- 1870 - Albert Fish was born into a family w/ mental illness and alcoholism
- 1875 -Albert's father died and his mother sent him to live in a orphanage where the children were often beat. Albert believes this is where his desires began.
- Albert Fish worked at the local YMCA and other institutions where children were known to be.
- Albert Fish was married for 20 years. His wife chose to walk away and leave him to raise their 6 children.
- Albert began induldging in religion and canableism
- He was so infatuated w/ pain that he his children and their friends beat him w/ a studded paddle.
- Fish appeared to be a genital grandfather figure but in reality he was a strange, deranged, demented child murderer.
- 1st Victim- Grace Budd- He met grace Budd when he went to hire her brother Edward Budd. He made arrangements to take her to a party. Instead he kidnapped the child and she became his first victim.
- Fish confessed to over 100 murders
- Authorities say that Fish strangled, torchered, and killed his victims with his "Implements of Hell". This kit included a knife, a handsaw, and a meat cleaver.
- During an evaluation, he was found competent (not insane).
- Fish's body was x-rayed and the technician found 27 needles that he had purposely shoved into his pelvic region.
- Fish was sentenced to death in the electric chair, which he looked forward to because it was the only thing he hadn't tried.
- During his electrocution the metal in his body caused a malfunction, so it took two jolts to kill him.
A&E Biography. Albert Fish. Can be seen on Youtube.com
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