Episode 70: The Cannibal Boogey Man

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Albert Fish is known by many monikers such as the “The Vampire of Brooklyn”, “Moon Manic” or “The Grey Man” and is one of America’s most disturbed cannibal serial killers who was obsessed with sadomasochism. Many Americans during the Roaring Twenties spent their time at flashy parties, but Fish who suffered from deadly hallucinations spent his time developing at taste for human flesh. Authorities believed that Fish murdered as many as 10 children, luring them into abandoned homes to kill them and then dine upon their carcass. Although Fish claimed to have killed up to four hundred children. One of those children would be 10-year-old Grace Budd who in 1928, was mutilated, strangled, killed, and then ate by Fish. Six years later, in 1934, he wrote an anonymous letter to Grace’s mother, in which he described in detail of her killing and then the preparing of a stew made with her flesh that he ate over a nine-day period. The letter would eventually be traced back to the 66-year-old Fish being his demise. So, was Fish’s killings due to a mental illness stemming from childhood or was there other sinister forces behind his cannibalistic ways.
References:
“Moon Maniac” killer is executed (history.com)

Read Albert Fish's Letter To The Mother Of Victim Grace Budd (allthatsinteresting.com)

Albert Fish | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Albert Fish - Crime Museum

The Truth About Albert Fish's Disturbing Last Words (grunge.com)

Albert Fish, The 'Brooklyn Vampire' Who Killed And Ate Children (allthatsinteresting.com)

Biography of Albert Fish, Notorious Child Serial Killer (thoughtco.com)

Most Disturbing Things Albert Fish Did to His Victims (And Himself) (ranker.com)

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