Albert DeSalvo, the alleged Boston Strangler, was never arrested, charged, tried, or convicted for murdering any of the 14 victims attributed to the killer. The only evidence against DeSalvo was his own confession, a confession spawned by greed and rife with errors…the same errors that were erroneously reported in press coverage that was scrutinized by […]
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The Greatest Crime Scene Photo of All Time
Submission for your approval: Andrew Borden as he was found the morning of August 4th, 1892, in his Fall River Massachusetts home, after being hacked to death with a hatchet. His wife Abby also lay similarly slain in an upstairs bedroom… Why is this picture the greatest crime scene photo of all time? For starters, […]
An Astrologer Looks at Lizzie Borden
This information is taken from the book “The Astrologer Looks at Murder” by Barbara Watters (1969). I was skeptical, but it has a chapter on Lizzie. Ms. Watters was the “leading astrological consultant in the nation’s capitol”, plus she lived in Fall River for 12 years. It turned out to be one of the best essays […]