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you can’t run from your past forever
welcome to watchmojo.com and a special
series about famous murderers for this
list will be ranking the most
interesting facts surrounding Albert
DeSalvo the man who confessed to the
strangulation assault and murder of 11
women in the Boston area during the
early 1960s these murders were projected
in the media and popular culture as
being the work of a serial killer known
as the Boston Strangler and here are our
picks for the five most intriguing bits
of information from this very complex
and troubling case full blown maniac on
our hands
number 5 victims were usually strangled
with their own underwear or stockings
the body of 55 year old Anna slicers was
found with a sash tied around her neck
the Boston Strangler crimes were also
referred to as the Silk Stocking murders
due to the fact that most of the victims
were strangled with articles of their
own clothing the killer also earned the
nickname the phantom strangler due to
his ability to make his way into the
victims apartment with relative ease
this was usually achieved by DeSalvo
posing as some sort of repairman
delivery service or sales associate
making the rounds in the neighborhood
they’re all scared
he still opened their doors the
aftermath of de salvos crimes also
featured some troubling calling cards
such as when his victims were discovered
with their bondage ties knotted up
neatly in a bow two stockings and a bra
were wrapped tightly around her neck
fashioned into a bow
the final strangler victim Mary Sullivan
was also found with card left near her
foot which read Happy New Year number
four the strangler was once known as the
measuring man yes before he confessed to
being the Boston Strangler he had
another criminal alias but tragically
his history of violence goes back even
further sources close to the DeSalvo
family reported that his father Frank
was a violent alcoholic and extremely
abusive towards his wife Charlotte and
their kids
Frank DeSalvo reportedly battered his
spouse and forced the children to
witnesses rendevouz with prostitutes
albert turned to crime early in life he
was known to torture animals and was
arrested for battery and robbery at only
12 years old as an adult he earned the
nickname the measuring man due to his
practice of knocking on the doors of
women in the area and asking if he could
take their measurements for modeling
photos he would then fondle and
proposition them
during the process a ritual whose
severity worsened to the point where
DeSalvo was actually arrested for a
series of rapes in the Boston area
number 3 Albert DeSalvo escaped from
prison the same year he was convicted in
1967 DeSalvo was sentenced to life in
prison over his stint as the measuring
man while the waiting trial DeSalvo
confessed to his cellmate Jorge Nasser
that he was indeed the Boston Strangler
the police were impressed by the level
of detail with which DeSalvo could
describe the crime scenes but ultimately
there was no evidence to link him to the
murders and so he was never tried after
starting to serve his sentence for rape
at Bridgewater State Hospital DeSalvo
then made a daring escape with two other
inmates his time as a free man didn’t
last long however as DeSalvo turned
himself in after only three days on the
lam whereupon he was brought to a
maximum-security prison in Walpole
Massachusetts six years later he was
stabbed to death by an unknown assailant
although Robert Wilson a purported
associate of James whitey Bulger’s
Winter Hill Gang was tried for de salvos
murder the case ended in a hung jury and
no other suspects were ever brought up
on charges
number two his body was exhumed to solve
the final strangler murder before his
death Albert DeSalvo recanted his
earlier Boston Strangler confessions
casting some degree of doubt on the
killer’s identity once more we’ll get
into that doubt more in a minute but as
such there might never be closure for
some of the families of the Boston
Strangler killings however for the loved
ones of Mary Sullivan the youngest
strangler victim at only 19 years old
justice was finally served in 2013
DeSalvo –zz body was exhumed in order
to officially linked him to the DNA
found at the scene of Sullivan’s rape
and murder in July of that year
officials revealed that there was a link
to the DNA of Albert DeSalvo and seminal
fluid found in Mary Sullivan’s apartment
Mary Sullivan’s nephew Casey Sherman was
skeptical about the news as he believed
Albert DeSalvo was innocent of this
crime
in fact Sherman had been working with
the DeSalvo family to exonerate him you
look at Albert DeSalvo the criminal okay
he was never charged with any of the
Boston Strangler murders the only fun
thing that ever tied him to the case was
his so-called confession number one
there might have been more than one
killer yes many have posited that the
murders attributed to the strangler were
so varied that they couldn’t possibly be
the work of just one perpetrator
furthermore there were a number of
inconsistencies into salvos confession
and some inaccurate descriptions of
details and times of death for a number
of his victims the only link between
Albert DeSalvo and Mary Sullivan’s
murder was his confession some speculate
that DeSalvo and George Nasser the
cellmate who first heard his confession
were somehow in cahoots
DeSalvo may have confessed so he could
take the fall for Nasser after all
DeSalvo was already going to be in
prison for life or maybe he confessed so
that Nasser could take the reward money
and give some of it to DeSalvo his wife
and child on the outside this theory
doesn’t eliminate the fact that DeSalvo
was linked to Mary Sullivan’s murder via
his DNA however adding further fuel to
the conspiracy fires
which will probably always surround the
mystery of the Boston Strangler
despite widespread public certainty that
DeSalvo was the strangler some of those
familiar with the case have lingering
questions so who do you think was behind
the strangler murders was it DeSalvo
George Nasser a bunch of unknown
perpetrators for more justice-seeking
top 10 and wrongfully convicted top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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you can’t run from your past forever
welcome to watchmojo.com and a special
series about famous murderers for this
list will be ranking the most
interesting facts surrounding Albert
DeSalvo the man who confessed to the
strangulation assault and murder of 11
women in the Boston area during the
early 1960s these murders were projected
in the media and popular culture as
being the work of a serial killer known
as the Boston Strangler and here are our
picks for the five most intriguing bits
of information from this very complex
and troubling case full blown maniac on
our hands
number 5 victims were usually strangled
with their own underwear or stockings
the body of 55 year old Anna slicers was
found with a sash tied around her neck
the Boston Strangler crimes were also
referred to as the Silk Stocking murders
due to the fact that most of the victims
were strangled with articles of their
own clothing the killer also earned the
nickname the phantom strangler due to
his ability to make his way into the
victims apartment with relative ease
this was usually achieved by DeSalvo
posing as some sort of repairman
delivery service or sales associate
making the rounds in the neighborhood
they’re all scared
he still opened their doors the
aftermath of de salvos crimes also
featured some troubling calling cards
such as when his victims were discovered
with their bondage ties knotted up
neatly in a bow two stockings and a bra
were wrapped tightly around her neck
fashioned into a bow
the final strangler victim Mary Sullivan
was also found with card left near her
foot which read Happy New Year number
four the strangler was once known as the
measuring man yes before he confessed to
being the Boston Strangler he had
another criminal alias but tragically
his history of violence goes back even
further sources close to the DeSalvo
family reported that his father Frank
was a violent alcoholic and extremely
abusive towards his wife Charlotte and
their kids
Frank DeSalvo reportedly battered his
spouse and forced the children to
witnesses rendevouz with prostitutes
albert turned to crime early in life he
was known to torture animals and was
arrested for battery and robbery at only
12 years old as an adult he earned the
nickname the measuring man due to his
practice of knocking on the doors of
women in the area and asking if he could
take their measurements for modeling
photos he would then fondle and
proposition them
during the process a ritual whose
severity worsened to the point where
DeSalvo was actually arrested for a
series of rapes in the Boston area
number 3 Albert DeSalvo escaped from
prison the same year he was convicted in
1967 DeSalvo was sentenced to life in
prison over his stint as the measuring
man while the waiting trial DeSalvo
confessed to his cellmate Jorge Nasser
that he was indeed the Boston Strangler
the police were impressed by the level
of detail with which DeSalvo could
describe the crime scenes but ultimately
there was no evidence to link him to the
murders and so he was never tried after
starting to serve his sentence for rape
at Bridgewater State Hospital DeSalvo
then made a daring escape with two other
inmates his time as a free man didn’t
last long however as DeSalvo turned
himself in after only three days on the
lam whereupon he was brought to a
maximum-security prison in Walpole
Massachusetts six years later he was
stabbed to death by an unknown assailant
although Robert Wilson a purported
associate of James whitey Bulger’s
Winter Hill Gang was tried for de salvos
murder the case ended in a hung jury and
no other suspects were ever brought up
on charges
number two his body was exhumed to solve
the final strangler murder before his
death Albert DeSalvo recanted his
earlier Boston Strangler confessions
casting some degree of doubt on the
killer’s identity once more we’ll get
into that doubt more in a minute but as
such there might never be closure for
some of the families of the Boston
Strangler killings however for the loved
ones of Mary Sullivan the youngest
strangler victim at only 19 years old
justice was finally served in 2013
DeSalvo –zz body was exhumed in order
to officially linked him to the DNA
found at the scene of Sullivan’s rape
and murder in July of that year
officials revealed that there was a link
to the DNA of Albert DeSalvo and seminal
fluid found in Mary Sullivan’s apartment
Mary Sullivan’s nephew Casey Sherman was
skeptical about the news as he believed
Albert DeSalvo was innocent of this
crime
in fact Sherman had been working with
the DeSalvo family to exonerate him you
look at Albert DeSalvo the criminal okay
he was never charged with any of the
Boston Strangler murders the only fun
thing that ever tied him to the case was
his so-called confession number one
there might have been more than one
killer yes many have posited that the
murders attributed to the strangler were
so varied that they couldn’t possibly be
the work of just one perpetrator
furthermore there were a number of
inconsistencies into salvos confession
and some inaccurate descriptions of
details and times of death for a number
of his victims the only link between
Albert DeSalvo and Mary Sullivan’s
murder was his confession some speculate
that DeSalvo and George Nasser the
cellmate who first heard his confession
were somehow in cahoots
DeSalvo may have confessed so he could
take the fall for Nasser after all
DeSalvo was already going to be in
prison for life or maybe he confessed so
that Nasser could take the reward money
and give some of it to DeSalvo his wife
and child on the outside this theory
doesn’t eliminate the fact that DeSalvo
was linked to Mary Sullivan’s murder via
his DNA however adding further fuel to
the conspiracy fires
which will probably always surround the
mystery of the Boston Strangler
despite widespread public certainty that
DeSalvo was the strangler some of those
familiar with the case have lingering
questions so who do you think was behind
the strangler murders was it DeSalvo
George Nasser a bunch of unknown
perpetrators for more justice-seeking
top 10 and wrongfully convicted top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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