Swindled Bernie Madoff investors vent their rage in 113 letters to a Manhattan federal judge that were unsealed Monday, two weeks before judgment day for the nation's most notorious con man.

Many of the emotion-racked missives to Judge Denny Chin come from elderly retirees who describe losing their life savings or being forced to reenter the workforce so they can pay for food or keep the electricity turned on.

Several refer to the day they learned of Madoff's arrest as 1-2/11, a not-so-subtle reference to the attacks of 9/11.

"I thought no day would be as bad a 9/11 until 1-2/11 at 3:03 p.m.," wrote Jackie Stone, who says her elderly father lost his life savings to Madoff. "Bernie deserves a longevity pill - not death - so he can watch each generation suffer and watch what he did."

Investor Phyllis Lerner called Madoff a murderer, a thief and a rapist.

"You have stolen one of the most intimate of personal properties, the self-esteem and fruits of a life's work," Lerner wrote. "While your family is still living HIGH, you have forced many to poverty levels."

Madoff, 71, faces life in prison after pleading guilty in March to carrying out the $65 billion swindle.

Stephanie Halio, 69, says she sits in the dark in her South Florida home and doesn't turn on the air conditioning because she can't pay her electric bill.

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