Boston Strangler: The Untold Story Page #3

What motivates me?

Job stability?

Job stability. There it is.

It ain't about catching the bad guy

any more than it was

when my father was a cop.

It's about job stability.

We're all just trying to provide

for our families here.

- Every one of us, that's what...

- Yeah, yeah.

You know what, Joe?

Maybe you should have been a bricklayer,

'cause they get great f***ing benefits.

- Oh, get...

- Hey, hey, hey!

John. John.

Try that again,

I'm gonna make sure

you're cleaning convicts' cells

for the rest of your career.

You got me?

You got me, Joe?

# Just a moment, sir #

# A moment of your time #

# Been dreaming of you #

# Is that such a crime? #

# I know that I'm foolish #

# To look back on #

# A romance that ended slowly #

# But I can't forget her touch #

# Or that crazy smile

that meant so much #

# All I'm left with #

# Are wishes #

Hello?

Mark?

Is that you, honey?

I don't remember giving you a key.

Mark?

Honey?

Mark, this isn't funny.

Oh, my God!

- Stop! You're hurting me!

- Shh.

If you only make a sound,

I'm gonna tear out your tongue

and you will never speak again,

do you understand?

Good.

You know, I wasn't intending

on being so rough and all.

But seeing you is a fighter,

I'm going to have to make sure

you ain't capable of using those hands.

Ah!

Oh, you smell good.

Oh, please stop.

That was the wrong decision.

Oh, please!

I was going to make love to you.

If you only just behaved.

# 'Cause the only wish I have #

# Is you #

Winfield is calling it the seventh one.

The Strangler?

Well, it's got all the ear markings.

Matches the M.O.,

but on close inspection

there are some incongruities.

Really?

Like what?

John, she's strangled

with the stocking all right.

But that bow is not tied

like we'd expect.

It's a copycat.

The first five were killed

by the same guy.

Sophie Clark and this girl

were killed by jack-offs

who actually read the papers.

New Year's Eve.

At least we know the Strangler

doesn't take holidays off.

Well, technically,

it's not a holiday until tomorrow.

Technically, it is tomorrow.

Hold on. Who are you?

And how the hell did you get access

to my crime scene?

I'm Jana Fineman.

I'm with The Record.

Oh, you're with The Record.

You're a reporter.

We prefer to think of ourselves

as public disseminators.

It's our duty to inform the public.

Well, you know what?

I'd prefer to think of you

as somebody who's gone.

Donovan, get her out of my face.

Detective Marsden, would you mind

commenting on why, after seven murders,

you have no leads, no witness,

no evidence?

How do you know

what evidence we've got?

All right?

The Department is not in the habit

of sharing details on investigations

with the papers.

Not to be disrespectful,

but our sources tell us

that you have nothing

to go on at this point.

I don't give a damn

about your sources.

- Get her out of here.

- And the Strangler's out there.

She's going, she's going,

she's almost gone, she's gone.

Fellow citizens

of the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts,

someone please call into my show.

I want to hear from you.

Someone tell me

what is going on in this town.

Why can't the cops find this guy?

He's strangling women all over town.

The list... It's just despicable.

Anna Slesers, she's 55 years old.

She was the first to die.

She was strangled

with the cord of her bathrobe...

her very own bathrobe

around her neck...

on June 14th, 1962.

A nylon stocking was used to kill

68-year-old Nina Nicols on June 30th.

And Helen Blake, age 65,

was found the same day.

A stock...

How was the party?

Lt'd have been a lot better

if you'd have been there.

You'll catch him, John.

Don't lose focus.

I can't catch him.

Of course you can.

You're the top detective on the force.

It's not that I don't believe

in myself, babe.

I can't catch him because

I don't think it's one man.

The M.O. Changed drastically

between Jane Sullivan

and Sophie Parker.

Jane was 67, Sophie was 19.

But they were all strangled.

The first five were the same guy.

But I'm a hundred percent

sure that he stopped.

The last two were copycats.

Basically, the papers

have printed a how-to book

on the Boston Strangler.

Just follow these instructions,

and you, too, can be the Strangler.

Have you told anyone else how you feel?

Michelle, this is not how I feel.

John, I'm not questioning you.

Calm down.

This is your wife you're talking to here.

Sorry, babe.

I'm a bit tense.

Yeah, no kidding.

This is political.

The papers, the public, the mayor,

and the attorney general

all want it to be one man.

Nobody wants to hear there's a...

There's murderers

running rampant out there.

Well, we can't solve anything tonight.

So why don't you...

you just focus on investigating me?

Why don't you get over a little bit.

All right! All right, simmer down.

Look, I know it's odd for all of us

to be here in the same room,

but perhaps Mr. Winfield

can enlighten us.

Morning, gentlemen.

Let's try and act like professionals.

Now, as you all know,

there's been 12 Strangler murders

without any real leads.

Now, I know you all

have been working very hard

investigating your cases,

but it's simply not working.

I've got so much pressure up my ass,

I'm about to crap out of my mouth.

So I have devised a way

to give us a chance

to catch this murdering bastard.

As of today,

the entire Boston Strangler case

will be handled by a new bureau

of the Commonwealth.

This bureau will be called

the Strangler Bureau.

Every department,

and I mean every department,

will be working together...

...providing the bureau

with every shred of evidence,

witness testimony, etcetera.

The head of this new bureau will be

Mr. Fred Addison.

What? Addison?

Are you kidding?

Oh. What is this,

a joke or something?

Wh-What does he know

about law enforcement, huh?

Has... Has he ever been on the street?

No offense, Mr. Addison, but, uh...

what the hell does he know

about police business?

Sergeant Donnely,

are you questioning my judgment?

Do I look like a joke to you?

I suggest you put a sock

in it right here and right now,

or you will be at home with your wife

baking cookies and doing laundry.

- You understand me?

- Yes, sir.

Does this look like a f***ing

classroom to you, Mr. Smith?

Put your hand down.

No questions will be answered

until I'm finished.

I will tie your hands to your belt

if you try that sh*t again.

Also leading this bureau

will be Detective Philip Bloom,

Special Officer John Marsden

of the Boston State Police,

and Andrew Tunney of the Mass State.

Alongside these fine gentlemen

will be a medical advisory

made up of experts

from around the state.

Finally...

...the press will be informed

of a $10,000 reward

for any information

leading to the capture of the Strangler.

You all look as if you want to kill me.

You have questions,

Mr. Addison will take them.

He's your man.

I just delivered the message.

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