Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 32 minutes ago
Tried and convicted to life in prison for earlier unrelated robberies and sexual crimes, Albert DeSalvo also confessed to being the infamous 'Boston Strangler', who had sexually assaulted and strangled at least 13 women in the city of Boston between 1962 and 1964. However, he later retracted his confession, and there was no physical evidence tying him to the stranglings. Was he indeed the Boston Strangler?
Note that this program was made in 1992. In 2013, DNA evidence conclusively proved that DeSalvo was responsible for raping and killing Mary Sullivan. Doubts still remain over whether he was responsible for the other 12 murders. Robert Ressler, the famous FBI serial killer profiler, said of the murders in 2001: '...it's inconceivable behaviorally that all these could fit one individual.'
This is the full-length episode. Previous uploads are TV recordings with 3 minutes of footage cut.
Tried and convicted to life in prison for earlier unrelated robberies and sexual crimes, Albert DeSalvo also confessed to being the infamous 'Boston Strangler', who had sexually assaulted and strangled at least 13 women in the city of Boston between 1962 and 1964. However, he later retracted his confession, and there was no physical evidence tying him to the stranglings. Was he indeed the Boston Strangler?
Note that this program was made in 1992. In 2013, DNA evidence conclusively proved that DeSalvo was responsible for raping and killing Mary Sullivan. Doubts still remain over whether he was responsible for the other 12 murders. Robert Ressler, the famous FBI serial killer profiler, said of the murders in 2001: '...it's inconceivable behaviorally that all these could fit one individual.'
This is the full-length episode. Previous uploads are TV recordings with 3 minutes of footage cut.
