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Albert DeSalvo confessed but was never convicted for the Boston Stranlgings. 
In 1951 Strangling cases would begin in Maine, spread to Boston, then west. 
With this new book I intend to investigate all of those that occurred in Maine during this time and show their close association with the first phase of the Boston Strangler killings. 

Albert DeSalvo wrote this poem
Before he was murdered in prison :

Here is the story of the Strangler, yet untold,

The man who claims he murdered thirteen women,

Young and old.

The elusive Strangler, there he goes,

Where his wanderlust sends him, no one knows

He struck within the light of day,

Leaving not one clue astray.

Young and old, their lips are sealed,

Their secret of death never revealed.

Even though he is sick in mind,

He’s much too clever for the police to find.

To reveal his secret will bring him fame,

But burden his family with unwanted shame.

Today he sits in a prison cell,

Deep inside only a secret he can tell.

People everywhere are still in doubt,

Is the Strangler in prison or roaming about?


In 2001 DeSalvo was exhumed and DNA testing was done, to see if he was the murderer of the last Strangler Victim. The Forensic Scientist virtually ruled out the evidence obtained from those found on the last victim. As for the other 12, if the same evidence was available, how many would point to DeSalvo as the only Strangler?

The last 3 lines in the poem are what reach out and slap you as you read them. Secret he can tell.....or roaming about.

I for one am quick to mistrust. If he was ruled out on one that he confessed to, why not the others? In the confession, he got the descriptions of the last 2 wrong, but yet still confessed to them? Was there more then one killer? Was there copycat killers? Was DeSalvo a wannabee? My question, what if the killings didn't stop, after DeSalvo confessed?



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