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“The Werewolf of Wysteria” - Albert Fish

Serial Killers

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Fish's Perversions

Fish believed that he was doing God's work by sacrificing children to atone for his sins, even though his religion explicitly states, thou shall not kill. Wirtham also concluded that the strongest driving force behind Fish's actions was a need to inflict pain on others and have others inflict pain on him for his own sexual gratification. The most significant ones are sexual masochism, sexual sadism, and pedophilia.

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