Episode
Unsolved Mysteries: Episode #289
Overview
A report on the 1973 murder of a Massachusetts prison inmate, believed by some to have been the Boston Strangler (suspected of the murders of 13 women in the 1960s). Also: a man's search for a half-sister he only recently discovered he had.
Details
- Series
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 34
- Air date
- 1994-05-11
Episode context
Episode #289 is Episode 34 in Season 6 of Unsolved Mysteries. It aired on 1994-05-11.
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