
Descendant of the Original Boogeyman: Albert Fish
Behind the Bastards
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What Is the Connection Between Donald Trump and the First Cyber Crime
The kidnapping wave grew and grew in the 30s until it reached apex with the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby in 1932. Most kidnappers unlike Albert Fish, which again, we'll get to in a while We're not doing it for sex or murder. They just wanted money, you know It became very clear that it was hard for cops to catch kidnappers And as it became clear that that was the case intelligent criminals realized that kidnapping was very safe and very profitable In June of 1932 the New York Times reported on more than a dozen kidnapping cases including one committed by my ancestor Charles pretty boy Floyd. Woody Guthrie wrote songs about both of our ancestors He wrote a song about Donald Trump
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