News about Albert DeSalvo

Prison isn't the safest place for notorious criminals, especially those found guilty of horrific crimes against children, as shown by Larry Nassar's assault over the weekend. On Sunday, the former USA gymnastics team doctor, 59, was brutally chastised at the United States Penitentiary Coleman in Florida, where he is serving up to 175 years in prison for insulting some of the country's top athletes. According to jail authorities, the pedophile was stabbed twice in the back and six times in the chest; he suffered from a collapsed lung and is 'good to be alive.'

Albert DeSalvo, a factory worker, was shot and killed 50 years ago during a string of rapes, an apparent crime that came two weeks after he mailed a letter in which he promised to'clear his name.' DeSalvo's confession has since been debunked, and concerns about whether he was the shrouded figure who strangled 13 people have remained to this day. With a cast that includes Keira Knightly as the intrepid news reporter who linked the murders and Henry Fonda as the lead investigator who came up empty handed, an eponymously named true clime film on Hulu explores these issues. The film uncovers a slew of facts that might be familiar to those who lived under the killer's reign of terror, as well as debating whether he was really captured.

The 34-year-old mother of two gathered her belongings to return home despite being glancing at the clock. The only sound that penetrated the night's eeriness was the clatter of her high heels, as she approached the garage where her car was parked. Jean and her colleague Loretta McLaughlin had been involved in an investigation into the man who seemed to exist like a phantom in his victims' locked homes, sexually assaulting and killing them, and then vanishing without trace. The murders had sparked fear in women of all ages, young and old. And Loretta and Jean's investigations 'had caused both of us trempers,' according to Loretta and Jean. Given the factual nature of their investigations, it's no surprise that we're looking at the minutiae of each death for clues. In a grotesque parody of a gynaecological examination, take victim Ida Irga, whose half-naked body had been discovered with her feet propped up on chairs, a pillow under her buttocks, and a white pillowcase tied around her neck.

Keira Knightley is back in time once more — this time to a particularly scary period of history: the Boston Strangler, a serial killer who was feared as the Boston Strangler. The first trailer for the film "Boston Strangler" debuted on Feb. 21nd, and Knightly plays journalist Loretta McLaughlin, who was among the first to realize there was a connection between a string of murders. She's on her way to becoming the Boston Strangler, which would make her a serial killer. According to Biography, the Boston Strangler killed at least 11 people between 1962 and 1964. Albert DeSalvo, a man who was not arrested and was discovered dead in his cell in 1973, but later admitted to the murders when already in jail. He was the killer in 2013 as per New Scientist, DNA tests eventually established that he was the perpetrator.

In her video, Lauren Elaine Skirvin, 38, of Los Angeles, compiled a list of serial killers whose zodiac signs were either Virgo, Gemini, Pisces, or Sagittarius. On the short list, Virgos Ed Gein and Albert DeSalvo of Virgo stand out, and she pointed out that "Virgo stands out the most." Jeffrey Dahmer (inset) and 'Son of Sam' David Berkowitz are Geminis, while John Wayne Gacy and Richard 'The Night Stalker' Ramirez are Pisces. Skirvin narrated that Virgo, Gemini, Pisces, and Sagittarius are all mutable signs that are associated with being a 'chameleon.'