The Boston Stranglers
Published on 8. August 2013
304 pages
978-0-7860-3534-2 (ISBN)
Description
Was Albert DeSalvo Really the Boston Strangler?
Handyman Albert DeSalvo confessed to eleven brutal rape/murders that terrorized Boston from 1962 to 1964. The repeat sex offender boasted he had raped an additional 2,000 women. His story became the subject of a bestselling book, a major Hollywood movie, and a Hulu docuseries. But DeSalvo was not The Boston Strangler.
Author Susan Kelly's detailed investigation shows us the true DeSalvo-a pathological liar whose hunger for celebrity drove him to false confessions-and indicates that the stranglings were committed by more than one killer. Exploring stunning DNA findings, a shocking re-autopsy, expert profiling evidence, and other recent developments, she shows why this savage, unsolved case continues to fascinate and haunt us.
Handyman Albert DeSalvo confessed to eleven brutal rape/murders that terrorized Boston from 1962 to 1964. The repeat sex offender boasted he had raped an additional 2,000 women. His story became the subject of a bestselling book, a major Hollywood movie, and a Hulu docuseries. But DeSalvo was not The Boston Strangler.
Author Susan Kelly's detailed investigation shows us the true DeSalvo-a pathological liar whose hunger for celebrity drove him to false confessions-and indicates that the stranglings were committed by more than one killer. Exploring stunning DNA findings, a shocking re-autopsy, expert profiling evidence, and other recent developments, she shows why this savage, unsolved case continues to fascinate and haunt us.
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Susan Kelly is the author of ten crime novels. She lives in west London with her solicitor husband and their cat.
Content
- Intro
- An Acclaimed Account of a Notorious Murder Case
- Also by Susan Kelly
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright Page
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Preface
- Epigraph
- PART ONE
- 1 - A Time of Terror
- 2 - Police Under Fire
- 3 - The State Takes Over
- 4 - Psychiatrists and Psychics
- PART TWO
- 5 - The Measuring Man
- 6 - The Green Man
- 7 - A Murder in the Suburbs
- 8 - Enter George Nassar . . . And F. Lee Bailey
- 9 - The Cuckoo's Nest
- 10 - Bailey Takes Action
- 11 - Wheeling and Dealing
- 12 - The Green Man Goes to Trial
- PART THREE
- 13 - A Great Escape, a Musical Interlude, and More Wheeling and Dealing
- 14 - Hooray for Hollywood
- 15 - From Jet Plane Lawyer to Helicopter Lawyer
- 16 - The Burnim and Bailey Circus, I
- 17 - The Burnim and Bailey Circus, II
- 18 - Endgame
- PART FOUR
- 19 - Grave Doubts
- 20 - Origins of a Hoax
- 21 - The Confessions of Albert DeSalvo, I
- 22 - The Confessions of Albert DeSalvo, II
- 23 - The Confessions of Albert DeSalvo, III
- 24 - The Confessions of Albert DeSalvo, IV
- PART FIVE
- 25 - The Murders of Anna Slesers, Nina Nichols, Helen Blake, Margaret Davis, and Jane Sullivan
- 26 - The Murder of Sophie Clark
- 27 - The Murder of Patricia Bissette, I
- 28 - The Murder of Patricia Bissette, II
- 29 - The Murder of Patricia Bissette, III
- 30 - The Murder of Beverly Samans, I
- 31 - The Murder of Beverly Samans, II
- 32 - The Murders of Evelyn Corbin and Joann Graff
- 33 - The Murder of Mary Sullivan
- PART SIX
- 34 - Final Thoughts
- 35 - Last Moments
- Epilogue
- Update
- Update: 2013
- Bibliography
- Sources
- Notes
- About the Author
