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Albert Fish was an older man with a dark story. He was known by many aliases, including "The Werewolf of Wysteria", "The Brooklyn Vampire", "The Grey Man", and "The Boogeyman". Albert had also used a fake name in the intent to capture and kill kids, "Frank Howard".

In 1928 Fish captured and brutally murdered an 8-year-old girl by the name of Grace Budd, and had performed many other murders and crimes before and after her.

It wasn't until six years after her disappearance that Fish was put on trial and executed for the murder and cannibalism of little Grace.

While this in itself is very bad, Fish didn't stop after he had already eaten the poor girl. He wrote a letter to Grace's mother, detailing many things other than just how he murdered her.

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The following letter is very graphic and goes into  detail of a man killing two boys, and how Fish had killed Grace Budd. It is vile and disgusting. If you are bothered by any of this, please plug your ears. It is not a joke, and it isn't for you to laugh at. It's very real, and very serious, no matter the way it was written. Listener discretion IS advised.

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The following letter is very graphic and goes into  detail of a man killing two boys, and how Fish had killed Grace Budd. It is vile and disgusting. If you are bothered by any of this, please plug your ears. It is not a joke, and it isn't for you to laugh at. It's very real, and very serious, no matter the way it was written. Listener discretion IS advised.

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“My Dear Mrs. Budd,

In 1894, a friend of mine shipped as a deck hand on the steamer Tacoma, Capt. John Davis. They sailed from San Francisco to Hong Kong, China. On arriving there, he and two others went ashore and got drunk. When they returned, the boat was gone.

At that time, there was a famine in China. Meat of any kind was 1-3 dollars a pound. So great was the suffering among the very poor that all children under 12 were sold for food in order to keep others from starving. A boy or girl under 14 was not safe in the street. You could go in any shop and ask for steak, chops, or stew meat. Part of the naked body of a boy or girl would be brought out and just what you wanted cut from it. A boy or girl’s behind, which is the sweetest part of the body and is sold as veal cutlets, brings the highest price.

John stayed there so long that he acquired a taste for human flesh. On his return to N.Y., he stole two boys — one 7, one 11. He took them to his home, stripped them naked, and tied them up in a closet, and then burned everything they had on. Several times every day and night he spanked them — tortured them — to make their meat good and tender.

First, he killed the 11-year-old boy, because he had the fattest a** and of course the most meat on it. Every part of his body was cooked and eaten except the head, bones, and guts. He was roasted in the oven (all of his a**), boiled, broiled, fried, and stewed. The little boy was next, and he went the same way. At that time, I was living at 409 E. 100 St. He told me so often how good human flesh was, and I made up my mind to taste it."

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"On June 3, 1928, I called on you at 406 W. 15 St. and brought you pot cheese and strawberries. We had lunch. Grace sat on my lap and kissed me. I made up my mind to eat her.

On the pretense of taking her to a party, you said yes, she could go. I took her to an empty house in Westchester I had already picked out. When we got there, I told her to remain outside. She picked wildflowers. I went upstairs and stripped all my clothes off. I knew if I did not I would get her blood on them.

When all was ready, I went to the window and called her. Then I hid in the closet until she was in the room. When she saw me all naked she began to cry and tried to run down the stairs. I grabbed her and she said she would tell her mamma.

First, I stripped her naked. How she did kick, bite, and scratch. I choked her to death, then cut her in small pieces so I could take the meat to my rooms, cook, and eat it. How sweet and tender her little a** was roasted in the oven. It took me 9 days to eat her entire body. I did not **** her, though I could have if I wished. She died a virgin.”

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While this is nothing more than disgusting and foul, it's real, and Grace wasn't his only victim. As he describes in his letter, he knew others that had done similar things as to him, in the capturing and consuming of young children. It has been said that his story of Captain Davis and the Chinese famine was not corroborated or proven to be true, but all of his details written about Grace had been truthful.

In an interview Fish had described how his original intention was to lure Edward and Willie Budd to his farm and murder them, but that once he had laid his eyes on Grace his mind had changed, and he wanted to kill her instead.

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Albert was said to have issues of many kinds, but when the defense had pleaded not guilty by that of insanity, the judge had said that Albert was a psychotic man without psychosis.

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I would like to bring to attention some terms that you may or may not know of.

Paraphilia - "A condition characterized by abnormal sexual desires, typically involving extreme or dangerous activities."

Pedophilia - "Sexual feelings directed toward children."

Sadomasochism - "Psychological tendency or sexual practice characterized by both sadism and masochism."

Cannibalism - "The practice of eating the flesh of one's own species."

Necrophilia - "Sexual intercourse with or attraction towards corpses."

These are only some of the things that Albert Fish was supposedly involved with and had possibly performed.

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From the analysis made by Jerrod Brown, Blake R. Harris, and Steve Daniels, it is stated: "Based on accusations during his trial and a candid pre-trial interview with Dr. Frederick Wertham of Belleview Hospital, Fish either confessed or was implicated in the molestation of over 400 children, the torture and disfigurement of approximately 100 victims, and the murder of at least 15 children over a 20 year period."

This truly shows us how cruel and disgusting this man was. He shattered the hearts of many parents, with the cruelty and torture he inflicted on to children. The age range of victims that he was involved with spans from 6 to 16. Six years old. Barely lived any, and had horrible things done to them due to some old guy with a fetish.