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Probably the combination of being relatively articulate, having great recall, non-remorseful of his crimes (apart from that one), physically imposing, good at what he done, the associated *glamour* of Mafia involvement and Michael Shannon played him in an average film.
He's like the killy version of Steve Jobs or someone.
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 1:05,
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but... there is a song about Albert Fish and all!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=djMbGUzSkNk
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 1:10,
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I was gonna say "the same reason people find serial killers interesting"
But seems you prefer motivation by perverted lusts to pure greed? Wich is all fine.
Thanks for mentioning Albert Fish btw, hadn't heard of him before. More gruesome killings for me to read about before bed :D
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Usually Albert Fish is held as some kind of a measure stick of depravity.
There are more interesting criminals though- Issei Sagawa or "nevada girl" comes to mind.
Most serial killers are neither as quirky nor intelligent as pop culture would like them to be though.
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 1:32,
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Bloody hell :(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fish
He also hit himself repeatedly with a nail-studded paddle and inserted wool doused with lighter fluid into his anus and set it alight.
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I seem to recall once reading that Berty Fish welcomed the eletric chair.
Mostly 'cos he thought it would be a huge masochistic thrill.
A right rum bugger, that one.
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Mon 13 Oct 2014, 1:21,
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Macabre!
They also did a song about 'The Iceman' but it wasn't very good.
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