Murders of women form the basis of new docuseries ‘Chicago Strangler’ and ‘The Murders at Starved Rock’
A pair of true crime TV series, one about women murdered in Chicago and another about a triple murder in LaSalle County, Illinois, make for worthwhile if difficult viewing, sorting through the failures of law enforcement and the criminal justice system.
On Discovery+, the three-part “Hunt for the Chicago Strangler” may have an artless news magazine format, but it’s a more sensitive project than its lurid title suggests. Narrated by the actress Tonya Pinkins (a Chicago native), the series centers on the murders of more than
