Boston Strangler: The Untold Story Page #7

But, I mean, it was necessary and...

Okay, that's lots of information.

We might have to go

back a few steps, though,

just to make sure we got it all right.

I mean, we got it all.

You know how judges are.

Sure. I understand.

So...

Let's take a step back.

You said that on the night

of the Slesers murder,

you hid in the closet,

and then you followed her

into the bedroom.

Is that right?

Yeah, yeah, sure.

That's exactly what happened.

I'm sorry, Al.

Sorry?

Is that all you've got to say?

You see, I'm the one

who's gonna go to Walpole.

The appeal is already in motion.

Did you see the faces

on those jurors?

You see them?

Those God-fearing people?

They hated me.

They want to see me fry.

They sent me right to the chair.

We'll appeal it.

It's just...

Everybody's all in a frenzy

about the Strangler.

It's too soon.

Oh, yeah?

Is that your professional opinion?

At least you'll be

with Frank in Walpole.

Frank's going to the freakin' electric chair,

and you know it!

That's on appeal, too.

Look, Albert, you're still going

to get your money.

You're going to get your book deal,

your movie deal.

All of that is still coming through.

But Walpole!

For Christ's sake, Walpole!

They will f***ing kill me there!

I'm gonna die there!

Albert?

This is your life.

You did this! Not me.

Not anyone else.

I've done everything that I could.

Everything.

Do you want me to appeal the verdict?

I don't know. I don...

Does Frank think I shou...

For God's sake, for once,

forget about Frank!

I'm your attorney!

I am!

Listen to me.

We can appeal this thing

and get you in an institution.

Okay?

Is that what you want?

Yeah.

Yeah, maybe you're right.

By the time the court hears the appeal,

this whole Strangler thing will be...

old news.

Right?

Yeah.

Right.

Stay strong.

Lay low.

Everything will be fine.

This is my world.

And we'll get you out of it, Al.

Need a little money

while you're in here, hmm?

Forty will last you.

Not enough for the f***ing casket.

Albert Henry De Salvo,

the 35-year-old mental patient

who says he murdered 13 women

as the Boston Strangler,

was found guilty tonight

of armed robbery,

assault, and sex offenses

involving four women.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

De Salvo's lawyer,

who had asked a jury of 12 men

to find the defendant

not guilty by reason of insanity,

told newsmen bitterly, quote, unquote,

"Massachusetts has burned another witch.

"No fault of the jury's, of course.

It's the fault of the law. "

His case was built on

the argument that De Salvo

was a schizophrenic personality.

Although the 13 murders

committed in the Boston area

from mid-1962 to early 1964

were not a part of his trial,

De Salvo's lawyer tried to inject testimony

relating to them.

He said he felt these

crimes were so monstrous

that the jury must agree

that his client was insane.

But the court refused to permit testimony

relating to the stranglings.

De Salvo, a former military policeman

and former middleweight boxing champion

of the Armed Forces in Germany,

stood erect and wan as the jury foreman,

F. Hunter Rowley of Concord,

a brokerage firm analyst,

reported him "guilty"

on each count of a 10-count indictment.

The jury deliberated three hours...

I just can't take it no more, you know?

I just can't take no more.

It's time, man.

Six years is enough time.

I'm a changed man, you know.

I ain't the same man I used to be.

I help the old people now,

I work in the infirmary,

I haven't had a drink since

I broke out of Bridgewater.

Now what's the difference

if I tell the real story now?

What's the difference

if I tell that I ain't the Boston Strangler?

That I never was the Boston Strangler.

I don't need the fame no more.

And I ain't seen a dime

from any of this mess,

not a freakin' dime!

You know,

maybe if I tell the truth,

my family will talk to me, you know?

You can't say nothing.

Nothing, to nobody.

And that's for the rest of your life.

But why, Frank? Why?

What's the difference?

Because I'm telling you not to.

I'm in this too, you know?

I don't want no problems,

no press, no nothing.

There's no sense in rehashing the past.

In my book,

it's over.

You're talking like you got something

you don't want me to know, Frank.

You hiding something?

You better shut up, boy!

Before I grab your head

and I bust it against those bars.

Sounds like you got a secret.

Sounds like you've been holding

on to something for all these years.

I'm done talking.

I've said enough.

You can do with it

whatever the f*** you want.

Do you even know what you have done?

You're running out of time.

Why you giving up so easy?

I got needs,

I'm a f***ing man!

You're my wife!

I ain't the same man I used to be.

Guard?

Hello, Dr. Arlen?

It's Albert.

Albert De Salvo.

I must say,

I'm surprised to hear from you.

How have you been?

Actually, uh, I've been doing well.

You know,

Walpole ain't so bad after all.

Well, I'm very happy to hear that.

But listen, if you wouldn't mind

relieving me of my curiosity,

why are you calling me?

I got some things

I want to get off my chest.

Well, I'm sure they have

mental health professionals

there who can help you.

No, no, this is different, Dr. Arlen.

I want to tell the truth

about the Boston Strangler murders.

I see.

Look, uh, Albert,

let's not do this over

the phone, all right?

I'll arrange to meet you

at 9 A. M. Tomorrow morning.

I'll set up a private therapy room.

We can talk there.

That'd be great.

Thanks, Doc.

Thanks a lot, huh?

Who's over there?

Who's there?

Who are ya?

Ah! Oh! What are you doing?

What are you doing?

What the f*** are you doing?

You gonna f***ing talk now?

F***ing snitch!

Guard, we're done here.

Albert H. De Salvo,

who became known

as the Boston Strangler,

was found stabbed to death

at Walpole State Prison this morning.

The prison authorities said

that the 40-year-old inmate's body

was discovered in his cell bed

in the prison's hospital wing

at 7:
00 A. M.

De Salvo, who worked as

an orderly in the hospital,

was said to have died

of multiple stab wounds.

The Norfolk County District Attorney

said tonight that a possible suspect

had been questioned,

but that no arrest had been made.

Although De Salvo confessed

the details of the slayings

of 13 women from the Boston area

to a psychiatrist,

and became widely known

as the Boston Strangler...

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