You can also verify this information in Harold Schechter's
book "Deranged," a non-fiction book dealing with the life of
Albert Fish.
Patrick King
--- William Ahearn <
williamahearn@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Mark wrote:
> >
> > And then there's Marv in Frank Miller's Sin
City
> who
> > shouts, Is that all you've got, you pansies,
after
> > the
> > first jolt of the electric chair didn't kill
him.
> I
> > just found out on the web that this is
supposedly
> > based on Albert Fish's response to the
same
> > situation,
> > although that is probably pure tall
tale.
> >
> The story that I read about Albert Fish is that
he
> inserted and left needles and pins into
his
> testacles
> (which I believe is true) and that the metal
shorted
> out the electric chair when the juice came on.
I
> think
> a version was in Colin Wilson's A Criminal
History
> of
> Mankind. The story has been since
debunked.
>
> William
>
> Essays and Ramblings
> <http://www.williamahearn.com>
>
>
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