Albert DeSalvo “The Boston Strangler”: A Natural Born Killer Or The Perfect Scapegoat?
Investigating The Inconsistencies In The Boston Stranglers’ Confession
As the Strangler’s nickname implies, the victims were killed by strangulation, usually with their own nylon stockings. Sometimes the killer constructed ligatures by weaving together a bunch of smaller ones.
According to some sources, the Strangler also had a habit of tying the murder weapons and/or other handy lengths of fabric such as handkerchiefs around the victims’ necks into a bow.
The Boston Strangler’s Modus Operandi
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In the 1960s, residents of Boston Massachusetts lived in fear and paranoia after news broke about a series of murders happening almost consecutively in just under 2 years. The victims all of whom were women of status and power were found dead in their homes with seemingly no signs of a break-in or struggle indicating that the victims willingly let their killer in.
The killer would be dubbed the Boston Strangler due to his sickening methods of strangling and then…
