Deranged

America'sprincipal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers" (TheBoston Book Review), Harold Schechter shatters the myth thatviolent crime is a modern phenomenon -- with this seamless trueaccount of unvarnished horror from the early twentieth century.Journey inside the demented mind of Albert Fish -- pedophile, sadist,and cannibal killer -- and discover that bloodlust knows no time orplace.On a warm spring day in 1928, a kindly, white-haired manappeared at the Budd family home in New York City, and soon persuadedMr. and Mrs. Budd to let him take their adorable little girl, Grace,on an outing. The Budds never guessed that they had entrusted theirchild to a monster. After a relentless six-year search and nationwidepress coverage, the mystery of Grace Budd's disappearance was solved-- and a crime of unparalleled gore and revulsion was revealed to astunned American public. What Albert Fish did to Grace Budd, andperhaps fifteen other young children, caused experts to pronounce himthe most deranged human being they had ever seen.