Murder Made Fiction

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In November, 1971 mild-mannered accountant John List murdered his entire family. He then fled town and started a brand-new life in a whole new State. How long did he get away with his crimes? Tune in to find out.

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Writer/director Matt Ruskin's Boston Strangler (2023) stars Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon as the Record American reporters who covered the infamous case.

Too bad this one is such a snooze! In addition to being too long and drab, the film fudges plenty of facts and has no perspective other than "being a lady reporter is hard". It's a miss!

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Four years after the last fictional adaptation, Compulsion director Richard Fleischer delivered a new fresh take on the case with 1968's The Boston Strangler.

While Edward Anhalt's script uses the same tired pop psychology to excuse DeSalvo's crimes, cinematographer Richard H. Kline and editor Marion Rothman use split screens and transitions in an incredibly exciting way.

Plus: charismatic Tony Curtis and interrogating queerness (with a bisexual-coded Bottomly?)

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Our coverage of The Boston Strangler kicks off with Burt Topper's The Strangler (1964).

We've got 60s pop psychology, indistinguishable cops, and a leading performance from Victor Buono that steals the movie.

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> Amanda: @amandajanestern

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky)

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