Fish was the youngest child and had three living siblings: Walter, Annie, and Edwin. His father was forty-three years older than his mother and aged 75 at the time of his birth. Fish's father was American, of English ancestry, and his mother was Scots-Irish American. Early lifeĪlbert Fish was born in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 1870, to Randall (1795 – October 16, 1875) and Ellen (née Howell 1838– c. He was convicted and executed by electric chair on January 16, 1936, at the age of 65. įish was apprehended on December 13, 1934, and put on trial for the kidnapping and murder of Grace Budd.

However, it is not known whether he was referring to rapes or cannibalization, nor is it known if the statement was truthful. Fish once boasted that he 'had children in every state', and at one time stated his number of victims was about 100. He confessed to three murders that police were able to trace to a known homicide, and he confessed to stabbing at least two other people.

įish was a suspect in at least five murders during his lifetime. He was also known as the Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria, the Brooklyn Vampire, the Moon Maniac, and The Boogey Man. Hamilton Howard ' Albert' Fish (May 19, 1870 – January 16, 1936) was an American serial killer, rapist, child molester, and cannibal who committed at least three child murders from July 1924 to June 1928.

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