The Boston Strangler
Gerold Frank
- **The
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- account
- of
- the
- serial
- killer’s
- rampage
- and
- the
- ensuing
- manhunt.
- Now
- a
- Hulu
- true
- crime
- thriller
- starring
- Keira
- Knightley.On
- June
- 14,
- 1962,
- twenty-five-year-old
- Juris
- Slesers
- arrived
- at
- his
- mother’s
- apartment
- to
- drive
- her
- to
- church.
- But
- there
- was
- no
- answer
- at
- the
- door.
- When
- he
- pushed
- his
- way
- inside,
- Juris
- found
- Anna
- Slesers
- dead
- on
- the
- kitchen
- floor,
- the
- cord
- of
- her
- housecoat
- knotted
- tightly
- around
- her
- neck.Over
- the
- next
- two
- years,
- twelve
- more
- bodies
- were
- discovered
- in
- and
- around
- Boston:
- all
- women,
- all
- sexually
- assaulted,
- and
- all
- strangled.
- None
- of
- the
- victims
- exhibited
- any
- signs
- of
- struggle,
- nothing
- was
- stolen
- from
- their
- homes,
- and
- there
- were
- no
- signs
- of
- forcible
- entry.
- The
- police
- could
- find
- no
- discernable
- motive
- or
- clues.
- Who
- was
- this
- madman?
- How
- was
- he
- entering
- women’s
- homes?
- And
- what
- insanity
- was
- driving
- him?Drawn
- from
- hundreds
- of
- hours
- of
- personal
- interviews,
- as
- well
- as
- police,
- medical,
- and
- court
- documentation,
- this
- is
- a
- grisly,
- horrifying,
- and
- meticulously
- researched
- account
- of
- Albert
- DeSalvo—an
- American
- serial
- killer
- on
- par
- with
- Jack
- the Ripper.
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