Albert Fish In His Own Words: The Shocking Confessions of the Child Killing Cannibal

John Borowski

ISBN 10: 0692263756 / ISBN 13: 9780692263754

Published by Waterfront Productions, 2014

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313 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.71 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Albert Fish In His Own Words: The Shocking Confessions of the Child Killing Cannibal
• Publisher: Waterfront Productions
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692263756
• ISBN 13: 9780692263754
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.55 kilograms

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Synopsis

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 WRITINGSIncludes never before seen documents handwritten by Albert Fish. FISH’S OWN STORY OF WEIRD LIFEWritten by Albert Fish for the NY Daily Mirror Newspaper.FROM THE FILES OF DR. WERTHAMFish’s Psychiatric Examinations and Rorschach Test Results.MASKS HAVE NO EARSFrom Dr. Fredric Wertham’s Book, The Show of Violence.ALSO INCLUDESCourt Documents, Correspondence, Grace Budd & Billy Gaffney Confessions, newspaper excerpts, photographs, and Fish's Vile Letters.

About the Author

John Borowski is an award winning independent filmmaker and book editor/publisher whose works have garnered international acclaim and are distributed internationally on dvd, television, and streaming. Borowski wrote, directed and produced the following films: H.H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer, Serial Killer Culture, Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation, and Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance. Borowski also published a book on H.H. Holmes, entitled: The Strange Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes, which contains three primary source books about the Holmes case.