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Button Eyes and Bloodshed: The Tale of the Eyeball Killer

10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

Joe Kuner

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

4.8614 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Button Eyes and Bloodshed: The Tale of the Eyeball Killer

Get ready for a peek into the twisted mind of Charles Albright, better known as the Eyeball Killer. Born and raised in Texas, Albright seemed like a typical overachiever, but beneath the surface lurked a dark obsession. From his troubled childhood to his bizarre fascination with eyes, we’ll explore how his early life paved the way for the gruesome murders of several women in Dallas. Join us as we unravel the chilling story of a man whose disturbing hobbies led to one of the most shocking crime sprees in Texas history.


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THEIRMANNELL, WHICH THEIRS WHERE THEIRS WHERE THEIRS AND THEIRS WHERE THEIRS AND THEIRS WHERE THEIRS WHERE THEIRS WHERE THEIRS WHERE THEIRS WHERE THEIRS WHERE THEIRS WHERE THEIRS WHERE THEIRS OFES HADES HADES WAUWO Charles was born in Amarillo, Texas, on August 10, 1933.

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His biological mother dropped him off in an orphanage where he was later adopted by Fred

0:53.3

and Del Albright. It said that

0:56.3

Del Albright was a fiercely protective and somewhat overbearing mother. She ruled the household with an

1:03.7

iron fist, and for the young Charles, there was very little reprieve outside of the household as well.

1:10.6

Del was a schoolteacher and took an avid, almost overzealous approach to Charles' education.

1:17.8

Through her tutoring and encouragement, Charles managed to skip two full years

1:22.8

and ended up graduating from high school when he was only 15 years old.

1:27.8

But before Charles would achieve this great accomplishment, there was trouble brewing on

1:32.3

the horizon.

1:34.0

Rumors suggested that when Charles was still an infant, he would be left in the care of

1:38.3

an equally overbearing aunt.

1:40.9

She would make him wear dresses and take away his toys, leaving him only dolls to play with.

1:46.5

And when Charles turned into a teenager, he was given his first gun. From then on, one of the ways

1:52.5

Charles would pass the time was to go out hunting for small animals like squirrels and rabbits.

1:58.4

He then enjoyed bringing them home where he would try his hand at stuffing

2:02.1

and preserving them. Far from outraged by her son's new pastime, Del jumped right into

2:08.6

encouraging him to pursue it as a career. The young Charles was easily persuaded, and now he

2:15.1

had it in his head to become a taxidermist. He and Del would spend hours

2:19.9

together in the evenings, taxidermining Charles' kills. And I feel like I made up a word just now,

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