A Letter from Albert Fish
This is the text of the letter sent by cannibal child killer Albert Fish on November 11,1934 to Delia Budd, the mother of Grace Budd, whom Fish murdered on June 3,1928 (mispellings in original)
My Dear Mrs. Budd,
In 1894 a friend of mine shipped as a deck hand on the Steamer Tacoma,
Capt. John Davis. They sailed from San Francisco for Hong Kong China. On
arriving there he and two others went ashore and got drunk. When they
returned the boat was gone. At that time there was a famine in China.
Meat of any kind was from $1-3 Dollars a pound. So great was the
suffering among the very poor that all children under 12 were sold to the
Butchers to be cut up and used for food in order to keep others from
starving. A boy or girl under 14 was not safe in the street. You could go
in any shop and ask for steak-chops-or stew meat. Part of the naked body
of a boy or a girl would be brought out and just what you wanted cut from
it. A boy or girls behind which is the sweetest part of the body and sold
as veal cutlet brought the highest price. John staid there so long he
acquired a taste for human flesh. On his return to N.Y. he stole two boys
one 7 one 11. Took them to his home stripped them naked tied them in a
closet. Then burned everything they had on. Several times every day and
night he spanked them-tortured them-to make their meat good and tender.
First he killed the 11 yr old boy, because he had the fattest ass and of
course the most meat on it. Every part of his body was Cooked and eaten
except head-bones and guts. He was Roasted in the oven (all of his ass),
boiled, broiled, fried, stewed. The little boy was next, went the same way.
At that time, I was living at 409 E 100 st., near-right side. He told me so
often how good Human flesh was I made up my mind to taste it. On Sunday
June the 3-1928 I called on you at 406 W 15 St. Brought you pot cheese-
strawberries. We had lunch. Grace sat in my lap and kissed me. I made up
my mind to eat her. On the pretense of taking her to a party. You said
Yes she could go. I took her to an empty house in Westchester I had
already picked out. When we got there,I told her to remain outside. She
picked wildflowers. I went upstairs and stripped all my clothes off. I
knew if I did not I would get her blood on them. When all was ready I
went to the window and Called her. Then I hid in a closet until she was
in the room. When she saw me all naked she began to cry and tried to run
downstairs. I grabbed her and she said she would tell her mamma. First I
stripped her naked. How she did kick-bite and scratch. I choked her to
death, then cut her in small pieces so I could take my meat to my rooms,
Cook and eat it. How sweet and tender her little ass was roasted in the
oven. It took me 9 days to eat her entire body. I did not fuck her
tho I could of had I wished. She died a virgin.
Albert Fish was electrocuted at Sing-Sing prison on January 16,1936