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You leave \"Boston Strangler\" haunted by unsolved mysteries. Did DeSalvo, Marsh and Nassar conspire to throw police off or to collect reward money or to cash in on a book deal for DeSalvo organized by Nassar's lawyer F. Lee Bailey? Were one or all three guilty of these crimes?
You also leave \"Boston Strangler\" frustrated that this immense, immersive true-crime story has been squeezed into a two-hour movie instead of a miniseries with the time to fully develop the intricacies of a case that Loretta and Jane, both deceased, fought so hard to bring to light.
\"Boston Strangler,\" flaws and all, makes sure that the light from their feminist fire won't go out. In its battle for the women who died at a killer's hands, this movie provides a forum for two exceptional actresses to mete out a rallying cry for justice. And that's worth celebrating.
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