Albert DeSalvo murdered 13 women in the Boston area in the early 1960s after sexually assaulting them. What seemed to be a closed case with a confession from DeSalvo himself was then thrown wide open when evidence suggested that more than one person was responsible. This episode looks at the entire story of The Boston Strangler. Subscribe to Crime Up Close: This film was first broadcast: 27 Mar 2011 Watch More Documentaries True Lives - Our History - Our World - Our Stories - Taste - Crime Up Close features the very best True Crime, Prison and Policing documentaries from the ITV Studios Archive. Take an UP CLOSE look at some of the world’s most infamous serial killers, unsolved cases and highest security prisons. Content distributed by ITV Studios. #TrueCrime #SerialKiller #documentary