The True Story


Considering IMDB's known reputation, I wanted to put this *beep* up before people start posting false rumors and ruin the story.

This story can be found at http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/fish/index.html

A Knock at the Door




Edward Budd was an enterprising eighteen-year-old. He was determined to make something of himself and escape the desperate poverty of his parents. On May 25, 1928, he put a classified ad in the Sunday edition of the New York World: "Young man, 18, wishes position in country. Edward Budd, 406 West 15th Street." He was a strapping young fellow who was eager to work and contribute to the well-being of his family. Trapped in the dirty, stinking, crowded city in a miserable tenement with his father, mother and four younger siblings, he longed to work in the country where the air was fresh and clean.

On the following Monday, May 28, Edward's mother, Delia, a huge mountain of a woman, answered the door to an elderly man. He introduced himself as Frank Howard, a farmer from Farmingdale, Long Island, who wanted to interview Edward about a job.

Delia told her five-year-old Beatrice to get her brother at his friend's apartment. The old man beamed at her and gave her a nickel.

While they waited for Edward, Delia had a chance to get a better look at the old man. He had a very kindly face, framed by gray hair and accented by a large droopy gray moustache. He explained to Mrs. Budd that he had earned his living for decades as an interior decorator in the city and then retired to a farm he had bought with his savings. He had six children that he raised by himself since his wife had abandoned them all over a decade ago.


Read the rest at the link posted above!




Oh yes...there will be blood; SAW II - 10.28.05

SAW IV

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Albert Fish was totally insane. I haven't read the site yet but if I remember correctly during his autopsy they found hundreds of needles and other sharp objects that he had inserted into his genital area. He was (perhaps) one of the most scariest people to ever be born.
People just don't realize how evil this man really was.
X_Pixies
"Wherever she went including here was against her better judgement"

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Albert Fish was totally insane


No he was not.

First off, insanity is a legal determination of competency, which was not found in this case.


Perhaps I'm nitpicking, so I will assume you meant he was totally crazy, I don't believe that at all. He was sane enough to form an impromptu, but fairly coherent plan to kidnap and butcher Grace Budd. His only real mistake was giving her parents an address that did not exist. He was sane enough to disrobe when he killed her as not to get blood on his clothes.

He did not start eating her parts on the train back in front of everyone. That would be insane. He pulled his nude, 'I am Christ' screaming antics in an isolated area as well. He did not disrobe on 42nd St at noon on a weekday, and start screaming "I am Christ", now did he? That would be insane.


He knew exactly what he was doing!

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Yeah, wikipedia had him here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_fish

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