ALBERT FISH IN HIS OWN WORDS-John Borowski

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

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 from Wertham’s files, including confessions and writings by Albert Fish, are published here for the first time in history.

FULLY ILLUSTRATED - INCLUDING: CONFESSIONS AND OTHER WRITINGS

Includes never before seen documents handwritten by Albert Fish.

FISH’S OWN STORY OF WEIRD LIFE: Written by Albert Fish for the NY Daily Mirror Newspaper.

FROM THE FILES OF DR. WERTHAM: Fish’s Psychiatric Examinations and Rorschach Test Results.

MASKS HAVE NO EARS: From Dr. Fredric Wertham’s Book, The Show of Violence.

ALSO INCLUDES: Court Documents, Correspondence, Grace Budd & Billy Gaffney Confessions, newspaper excerpts, photographs, and Fish's Vile Letters. ALBERT FISH IN HIS OWN WORDS-John Borowski

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0:00.0	Locked Tothed Baby-Aid.
0:10.5	You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in True Crime History,
0:16.1	and the authors that have written about them.
0:18.8	Gacy, Bundy, Domer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author,
0:26.6	talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in True Crime History.
0:30.9	True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufansky.
0:45.8	Good evening.
0:47.1	On December 13, 1934, Albert Fish was apprehended by Detective William King for the kidnapping
0:53.8	in murder of 10-year-old Grace Bud.
0:57.4	Fish's defense attorney obtained the services of Dr. Frederick Wurtam for Fish's psychiatric
1:03.2	examination.
1:05.0	Dr. Wurtam's files were ordered closed until 2010.
1:10.2	Documents from Wurtam's files, including confessions and writings by Albert Fish,
1:14.7	are published here for the very first time in history.
1:18.0	Fully illustrated, including confessions and other writings, includes never-before-seen
1:23.2	documents hand-written by Albert Fish.
1:26.2	Fish's own story of Weird Life, written by Albert Fish for the New York Daily Mirror,
1:31.0	newspaper.
1:32.2	From the files of Dr. Wurtam, Fish's psychiatric examination and Rochak test results.
1:39.0	Masks have no ears from Dr. Frederick Wurtam's book, The Show of Violence.
1:43.7	Also includes court documents, correspondence, Grace Bud and Billy Gaffney Confessions,
1:49.0	newspaper, excerpts, photographs and fishes, vile letters.
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