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Jul 11, 2013 · Then DeSalvo, a convicted rapist, made a jailhouse confession claiming that he was the Boston Strangler and provided details on the 11 murdered women. But DeSalvo was never charged in the case and ...
On July 8, 1962, the Sunday Herald wrote that "[a] mad strangler is loose in Boston" in an article titled "Mad Strangler Kills Four Women in Boston". The killer was also known as the "Phantom Fiend" [6] or "Phantom Strangler", [7] due to his ability to get women to allow him into their apartments.
His crimes were the subject of numerous books and a film, though the exact number of victims—as well as his identity—proved a matter of controversy. The Boston Strangler’s first victim, a 55-year-old woman, was sexually assaulted and strangled in her ransacked apartment on June 14, 1962.
- John Philip Jenkins
Mar 16, 2023 · The Boston Strangler is credited with the killings of 13 women between June 1962 and January 1964. Ranging in age from 19 to 85, most of the victims were sexually assaulted in their homes,...
Apr 2, 2014 · Convicted criminal Albert DeSalvo is best known for confessing to be the “Boston Strangler,” who killed 13 women in Boston in the early 1960s. By Biography.com Editors and Adrienne...
He would then fondle the women as he took their measurements. Several women contacted the police and this man was referred to as the “Measuring Man.” In March of 1960, police caught a man breaking into a house.
Mar 15, 2023 · The man's name was Albert DeSalvo, and after his picture was released, a number of other women came forward to say they too had been raped by DeSalvo. Police arrested DeSalvo on multiple counts...
