MA MA - ALBERT DESALVO, The Boston Strangler, 1960's

[Susan Kelly]

Yes, they are. The youngest would probably be in their late sixties, but certainly still alive.

 

[STANDREID]

F. Lee Bailey and Nassar are both still alive but they weren't involved when the murders were ongoing.

That is, unless you think Nassar did it.

 

[Susan Kelly]

Just wanted to let you know that I'll be posting essays at www.zacharykleinonline.com every other Monday, starting May 18. My June 1 article is "Why We Write About Crime," which may interest you. It will be the lead article till June 8, but will still be featured after that.

I hope you enjoy it.

 

[STANDREID]

That is, unless you think Nassar did it.

Nassar is now 83.

 

[STANDREID]

Song with Boston Strangler connections

[video=youtube;gG3DNiifhVQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG3DNiifhVQ[/video]

 

[STANDREID]

Has anyone tried to connect the 1961 Joan Risch case to Boston S? If it was, then it wasn't DeSalvo because he was in prison at the time.

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/646dfma.html

 

[STANDREID]

There have been at least 5 movies inspired by the case:

The Strangler(1964)
No Way to Treat a Lady(1968)
The Boston Strangler(1968)
The Boston Strangler(2006)
Boston Strangler: The Untold Story(2008)

The trailer for the first that came out before DeSalvo was on the radar:

[video=youtube;vLfwVMy7fXI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLfwVMy7fXI[/video]

 

[STANDREID]

The trailer for the second, by a few months, Strangler inspired movie:

[video=youtube;1uivCJAPhjQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uivCJAPhjQ[/video]

 

[STANDREID]

The trailer for the other 1968 and most well know release:

[video=youtube;l48RxxhjhqM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l48RxxhjhqM"]tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l48RxxhjhqM[/video]

 

[STANDREID]

The trailer for the 2006 The Boston Strangler (some strong content):

[video=youtube;P5OfriRLyeo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5OfriRLyeo[/video]

 

[STANDREID]

And the trailer for 2008's Boston Strangler: The Untold Story:

[video=youtube;hGWytb89wT4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGWytb89wT4[/video]

 

[Pickwick]

George Nassar is now 86 and give a brief interview about Albert DeSalvo.

 

[Richard]

Bumping this thread up.

 

[Dragonfyree]

Where is all the evidence in the strangler cases. There is so much stuff that could probably be tested by touch DNA to even see if they are connected. Scarfs or whatever was used to strangle them. The knives - people forget two of the victims were stabbed - some were beaten with objects - are they still in police custody or as in so many cases did they just throw all this stuff out?.

I would even retest the DNA from Mary Sullivan as more modern testing may bring more results as some are still disputing them - original testing was in 2013.

Do I think he did it? I don't know but the huge difference in victim types is unusual and it's not like he graduated from the Green Man to murder - he was still doing the rapes which are so different from the murders.

Great book to read - The Boston Stranglers by Susan Kelly which really gives you an idea of how different from each other these murders actually were.

 

[Richard]

Good post. You doing up some interesting points.