If you go back and look at some of the facts that he details in that confession, almost every one of them originates with the questioner. Professor Saul Kassin, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The Boston Strangler was a creation of the mass media. Elaine Whitfield Sharp, forensic attorney
In the early 1960s Boston was gripped with fear. A killer was on the loose. Ten women were found murdered. They ranged in age from 19 to 75 and they had different ethnic backgrounds. They lived in different neighbourhoods ... They named the killer the Boston Strangler. Unsolved Mysteries
Albert de Salvo would go down in history as the Boston Strangler confessing to the bizarre and brutal murders of thirteen women. A crime-wave that caused city-wide terror. But was Albert de Salvo a born killer? And was he even a killer at all? Born to Kill? Albert de Salvo
One of six brothers and sisters, de Salvo had a particularly hard upbringing. ibid.
De Salvo was accused of sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl. ibid.
With no modelling contracts forthcoming, women began to report the bizarre sexual assaults. The police dubbed the phantom agent The Measuring Man. ibid.
De Salvo was diagnosed as a sociopath and sent to prison. Then soon after his release, eleven months later, there began a series of attacks that would shock the city of Boston to its core. ibid.
Then the Strangler suddenly stopped. Faced with almost a dozen unsolved murders the State’s Attorney General formed a dedicated Strangler Bureau. ibid.
The rapist, wearing green workman’s clothes, became known as the Green Man. ibid.
Police estimated that de Salvo, as the Green Man, may have committed hundreds of assaults. ibid.
He would make a staggering claim ... He is the Boston Strangler. ibid.
There was no physical evidence linking de Salvo to the crimes. ibid.
Albert de Salvo was found stabbed to death in his locked cell. No-one was ever convicted of his murder. ibid.
The Boston Strangler case remains officially open. ibid.
I have no doubt that Albert de Salvo was a serial killer. Professor David Wilson
1962: On the evening of June 14th on a quiet street in the Back Bay area, Boston is about to get a much grizzlier reputation. Serial Killers s1e4: De Salvo, Channel 5 1999
An unusual burglar had been caught in nearby Cambridge as he ran from the scene of an attempted break-in. His name is Albert de Salvo. ibid.
‘Easy going, smiled easily and was very polite.’ F Lee Bailey
Albert de Salvo’s motivations remain as difficult to prove as the crimes he claimed to have committed. ibid.
A psychotic strangler was on the loose in the Boston area. 13 women murdered in 18 months … A madman dubbed the Boston Strangler. True Crime Recaps: The Infamous Case of the Boston Strangler, Youtube 11.33, 2022
A confession came from a convicted predator already behind bars, Albert de Salvo. But to this day some experts believe there was more than one killer responsible. ibid.
Albert was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on September 3rd 1931. His childhood was brutal thanks to his father. ibid.
DESTEFANO, MAD SAM: Mad Sam DeStefano - Mobsters TV -
Then I became what they call a raving maniac. Do I make myself clear? Mad Sam DeStefano
August 1961: a hot summer night on Chicago’s south-west side, outside a meat-packing plant … Mobsters Tony Spilotro and Mario DeStefano dragged Jackson inside the warehouse: Mad Sam was waiting. Mobsters s4e3: Mad Sam DeStefano, Biography 2012
The [42] Gang gave Sam junior the opportunity he had been looking for to make real money. ibid.
Sam DeStefano began his juice-loan racket. ibid.
While DeStefano amused the public, his outfit bosses were not laughing. ibid.
The Mobster who had killed a brother he didn’t trust was undone by the one he did. ibid.
DEWANI, ANNI murder: Murder on Honeymoon TV - The Sun - The Honeymoon Murder: Who Killed Anni? TV - Zola Tongo - Panorama TV - True Crime Recaps 2022 -
This is Anni Dewani, dancing for her husband Shrien on their wedding day. Two weeks after the biggest day of her life Anni was dead, murdered on her honeymoon. Murder on Honeymoon
Shrien Dewani said his wife was the victim of a hijack. But claims soon emerged that Dewani had paid to have his wife killed. ibid.
The wedding cost £150,000. ibid.
Beneath the surface there were tensions. ibid.
The police case against Shrien Dewani relies heavily on the driver Zola Tongo. ibid.
A few days before her murder Anni described Shrien as a monster. ibid.
The plea bargain raises serious questions about Tongo’s evidence, according to Dewani’s defence team. ibid.
Questions have also been raised about the confessions of the two alleged killers. ibid.
Dewani has denied being gay. ibid.
I Didn’t Kill My Bride: Tycoon denies link to honeymoon murder. The Sun front page
A young bride – Anni Dewani – on her South African honeymoon hours before her death. The Honeymoon Murder: Who Killed Anni? BBC 2013
It raises serious doubts about the integrity of the South African criminal justice system. ibid.
The case against Shrien: he lands in Capetown with Anni and in little more than one hour arranges his wife’s murder with a taxi driver. ibid.
He looks like a distraught man on previously unseen CCTV. ibid.
Incompetence, flawed evidence and lies. ibid.
After we arrived at the hotel, Shrien Dewani approached me alone and asked me if I knew anyone that could ‘have a client of his taken off the scene’. After some discussion with him, I understood that he wanted someone, a woman, killed. He said he was willing to pay an amount of R15,000. Shrien Dewani said he had US dollars and could pay in US dollars. After contacting a friend, we agreed that Shrien Dewani and I would be ejected from the vehicle and that the female occupant had to be killed. Zola Tongo
Her wedding had been a lavish affair; her murder was squalid and remains a mystery. Panorama: The Honeymoon Murder: Who Killed Anni? BBC 2013
The same man, South African police said, paid hitmen to execute his wife. Anni’s family are devastated and they’re desperate for Shrien to go back to South Africa and face trial. ibid.
At an identity parade two weeks after her death three local men behind the killing were picked out. All three have since been convicted, but the South Africans believe one man is missing from this lineup. ibid.
But is this case really so clear cut? ibid.
Fighting a lot with Shrien … Wish I had never got engaged … We have nothing in common … Hate him … I don’t feel happy at all … ibid. her honeymoon texts
Shrien Dewani did not gain financially from Anni’s death. The South Africans believe there was a different motive – Shrien’s sexuality. ibid.