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Author: Boston Strangler, my handyman ....i had a friend who knew desalvo well, he was a corrections officer at walpole state prison, now known as cedar junction. desalvo wrote a poem in his own hand that i still have. he used to joke about being 'allergic' to nylon,he thought he was a rare wit.

i remember the terror and panic. he was probably the first well-known serial killer in America.

didn't he take himself out? desalvo was involved in prison drug trade, and was stabbed to death in the infirmary. people love to kill notorious inmates.

In the courtroom, he suffered from spells of disorientation, staring off vacantly into space and for a time claimed to have amnesia. In periods of lucidity he continued to display loyalty to Hitler, ending with his final speech - "It was granted me for many years to live and work under the greatest son whom my nation has brought forth in the thousand years of its history. Even if I could I would not expunge this period from my existence. I regret nothing. If I were standing once more at the beginning I should act once again as I did then, even if I knew that at the end I should be burnt at the stake?"

In spite of his mental condition, he was sentenced to life in prison. The Soviets blocked all attempts at early release. He committed suicide in 1987 at age 92, the last of the prisoners tried at Nuremberg.

SnoozeControl wrote: Excuse me for laughing, but suicide at 92?:wah:redundant, eh?

Rudolf Hess was sentenced to life and was still in Spandau Prison when he was found dead on 17th August, 1987. Officially he committed suicide but grave doubts have been raised about the possibility of a 93 man in his state of health being able to hang himself with an electrical extension cord without help from someone else. i'm sure there were plenty of volunteers.

who were we talking about anyway? :wah: ......oh, desalvo. he was a real bastard, his victims were mostly older women, and he posed them for maximum shock value to whoever came upon the scene. he was known as the 'measuring man' because he would tell women he was a scout for models, and offer to measure them. poor gullible women.