Entertainment Critic Boston in the early 1960s was a bleak place courtesy of the Boston Strangler, a mysterious fiend who preyed upon unsuspecting single women of various ages in their apartments.

BOSTON - A Springfield, Massachusetts man says he gave police evidence that points to a suspect in the Boston Strangler investigation - not Albert DeSalvo. DeSalvo was widely thought to be the ...

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One of the most terrifying aspects of the killer was his ability to access apartments: as well as gaining the moniker Boston Strangler, he was also called the Phantom Fiend and Phantom Strangler.

They found 13 strangler fig species (319 individuals) widely colonized 67 host species. Among them, palm hosts accounted for 52% of all host individuals. The strangler figs had a higher ...