Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler Thirteen women were strangled in Boston, USA, between June 1962 and January 1964. The killer, moved by uncontrollable sexual desires, plausibly talked his way into the confidence of women living alone. Once admitted to their homes, he raped and strangled his victims. His hallmark was to tie the ligature around their necks with a characteristic bow under the ...

Introduction From June 1962 to January 1964 a mysterious murderer known as the 'Boston Strangler' held the women residents of Boston in fear for their lives as he claimed 13 victims in a nineteen-month reign of terror. He would talk or break his way into his female victims apartment then strangle the victim to death usually with something from her own clothes, this would then be knotted up into ...