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Albert Fish In His Own Words

John Borowski

On December 13, 1934, Albert Fish was apprehended by Detective William King for the kidnapping and murder of ten-year-old Grace Budd. Fish’s defense attorney obtained the services of Dr. Fredric Wertham for Fish’s psychiatric examination. Dr. Wertham’s files were ordered closed until 2010. Documents...

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Murder In America

It was mentioned as the source of a graphic and detailed confession from Albert Fish, detailing the horrific events surrounding the torture and mutilation of a young man.

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I was there till I was nearly nine, and that's where I got started wrong. We were unmercifully whipped. I saw boys doing many things they should not have done.

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Episode: EP. 44 NEW YORK - The Most Disturbing Serial Kille...

It was mentioned as the source of a graphic and detailed confession from Albert Fish, detailing the horrific events surrounding the torture and mutilation of a young man.

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I was there till I was nearly nine, and that's where I got started wrong. We were unmercifully whipped. I saw boys doing many things they should not have done.

I was living then in a house at number 1013 5th Avenue, College Point, the eight of us, Anna and myself and the six children, headed by Albert who was 18 and had a job at the John W. Rapp Works at 10th Avenue and 3rd Street, College Point.

I have always been pretty good at my trade of house painting and we set a good table and paid the rent. We had a small dog and it was always my custom to keep pretty good track of income and outgo.

Put it all down, I say, and you'll never be fooled. I kept track in a little book I carried with me, not only of the money but of food and clothing and all.

in order to prove to you that I am not faking and also to back your own convictions, borrow a 10 cup from pantry and I will drink my own urine and eat my own number two

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