Decades later, DNA testing and competing theories continue to challenge Albert DeSalvo's admission of guilt Getty In the 1960s, 13 women were killed in the Boston area by a killer dubbed the Boston ...

In this week’s episode of “Zone 7,” Sheryl McCollum talks with author and investigative reporter Casey Sherman about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the early 1960s, fear gripped the City of Boston. Someone was brutally killing single women and leaving an ominous calling card ...

BOSTON — Fifty years ago Wednesday, a factory worker who claimed he was the notorious Boston Strangler was sentenced to prison. But questions still remain around Albert DeSalvo's confession. Many ...

Casey Sherman, the nephew of the youngest known victim of the Boston Strangler, doesn’t believe that the man who confessed to the notorious murders was the right suspect. “I honestly don’t believe ...

Fifty years after the Boston Strangler -- or perhaps several stranglers -- stalked the streets, LIFE recalls the era with ...

Advances in DNA technology have allowed investigators to link longtime suspect Albert DeSalvo to the last of the 1960s slayings attributed to the Boston Strangler, a prosecutor said Thursday. The DNA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Someone was terrorizing the quiet neighborhoods of Boston — single women, quietly getting ready for bed, turning into victims of a ...

Someone was terrorizing the quiet neighborhoods of Boston — single women, quietly getting ready for bed, turning into victims of a nighttime predator who left no easy clues behind. "That confession ...

Years later, Albert DeSalvo confessed to the murders, but he was only linked to the final victim with DNA evidence in 2013 As Oxygen re-examines the case on Oct. 26, doubts still remain about the ...