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The Boston Strangler by Gerold Frank

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The Boston Strangler

by Gerold Frank

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This was the first true crime book that I ever read and the one that started my fascination with the genre. (

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907 The Boston Strangler, by Gerold Frank (read 5 Aug 1967) This is a well-written account of the crimes and the criminal, which held my interest. (

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Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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The Boston Strangler (1968 ∙ IMDb)

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New York Times bestseller (Non-fiction, 1966)

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For Amy and John

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This is a story about Boston.

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Geismar, Maxwell

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