:12,599 --> 00:42:16,302 You know, with a job she loved, living on her own terms. 698 00:42:17,904 --> 00:42:19,472 I admired that about her. 699 00:42:21,775 --> 00:42:24,844 She was doin' all the things I wish I could've done with my own life. 700 00:42:27,447 --> 00:42:28,848 You have kids? 701 00:42:28,848 --> 00:42:30,517 Yeah. Uh, three. 702 00:42:31,785 --> 00:42:35,455 Maggie's nine. The boys are seven and five. 703 00:42:36,956 --> 00:42:40,393 [parent] Beverly was terrified of the dark when she was that age. 704 00:42:40,393 --> 00:42:43,563 Only way I could get her to calm down was by singing to her. 705 00:42:44,531 --> 00:42:45,532 [sobs] 706 00:42:46,866 --> 00:42:50,603 I'm sorry, I just-- I just can't stop thinking about it. 707 00:42:51,371 --> 00:42:56,209 What he did to her. What that must have been like for her. 708 00:42:57,277 --> 00:43:00,413 [sobbing] 709 00:43:00,413 --> 00:43:03,650 [choir vocalizing] 710 00:43:30,110 --> 00:43:32,479 [friend] Beverly had just broken up with her boyfriend. 711 00:43:34,614 --> 00:43:37,417 She was taking advantage of her freedom. 712 00:43:39,452 --> 00:43:41,121 Did you meet any of the guys she was seeing? 713 00:43:41,121 --> 00:43:43,790 Yeah, but they were all harmless. 714 00:43:46,260 --> 00:43:48,595 It's her ex that she was afraid of. 715 00:43:50,830 --> 00:43:53,666 Uh-- Sorry, who is that? 716 00:43:56,903 --> 00:43:58,104 Daniel Marsh. 717 00:43:59,305 --> 00:44:00,573 Why was she afraid of him? 718 00:44:01,274 --> 00:44:02,942 He was harassing her. 719 00:44:03,977 --> 00:44:07,814 He had just gotten kicked out of Harvard, was acting really erratic. 720 00:44:09,282 --> 00:44:14,287 He'd call in the middle of the night, show up unannounced. Things like that. 721 00:44:16,322 --> 00:44:17,390 And when was this? 722 00:44:18,692 --> 00:44:20,527 Right up until around when it happened. 723 00:44:51,658 --> 00:44:53,660 [doorbell buzzes] 724 00:45:04,871 --> 00:45:05,872 Daniel Marsh? 725 00:45:06,473 --> 00:45:07,307 Yes? 726 00:45:07,307 --> 00:45:09,743 Loretta McLaughlin with the Record American. 727 00:45:10,243 --> 00:45:11,511 You knew Beverly Samans? 728 00:45:13,446 --> 00:45:14,447 Come inside. 729 00:45:23,456 --> 00:45:24,457 [door closes] 730 00:45:25,458 --> 00:45:27,193 Come in. Come in. 731 00:45:33,299 --> 00:45:35,402 [machine rattling] 732 00:45:35,402 --> 00:45:36,903 We can talk just back here. 733 00:45:41,708 --> 00:45:46,112 Uh, I've just remembered that I've got, uh, another appointment. 734 00:45:46,112 --> 00:45:49,582 I'm gonna have to-- I'm gonna have to come back another time. 735 00:45:52,652 --> 00:45:53,820 [door slams] 736 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:03,129 [Loretta pants] 737 00:46:04,970 --> 00:46:06,132 [doll] Please take me with you. 738 00:46:07,300 --> 00:46:09,536 - [footsteps approaching] - [doll] Please take me with you. 739 00:46:09,536 --> 00:46:11,638 Here's everything on Patricia and Nielson. 740 00:46:13,473 --> 00:46:14,774 [doll] Please take me with you. 741 00:46:14,774 --> 00:46:16,209 You okay? 742 00:46:16,209 --> 00:46:17,277 Yeah. 743 00:46:17,877 --> 00:46:18,945 Don't stay here all night. 744 00:46:20,246 --> 00:46:21,247 I'm serious. 745 00:46:22,215 --> 00:46:23,216 I won't. 746 00:46:24,951 --> 00:46:26,720 [doll] Please take me with you. 747 00:46:33,930 --> 00:46:34,994 Wait, what did you say his name was? 748 00:46:37,497 --> 00:46:39,499 No, you called me. 749 00:46:41,701 --> 00:46:44,404 - Runnin' a hotline for the mentally unfit. - [Loretta chuckles] 750 00:46:44,404 --> 00:46:45,872 That's everything. 751 00:46:45,872 --> 00:46:49,609 All right. Give me some time. I gotta wade through this pile of shit first. 752 00:46:50,377 --> 00:46:51,611 Don't wait on these. 753 00:46:52,846 --> 00:46:53,847 They're good leads. 754 00:46:58,418 --> 00:46:59,419 [door lock clicks] 755 00:46:59,419 --> 00:47:01,488 [chattering on TV] 756 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:07,961 [door lock clicks] 757 00:47:33,653 --> 00:47:35,488 - [detective] Boston Police Department! - [gasps] 758 00:47:35,989 --> 00:47:36,990 Gordon Nielson? 759 00:47:36,990 --> 00:47:38,758 - [Nielson] Yes. - [detective] Hands on the wall. 760 00:47:41,294 --> 00:47:42,929 [examiner] Your name is Gordon Nielson? 761 00:47:42,929 --> 00:47:43,997 [Nielson] Yes. 762 00:47:45,765 --> 00:47:47,467 [examiner] You've been divorced once? 763 00:47:48,334 --> 00:47:49,669 [Nielson] Yes. 764 00:47:49,669 --> 00:47:52,205 [examiner] Patricia Bissette worked as your secretary? 765 00:47:52,205 --> 00:47:53,306 [Nielson] Yes. 766 00:47:55,742 --> 00:47:58,345 [examiner] Did you have a relationship with her outside of work? 767 00:47:58,878 --> 00:47:59,879 Yes. 768 00:48:01,381 --> 00:48:03,616 [examiner] Did you see Patricia the night she was murdered? 769 00:48:04,584 --> 00:48:05,585 No. 770 00:48:19,566 --> 00:48:21,167 Can I have an update, Detective? 771 00:48:22,869 --> 00:48:26,390 We caught Nielson removing evidence from Patricia's apartment. 772 00:48:27,730 --> 00:48:28,441 He failed two polygraph tests, 773 00:48:28,441 --> 00:48:30,610 but the DA still doesn't think he has a case, 774 00:48:30,610 --> 00:48:32,512 and there's nothing tying him to the other murders. 775 00:48:32,512 --> 00:48:33,947 So, what about Daniel Marsh? 776 00:48:33,947 --> 00:48:35,448 Who? The Harvard psycho? 777 00:48:36,820 --> 00:48:38,818 He's batshit crazy, I'll give you that, but we got nothin' on him. 778 00:48:38,818 --> 00:48:41,870 Well, he was harassing Beverly the week before she was killed. 779 00:48:41,870 --> 00:48:43,156 Uh, you can't charge a guy for getting high 780 00:48:43,156 --> 00:48:45,191 and calling his ex-girlfriend in the middle of the night. 781 00:48:45,191 --> 00:48:46,159 What, so that's it? 782 00:48:46,159 --> 00:48:49,662 I-I don't think you understand what I'm dealin' with here. 783 00:48:50,797 --> 00:48:52,799 I'm gettin' a hundred tips a day, 784 00:48:52,799 --> 00:48:55,100 I got thousands of *** offenders to screen, 785 00:48:55,100 --> 00:48:59,720 and now the commissioner just ordered a raid on every *** bar in the city. 786 00:49:00,874 --> 00:49:03,943 I'm doing all I can, but I'm not playing with a full deck. 787 00:49:04,577 --> 00:49:05,879 I'll see ya later. 788 00:49:05,879 --> 00:49:06,880 [car door opens] 789 00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,382 How many *** bars in Boston are there anyway? 790 00:49:09,382 --> 00:49:10,483 There can't be that many. 791 00:49:10,483 --> 00:49:11,651 Way to miss the point, Jack. 792 00:49:11,651 --> 00:49:14,788 The point is Commissioner McNamara's not up to the job. 793 00:49:14,788 --> 00:49:16,322 What does that mean, exactly? 794 00:49:16,322 --> 00:49:17,624 His head's shoved up his ***. 795 00:49:17,624 --> 00:49:19,659 They won't coordinate with other police departments, 796 00:49:19,659 --> 00:49:20,794 connections are being missed, 797 00:49:20,794 --> 00:49:22,662 and good leads are falling through the cracks. 798 00:49:22,662 --> 00:49:24,970 Isn't some of that to be expected? 799 00:49:24,970 --> 00:49:25,665 [Loretta] We are way beyond that. 800 00:49:25,665 --> 00:49:27,467 Oh, I'm sorry, Jack, am I keeping you up? 801 00:49:27,467 --> 00:49:29,536 Will you cut the shit already? What's the story? 802 00:49:29,536 --> 00:49:31,871 - The city can't protect its women. - Come on. 803 00:49:31,871 --> 00:49:34,307 What? You don't think it's true, or you don't think it's a story? 804 00:49:34,307 --> 00:49:35,442 [Jack] What is it with you? 805 00:49:35,442 --> 00:49:38,678 You can't go after someone's livelihood because you're impatient. 806 00:49:38,678 --> 00:49:41,140 Ten women are dead, and these ***holes don't have a clue! 807 00:49:41,140 --> 00:49:44,840 You don't have a story. You have a grudge. 808 00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:46,720 How many women have to die before it's a story? 809 00:49:46,720 --> 00:49:47,787 That's enough. 810 00:49:48,388 --> 00:49:50,457 These are good men busting their ***es. 811 00:49:50,457 --> 00:49:52,826 I'm not waging a war on the police department. 812 00:49:56,296 --> 00:49:59,320 [footsteps departing] 813 00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:02,135 [chattering on TV] 814 00:50:12,345 --> 00:50:13,413 Where you been? 815 00:50:14,581 --> 00:50:15,815 I had to work late. 816 00:50:18,318 --> 00:50:20,253 Oh, my God. Get a plate. You're gonna make a mess. 817 00:50:20,253 --> 00:50:21,554 I'm not gonna make a mess. 818 00:50:31,331 --> 00:50:34,000 Sit down. I gotta talk to you anyway. 819 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:36,169 Look, I've had a long day. Can't it wait? 820 00:50:36,736 --> 00:50:39,472 Loretta, sit down. 821 00:50:49,749 --> 00:50:51,584 I took a new position at work. 822 00:50:52,318 --> 00:50:56,423 It's better pay, but I have to be in the Connecticut office part-time. 823 00:50:56,423 --> 00:50:57,590 Part-time? 824 00:50:59,125 --> 00:51:00,293 A few days a week. 825 00:51:01,861 --> 00:51:03,296 How long's this been in the works? 826 00:51:03,930 --> 00:51:04,931 Couple weeks. 827 00:51:04,931 --> 00:51:07,000 And when were you gonna tell me about it? 828 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:11,237 A lot of long days lately. Hasn't exactly been a good time. 829 00:51:11,237 --> 00:51:13,707 How are we supposed to manage with you gone half the week? 830 00:51:14,374 --> 00:51:15,875 You're gonna have to do your share. 831 00:51:15,875 --> 00:51:19,446 What more could I possibly do short of quit my job? 832 00:51:19,446 --> 00:51:21,781 Is this your way of telling me to stay home? Is that what this is? 833 00:51:21,781 --> 00:51:23,650 Come on. Have I ever asked you to stay home? 834 00:51:23,650 --> 00:51:25,652 No, you just do something like this instead. 835 00:51:25,652 --> 00:51:28,555 What, I'm free to do what I want as long as it's on your terms, isn't that right? 836 00:51:28,555 --> 00:51:29,923 You are unbelievable, you know that? 837 00:51:29,923 --> 00:51:32,258 My-- My sister's right about you. You're just-- 838 00:51:32,258 --> 00:51:33,326 What? 839 00:51:34,427 --> 00:51:37,970 Say it. Say it. 840 00:51:38,198 --> 00:51:41,167 Most people would be happy their husband got a promotion. 841 00:51:41,901 --> 00:51:42,902 [slams table] 842 00:51:52,679 --> 00:51:54,714 [line rings] 843 00:51:54,714 --> 00:51:56,116 [Phyllis on phone] Record American. 844 00:51:56,116 --> 00:51:59,786 {\an8}[detective] Yeah, I'm looking for Loretta McLaughlin or Jean Cole. 845 00:51:59,786 --> 00:52:01,154 {\an8}One minute, please. 846 00:52:01,154 --> 00:52:03,256 [phone rings] 847 00:52:04,290 --> 00:52:05,492 Loretta. 848 00:52:05,492 --> 00:52:08,995 My name's Detective Linski, I'm with the New York City Police Department. 849 00:52:08,995 --> 00:52:12,532 I'm calling about a murder we had down here couple of weeks ago. 850 00:52:12,532 --> 00:52:14,868 Looks like it could be linked to the stranglings. 851 00:52:16,169 --> 00:52:17,370 Older lady. 852 00:52:17,370 --> 00:52:19,839 Yeah, she turned up dead in a hotel room, 853 00:52:19,839 --> 00:52:22,575 strangled with stockings tied around her neck. 854 00:52:22,575 --> 00:52:25,110 People from the hotel saw the guy she was with. 855 00:52:25,110 --> 00:52:28,748 Couple of nights later he shows up at the hotel bar, so I pick him up... 856 00:52:28,748 --> 00:52:31,484 [scoffs] ...find her cigarette case still in his pocket. 857 00:52:32,318 --> 00:52:34,754 {\an8}Only took me 45 minutes to get a confession. 858 00:52:36,122 --> 00:52:38,240 His name is Paul Dempsey. 859 00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:40,927 Lives up in Maine, but I can place him in Boston 860 00:52:40,927 --> 00:52:42,996 at the time of the first five murders. 861 00:52:43,830 --> 00:52:46,166 Uh, I'm assuming you went to Boston Homicide with this? 862 00:52:46,166 --> 00:52:49,569 First call I made. Couldn't get anyone to call me back. 863 00:52:49,569 --> 00:52:52,806 Couple of weeks go by, so I make the trip up there myself. 864 00:52:52,806 --> 00:52:54,874 Figure I'll just tell 'em in person. 865 00:52:55,675 --> 00:52:58,745 Couldn't get anyone to meet with me. Can you believe that? 866 00:53:00,380 --> 00:53:02,949 Detective drove four hours for a homicide I'm working, 867 00:53:03,717 --> 00:53:05,719 I'd walk out of my kid's christening for that. 868 00:53:06,453 --> 00:53:08,221 I don't know what the hell they're doin' up there. 869 00:53:08,221 --> 00:53:11,358 Turns out Paul Dempsey was a suspect in a murder in Maine 870 00:53:11,358 --> 00:53:13,626 four years before the first Strangler murder. 871 00:53:13,626 --> 00:53:15,662 The victim was an elderly woman found strangled 872 00:53:15,662 --> 00:53:17,263 with her stockings tied around her neck. 873 00:53:17,263 --> 00:53:18,932 It could be the original Strangler murder, 874 00:53:18,932 --> 00:53:21,234 but no one can get Boston Homicide to look into it. 875 00:53:21,234 --> 00:53:23,360 And this cop in New York will go on the record? 876 00:53:23,360 --> 00:53:24,504 Already did. 877 00:53:24,504 --> 00:53:26,373 We're not running a hit job on the police department. 878 00:53:26,373 --> 00:53:29,376 They're blowing the investigation. How long can we keep ignoring it? 879 00:53:29,376 --> 00:53:32,579 I don't know how many times we have to tell you, but we're not doing it. 880 00:53:33,246 --> 00:53:34,681 I don't know, Eddie. 881 00:53:36,816 --> 00:53:39,252 I mean, she's right. We can't keep looking the other way. 882 00:53:39,819 --> 00:53:42,622 You really wanna use this paper to tear down the police department? 883 00:53:42,622 --> 00:53:44,758 If anyone else was blowing it this badly, 884 00:53:44,758 --> 00:53:47,260 we'd have put it on the front page a long time ago. 885 00:53:48,428 --> 00:53:49,429 All right. 886 00:53:50,497 --> 00:53:53,330 You want to run with this? I'm not gonna stand in your way. 887 00:53:53,566 --> 00:53:56,169 But it's your neck on the block. You understand? 888 00:53:56,870 --> 00:53:57,904 All right. 889 00:54:00,707 --> 00:54:02,575 [thunder rumbling] 890 00:54:02,575 --> 00:54:05,412 [Loretta] The Boston Police Department is conducting the largest manhunt 891 00:54:05,412 --> 00:54:06,680 in the city's history, 892 00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:10,550 and yet no trace, no trail, no trip up has been detected. 893 00:54:11,718 --> 00:54:16,890 Without sharing evidence, police may overlook a common denominator, 894 00:54:16,890 --> 00:54:19,659 a missing link, a clue that could identify the killer. 895 00:54:20,527 --> 00:54:23,463 Unless a centralized effort is set up to catch the Strangler, 896 00:54:23,463 --> 00:54:26,900 he will remain today as he did one year ago, 897 00:54:26,900 --> 00:54:31,171 a faceless, formless, flawless executioner. 898 00:54:32,238 --> 00:54:33,740 Holy shit. 899 00:54:34,708 --> 00:54:36,276 Tomorrow's gonna be interesting. 900 00:54:41,414 --> 00:54:44,417 Nice knowin' ya. Fun while it lasted. 901 00:54:48,421 --> 00:54:51,124 [newscaster on TV] The attorney general held a press conference today 902 00:54:51,124 --> 00:54:54,861 to announce that he is assuming command of the Boston Strangler investigation 903 00:54:54,861 --> 00:54:57,530 after a critical story in the Record American. 904 00:54:57,530 --> 00:55:00,500 He has appointed Deputy Attorney General John Bottomly 905 00:55:00,500 --> 00:55:02,535 to oversee the investigation. 906 00:55:02,535 --> 00:55:04,804 [commentator on radio] To suggest the Boston Police Department 907 00:55:04,804 --> 00:55:08,108 is leaving any stone unturned is absurd. 908 00:55:08,108 --> 00:55:10,377 And all this because a couple girl reporters question 909 00:55:10,377 --> 00:55:11,878 the credentials of our police department. 910 00:55:11,878 --> 00:55:13,680 - [scoffs] -I mean, what the hell do they know 911 00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:14,748 about police work? 912 00:55:14,748 --> 00:55:18,284 [crickets chirping] 913 00:55:18,284 --> 00:55:21,388 [wind howling] 914 00:55:50,817 --> 00:55:51,885 [gasps] 915 00:56:05,298 --> 00:56:07,300 [wind whistling] 916 00:56:12,380 --> 00:56:13,206 [sighs] 917 00:56:48,908 --> 00:56:51,911 [breathing shakily] 918 00:56:51,911 --> 00:56:53,113 [screen door bangs] 919 00:56:53,113 --> 00:56:55,215 [dog barking] 920 00:57:04,824 --> 00:57:06,760 [wind whistling] 921 00:57:07,961 --> 00:57:09,295 - [screen door bangs] - [gasps] 922 00:57:13,660 --> 00:57:16,690 [panting] 923 00:57:24,277 --> 00:57:25,278 [sighs] 924 00:57:27,580 --> 00:57:28,715 [Tommy] What is that? 925 00:57:28,715 --> 00:57:30,316 - [Loretta] No, don't touch that! - [gasps] 926 00:57:32,850 --> 00:57:33,860 Go back to bed. 927 00:57:34,421 --> 00:57:36,423 [footsteps running] 928 00:57:44,197 --> 00:57:45,198 Oh. 929 00:57:58,445 --> 00:57:59,679 Someone came to the house? 930 00:57:59,679 --> 00:58:03,583 They put it in the mail slot. It was just me and the kids home. 931 00:58:03,583 --> 00:58:06,586 You think it was a deranged cop or some deranged ***hole? 932 00:58:06,586 --> 00:58:09,122 Well, I'm not exactly pleased about it either way. 933 00:58:12,826 --> 00:58:13,827 Where are you going? 934 00:58:19,799 --> 00:58:22,168 Now, I didn't say anything when you put our pictures in the paper, 935 00:58:22,168 --> 00:58:24,704 but you and I both know what that was. That was a stunt. 936 00:58:24,704 --> 00:58:26,539 - And I know you wanna sell your papers... - Calm down. 937 00:58:26,539 --> 00:58:27,674 ...but at what cost? 938 00:58:27,674 --> 00:58:30,377 There's more than one lunatic out there, and you're gonna get us both killed! 939 00:58:30,377 --> 00:58:31,745 - You take it out! - I'll handle it. 940 00:58:37,584 --> 00:58:39,819 They're not puttin' our picture in the paper anymore. 941 00:58:42,322 --> 00:58:43,323 I need a drink. 942 00:58:46,493 --> 00:58:48,361 I don't know what I'm supposed to do anymore. 943 00:58:48,361 --> 00:58:49,829 - [Jean] About what? - About everything. 944 00:58:50,430 --> 00:58:52,699 You know, it's like I get to do half of everything I really want 945 00:58:52,699 --> 00:58:54,968 and everyone around me still feels shortchanged. 946 00:58:56,503 --> 00:58:57,837 James has had enough. 947 00:58:57,837 --> 00:59:00,240 And my-- my poor kids are spooked. 948 00:59:01,675 --> 00:59:04,244 You know, most of my paycheck goes to the babysitter now? 949 00:59:04,744 --> 00:59:05,845 Who cares? 950 00:59:05,845 --> 00:59:08,782 You're gonna make yourself crazy worrying about everyone else all the time. 951 00:59:08,782 --> 00:59:09,883 [chuckles] 952 00:59:09,883 --> 00:59:13,530 You can't be apologetic, not about the things that are important to you. 953 00:59:13,987 --> 00:59:16,423 How come you're so calm about everything? 954 00:59:16,423 --> 00:59:18,925 Now, you've got kids. It must be crazy for you too. 955 00:59:19,659 --> 00:59:22,280 How do you keep everything so under control? 956 00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:24,970 My life's a three-ring circus. 957 00:59:24,970 --> 00:59:27,330 The wheels have been about to fall off since our youngest was born. 958 00:59:28,368 --> 00:59:30,804 So, what do you want to do about this story? 959 00:59:30,804 --> 00:59:32,806 You sure you want to keep going with this? 960 00:59:36,776 --> 00:59:37,777 [cash register dings] 961 00:59:37,777 --> 00:59:39,713 [detective] Boston Police are keeping us in the dark. 962 00:59:39,713 --> 00:59:41,781 They won't talk to any of the other departments. 963 00:59:41,781 --> 00:59:43,717 And they sure as hell don't want our help. 964 00:59:43,717 --> 00:59:45,251 Would you go on the record with that? 965 00:59:47,487 --> 00:59:50,156 Yeah. Go ahead, print my name. 966 00:59:51,324 --> 00:59:52,425 Print this too. 967 00:59:53,927 --> 00:59:55,929 Couple weeks ago, we get a call about this guy, 968 00:59:55,929 --> 00:59:58,310 was harassing these girls in their apartment. 969 00:59:58,631 --> 01:00:01,201 Then Boston won't share any information with us. 970 01:00:02,702 --> 01:00:04,370 So we just let him go. 971 01:00:05,138 --> 01:00:07,707 I come to find out he's one of their prime suspects. 972 01:00:08,708 --> 01:00:11,344 We had him, and we just let him walk away. 973 01:00:12,212 --> 01:00:13,213 What was his name? 974 01:00:15,115 --> 01:00:16,282 Off the record... 975 01:00:17,650 --> 01:00:18,952 Albert DeSalvo. 976 01:00:20,387 --> 01:00:21,888 He's famous over in Cambridge. 977 01:00:23,656 --> 01:00:26,920 - Famous for what? - [sighs] 978 01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:29,429 Making himself unwanted. 979 01:00:35,969 --> 01:00:37,971 [chattering] 980 01:00:40,373 --> 01:00:42,375 - Brian, coffee? - Thank you. 981 01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:44,770 Guys, coffee? 982 01:00:44,770 --> 01:00:46,112 [desk officer] All right, whose file you need? 983 01:00:46,112 --> 01:00:47,580 [Loretta] Uh, DeSalvo. 984 01:00:47,580 --> 01:00:49,416 - Which one? - Sorry? 985 01:00:49,916 --> 01:00:52,520 All the DeSalvo brothers graduated from jail. 986 01:00:52,520 --> 01:00:54,287 - Which one ya need? - Albert. 987 01:00:54,287 --> 01:00:56,322 - [desk officer] Figures. - What, you know him? 988 01:00:56,322 --> 01:00:59,993 Every cop in Cambridge knows him. Al's a world-class creep. 989 01:01:01,940 --> 01:01:04,970 Just got nabbed on rape charges over in Malden. 990 01:01:04,970 --> 01:01:05,765 - He's in custody? - Yeah. 991 01:01:05,765 --> 01:01:08,868 They got him up in Bridgewater right now. Have fun. 992 01:01:24,918 --> 01:01:28,788 [sergeant] DeSalvo had two cons, the Green Man and the Measuring Man. 993 01:01:29,456 --> 01:01:31,958 They called him the Green Man 'cause he put on green workman's clothes 994 01:01:31,958 --> 01:01:33,960 and posed as the maintenance guy, 995 01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:36,529 say he needed to check something inside their apartments. 996 01:01:37,831 --> 01:01:40,166 [Loretta] And, uh, what about the Measuring Man? 997 01:01:40,166 --> 01:01:43,203 [sergeant] I don't know where he came up with this one, 998 01:01:43,203 --> 01:01:45,538 but he'd pretend to be a modeling scout. 999 01:01:46,172 --> 01:01:49,609 And he'd convince these girls to let him in so he could take their measurements. 1000 01:01:50,910 --> 01:01:53,460 You wouldn't believe how many people let him do it. 1001 01:01:54,247 --> 01:01:58,785 He told me I had a nice figure. He said his agency would hire me. 1002 01:01:58,785 --> 01:02:01,888 He just needed to take some measurements. 1003 01:02:03,256 --> 01:02:04,924 But he didn't have a measuring tape. 1004 01:02:07,894 --> 01:02:09,896 [church bells tolling] 1005 01:02:15,835 --> 01:02:16,936 [sighs] 1006 01:02:16,936 --> 01:02:19,500 [chattering] 1007 01:02:34,387 --> 01:02:36,623 - You remember Sophie's neighbor? - [Jean] Mm-hmm. 1008 01:02:36,623 --> 01:02:40,126 Uh, she said a man came to her apartment the day Sophie was killed. 1009 01:02:40,126 --> 01:02:42,462 Now, first he said he was there to paint the apartment, 1010 01:02:42,462 --> 01:02:44,798 and then he asked her if she ever thought about modeling. 1011 01:02:45,832 --> 01:02:49,335 The Green Man slipped into the Measuring Man. It's DeSalvo. 1012 01:02:50,470 --> 01:02:51,705 [chattering] 1013 01:02:51,705 --> 01:02:52,806 [host] Right this way. 1014 01:02:56,776 --> 01:02:58,611 I can't be caught dead talking to you right now. 1015 01:02:58,611 --> 01:03:01,681 - That bad, huh? - No, I'm serious. 1016 01:03:02,515 --> 01:03:05,752 If you gotta call me at the station, you say you're my sister Sally, all right? 1017 01:03:08,955 --> 01:03:10,423 What do you have for me? 1018 01:03:19,990 --> 01:03:21,801 - It's not him. - Well, it has to be him. Look-- 1019 01:03:21,801 --> 01:03:24,771 I mean, Sophie's neighbor said he came to paint the apartment, 1020 01:03:24,771 --> 01:03:27,440 but then he slipped up and started talking to her about modeling. 1021 01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:30,543 I mean, those are the two cons DeSalvo is famous for. 1022 01:03:30,543 --> 01:03:34,647 I worked DeSalvo for weeks. I loved him for it. It's not him. 1023 01:03:35,482 --> 01:03:36,549 What makes you so sure? 1024 01:03:36,549 --> 01:03:38,818 He was in prison for the first six murders, 1025 01:03:38,818 --> 01:03:40,887 didn't get out until after Sophie was killed. 1026 01:03:41,755 --> 01:03:44,257 Whoever was in that lady's apartment wasn't DeSalvo. 1027 01:03:45,759 --> 01:03:46,760 [sighs] 1028 01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:50,764 What you're feeling right now, that's every day for me. 1029 01:03:52,632 --> 01:03:55,268 You know how many people I've gone down the rabbit hole with? 1030 01:03:55,769 --> 01:03:57,504 It's a dead-end every time with this case. 1031 01:03:57,504 --> 01:03:59,205 You get your teeth into something 1032 01:03:59,205 --> 01:04:02,609 and then your bottom falls out at three in the morning, and you got nothin'. 1033 01:04:04,844 --> 01:04:06,680 And while I'm making myself crazy... 1034 01:04:10,684 --> 01:04:12,185 he's out there somewhere... 1035 01:04:14,854 --> 01:04:16,220 laughing at us. 1036 01:04:20,427 --> 01:04:21,795 [thunderclap] 1037 01:04:21,795 --> 01:04:23,897 [rain pattering] 1038 01:04:31,204 --> 01:04:32,472 [sighs] 1039 01:04:43,416 --> 01:04:45,418 [rain continues] 1040 01:04:52,892 --> 01:04:54,894 [chattering] 1041 01:05:02,135 --> 01:05:03,803 You still stuck on DeSalvo? 1042 01:05:04,404 --> 01:05:06,390 Everything lines up with him. 1043 01:05:06,390 --> 01:05:08,375 His history, the progression of the crimes, everything. 1044 01:05:08,375 --> 01:05:11,478 [Jean] Except for the part where he was in prison for the first six murders. 1045 01:05:15,482 --> 01:05:17,350 Have you seen the actual release records? 1046 01:05:41,307 --> 01:05:42,475 [sighs] 1047 01:05:49,315 --> 01:05:50,383 [sighs] 1048 01:05:54,200 --> 01:05:55,550 [sighs] 1049 01:06:05,398 --> 01:06:06,399 Look at this. 1050 01:06:12,380 --> 01:06:13,306 Oh, my God. 1051 01:06:13,306 --> 01:06:15,875 DeSalvo petitioned the judge for early release. 1052 01:06:15,875 --> 01:06:17,977 He said he had to get back to his wife and kids. 1053 01:06:18,712 --> 01:06:20,547 The judge let him out for good behavior. 1054 01:06:20,547 --> 01:06:22,415 So, he was out in time? 1055 01:06:22,415 --> 01:06:24,184 Two months before the first murder. 1056 01:06:28,288 --> 01:06:32,292 A 33-year-old father of two is considered a prime suspect 1057 01:06:32,292 --> 01:06:34,394 in the Boston Strangler case. 1058 01:06:34,394 --> 01:06:37,397 The suspect is presently confined in a state mental hospital 1059 01:06:37,397 --> 01:06:40,433 for allegedly assaulting a woman last December. 1060 01:06:45,772 --> 01:06:46,773 We got beat. 1061 01:06:49,175 --> 01:06:51,111 [Loretta] Who the hell is F. Lee Bailey? 1062 01:06:51,111 --> 01:06:54,314 A hotshot defense lawyer. One of those press hounds. 1063 01:06:54,314 --> 01:06:56,850 How the hell did DeSalvo get a hotshot lawyer? 1064 01:06:56,850 --> 01:06:59,919 I don't know. You want me to go do your job for ya? 1065 01:07:02,288 --> 01:07:04,290 [chattering] 1066 01:07:07,727 --> 01:07:09,620 What's on the docket tonight? 1067 01:07:09,763 --> 01:07:11,798 [Loretta] I'm writing a story about how Albert DeSalvo 1068 01:07:11,798 --> 01:07:13,566 got a high-priced defense lawyer. 1069 01:07:14,934 --> 01:07:17,837 Would someone familiar with the investigation care to comment? 1070 01:07:19,272 --> 01:07:20,306 No. 1071 01:07:20,306 --> 01:07:22,275 [Loretta] So, what happened when you went to question him? 1072 01:07:22,275 --> 01:07:23,543 [birds squawking] 1073 01:07:23,543 --> 01:07:26,880 {\an8}[Jim] Bailey got to him first. Wouldn't let us interview him. 1074 01:07:28,815 --> 01:07:32,152 So, I brought Sophie Clark's neighbor in to ID DeSalvo. 1075 01:08:00,213 --> 01:08:01,481 She didn't recognize him? 1076 01:08:01,481 --> 01:08:04,417 Not only did she not recognize him, she ID'd someone else. 1077 01:08:04,417 --> 01:08:05,552 Who? 1078 01:08:05,552 --> 01:08:07,253 George Nassar. 1079 01:08:13,126 --> 01:08:15,528 Murdered a gas station attendant during a robbery. 1080 01:08:16,496 --> 01:08:20,600 [scoffs] Real piece of work. Schizophrenic with a genius IQ. 1081 01:08:20,600 --> 01:08:22,100 And? 1082 01:08:22,635 --> 01:08:26,606 It's not him. Been in custody for over a year. 1083 01:08:30,110 --> 01:08:33,790 [reporters clamoring] 1084 01:08:34,180 --> 01:08:36,249 [Bailey] People can breathe a sigh of relief tonight. 1085 01:08:36,249 --> 01:08:38,510 The career of the Boston Strangler is over. 1086 01:08:38,510 --> 01:08:41,121 - [reporter 1] Is it true Mr. Bailey? - [reporter 2] He's telling the truth? 1087 01:08:41,121 --> 01:08:44,557 [Bailey] I obtained five details only the killer could know. 1088 01:08:44,557 --> 01:08:46,259 When I quizzed DeSalvo, he went five for five. 1089 01:08:46,259 --> 01:08:47,727 [reporter 3] Mr. Bailey! 1090 01:08:47,727 --> 01:08:51,798 When you've done as many interrogations as I have, you develop an ear for bullshit. 1091 01:08:51,798 --> 01:08:53,266 [reporters laughing] 1092 01:08:53,266 --> 01:08:55,568 And was law enforcement a part of this process? 1093 01:08:57,671 --> 01:08:59,372 That's all I'm gonna say right now. 1094 01:09:00,306 --> 01:09:03,510 We're still negotiating his confession. If you'll excuse me. 1095 01:09:03,510 --> 01:09:06,120 - [shutter clicks] - [reporters clamoring] 1096 01:09:06,120 --> 01:09:07,414 [reporter 4] Will he confess? 1097 01:09:15,555 --> 01:09:17,570 [Bottomly] This is John Bottomly. 1098 01:09:18,591 --> 01:09:21,594 The date is February 14th, 1964. 1099 01:09:23,430 --> 01:09:26,433 Albert, please state your full name. 1100 01:09:31,171 --> 01:09:32,839 Albert Henry DeSalvo. 1101 01:09:35,275 --> 01:09:37,711 [Bottomly] Mr. DeSalvo, we are here today 1102 01:09:37,711 --> 01:09:42,215 because you intend to confess to all 13 Boston Strangler murders. 1103 01:09:42,215 --> 01:09:43,316 Is that correct? 1104 01:09:43,316 --> 01:09:44,584 Yes. 1105 01:09:46,686 --> 01:09:48,421 Tell me about your first victim. 1106 01:09:50,256 --> 01:09:52,192 How did you pick Anna Slesers? 1107 01:09:53,259 --> 01:09:55,128 I didn't pick her in advance. 1108 01:09:55,128 --> 01:09:57,597 There was a parking spot in front of the house. 1109 01:09:57,597 --> 01:10:01,101 If there hadn't been a spot, I never would have got her. 1110 01:10:02,936 --> 01:10:05,105 [Bottomly] Albert, what color robe was she wearing? 1111 01:10:06,600 --> 01:10:07,307 [DeSalvo] Yellow. 1112 01:10:09,509 --> 01:10:11,110 Hear about DeSalvo? 1113 01:10:11,110 --> 01:10:12,479 No. What? 1114 01:10:12,479 --> 01:10:15,248 They sent Bottomly to take his confession last night. 1115 01:10:15,248 --> 01:10:17,751 Bottomly interviewed him for five hours. 1116 01:10:17,751 --> 01:10:18,718 And? 1117 01:10:18,718 --> 01:10:20,854 No one knows. He hasn't said a word. 1118 01:10:31,664 --> 01:10:32,932 Can I have a word, please? 1119 01:10:35,635 --> 01:10:36,903 I'll catch up. 1120 01:10:39,305 --> 01:10:40,974 What's going on with DeSalvo? 1121 01:10:40,974 --> 01:10:42,542 Nothing. 1122 01:10:42,542 --> 01:10:44,711 If he confessed, why haven't they charged him? 1123 01:10:45,378 --> 01:10:48,181 Bailey used you guys to pressure the attorney general, 1124 01:10:48,181 --> 01:10:50,884 and then he set one condition for DeSalvo's confession. 1125 01:10:51,718 --> 01:10:54,354 - Yeah, and what's that? - They're not allowed to use it in court. 1126 01:10:55,422 --> 01:10:56,589 They didn't agree to that. 1127 01:10:56,589 --> 01:11:00,293 They didn't have a choice after you put DeSalvo on the front page. 1128 01:11:00,293 --> 01:11:03,496 But they think they can get life on the rape charges. 1129 01:11:03,496 --> 01:11:06,499 And they're just gonna ignore the fact that 13 women were killed? 1130 01:11:07,801 --> 01:11:08,902 That's all I got. 1131 01:11:10,270 --> 01:11:13,840 And I haven't even told you the punch line yet. 1132 01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:15,942 You know how Bailey's gettin' paid? 1133 01:11:16,509 --> 01:11:19,112 He got DeSalvo a five-figure book deal. 1134 01:11:19,846 --> 01:11:22,415 A tell-all from the Boston Strangler. 1135 01:11:24,918 --> 01:11:26,853 Everyone just wants it to be over. 1136 01:11:30,290 --> 01:11:32,959 [footsteps departing] 1137 01:11:39,466 --> 01:11:41,101 [Loretta] They're washing their hands of it, 1138 01:11:41,101 --> 01:11:43,436 and that headline you're about to run makes it easy for them. 1139 01:11:43,436 --> 01:11:46,600 Come on. The murders stopped. The guy's in jail. 1140 01:11:46,600 --> 01:11:47,207 What the hell else you want? 1141 01:11:47,207 --> 01:11:50,210 They botched the biggest investigation in the city's history, 1142 01:11:50,210 --> 01:11:52,212 and you're just gonna let them sweep it under the rug. 1143 01:11:52,212 --> 01:11:55,215 Aw, come on, Loretta. How much trouble you gonna cause me today? 1144 01:11:55,215 --> 01:11:56,850 Well, clearly not enough. 1145 01:11:56,850 --> 01:11:59,853 Get outta here. Just take the week off. 1146 01:11:59,853 --> 01:12:02,355 - I'm not taking the week off. - I'm not asking. 1147 01:12:02,355 --> 01:12:05,458 The police are washing their hands of it, and you expect us to move on. 1148 01:12:05,458 --> 01:12:07,694 - Loretta. - We're not doing it. 1149 01:12:08,261 --> 01:12:09,763 I took a new assignment. 1150 01:12:11,398 --> 01:12:12,599 You've gotta be kidding me. 1151 01:12:16,102 --> 01:12:18,972 [scoffs] You never see the knife with you people. 1152 01:12:18,972 --> 01:12:22,142 Don't get it twisted. If there's another murder, I'll drop everything. 1153 01:12:22,142 --> 01:12:24,477 But until then, we cover the news. We don't make it. 1154 01:12:29,883 --> 01:12:32,520 [footsteps departing] 1155 01:12:32,520 --> 01:12:34,154 [footsteps approaching] 1156 01:12:43,596 --> 01:12:44,664 Place looks nice. 1157 01:12:44,664 --> 01:12:47,333 [Beverly's parent] Oh. Sunlight always helps. [chuckles] 1158 01:12:48,802 --> 01:12:52,639 Been reading your stories. You think they're finally gonna charge him? 1159 01:12:55,508 --> 01:12:57,110 [sighing] Uh, yeah. 1160 01:13:00,146 --> 01:13:02,148 That's what I want to talk to you about. 1161 01:13:03,550 --> 01:13:06,520 There's gonna be a story in the papers tomorrow. 1162 01:13:08,922 --> 01:13:12,425 They're not gonna charge Albert with Beverly's murder. 1163 01:13:13,226 --> 01:13:14,761 Or any of the murders for that matter. 1164 01:13:16,996 --> 01:13:19,990 I don't understand. If he confessed... 1165 01:13:21,101 --> 01:13:26,439 They made a deal with his lawyer, and they can't use his confession in court. 1166 01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:29,642 But they have him on other charges. 1167 01:13:29,642 --> 01:13:32,846 And-- And they're gonna make sure that he never gets out of prison. 1168 01:13:32,846 --> 01:13:34,748 [Beverly's parent] But what about my daughter? 1169 01:13:36,216 --> 01:13:39,552 It's not right to just give up on her like this. 1170 01:13:40,787 --> 01:13:42,122 How can they do that? 1171 01:13:45,925 --> 01:13:50,960 [actor 1 on TV] The price is £20,000. English pounds sterling. 1172 01:13:50,930 --> 01:13:54,667 - [actor 2 on TV] £20,000? - [actor 1] Before I state my proposition, 1173 01:13:54,667 --> 01:13:58,400 let me warn you not to breathe a word of it to anyone except your chief. 1174 01:13:58,872 --> 01:14:00,974 My life will depend upon your discretion. 1175 01:14:01,675 --> 01:14:03,176 Hey, the kids asleep? 1176 01:14:04,444 --> 01:14:05,612 [Loretta's husband] Yeah. 1177 01:14:08,140 --> 01:14:09,349 [actor 2] State your proposition. 1178 01:14:10,160 --> 01:14:11,170 [actor 1] Very well. 1179 01:14:12,185 --> 01:14:16,423 Seven British documents classified as most secret have come into my possession. 1180 01:14:17,257 --> 01:14:20,527 Military and political documents of utmost value to your government. 1181 01:14:21,261 --> 01:14:22,262 I'm prepared to sell. 1182 01:15:36,403 --> 01:15:39,390 [dispatcher] We have a possible intruder at Oak Tower apartments. 1183 01:15:42,208 --> 01:15:43,643 Sixty-one, got it. 1184 01:15:45,779 --> 01:15:47,681 [engine starts] 1185 01:15:47,681 --> 01:15:49,149 [tires squealing] 1186 01:15:51,217 --> 01:15:53,253 [keys jingling] 1187 01:15:53,253 --> 01:15:55,789 [Nowhere to Run (Nowhere to Hide) playing on TV] 1188 01:15:55,789 --> 01:15:56,890 [teakettle whistling] 1189 01:15:56,890 --> 01:15:58,725 ♪ Nowhere to run ♪ 1190 01:15:58,725 --> 01:16:01,461 ♪ Nowhere to hide from ya ♪ 1191 01:16:08,501 --> 01:16:09,669 [detective] State police! 1192 01:16:10,470 --> 01:16:12,806 [singing on TV continues] 1193 01:16:17,777 --> 01:16:19,179 [phone rings] 1194 01:16:19,179 --> 01:16:20,313 Yes? 1195 01:16:20,313 --> 01:16:21,715 [detective] Loretta McLaughlin. 1196 01:16:21,715 --> 01:16:22,816 Speaking. Who's this? 1197 01:16:22,816 --> 01:16:25,385 Detective DeLine, Michigan State Police. 1198 01:16:25,385 --> 01:16:30,290 I don't know if you're aware, but we had six women strangled near Ann Arbor. 1199 01:16:30,290 --> 01:16:31,391 When was this? 1200 01:16:31,391 --> 01:16:33,526 We found the sixth victim last night. 1201 01:16:34,294 --> 01:16:36,830 Uh, you said they were strangled. Anything else in common? 1202 01:16:36,830 --> 01:16:41,301 All the crime scenes were damn near identical to the Boston Strangler. 1203 01:16:41,301 --> 01:16:42,569 I've read your stories. 1204 01:16:42,569 --> 01:16:45,505 I think it's safe to say that you're an expert on the case. 1205 01:16:45,505 --> 01:16:51,111 So, I wanted to ask you, do you still think that Albert DeSalvo is the guy? 1206 01:17:04,257 --> 01:17:05,358 What are you doing? 1207 01:17:07,927 --> 01:17:09,929 What do you think you're gonna find out there? 1208 01:17:16,469 --> 01:17:20,400 When is this gonna stop, Loretta? When are you gonna let this go? 1209 01:17:32,686 --> 01:17:33,687 Be careful, will you? 1210 01:17:37,857 --> 01:17:39,859 [footsteps departing] 1211 01:18:13,590 --> 01:18:17,230 Thanks. So, uh, have you got any suspects? 1212 01:18:17,797 --> 01:18:20,333 If I did, I wouldn't be telling a reporter. 1213 01:18:20,934 --> 01:18:21,935 Off the record. 1214 01:18:21,935 --> 01:18:24,304 Off the record, I wouldn't be telling a reporter. 1215 01:18:24,304 --> 01:18:27,774 You could've saved a lot of trouble if you'd just called first. 1216 01:18:27,774 --> 01:18:31,878 Well, how about the case files? Mind if I take a look? 1217 01:18:32,879 --> 01:18:36,716 How many cops let you look at open case files? 1218 01:18:37,384 --> 01:18:38,385 Not many. 1219 01:18:40,320 --> 01:18:41,521 [DeLine grunts] 1220 01:18:43,623 --> 01:18:44,791 [DeLine sighs] 1221 01:18:59,939 --> 01:19:01,274 [DeLine] You got 20 minutes. 1222 01:19:06,312 --> 01:19:08,548 [sighing] 1223 01:19:20,894 --> 01:19:22,128 [sighs] 1224 01:19:33,873 --> 01:19:35,342 [meteorologist on radio] ...also like snow. 1225 01:19:35,342 --> 01:19:38,440 We're gonna have quite a bit, according to the latest forecast. 1226 01:19:38,440 --> 01:19:40,480 Looks like we'll have snow continuing overnight. 1227 01:19:40,480 --> 01:19:44,818 We can expect at least several more inches ending later in the day tomorrow. 1228 01:19:44,818 --> 01:19:47,387 Then, clearing tomorrow night, becoming mostly... 1229 01:19:47,387 --> 01:19:49,289 [DeLine] Well, I do appreciate that. 1230 01:19:50,724 --> 01:19:51,725 Yeah. 1231 01:19:52,592 --> 01:19:54,270 I'm gonna have to call you back. 1232 01:19:54,694 --> 01:19:57,297 Daniel Marsh's ex-girlfriend was killed by the Boston Strangler. 1233 01:19:57,297 --> 01:20:00,734 He was my favorite suspect for her murder, and he's here in Ann Arbor. 1234 01:20:00,734 --> 01:20:01,835 Won't you have a seat? 1235 01:20:03,770 --> 01:20:08,708 Off the record, he's our prime suspect right now. 1236 01:20:08,708 --> 01:20:11,110 You're the second person from Boston to report him. 1237 01:20:11,110 --> 01:20:12,579 Are you gonna charge him? 1238 01:20:12,579 --> 01:20:13,880 [DeLine] We don't have enough yet. 1239 01:20:13,880 --> 01:20:15,515 Why didn't you say something earlier? 1240 01:20:15,515 --> 01:20:17,650 Because we're not having this conversation. 1241 01:20:17,650 --> 01:20:19,352 Who was the other person who reported him? 1242 01:20:19,352 --> 01:20:21,888 The medical director from Bridgewater. 1243 01:20:21,888 --> 01:20:23,523 Uh, Dr. Robey please. 1244 01:20:23,523 --> 01:20:24,758 [operator] Hold, please. 1245 01:20:26,559 --> 01:20:27,560 [Robey] Hello? 1246 01:20:27,560 --> 01:20:30,630 Uh, Loretta McLaughlin with the Record American. 1247 01:20:31,231 --> 01:20:32,432 What can I do for you? 1248 01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:35,100 Uh... 1249 01:20:35,735 --> 01:20:38,638 Why did you report Daniel Marsh to the Michigan State Police? 1250 01:20:39,272 --> 01:20:41,775 I'm sorry. I can't discuss one of my patients. 1251 01:20:42,308 --> 01:20:43,643 He was a patient of yours? 1252 01:20:43,643 --> 01:20:45,110 Yes. 1253 01:20:45,110 --> 01:20:46,246 At Bridgewater? 1254 01:20:46,846 --> 01:20:48,848 Well, yes. That's where my patients are. 1255 01:20:49,916 --> 01:20:51,718 Is there anything else I can help you with? 1256 01:20:53,190 --> 01:20:54,354 No. Thank you. 1257 01:20:58,792 --> 01:21:00,126 [line rings] 1258 01:21:00,126 --> 01:21:01,227 [Jean] Hello? 1259 01:21:01,227 --> 01:21:02,595 I need you to call in a favor. 1260 01:21:02,595 --> 01:21:04,164 I thought you weren't speaking to me. 1261 01:21:04,164 --> 01:21:05,265 I'm not. 1262 01:21:06,132 --> 01:21:07,133 All right, what? 1263 01:21:12,939 --> 01:21:15,800 I'm Jean Cole, Deb McNulty's expecting me. 1264 01:21:17,377 --> 01:21:19,979 Be quick. I don't wanna get fired tonight. 1265 01:21:24,250 --> 01:21:26,820 [muttering] 1266 01:21:34,227 --> 01:21:36,763 He was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend. 1267 01:21:36,763 --> 01:21:39,966 Dr. Robey evaluated him at Bridgewater and had him committed. 1268 01:21:39,966 --> 01:21:41,634 [Loretta] Did he overlap with DeSalvo? 1269 01:21:41,634 --> 01:21:44,871 They were in there together for three months in the same ward. 1270 01:21:45,972 --> 01:21:47,173 [knocking] 1271 01:21:48,675 --> 01:21:51,478 [DeLine] Daniel Marsh, we know you're in there! 1272 01:21:54,140 --> 01:21:56,483 Come out with your hands up! 1273 01:21:56,483 --> 01:21:58,551 [floorboards creaking] 1274 01:22:39,225 --> 01:22:43,897 All right, Daniel. Just write down where you were on each of these days. 1275 01:22:52,380 --> 01:22:53,807 Just answer the question, Daniel. 1276 01:22:55,875 --> 01:22:59,145 Where were you when these women were murdered? 1277 01:23:00,130 --> 01:23:03,249 I was going to school in Boston. You know that. 1278 01:23:05,418 --> 01:23:07,200 What about Bridgewater? 1279 01:23:07,954 --> 01:23:11,558 You ever spend any time with Albert DeSalvo? 1280 01:23:13,626 --> 01:23:15,610 Are you charging me? 1281 01:23:15,610 --> 01:23:17,230 Just answer the ****ing question, Daniel. 1282 01:23:17,230 --> 01:23:19,999 If you are not charging me, I want to leave. 1283 01:23:19,999 --> 01:23:21,101 You want to leave? 1284 01:23:22,435 --> 01:23:26,439 There's a dozen reporters out there that just got tipped off. Go ahead. 1285 01:23:27,974 --> 01:23:34,147 If they put my name in the paper, I'll just start over somewhere else. 1286 01:23:36,750 --> 01:23:39,753 [reporters clamoring] 1287 01:23:50,964 --> 01:23:52,650 [car door opens] 1288 01:24:03,610 --> 01:24:04,878 [officer on phone] Homicide. 1289 01:24:04,878 --> 01:24:07,714 Uh, Detective Conley, please. It's his sister Sally. 1290 01:24:08,415 --> 01:24:10,917 Loretta, he quit. Try him at home. 1291 01:24:10,917 --> 01:24:12,180 [line clicks] 1292 01:24:17,857 --> 01:24:20,694 [examiner] You killed all of 'em, all 13. 1293 01:24:21,795 --> 01:24:24,297 Admit it. Admit it! 1294 01:24:24,964 --> 01:24:25,965 I did. 1295 01:24:27,901 --> 01:24:29,903 I did. I did. 1296 01:24:30,737 --> 01:24:31,705 [director] Cut! 1297 01:24:31,705 --> 01:24:33,206 [bell rings] 1298 01:24:33,206 --> 01:24:36,420 [director muttering] 1299 01:24:36,420 --> 01:24:37,277 [crew member] Right behind you. 1300 01:24:37,277 --> 01:24:38,545 [director] So, what do you think? 1301 01:24:40,513 --> 01:24:43,717 Well, he's got-- he's got to lay into him a little more. 1302 01:24:44,417 --> 01:24:46,319 - It was pretty close. - [footsteps approaching] 1303 01:24:46,319 --> 01:24:48,388 Detective Conley, your sister Sally's here. 1304 01:24:54,394 --> 01:24:55,428 Cashing in, huh? 1305 01:24:56,290 --> 01:24:58,965 Oh, why don't you save it? You've been cashing in since the beginning. 1306 01:24:58,965 --> 01:25:01,267 Oh, that's pretty damn cynical, even for you. 1307 01:25:02,268 --> 01:25:03,436 So, what do you want? 1308 01:25:03,436 --> 01:25:04,938 I just got back from Michigan. 1309 01:25:04,938 --> 01:25:06,206 I heard. 1310 01:25:08,708 --> 01:25:09,709 You don't care to know? 1311 01:25:09,709 --> 01:25:11,177 No, I don't. 1312 01:25:14,481 --> 01:25:16,490 I need DeSalvo's confession. 1313 01:25:16,983 --> 01:25:18,518 You gotta go see Bottomly for that. 1314 01:25:18,518 --> 01:25:20,200 I know you made a copy. 1315 01:25:20,200 --> 01:25:21,955 - [Jim] How do you know that? - Oh, come on. 1316 01:25:23,189 --> 01:25:25,692 I bet you stayed up every night listening to those tapes. 1317 01:25:27,894 --> 01:25:30,663 If we were right about DeSalvo, what are you so afraid of? 1318 01:25:30,663 --> 01:25:34,167 Go home. Spend some time with your kids. 1319 01:25:35,268 --> 01:25:37,437 How do you just stop caring after all this? 1320 01:25:38,538 --> 01:25:40,607 When you realize you could give up your whole life for it, 1321 01:25:40,607 --> 01:25:41,841 and no one would give a shit. 1322 01:25:46,120 --> 01:25:47,800 Go home. 1323 01:25:47,881 --> 01:25:49,883 [bell rings] 1324 01:25:59,726 --> 01:26:00,894 [Phyllis] Record American. 1325 01:26:25,352 --> 01:26:27,253 [Bottomly on headphones] This is John Bottomly. 1326 01:26:27,253 --> 01:26:30,857 The date is February 14th, 1964. 1327 01:26:30,857 --> 01:26:33,930 Albert, please state your full name. 1328 01:26:33,927 --> 01:26:36,960 [DeSalvo] Albert Henry DeSalvo. 1329 01:26:36,960 --> 01:26:40,660 [Bottomly] Mr. DeSalvo, tell me about your first victim. 1330 01:26:40,660 --> 01:26:42,302 How did you pick Anna Slesers? 1331 01:26:42,302 --> 01:26:43,837 [DeSalvo] I didn't pick her in advance. 1332 01:26:43,837 --> 01:26:46,206 There was a parking spot in front of the house. 1333 01:26:47,140 --> 01:26:49,442 It makes you think about what goes into this kind of selection. 1334 01:26:49,442 --> 01:26:53,790 Like, why is this girl home and that one's not? 1335 01:26:54,314 --> 01:26:56,983 What is it? Is it fate? 1336 01:27:05,258 --> 01:27:08,762 [Bottomly] Okay, Albert. I'd like to ask you about her clothing. 1337 01:27:08,762 --> 01:27:11,664 Can you tell me what color robe she was wearing? 1338 01:27:19,973 --> 01:27:20,974 Aren't you on a new story? 1339 01:27:21,841 --> 01:27:24,477 Get over yourself. Let me listen. 1340 01:27:30,884 --> 01:27:32,986 [Bottomly] Albert, what color robe was she wearing? 1341 01:27:33,586 --> 01:27:38,191 [DeSalvo] Yellow. Or maybe it was, uh, red. 1342 01:27:38,191 --> 01:27:39,259 [Bottomly] You-- You sure? 1343 01:27:39,259 --> 01:27:42,280 [DeSalvo] No. It was blue. 1344 01:27:42,280 --> 01:27:44,597 [Bottomly] That's right. Let's move on. 1345 01:27:45,965 --> 01:27:49,803 So, when you entered the apartment, can you tell me what you saw? 1346 01:27:50,637 --> 01:27:53,139 [DeSalvo] Well, the kitchen was on the left. 1347 01:27:53,139 --> 01:27:55,375 [Bottomly] Wait-- It was on the left? 1348 01:27:56,476 --> 01:27:57,644 [DeSalvo] Um, maybe... 1349 01:27:58,645 --> 01:27:59,846 [Bottomly] Well, here. Um... 1350 01:27:59,846 --> 01:28:02,820 [paper rustles on recording] 1351 01:28:02,820 --> 01:28:04,500 [DeSalvo] That's right. The kitchen was on the right, 1352 01:28:04,500 --> 01:28:06,386 and the bedroom was down that hall. 1353 01:28:07,870 --> 01:28:08,880 [Bottomly] That hall? 1354 01:28:08,880 --> 01:28:09,856 [DeSalvo] That-- Yeah. Down that hall. 1355 01:28:14,394 --> 01:28:16,396 Bottomly just showed him the crime scene photo. 1356 01:28:20,734 --> 01:28:22,302 [DeSalvo] Um, maybe... 1357 01:28:22,302 --> 01:28:23,470 [Bottomly] Well, here. Um... 1358 01:28:23,470 --> 01:28:25,205 [paper rustles on recording] 1359 01:28:25,205 --> 01:28:27,173 [DeSalvo] That's right. The kitchen was on the right, 1360 01:28:27,173 --> 01:28:29,609 and the bedroom was down that hall. 1361 01:28:30,310 --> 01:28:31,311 [Bottomly] That hall? 1362 01:28:31,311 --> 01:28:33,460 [DeSalvo] That-- Yeah. Down that hall. 1363 01:28:34,547 --> 01:28:36,683 Any lawyer worth a dime would pick this apart. 1364 01:28:48,695 --> 01:28:50,964 [Loretta] Excuse me, I'm-- I'm looking for Richard DeSalvo. 1365 01:28:50,964 --> 01:28:52,265 [foreman] He's back there. 1366 01:28:54,267 --> 01:28:57,937 Look, Al's not talkin' to reporters anymore. 1367 01:28:59,773 --> 01:29:00,940 Al's had it tough. 1368 01:29:02,420 --> 01:29:05,712 Whatever my brother did, he never meant to harm nobody. 1369 01:29:07,380 --> 01:29:10,684 He loves his family, always been good to them. 1370 01:29:11,317 --> 01:29:13,153 Look, I know there's more to his story. 1371 01:29:14,688 --> 01:29:16,923 But there's nothing I can do if he won't talk to me. 1372 01:29:20,226 --> 01:29:23,630 I'll float it by him, but I'm not making any promises. 1373 01:29:27,167 --> 01:29:29,302 [phone rings] 1374 01:29:29,969 --> 01:29:31,370 Record American. 1375 01:29:31,604 --> 01:29:33,206 [DeSalvo] Yeah, this is Albert DeSalvo. 1376 01:29:33,206 --> 01:29:34,607 Is, uh, Loretta there? 1377 01:29:36,509 --> 01:29:37,610 One minute, please. 1378 01:29:43,983 --> 01:29:46,219 Albert DeSalvo's on line two. [sighs] 1379 01:29:53,693 --> 01:29:55,762 Uh, this is Loretta. 1380 01:29:55,762 --> 01:29:57,263 Hi, Loretta. It's Albert. 1381 01:29:57,263 --> 01:29:59,766 You know, my brother said you come to see him. 1382 01:29:59,766 --> 01:30:02,102 I told him that I knew you from the papers. 1383 01:30:02,102 --> 01:30:04,838 [chuckles] It's funny, I always said you girls knew more than the police. 1384 01:30:06,206 --> 01:30:09,542 Uh, why don't I come down there so we can talk in person? 1385 01:30:10,176 --> 01:30:13,460 The thing is, I'm not giving my story away for free anymore. 1386 01:30:14,800 --> 01:30:16,383 I got really screwed over on that book deal. 1387 01:30:16,383 --> 01:30:18,485 [Loretta] I listened to your confession, Albert, 1388 01:30:18,485 --> 01:30:21,388 and, uh, I think there's more to your story. 1389 01:30:21,388 --> 01:30:24,124 Well, like I said, I'm not talking to reporters anymore. 1390 01:30:26,526 --> 01:30:28,280 Don't you want people to know the truth? 1391 01:30:28,280 --> 01:30:29,329 I don't give a damn about that. 1392 01:30:29,329 --> 01:30:30,663 I've got a family to support. 1393 01:30:30,663 --> 01:30:32,665 I don't think you understand how screwed over I got. 1394 01:30:33,333 --> 01:30:35,435 Well, what are you holding out for, Albert? 1395 01:30:35,435 --> 01:30:38,338 If everybody already screwed you over, then what've you got left to lose? 1396 01:30:39,205 --> 01:30:40,974 Why would you let them get away with it? 1397 01:30:51,251 --> 01:30:52,886 Come here tomorrow at visiting hours. 1398 01:31:14,107 --> 01:31:17,177 [grunting] 1399 01:31:18,511 --> 01:31:19,846 [groans] 1400 01:31:19,846 --> 01:31:20,914 [metal clanks] 1401 01:31:28,588 --> 01:31:31,124 [phone ringing] 1402 01:31:31,124 --> 01:31:32,225 [gasps] 1403 01:31:35,295 --> 01:31:36,296 Hello? 1404 01:31:36,296 --> 01:31:40,660 Hey, it's Jack. A report just came over the wire. 1405 01:31:41,735 --> 01:31:44,204 DeSalvo was killed in his cell. [sighs] 1406 01:31:45,372 --> 01:31:46,639 I'm sorry, kid. 1407 01:31:50,430 --> 01:31:52,450 [birds squawking] 1408 01:31:54,214 --> 01:31:56,216 [chattering] 1409 01:31:59,986 --> 01:32:00,954 You get anything? 1410 01:32:00,954 --> 01:32:02,455 [Stanley] No official statement yet. 1411 01:32:02,455 --> 01:32:05,191 My guys at the Herald said he got killed over drugs, but-- 1412 01:32:05,191 --> 01:32:06,559 No, that doesn't make any sense. 1413 01:32:06,559 --> 01:32:08,895 [reporters clamoring] 1414 01:32:13,800 --> 01:32:16,236 He was in there with them. He knew what they were up to. 1415 01:32:25,111 --> 01:32:26,790 [phone rings] 1416 01:32:26,790 --> 01:32:27,180 Hello. 1417 01:32:27,180 --> 01:32:29,820 I need you to take down an address. 1418 01:32:29,716 --> 01:32:31,718 If I don't call back in an hour, give it to the police. 1419 01:32:32,352 --> 01:32:33,420 What the hell are you doing? 1420 01:32:33,420 --> 01:32:37,190 426 Columbia Road. Got it? 1421 01:32:37,190 --> 01:32:38,525 Got it. 1422 01:32:38,525 --> 01:32:39,693 Loretta-- 1423 01:32:42,362 --> 01:32:44,640 Shit. 1424 01:32:44,640 --> 01:32:45,265 [doorbell buzzes] 1425 01:32:45,265 --> 01:32:48,334 [footsteps approaching] 1426 01:32:55,809 --> 01:32:57,310 I'm lookin' for Harrison. 1427 01:32:57,310 --> 01:32:58,778 He's down at the end of the hall. 1428 01:33:03,183 --> 01:33:04,684 [resident 1 coughing] 1429 01:33:10,190 --> 01:33:13,560 - [resident 2 moaning] - [muffled thudding] 1430 01:33:31,177 --> 01:33:32,178 [Loretta] Harrison? 1431 01:33:32,178 --> 01:33:33,246 Yeah. 1432 01:33:33,880 --> 01:33:35,882 I-I'm a reporter with the Record American. 1433 01:33:36,649 --> 01:33:38,885 I want to ask you some questions about Bridgewater. 1434 01:33:45,392 --> 01:33:49,396 Me and DeSalvo were in the same ward. I saw him every day. 1435 01:33:51,564 --> 01:33:55,680 And what about... him? 1436 01:33:59,205 --> 01:34:02,208 Yeah. He was in my ward too. 1437 01:34:04,440 --> 01:34:05,545 They were always together. 1438 01:34:06,146 --> 01:34:07,380 Marsh and DeSalvo? 1439 01:34:08,140 --> 01:34:09,315 And Nassar. 1440 01:34:10,550 --> 01:34:12,520 George Nassar? 1441 01:34:19,793 --> 01:34:23,463 Yeah, the three of them were always working on DeSalvo's confession. 1442 01:34:25,980 --> 01:34:27,300 W-What do you mean working on? 1443 01:34:28,301 --> 01:34:31,971 They coached him. They were at it every day for weeks. 1444 01:34:33,540 --> 01:34:35,475 They had a stack of newspaper clippings, 1445 01:34:35,475 --> 01:34:39,179 and they would quiz DeSalvo about the details. 1446 01:34:41,140 --> 01:34:42,849 I remember Marsh sayin', 1447 01:34:42,849 --> 01:34:46,186 "You gotta get it so deep in your brain that you believe it yourself." 1448 01:34:47,387 --> 01:34:50,890 But what did they care if DeSalvo confessed? 1449 01:34:53,960 --> 01:34:57,797 Reward money. That's why Nassar got his lawyer involved. 1450 01:34:58,398 --> 01:34:59,632 I'm not shittin' you. 1451 01:35:00,467 --> 01:35:02,402 He's willing to confess to the whole thing. 1452 01:35:04,104 --> 01:35:06,172 [Harrison] His lawyer organized the whole thing. 1453 01:35:06,840 --> 01:35:08,508 You mean F. Lee Bailey? 1454 01:35:09,542 --> 01:35:10,543 That's right. 1455 01:35:11,678 --> 01:35:16,182 He told Albert that he could get him a book deal, make him rich and famous. 1456 01:35:19,753 --> 01:35:22,255 Albert thought he was gonna make a million bucks off it 1457 01:35:23,890 --> 01:35:24,524 and support his family. 1458 01:36:18,845 --> 01:36:19,913 You got a smoke? 1459 01:36:40,300 --> 01:36:41,901 So, you wanna know about Albert. 1460 01:36:43,103 --> 01:36:44,404 How did you know each other? 1461 01:36:44,871 --> 01:36:46,506 We were cellmates. 1462 01:36:46,506 --> 01:36:47,941 [Loretta] Before he confessed? 1463 01:36:49,209 --> 01:36:50,643 Yeah, for a couple months. 1464 01:36:50,643 --> 01:36:53,146 It's an awfully strange coincidence, don't you think? 1465 01:36:54,514 --> 01:36:57,170 You're the one who gets picked out of the lineup, 1466 01:36:57,170 --> 01:37:00,754 and you just happen to be DeSalvo's cellmate? 1467 01:37:01,888 --> 01:37:03,723 Maybe I just got one of those faces. 1468 01:37:07,270 --> 01:37:09,496 Were you in Sophie Clark's building the day she was killed? 1469 01:37:10,630 --> 01:37:11,631 No. 1470 01:37:13,400 --> 01:37:14,567 I don't kill women. 1471 01:37:16,690 --> 01:37:20,540 And I got no reason to lie about that now. I'm doin' a life sentence. 1472 01:37:23,900 --> 01:37:24,778 [Loretta] Then why did you coach DeSalvo? 1473 01:37:25,345 --> 01:37:27,130 I wouldn't exactly call it that. 1474 01:37:29,149 --> 01:37:31,718 I was just helpin' him remember. 1475 01:37:33,520 --> 01:37:35,689 Thirteen murders, that's a lot to keep straight. 1476 01:37:35,689 --> 01:37:36,956 Why were you helping him? 1477 01:37:37,924 --> 01:37:41,594 Reward money. Ten grand a victim. 1478 01:37:42,996 --> 01:37:47,000 So, the more murders he confessed to, the more money you'd make? 1479 01:37:48,501 --> 01:37:50,437 Well, might as well take credit for all of them. 1480 01:37:50,437 --> 01:37:51,805 Make a little extra money. 1481 01:37:51,805 --> 01:37:54,400 It was a lot of extra money. 1482 01:37:56,710 --> 01:38:01,548 And regardless of what you think, Albert convinced me he killed those women. 1483 01:38:03,917 --> 01:38:05,185 Was it all 13? 1484 01:38:07,530 --> 01:38:08,288 What does it really matter? 1485 01:38:10,724 --> 01:38:14,894 See, you all created a myth, and it needed to be stopped. 1486 01:38:16,896 --> 01:38:18,298 People wanted to believe it was Al, 1487 01:38:18,298 --> 01:38:21,670 but they needed to believe that it was Albert. 1488 01:38:22,902 --> 01:38:24,871 The alternative was just too disturbin'. 1489 01:38:27,640 --> 01:38:28,708 What's that? 1490 01:38:31,511 --> 01:38:33,513 There are many Albert DeSalvos out there. 1491 01:38:35,982 --> 01:38:38,510 And your safe little world is just a delusion. 1492 01:38:42,288 --> 01:38:43,456 Men kill women. 1493 01:38:45,225 --> 01:38:46,626 It didn't start with Albert. 1494 01:38:48,395 --> 01:38:50,296 Sure as hell doesn't end with him either. 1495 01:39:08,415 --> 01:39:11,170 [Loretta] If Dr. Grayson was right about these killers having a type-- 1496 01:39:11,985 --> 01:39:14,387 The first five murders were all elderly women. 1497 01:39:15,422 --> 01:39:17,724 -And if Paul Dempsey had a type... - [shutter clicks] 1498 01:39:17,724 --> 01:39:19,459 It was elderly women. 1499 01:39:19,459 --> 01:39:22,395 [Loretta] DeSalvo was a pathological liar. 1500 01:39:23,229 --> 01:39:26,733 Everything he knew about the first five murders had either been in the papers, 1501 01:39:26,733 --> 01:39:28,768 or it was given to him by Bottomly. 1502 01:39:30,470 --> 01:39:32,972 But of the hundreds of women DeSalvo assaulted, 1503 01:39:33,773 --> 01:39:35,608 all his victims were young. 1504 01:39:36,643 --> 01:39:38,812 And then Paul Dempsey moves on to New York, 1505 01:39:39,412 --> 01:39:41,348 and the Strangler starts killing younger women. 1506 01:39:43,516 --> 01:39:46,219 Then other men use the Strangler as cover to get rid of women 1507 01:39:46,219 --> 01:39:47,787 they didn't want around anymore. 1508 01:39:48,421 --> 01:39:50,190 The boss who got his secretary pregnant. 1509 01:39:51,224 --> 01:39:52,792 The psychotic ex-boyfriend. 1510 01:39:56,429 --> 01:40:00,100 Then DeSalvo ends up at Bridgewater with Nassar and Marsh. 1511 01:40:01,434 --> 01:40:02,769 They use DeSalvo. 1512 01:40:03,470 --> 01:40:06,673 Nassar gets F. Lee Bailey involved so he can claim the reward money. 1513 01:40:07,273 --> 01:40:09,943 And they coached DeSalvo before he confessed. 1514 01:40:11,177 --> 01:40:13,646 He just became a convenient way out for everybody else. 1515 01:40:14,314 --> 01:40:16,483 The entire city just wanted to move on. 1516 01:40:22,689 --> 01:40:24,524 Nobody bothered to get to the truth. 1517 01:40:27,360 --> 01:40:28,928 [engine starts] 1518 01:40:31,398 --> 01:40:33,166 And people got away with murder. 1519 01:41:14,107 --> 01:41:15,608 [Jack] It's nice work, kid. 1520 01:41:33,960 --> 01:41:35,261 Commissioner, Commissioner! 1521 01:41:35,261 --> 01:41:38,465 What is your response to the story in the Record American today? 1522 01:41:38,465 --> 01:41:40,400 Commissioner, what is your response? 1523 01:41:42,680 --> 01:41:45,672 All the Strangler murders are still open cases. 1524 01:41:45,672 --> 01:41:47,107 I'll leave it at that. 1525 01:41:47,941 --> 01:41:49,843 [reporters clamoring] 1526 01:41:49,843 --> 01:41:51,440 [reporter] Commissioner! 1527 01:41:51,811 --> 01:41:53,146 How many suspects do you have? 1528 01:42:01,554 --> 01:42:02,555 [sighs] 1529 01:42:34,621 --> 01:42:36,623 [chattering]