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Podcast: Monte & The Pharaoh
Episode: True Crime Episode 1 - Boston Strangler
Description: True Crime Episode 1 - Boston Strangler
This article is about the murderer. For the 1968 film, see The Boston StranglerĀ (film). For the 2023 film, seeĀ Boston StranglerĀ (film).
TheĀ Boston StranglerĀ is the name given to the murderer of 13 women inĀ Greater BostonĀ during the early 1960s. The crimes were attributed toĀ Albert DeSalvoĀ based on his confession, on details revealed in court during a separate case,[1]Ā andĀ DNA evidenceĀ linking him to the final victim.[2]
In the years following DeSalvo's conviction ā but prior to the emergence of this DNA evidence ā various parties investigating the crimes sugge...