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Aug 2024
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Albert Fish and the Electric Chair [500t...

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We’re celebrating 500 episodes over at @serialkillerspodcast - come share your favorite episodes and memories from the show, and enjoy some special behind-the-scenes bonus content!


He’s been called many names: the Boogeyman, the Thrill Vulture, the Moon Maniac, the Ogre of Murder Lodge, the Grey Man, the Brooklyn Vampire, and the Werewolf of Wysteria. But in life, he was known as Albert Fish and his gruesome crimes redefined the limits of human depravity.


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