October 17, 2023

85. Salem History: The Boston Strangler

1 hour 8 minutes

Ready for some true crime? It is history after all...

We've got two cases for you! And with that, two episodes! Join your favorite Salem tour guides as they share with each other, and you, a true crime story each. Jeffrey's going first and covering the Boston Strangler - an infamous serial killer from Boston in the early 1960’s who is credited with 13 murders completed in the short span of 18 months. Who is the Strangler? Was he ever caught? Why did he kill? And how did it all end?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Strangler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_DeSalvo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nassar

https://www.theatlantic.com/projects/the-future-of-the-city/archive/2010/05/the-mad-strangler-of-boston/57108/

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2229&dat=19620708&id=BAMzAAAAIBAJ&pg=1965,2258222

https://web.archive.org/web/20081222085607/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,896645,00.html

https://web.archive.org/web20230224202030/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-09-30-9203290160-story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/us/dna-evidence-identified-in-boston-strangler-case.html

https://web.archive.org/web20230224202030/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-09-30-9203290160-story.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=n0EEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/notorious/boston/7.html

https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/50-years-ago-boston-strangler-struck-in-salem/article_6205bfc2-e799-5101-9e4e-eb82afaa1d1f.html

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October 17, 2023

85. Salem History: The Boston Strangler

1 hour 8 minutes

Ready for some true crime? It is history after all...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Strangler