Boston Strangler, written and directed by Matt Ruskin, is more a study of the struggle of women reporters to be taken seriously, than it is an explication of the events surrounding the thirteen murders attributed to Albert DeSalvo. Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole were "girl" reporters (a deprecatory term used by the Boston Police Department) who broke the story in the early 1960s when no one else had discerned the pattern linking the murders. It is an extremely well-done film that actually deserved more time to develop its main storyline. This would have been a great miniseries, perhaps eight to ten episodes during which the relationship between the two women reporters could be developed thoroughly. Enjoy the film but recognize that the opportunity was missed to make a compelling miniseries.
Review of Boston Strangler
