The Boston Strangler Page #3

We have him on the phone again.

She'll try and hold him

as long as she can.

You'll sit on a chair,

and I'll sit across the room.

You wear panties, Mae?

Sometimes.

What color?

Black.

Knit or solid?

Knit.

Then we'll have a drink, Mae.

What do you drink?

MAE:
Martinis.

It's on group two, terminal 94.

I like a sweet drink. Maybe Kahla.

Do you know why, Mae?

MAE:
No, why?

Because I got a special way of...

[SIREN WAILS]

I'd rather not say at this time.

There certainly seems to be

a little similarity.

Do the similarities appear to be striking?

Are there more than just one?

Yes. There are several factors involved...

...which appear to be similar

in all of the cases.

NEWSMAN:

This is the Cambridge police chief now.

Chief... Chief, could we talk with you

for a moment? Chief?

- Can you give us anything more on this?

- What else is there?

A 67-year-old nurse has been

sexually assaulted and strangled...

...by a Boston maniac.

Let's pass it around, Dave.

It's the fifth victim.

Two belong to Lawrence and Lynn.

I stand corrected.

This two-fifths Boston maniac.

Anne Nealy is another nurse.

Think it's someone working in a hospital?

Or someone who worked in an

old people's home. They're all old.

Or working in an orchestra.

They all liked music.

Someone in a laundry. They were all clean.

How did he tie the knot? Like the others?

Corroborative evidence.

We're holding it back.

- How did he tie it?

- Double half hitch.

Same as the others?

If there is more than one man operating,

they sure went to the same school.

This is the fifth strangling...

...and the fourth police department

to become involved.

And many of us wonder...

...if perhaps a split in jurisdiction

is less than helpful.

Is there a central file where

all investigating offices can consult?

And can detectives from one city

cross into the lines of another at will...

...to pursue investigations?

The answers to these

and other relevant questions...

...is an unhappy no.

[BELL RINGING]

NEWSCASTER:
How do you feel

about the Boston Strangler?

WOMAN 1:
I feel a little bit nervous.

I've been reading the papers and...

- NEWSCASTER:
A lot of apprehension?

- WOMAN 1:
A little. Yes.

- NEWSCASTER:
How about the evening?

- WOMAN 1:
I take every precaution.

No, after 9:
00, I'm pretty close to home.

WOMAN 2:
Well, I really think

that we should be well protected...

...and have our doors locked, everyone.

WOMAN 3:
I make sure that I'm home

early, you know. So I close the doors.

- NEWSCASTER:
If the doorbell rings?

- WOMAN 3:
I won't answer it.

NEWSCASTER:
You won't answer it?

WOMAN 3:

I answer it, but don't open the door.

Just what they told us to do

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