On June 3, 1928, ten-year-old Grace Budd vanished from the streets of New York City. Her mysterious disappearance captivated the country, but six years of police investigations and newspaper coverage provided few answers. Then, in December 1934, authorities arrested 64-year-old Albert Fish, who readily admitted to her murder. Yet his confession opened a Pandora’s box of human depravity and paraphilic psychosis that extended far beyond the immediate circumstances of Grace’s gr