Albert Fish

 

Albert Fish was an American serial killer, cannibal, and child rapist. He was born Hamilton Howard Fish on May 19, 1870. He is regarded as one of the most infamous and unsettling serial killers in American history. Fish committed atrocities across a number of years, but his most notorious deeds happened in the 1920s and 1930s.

Fish mainly preyed on young children, frequently those who were weak or came from disadvantaged families. By responding to classified advertisements or by taking advantage of family tension during the Great Depression, he would seduce his victims. He would lure the kids to lonely places, torture them, abuse them sexually, and then kill them.

Grace Budd, a 10-year-old girl, was kidnapped, killed, and consumed in 1928; this crime ranks among Fish's most notorious ones. Later, he wrote to Grace's family, outlining the horrific deeds that had brought to his capture.

Albert Fish was convicted guilty of killing Grace Budd at his 1935 trial and given the death penalty. The jury rejected the defence that Fish was insane during his trial, and on January 16, 1936, he was put to death in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in New York.

Due to the extremeness of his crimes, which included cannibalism, and the terrible letters he sent describing them, Fish's case continues to rank among the most terrifying in American criminal history. He is frequently used as an example of the most heinous and sadistic criminals in history, and his life and actions have been the topic of countless books, documentaries, and movies.