The Night Strangler is a novel written by Jeff Rice. It was first published in 1974. It was adapted into a screenplay by Richard Matheson for the television movie of the same name.
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A Belly Dance of Death
Ethel Parker was a belly dancer. When Ethel Parker moved, men watched and wanted. But now Ethel Parker wasn't moving. She was lying in a Seattle alley with her neck crushed and blood drained -- the victim of unnatural vengeance. In the weeks to come more young women would die the same way. Unearthly terror had struck once more...and once more, reporter Carl Kolchak was on the scene.