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Women in the Back Bay Were Taking Coke Bottles - Bulger and The Irish Mob (Part Three)
21:36 - 27:09 (05:33)
The pressure on John's father and everyone working the case searching for this killer was overwhelming; people back then had a tendency to let strangers in if they mentioned the super sent me to fix it. The back bay is built on a bay and women were taking Coke bottles, breaking them, and putting the broken jagged glass on their windowsills as a defense mechanism.
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In this episode, the host discusses the crime wave that hit Boston in the 1960s and 70s, including the infamous Boston Strangler case, and how it affected the city and the country as a whole.
21:36 - 24:00 (02:24)
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In this episode, the host discusses the crime wave that hit Boston in the 1960s and 70s, including the infamous Boston Strangler case, and how it affected the city and the country as a whole. He also speaks with John, who runs his father's detective agency, which was founded after his father retired from the police force.
ChapterWomen in the Back Bay Were Taking Coke Bottles - Bulger and The Irish Mob (Part Three)
Episode'Boston Strangler' | Ep. 1: The Women
Podcast20/20
The pressure was high for investigators searching for the Boston Strangler, with hundreds of suspects and little information.
24:00 - 24:55 (00:55)
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The pressure was high for investigators searching for the Boston Strangler, with hundreds of suspects and little information. Profiling was a new technique in law enforcement at the time, but was used to try and identify the serial killer in Boston.
ChapterWomen in the Back Bay Were Taking Coke Bottles - Bulger and The Irish Mob (Part Three)
Episode'Boston Strangler' | Ep. 1: The Women
Podcast20/20
Why would any woman in Boston open her door to an unfamiliar man with the murders dominating local news.
24:55 - 27:09 (02:14)
Summary
Why would any woman in Boston open her door to an unfamiliar man with the murders dominating local news.