Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer
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60 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 22, 2007 Type: User Review |
Sicko
This is the true story of Albert Fish, who lured several children to painful deaths by torture and then cannibalized them in the early 1900's. He is one of the first truly degenerate killers in our history--a man who not only murdered the...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 10, 2007 Type: User Review |
Beyond the Norm
The book is very well-written and exciting. Good historical information. The level of detail in which the subject's behavior and practices are discussed takes the reader well beyond what you normally get from true crime books. In short, this...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 30, 2006 Type: User Review |
most sadistic serial killer ever
Albert Fish. I never heard of him, but after reading this book, I will never forget him. I bought this book mainly because it was written by Harold Schechter, one of the best true crime authors in the world. I never imagined I would have been this...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 04, 2006 Type: User Review |
Positively Yummy!
Ah, Albert Fish! The Supreme American Sadist! The Inspiration for the cannibalism in Hannibal. A Pervert Extraordinaire who enjoyed sticking pins in his groin and considered the electric chair the "Supreme Thrill". In the realm of Serial Killer...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 02, 2006 Type: User Review |
Albert Fish revealed
Harold Schechter brings forth the story of Grace Budd's kidnapping and murder at the hands of Albert Fish with vivid clarity almost to the point that you become nauseated. First half of the book is the setup story of the subterfuge snatching of...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 31, 2006 Type: User Review |
Excellent true crime book! Stephen King could not have imagined the horrors you'll read about!
Deranged is an amazing book in that it is well written and it reads like a novel. It is also a horrifyingly shocking book made all the more terrible because it is the truth!
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 22, 2006 Type: User Review |
I didn't realize...
I'm new to real crime books. I've enjoyed several lately so I was looking for some more. I'm not into sicko stuff but I thought that since Albert Fish was electrocuted in 1936, it was safe to say his crimes wouldn't be as sick as a modern day...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 26, 2005 Type: User Review |
REPETITIOUS & A WASTE OF TIME
I'm actually quite surprised by the other reviews on this page. I love a good true crime story and was very excited to have found this one about Albert Fish. However, after the first quarter of the book, all it did was repeat itself about the same...
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 04, 2005 Type: User Review |
Albert Fish: The REAL Boogey Man of the 20th Century
Much like a ghoulish car crash on the freeway, the story of Albert Fish appeals to the macabre side of human curiosity: you know that you shouldn't look, but you just can't help yourself. Without question, Albert Fish was the avant garde "serial...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 29, 2004 Type: User Review |
you must have a strong stomach to read this
In my opinion Harold Schecter is in a league with Ann Rule on true crime, although each has written at least one novel. Albert Fish was a despicable, filthy old man who one would think was the embodiment of the "boogeyman" of all children's...
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5.00/5 |
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