Albert+Fish





Name: Hamilton Howard Fish (birth name) Date of Birth: May 19, 1870 Sex: Male Nationality: United States Place of Birth: Washington D.C. Family: born as the youngest of four children, married to Estella Wilcox in 1898, had six children Nicknames: Gray Man, Brooklyn Vampire, The Boogeyman, Werewolf of Wysteria Crimes: cannibalization and molestation of around 5 to 100 children Date of Death: January 16, 1936

Albert Fish was born into a family that had a long history of mental illness. As a child, Fish received very little formal education. His father died and her mother abandoned him at a young age as Fish was sent to an orphanage and was exposed to regular beatings and other brutal acts. At the orphanage Fish enjoyed homosexual relationships and developed perverted practices such as drinking urine and coprophagia. He also enjoyed visiting public baths to watch boys undress.
 * Biography**

In early adulthood, Fish became a male prostitute and raped young boys, which continued even when he was married and fathered six children. Fish would often asked his own children to participate in his “sado-masochistic” games such as nail filled paddle, which he used on his victims. At that point, Fish found enjoyment from the nails pushing into his skin and other bloody violence. Fish would write vulgar letters to the women listed in newspaper columns. His letters were found so vile and disgusting that it was never publicized even in court. As Fish developed a skill in house painting, he moved and worked around many states, especially the places that are heavily populated by African Americans because black children he rape and torture were less likely to be found by the police than white children.
 * Victim Profiles**

In 1910, he committed his first attack on a child named Thomas Bedden in Delaware. Then in 1919, he stabbed a mentally retarded boy in Georgetown, Washington D.C.. Later in July 11, 1924, Fish found an eight-year-old girl Beatrice Kiel, playing at a farm, and persuaded her to come to his farm by giving her money. Kiel was fortunately able to escape when her mother arrived at chased Fish away.

On February 6, 1930, Fish’s main murder started to occur when Edward Budd, a worker searching for a job, asked fifty-eight-year-old Fish for a part-time work at his farm. Fish lied about his name and background, and took Edward as a worker of his farm. Because Fish kept a good relation with the Budd family, they believed Fish is an affectionate grandfather. One day, Budd family allowed their eight-year-old daughter, Grace Budd, to go with Fish when he told them that he wanted to take her to a party. Grace was never seen alive again. After investigations for six years after Grace’s disappearance, Mrs. Budd received an anonymous letter which gave grotesque details of the murder and cannibalism of Grace. Further letters tortured Mrs. Budd by describing the process of stripping and hanging of her daughter in detail.

After tracing the letter to Mrs. Budd, the police captured Albert Fish and he was sentenced to die by electrocution for his countless crimes. Although he was a suspect in total of five killings, he stated that he “had” around 100 children in all states.

Tools: nails nail filled paddle cleaver saw butcher knife belt
 * Method of Operation**

Methods: Cannibalism Rape Kidnapping Murder

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 * Works Cited**

Albert Fish: real life Hannibal Lecter — Confession — Crime Library on truTV.com. (n.d.). //truTV.com: Not Reality. Actuality.//. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/fish/12.html

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Category. (n.d.). Albert Fish - Profile of Serial Killer Albert Fish. //Crime and Punishment Home Page//. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from http://crime.about.com/od/serial/p/albertfish.htm

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