Albert Fish: The Grey Man

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  • Опубліковано 12 лис 2018
  • When it comes to serial child killer Albert Fish, the adjectives to describe his inhumanity hardy seem strong enough - depraved, perverted, deviant, degenerate - he was all that and more. The crimes he committed fill the heart with rage, while the taunting letters he sent the victim’s families make you wonder how a human being could be so cruel. In this week’s Biographics, we venture in the sordid life of Albert Fish - and it ain’t pretty!
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  • @valer119
    @valer119 5 років тому +5785

    The wife leaving him make sense the wife leaving the children with him makes no sense.

    • @Moriartart
      @Moriartart 5 років тому +229

      Valer The Right right AND she left him with no possessions

    • @aryiastark4698
      @aryiastark4698 5 років тому +413

      My mom explained in those days if a woman left her husband she in most cases due to the times and law the woman had to leave the children with the father.

    • @nicolefears286
      @nicolefears286 5 років тому +87

      @@aryiastark4698, I always thought it was the opposite; that the woman would have custody of the children. I'll have to look that up.

    • @StephenSchaal
      @StephenSchaal 5 років тому +164

      @@aryiastark4698 boy it's sure not like that now. Men have close to no rights when it comes to the children.

    • @frcsas
      @frcsas 5 років тому +165

      Unlike now, the children had to stay with the father back then. Nowadays the father loses the money AND the kids.

  • @georgeguja6155
    @georgeguja6155 5 років тому +7392

    This dude makes Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer look like choir boys

    • @jackd5089
      @jackd5089 5 років тому +445

      But all are pure scum, that is what they have in common

    • @oddpillowheadjayden9982
      @oddpillowheadjayden9982 5 років тому +42

      Yes

    • @juniperlabor3489
      @juniperlabor3489 5 років тому +42

      Definitely!

    • @Teenterror983
      @Teenterror983 4 роки тому +132

      Can't disagree. The things this guy did are so depraved and disturbing, I am literally to uncomfortable to bring up his name.

    • @DerDoenerInMir
      @DerDoenerInMir 4 роки тому +71

      @Lady Sneakles How do you torment someone who's gonna enjoy it?

  • @pyromania1018
    @pyromania1018 3 роки тому +1506

    Before he died, he entrusted his attorney with every gruesome detail of his crimes. The attorney was horrified and took those secrets to his grave, finding them too sickening to talk about.

    • @babygirl50
      @babygirl50 3 роки тому +90

      I shutter to think what that sick f*ck wrote in the letter.

    • @smiel__
      @smiel__ 2 роки тому +81

      I'd like to hear them ngl.

    • @internetual7350
      @internetual7350 2 роки тому +178

      Imagine being Fish's attorney and having to defend that man 😖

    • @Dussmasterzero
      @Dussmasterzero 2 роки тому +35

      I don't blame him that man is a demon

    • @DoratTheKiller
      @DoratTheKiller 2 роки тому +15

      @@smiel__ Same tbh. But only a written account, no images pls.

  • @oswoldmosley2627
    @oswoldmosley2627 2 роки тому +412

    The more I hear about this Albert fish character, the less I care for him. He seemed like a real jerk.

    • @mdshayan9730
      @mdshayan9730 2 роки тому +27

      Aren't you an old chunk of coal

    • @bxbyjxke6389
      @bxbyjxke6389 2 роки тому

      Thank God Albert Fish passed away.. or has he ??

    • @spelunkingmonkey7630
      @spelunkingmonkey7630 2 роки тому +13

      @@bxbyjxke6389 I didn’t know he was sick?

    • @darkmaguire9656
      @darkmaguire9656 2 роки тому +1

      @@bxbyjxke6389 he was executed

    • @hurjireepz7021
      @hurjireepz7021 2 роки тому

      Jerk is an understatement. Seeing this comment kind of offends me like wtf is actually wrong with you? He is one of the worst products of humanity.

  • @pauls9331
    @pauls9331 5 років тому +3002

    Glad that the fish fried

    • @KilljoysRevenge
      @KilljoysRevenge 5 років тому +80

      they did, in a chair not a pan tho, fried fish the smell of justice

    • @uyuman1
      @uyuman1 5 років тому +76

      That was the headline "Fish Fries!".

    • @12345678900987659101
      @12345678900987659101 5 років тому +7

      Carlos!

    • @tintinismybelgian
      @tintinismybelgian 5 років тому +15

      I would've rather he had been executed in such a manner that would allow his brain to be preserved for scientific research.

    • @tiki_trash
      @tiki_trash 5 років тому +15

      He should have been battered before the frying.

  • @yummyjackalmeat
    @yummyjackalmeat 5 років тому +2813

    I mean, this Albert Fish guy...he was a real jerk!

    • @nieldewet5315
      @nieldewet5315 5 років тому +281

      Now don't laugh at this next part

    • @Beefystumeat
      @Beefystumeat 5 років тому +96

      I love these videos and would’ve clicked the link anyway, but I clicked and just looked straight to this comment.

    • @criticalmass527
      @criticalmass527 5 років тому +93

      What a dirty dog !

    • @d1agram4
      @d1agram4 5 років тому +47

      NORM!

    • @PointlessSillyName
      @PointlessSillyName 5 років тому +49

      I was waiting for it! Literally the 2nd comment! Proud of you dude.
      Genuinely! 🤣

  • @Cherry-jd2xj
    @Cherry-jd2xj 4 роки тому +563

    This is the only serial killer I’ve literally been physically sick at, I can usually handle reading about serial killers but god reading about him was just so unsettling and sickening

    • @beautifulgoddess2687
      @beautifulgoddess2687 3 роки тому +2

      likewise

    • @user-ro4xw1hf1n
      @user-ro4xw1hf1n 2 роки тому +1

      @@beautifulgoddess2687?

    • @gabbie3174
      @gabbie3174 2 роки тому +7

      I agree. I wish I had never looked up his name

    • @insectromero3963
      @insectromero3963 2 роки тому +14

      Same. I physically recoiled when he kept describing this man's letters. I felt like vomiting.

    • @nicestguyinhouse6112
      @nicestguyinhouse6112 2 роки тому +1

      You were actually sick? Was it in the basin or you get to the toilet on time?

  • @geekacelol8982
    @geekacelol8982 4 роки тому +315

    Suddenly I’m very thankful to my parents teaching me to never talk to strangers under any circumstances no matter what they say. I wasn’t approached by anyone, but I’m still hella grateful.

    • @mandm7878
      @mandm7878 2 роки тому

      I was approached by a serial pedophile as a yoingster. Delivered news papers at about 5.30 and this old dude was always out walking by himself. Proper dodgy guy, got arrested for severe pedophilia charges a couple of years ago

    • @soulassassin0g
      @soulassassin0g Рік тому +8

      But just like Fish, a stranger can eventually become a "friend". Don't trust anyone, and sometimes you can't even trust those that are close to you, actually, those are the ones you gotta worry about the most.

    • @IAS-tv7qi
      @IAS-tv7qi 11 місяців тому +3

      Crazy the parents just let her walk away with a total stranger

    • @trevscribbles
      @trevscribbles 10 місяців тому +3

      My parents told me "A stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet" and then abandoned me in a supermarket. When I made it home the following day having walked back the 30-odd miles they said "Great, that's Christmas dinner ruined... happy birthday"

  • @Henchman1977
    @Henchman1977 5 років тому +616

    "that's right Scoob, we're dealing with one sick son-of-a-b1tch!"

    • @needledbugs
      @needledbugs 4 роки тому +10

      Ian Colquhoun you should have said “son of a fish” noooo you had one job

  • @kknives36
    @kknives36 5 років тому +1880

    Something fishy about that guy.

  • @Nick_4545
    @Nick_4545 3 роки тому +188

    I’m more shocked that the parents of grace let her go with fish it should have been major red flags after he was calling a 8 year old “ pretty “

    • @blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059
      @blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059 3 роки тому +37

      A lot of people call babies pretty, though.

    • @MelissaRae1975
      @MelissaRae1975 3 роки тому +62

      That is not a red flag to me personally.....but I would not have let my child go with him

    • @Charles_Anthony
      @Charles_Anthony 2 роки тому +20

      Biden regularly calls little girls "pretty" and other odd things. People tend to ignore what is in plain sight until they can no longer ignore it.

    • @MrFredstt
      @MrFredstt 2 роки тому +34

      Also have to take the context of the time period into account here. Majority of people didn't even lock their doors back then

    • @MORENO35292
      @MORENO35292 2 роки тому +4

      Things were different where saying a little girl was pretty kinda felt like they were their kid or were really kind to kids. Really they probably saw him as a nice grampa

  • @LASlvdr21
    @LASlvdr21 4 роки тому +379

    Dude, I just wanted to add, that he was shocked three times, executioners were shocked that he didn't die on the first and second shocks. Then it was later on discovered on his xrays, that he had pins on his ass, thats why he didn't get shocked during the first and second try.

    • @animefan2454
      @animefan2454 3 роки тому +13

      hope he suffers

    • @absolutelyshmooie7086
      @absolutelyshmooie7086 3 роки тому +71

      @@animefan2454 well he was a masochist so I hope he doesn’t suffer

    • @animefan2454
      @animefan2454 3 роки тому +49

      @@absolutelyshmooie7086 oh there's many ways to make someone suffer without pain

    • @absolutelyshmooie7086
      @absolutelyshmooie7086 3 роки тому +50

      @@animefan2454 true, I just hope he feels discomfort in a way he doesn’t like.

    • @redrum5053
      @redrum5053 3 роки тому +22

      Bollocks. He may have had needles inserted into his groin, scrotum and as you say "on his ass" when the execution took place, however it is commonly reported that he died within the normal range of "shocks" given to a death row inmate at that time.

  • @lilachie
    @lilachie 5 років тому +4370

    I'm rarely affected by serial killer stories but this one was just unsettling

    • @kimberlyhaines107
      @kimberlyhaines107 5 років тому +30

      achiando raymond You should look up Edward Kemper if you already haven’t. Lived and killed in the Santa Cruz, California area.

    • @maple9502
      @maple9502 5 років тому +9

      Kimberly Haines he’s not that bad

    • @xgullafter9590
      @xgullafter9590 5 років тому +110

      @@maple9502 and you're insane

    • @ItchiestBum
      @ItchiestBum 4 роки тому +4

      @@maple9502 your right

    • @maple9502
      @maple9502 4 роки тому +5

      @@ItchiestBum I know

  • @saulthompson8495
    @saulthompson8495 5 років тому +2310

    “He clearly loved children”

  • @SomeGuy-lr7ms
    @SomeGuy-lr7ms 4 роки тому +105

    Bullies: *beats him up*
    Albert: AH YES MORE
    Bullies: What
    Albert: *What*

    • @texhnocolor
      @texhnocolor 4 роки тому +6

      Some guy: spanks his a**
      Albert: *h a r d e r*
      The guy: 😧

    • @funkypiezo4425
      @funkypiezo4425 3 роки тому

      { Abby is Oof } 😂

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 роки тому +286

    0:40 - Chapter 1 - Early life
    1:50 - Chapter 2 - Growing depravity
    2:55 - Chapter 3 - Religious mania
    4:50 - Chapter 4 - Kid Killer
    8:00 - Chapter 5 - Grace budd
    12:35 - Chapter 6 - Closing in
    14:55 - Chapter 7 - Trial
    16:25 - Chapter 8 - Justice ?

  • @msoda8516
    @msoda8516 4 роки тому +2899

    He is so terrifying you’d think there would be more documentaries on him.

    • @IPA300
      @IPA300 4 роки тому +80

      There's a movie about him called "The Gray Man" made in 2007.

    • @brendanjoyce645
      @brendanjoyce645 4 роки тому +19

      IPA300 is it any good?

    • @lechekiller636
      @lechekiller636 4 роки тому +4

      Brendan Joyce I don’t know

    • @pyromania1018
      @pyromania1018 3 роки тому +120

      Chances are most folks were simply too sickened to do any in-depth research on him. Can you blame them?

    • @blackheart456
      @blackheart456 3 роки тому +44

      The less documentary about him the more depraved and sick you will realize he truly was.

  • @kumorinotclickbait
    @kumorinotclickbait 4 роки тому +3806

    Hitler: no one is more gruesome than me!!
    Albert Fish: *_HOLD MY VICTIM'S ARM_*

    • @tieup5567
      @tieup5567 4 роки тому +136

      Hitler wasn't even that bad. In fact he was a saint compared to others of his time. All the hype of him is exaggerated in my opinion.

    • @tieup5567
      @tieup5567 4 роки тому +52

      Jaimee he didn't personally kill them though and wasn't the mastermind behind it (Eichmann was). He just gave the thumbs up.

    • @TheReasonableLiberal-hn2rs
      @TheReasonableLiberal-hn2rs 4 роки тому +85

      @@tieup5567 It's still pretty bad. Just because he didn't kill them personally shouldn't disqualify him. The Pot guy who murder millions of his own people was pretty bad though.

    • @sussus3288
      @sussus3288 4 роки тому +94

      @@tieup5567 By that logic, Stalin would not be so bad either because he also didn't kill people personally, it was mostly the NKVD that did the killing. To me this kind of logic seems stupid because both Hitler and Stalin agreed to or ordered these deaths.

    • @tieup5567
      @tieup5567 4 роки тому +36

      @@sussus3288 I didn't say Hitler was an angel. I just said he wasn't as bad as people like to believe. He initially just wanted to deport the Jews, and he wasn't the mastermind behind the Holocaust. As for his invading other nations, I don't see it being any worst than what other leaders around the world were doing such as war, Jim Crow, human zoos, and colonization.

  • @SRShahani1
    @SRShahani1 4 роки тому +208

    He was grey... in both appearances and demeanor...
    Also, this guy was a real jerk!

  • @elrorro1983
    @elrorro1983 4 роки тому +239

    His name was actually Hamilton Howard. He wanted to be called “Albert Fish” after the death of a sibling, who died to escape the nickname “Green Eggs & Ham” .

    • @cindersnowsMORE
      @cindersnowsMORE 4 роки тому +20

      Junko Enoshima I think there’s a book or movie by the name Green Eggs and Ham written by Dr. Seuss. It’s probably just a coincidence though,

    • @severalaiz
      @severalaiz 3 роки тому +6

      cocoagalaxies V2 there is a movie and book. I really hope it’s a coincidence.

    • @VinVin_31
      @VinVin_31 3 роки тому +3

      @@cindersnowsMORE
      *PFTTTTT 😂*

    • @GothicQueen1
      @GothicQueen1 2 роки тому +16

      Green Eggs and Ham was published in 1960. For Albert Fish it was just Ham and Eggs.

  • @ayiza8511
    @ayiza8511 5 років тому +1729

    this guy was really sick. How is this even real?!

    • @bozotheclown666
      @bozotheclown666 5 років тому +82

      Ayiz A yeah, a real jerk.

    • @dopeanimemind7049
      @dopeanimemind7049 4 роки тому +56

      The world can be really sick

    • @bozotheclown666
      @bozotheclown666 4 роки тому +9

      DopeAnimeMind and a real jerk.

    • @theoz-zone7470
      @theoz-zone7470 4 роки тому +40

      Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. Unfortunately it can also be a whole lot darker & more demonic.

    • @Eisdax
      @Eisdax 4 роки тому +15

      You must be new to the world of serial killers.

  • @plinkitee
    @plinkitee 4 роки тому +685

    Never heard of this guy before.
    Now I wish I'd stayed blissfully ignorant.

    • @severalaiz
      @severalaiz 3 роки тому +3

      Plinkitee me too.

    • @hotdogg86
      @hotdogg86 3 роки тому +18

      I came from the comment section of a vocaloid bruh

    • @bird5154
      @bird5154 3 роки тому +4

      i love oliver but i wish i never discovered his song

    • @LeatherCladVegan
      @LeatherCladVegan 3 роки тому

      That's how I feel about you.

    • @bellarose2418
      @bellarose2418 3 роки тому +1

      well just imagine finding out about this from playing geometry dash in 5th grade and learning the true meaning of the creepy song

  • @bmabs35
    @bmabs35 3 роки тому +111

    The guy was already batshit crazy as a kid. This is one of the more gruesome serial killer stories that really made me sick.

  • @xoxoemily1151
    @xoxoemily1151 4 роки тому +206

    my heart goes out to all the victims 💔

  • @garruksson
    @garruksson 5 років тому +1841

    Albert Fish solidified his reputation as the most vicious child slayer in criminal history. Though barely literate, Fish wrote taunting letters to the parents of his victims, gruesomely detailing, how he slayed, butchered, cooked and then with great enjoyment dined on their offspring. He would inevitably declare that a child’s roasted rump was the most TOOTHSOME dish in all of gastro...nomy, gastronomy! Additionally Fish was a masochist, get this, he would insert wool with lighter fluid into his own anus and set it alight for his own enjoyment. Fish was finally arrested and immediately began confessing to killing 700 children.. and he was dizzingly happy about it and smiled as he described the grizzly details of the tortures and murders, appearing to the detective as the devil himself. I mean this Albert Fish guy.. I mean this guy was a real jerk.

    • @lukeism2
      @lukeism2 5 років тому +144

      Now don’t laugh at this next bit

    • @pepperpattynaise
      @pepperpattynaise 5 років тому +49

      @@lukeism2and african americans

    • @Cottontailart
      @Cottontailart 5 років тому +31

      I was gonna say he murdered more than two, he used to target the poor areas where they let kids just play by the water, or orphans, lots went missing but no one could find out who killed these kids just his description

    • @revivalakame
      @revivalakame 5 років тому +2

      Parastošije Đukić You call that looking “Normal” dear god

    • @deltagameralt7117
      @deltagameralt7117 5 років тому +55

      Albert fish was not a jerk
      He was Satan himself

  • @romeosdistress1103
    @romeosdistress1103 4 роки тому +439

    he was exited to go in the electric chair.
    let that sink in.

    • @texhnocolor
      @texhnocolor 4 роки тому +8

      @Jay Morgan 😳

    • @uncletoasty3194
      @uncletoasty3194 3 роки тому +7

      @Jay Morgan
      * slowly dies inside *

    • @severalaiz
      @severalaiz 3 роки тому +5

      Oh god...

    • @olliered9924
      @olliered9924 3 роки тому +23

      Tbh i would imagine there's a load of criminals who would prefer death then being locked behind bars for life but that was probs not the reason fish was excited for it im guessing

    • @Lnblackberry48
      @Lnblackberry48 3 роки тому +32

      @@olliered9924 he loved pain

  • @AnneliesRosseel
    @AnneliesRosseel 4 роки тому +97

    Mr. Fish makes Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein & John Wayne Gacy look like Boy Scouts

    • @MrParkerman6
      @MrParkerman6 4 роки тому +25

      Ed Gein only killed two people. He was more a grave Robber than killer.

    • @gavinburns9516
      @gavinburns9516 3 роки тому +1

      Albert 🐟

    • @trainerlsw2444
      @trainerlsw2444 3 роки тому

      THIS GUY IS FUCKING WORSE THAN...... uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

    • @antonhallergren588
      @antonhallergren588 2 роки тому +5

      This dude is on par with people like Josef Mengele. Even Satan himself probably fears them.

    • @powersliding
      @powersliding 2 місяці тому

      well well well

  • @husky9292
    @husky9292 3 роки тому +33

    If you ended these 17 minutes by saying "I mean this guy was a real jerk", it would have been perfection.

  • @0y3ah58
    @0y3ah58 4 роки тому +1476

    The kind of evil that even the devil would be terrified of

    • @kingofstrangeness7014
      @kingofstrangeness7014 4 роки тому +4

      @Tom Tom ♾

    • @paulhaynes561
      @paulhaynes561 3 роки тому +42

      Tom Tom Satan was created by God. And everything God does is good. So Satan must serve a purpose. If Satan is all evil then God created something evil. Satan has no free-will. We do. This dude is definitely worse than the devil.

    • @paulhaynes561
      @paulhaynes561 3 роки тому +7

      @Caleb Mayfield Free-Will, according to the Bible, does not exist -- everything, including us as well as Satan, can only do what God allows -- that is, of course, if you believe in the Bible.

    • @reb-dom1ne
      @reb-dom1ne 3 роки тому +17

      @Tom Tom but Satan is the one who punishes the evil, so why are you calling him evil?

    • @kingx83279
      @kingx83279 3 роки тому +11

      That’s the kind of evil the devil would love to torture for all eternity.

  • @dats3
    @dats3 5 років тому +389

    I regret watching this.

    • @dats3
      @dats3 5 років тому +13

      @deenman23 That's just it, I don't want to watch more videos like this.

    • @sydneyprescott3374
      @sydneyprescott3374 4 роки тому +5

      @saganist I cant ever,EVER read or watch anything about Junko again.. my God,
      I'm interested in reading about serial killers, murders, but jesus, his parents actually saw her and did nothing🤷‍♀️

    • @DrDolan2000
      @DrDolan2000 4 роки тому

      I don't. This just brings my attention to the fact that no matter how old they are, a stranger is a stranger and you shouldn't let your child go with said stranger for any reason. "Looks can be deceiving" they say

  • @lucisferre6361
    @lucisferre6361 3 роки тому +44

    Simon's warning at the start of this video, that it was "not pretty" is the understatement of the century.

  • @petehaight1139
    @petehaight1139 3 роки тому +37

    Horrifying serial killer aside, the detective work that brought him down was seriously good.

  • @marklll4426
    @marklll4426 4 роки тому +545

    i came from a vocaloid song called "the secret of wysteria"
    dude.

  • @coreblue762
    @coreblue762 5 років тому +359

    Why did I choose to eat while listening to this? Obviously there are no disturbing images... but listening to his letter while eating made me feel sick.

    • @chanimarie6753
      @chanimarie6753 5 років тому +3

      🤢

    • @krusher181
      @krusher181 5 років тому +24

      Well, at least we know we will never eat ass quite like him.

    • @kimberlyhaines107
      @kimberlyhaines107 5 років тому +1

      I guess I’m just odd that stuff like this doesn’t kill my appetite.

    • @rager7709
      @rager7709 5 років тому +1

      Kimberly Haines nope I’m fine

    • @radias2589
      @radias2589 4 роки тому

      I had no problem eating while watching this

  • @dodge96neon
    @dodge96neon 3 роки тому +20

    if his children turned out ok then it's a miracle after being around that while growing up

  • @brothersGrimmRecords
    @brothersGrimmRecords Рік тому +12

    One of my earliest memories in life (it was 1981, and I was 3) is the tragic story of Adam Walsh... His disappearance, and subsequently, the discovery of his body. The news footage showing the lake of which he was found, is unfortunately etched in my mind forever. Even at a young age I'll never forget the pain that I felt caused his family, in particularly, his father.

    • @TomikaKelly
      @TomikaKelly 11 місяців тому +1

      My parents had just moved to Florida when that happened. That case is the main reason my mom was a helicopter parent. 😒

  • @anthonyciccariello8089
    @anthonyciccariello8089 5 років тому +631

    Wow, that was one evil man. If you ask me I said he got off light, but if they would have beat him and tortured him he would have just got aroused.

    • @aaronb2334
      @aaronb2334 4 роки тому +22

      Nah. You just gotta do it right. Slow and steady wins the pain race

    • @acetrainer_zack2455
      @acetrainer_zack2455 4 роки тому +10

      Aaron B nah that doesn’t work

    • @nicholaslindsey7087
      @nicholaslindsey7087 4 роки тому +19

      Not if he was into sadomasochism. Frankly, no death would have been enough...not even torture.

    • @nicholaslindsey7087
      @nicholaslindsey7087 4 роки тому +20

      @J purple ramen that is a good point. Isolation, especially for someone who's already mentally fucked up would really hammer the point home (hopefully)

    • @wislata
      @wislata 4 роки тому +10

      @Bradley Taft he wouldve died to orgasm

  • @Hannah-kk2yg
    @Hannah-kk2yg 4 роки тому +360

    Imagine being one of those kids. My stomach is churning wow

    • @mgsgamer8340
      @mgsgamer8340 3 роки тому +11

      Hannah
      He normally goes after children below 6. A 10 year old should be able to strangle him.

    • @idontknow3424
      @idontknow3424 3 роки тому +12

      Took 9 days for him to finish gracie

    • @olliered9924
      @olliered9924 3 роки тому +6

      @@mgsgamer8340 nah i dont think so A 10 year old is still too weak to fight a grown man

    • @dijahhairston
      @dijahhairston 2 роки тому

      Apparently they hated him. His poor wife.

    • @rileyreid5393
      @rileyreid5393 2 роки тому

      so is a 16 year old or even an 18 year old. depends how frail the elderly man is. 70s and 80s easily overpowered

  • @123wowmomdeluxe7
    @123wowmomdeluxe7 4 роки тому +36

    He's a living cannibal corpse song

  • @Literalchutoy87
    @Literalchutoy87 3 роки тому +39

    Albert Fish: *Enters Hell*
    Satan: *Sweats nervously*

    • @antonhallergren588
      @antonhallergren588 2 роки тому +4

      This guy is probably what Satan is scared of at night.

    • @willowdelosrios4326
      @willowdelosrios4326 2 роки тому

      No, Satan has nothing to worry about, considering Fish likes little kids

  • @IntrovertedOreo
    @IntrovertedOreo 5 років тому +1542

    Albert Fish wrote nasty letters to women in personal ads.
    World's first troll?

  • @thefool8750
    @thefool8750 5 років тому +260

    It’s four am, I’m in a UA-cam fueled haze and when I saw “Albert Fish: the Grey Man” I thought it’d be a delightful mundane story about a painter maker or something.
    I was quite wrong.

    • @severalaiz
      @severalaiz 3 роки тому +8

      Silver Cloud I feel bad for you

    • @jje7613
      @jje7613 3 роки тому +4

      5am sux it

    • @jackhamilton9604
      @jackhamilton9604 3 роки тому +8

      I mean he was an actual painter so that’s somewhat right

    • @VinVin_31
      @VinVin_31 3 роки тому

      *HAHA 😂*

    • @KiraYoza
      @KiraYoza Рік тому

      I went from the otaku killer and then in the comment section someone said this guys like a dumbed down version of Albert fish and now I’m here and I hate them both 😂

  • @BackAlleyArtist
    @BackAlleyArtist 7 місяців тому +2

    I read and watched so many documentaries about famous serial killers yet NONE of them made me for sick and needing to lay down than Albert Fish. The fact that Grace's parents believed that he wasn't going to hurt their child is INSANE! This man was so manipulative that he deceived the parents of many children. Lord just typing it makes me sick so my stomach.

  • @Ploskkky
    @Ploskkky 3 роки тому +2

    Killing children... I can not even begin to comprehend. How is it possible that one can not feel compassion for a suffering innocent child.

    • @notsureiL
      @notsureiL 3 роки тому +1

      Some people lack feelings and empathy.

    • @PrincessQ-fj9ly
      @PrincessQ-fj9ly 3 роки тому +1

      @@notsureiL Sadly yes. Some people don't have any empathy. That's just upsetting to me.

  • @marenawheatley5260
    @marenawheatley5260 4 роки тому +370

    I wonder why this guy isn’t more well known.

    • @Canev821
      @Canev821 3 роки тому +31

      I always thought I was just to grusemome

    • @jje7613
      @jje7613 3 роки тому +71

      People would love to not know this

    • @duskgleam4634
      @duskgleam4634 3 роки тому +27

      he is. He's known as the boogey man

    • @nutsafiso7609
      @nutsafiso7609 3 роки тому +42

      He doesnt deserve attention.

    • @auntheidi9389
      @auntheidi9389 3 роки тому +2

      He's very well known.

  • @Hejdo8
    @Hejdo8 5 років тому +517

    U look like vsauce michael

  • @marcusbaker404
    @marcusbaker404 4 роки тому +16

    I find it’s crazy that I’m watching this on the anniversary day of his execution. Didn’t realize that.

  • @youtubeblockscomments
    @youtubeblockscomments 3 роки тому +16

    That’s real detective work right there.

  • @sweetplayzyt3796
    @sweetplayzyt3796 5 років тому +140

    When he went on the electric chair he became Albert Fried Fish

  • @youcanthandlethetruth8873
    @youcanthandlethetruth8873 5 років тому +182

    This is what we call stranger danger.

  • @FordyTheConeSmoker
    @FordyTheConeSmoker 4 роки тому +11

    “He clearly loved children.”
    Well that’s a sick line knowing what this man did

  • @emils3440
    @emils3440 4 роки тому +6

    I was looking up Albert Einstein for my 5TH GRADE project and Albert Fish came up on the search bar
    I ruined my childhood with ONE CLICK.

  • @septube26
    @septube26 5 років тому +353

    very interesting. He was absolutely insane.

    • @zemaddonzo3504
      @zemaddonzo3504 5 років тому +24

      I feel like his early childhood messed him up bigtime. Defo should have seen a therapist

    • @lopkobor6916
      @lopkobor6916 4 роки тому +1

      Ze Mad Donzo Yeah; his childhood was extremely messed up.

    • @pizzachi
      @pizzachi 4 роки тому

      @@lopkobor6916 What was his childhood?

    • @sjisjsissk
      @sjisjsissk Рік тому

      @@pizzachi Very clear his childhood created his sadism. Interesting to study how it evolved into such depravity

  • @alv8rez
    @alv8rez 4 роки тому +72

    5:54 those lucky kids. If they didn’t decide to be little fighters they would have died.

    • @nej6246
      @nej6246 3 роки тому +10

      They would have died in a very, very gruesome way... I'm happy for them, but feel so, so sorry for Albert's victims...

  • @FreshCheeseBag
    @FreshCheeseBag 2 роки тому +2

    I've read and learned so much about so many of these killers that I actually put off watching most of these videos because I got tired of hearing them. Simon just retells the information and brings to light so many other facts and information that most youtubers won't cover. That's what makes his channel different from everyone else.

  • @a.s.3267
    @a.s.3267 3 роки тому +8

    It's indescribably shameful the way society has and still does allow vulnerable children (& adults) to be abused by those purporting to care for them.

  • @ashutoshsharmash
    @ashutoshsharmash 4 роки тому +570

    As a doctor, the case is really interesting.
    It documents a possible diagnosis of syphilis, leading to Neurosyphilis.. This would explain the hallucinations post prison (since I assume he would have contracted it in prison through unprotected sex), dissociative and sudden change in behavior and personality, dissociative fugue (his visions of him being Christ and being talked to by the Apostles)
    I must write though, that given the lack of testing and definitive evidence, this is merely conjecture (even if the symptoms coincide) and while it might have contributed to his deviant behavior, it wasn't an independent determinant.
    It would be interesting to present this as a medical case which you guys can present at a later episode, if you let me gloss over your research on this, specifically his incarceration and immediate behavior post incarceration.
    Let me know if you guys at the Biographics team would be interested.

    • @DGLeo482
      @DGLeo482 3 роки тому +21

      To be honest I'd prefer such people get brutally punished and killed. I'm disturbed just by knowing his story I would rather not read any detailed thesis or other statements from him.

    • @FREAKOFNATURE-mb8oo
      @FREAKOFNATURE-mb8oo 3 роки тому +27

      GUYS HUSH, A SMART PERSON IS TALKING-
      *_I WANNA HEAR THE BIG WORDS-:0_*

    • @theratgodpraiseme7875
      @theratgodpraiseme7875 3 роки тому +3

      Can someone simplify this to my brain size

    • @LoopsLoveHate
      @LoopsLoveHate 3 роки тому +2

      I Just Thought That He Simply Had Schizophrenia And Psychopath.

    • @LeatherCladVegan
      @LeatherCladVegan 3 роки тому +6

      OP is trying way too hard.

  • @joseffthomas10
    @joseffthomas10 5 років тому +83

    I looked this guy up on Wikipedia and I was very close to throwing up 🤢. Seriously, that man was sick in SO MANY WAYS.

  • @namelessdoes
    @namelessdoes 3 роки тому +6

    Truly a fascinating tale, a haunting reminder of just how disturbed the human mind can really get in the right conditions.

  • @Ebi.Adonkie
    @Ebi.Adonkie 3 роки тому +5

    This man is the worst of the worst in humanity. There's just no words invented yet to describe this man.

  • @skullymanewhoa
    @skullymanewhoa 4 роки тому +100

    Man the more I hear about this Albert Fish guy, the less I like him.

    • @skullymanewhoa
      @skullymanewhoa 4 роки тому +8

      shoutout to Norm Macdonald for the idea for my one liner lmao

    • @organ444
      @organ444 4 роки тому +5

      More of a comment, really

    • @toastydeadfrogs453
      @toastydeadfrogs453 3 роки тому +1

      What a great comment, where do you get your ideas from?

    • @Garrus1995
      @Garrus1995 3 роки тому

      Matthew Breen, Explain to the folks at home what a comment is, Matthew.

    • @organ444
      @organ444 3 роки тому

      @@Garrus1995 this video is more of a factoid

  • @d_x4code
    @d_x4code 5 років тому +239

    There's a song of Albert fish it's called secret of wysteria

    • @bluu1860
      @bluu1860 5 років тому +68

      That song led me to this video :)

    • @PowerSpirit50
      @PowerSpirit50 5 років тому +45

      That song makes me more sad than scared. The bad thing about it is that it's so catchy!

    • @Horrorangell
      @Horrorangell 5 років тому +22

      that song legit gave me chills and that's something super rare for me.

    • @0Pardofelis
      @0Pardofelis 4 роки тому +26

      The backwards version is even worst

    • @neko__lover
      @neko__lover 4 роки тому +6

      That damm song made me come here

  • @ImposterTheory
    @ImposterTheory 4 роки тому +14

    I am very obsessed with this case. It’s very interesting, and unlike anything I’ve ever seen.

  • @cooledicecubes2805
    @cooledicecubes2805 4 роки тому +9

    Little Gracie found a strange house, a place to play, just past all the trees

    • @prezm_487
      @prezm_487 2 роки тому

      secrets of wisteria?

  • @masonminor177
    @masonminor177 5 років тому +60

    The fact that a person like this existed is shocking. It’s even more shocking that there are are more people out there who are like Fish.

  • @SgtMajorShutUp
    @SgtMajorShutUp 5 років тому +362

    It would have been awesome if instead of saying ''Albert Fish: The Gray Man'' in the title, it said ''Albert Fish: A Real Jerk''.

    • @folarinalabi3250
      @folarinalabi3250 5 років тому +20

      SgtMajorShutUp To call him a jerk is an insult to jerks
      He is soooooo much worse

    • @pepperpattynaise
      @pepperpattynaise 5 років тому +27

      You know, the more I learn about that Folarin Alabi guy, the more I dont care for him.

    • @shimapancake8462
      @shimapancake8462 5 років тому +3

      Calling him a jerk seems to be rather common, though he's really much, much more. One if the worst monsters on this planet.

    • @owownwowlson8524
      @owownwowlson8524 5 років тому +7

      It’s an inside norm McDonald joke Folarin Alabi, фартима

    • @pepperpattynaise
      @pepperpattynaise 5 років тому

      @@owownwowlson8524 thats why i was replying with another one

  • @Lenise-xx1uk
    @Lenise-xx1uk 4 роки тому +3

    This mini-documentary was very very well done. Kudos! I just now subbed to your channel : )

  • @RogueMetaHere
    @RogueMetaHere 3 роки тому +10

    I've watched every single Biographics on Serial Killers so far, but this is the first video that actually disturbed me. These type of people who prey on children are truly the most evil monsters ever to walk this Earth.

  • @JokerL1000
    @JokerL1000 5 років тому +229

    The real freddy krueger. He even looks like him.

    • @peoplesrepublicofliberland5606
      @peoplesrepublicofliberland5606 5 років тому +3

      JokerL1000 the diference is that Kruger died in flames he didn't

    • @sherylinm
      @sherylinm 4 роки тому

      JokerL1000 Damn, I said the same thing

    • @Anonymouscomment691
      @Anonymouscomment691 4 роки тому +1

      Krueger didn’t rape anyone.

    • @Talisman09
      @Talisman09 4 роки тому

      @@Anonymouscomment691 krueger had a professionally made knife glove too

    • @allistair9024
      @allistair9024 4 роки тому +4

      @@Anonymouscomment691 Maybe not on screen, but Wes Craven had always wanted Freddy to be a pedophile as well as murderer. Additionally, in the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy was finally confirmed to be a pedo. Sooooo he really is kind of like Albert Fish, minus the cannibalism.

  • @JMWxx
    @JMWxx 5 років тому +31

    “He looked like a corpse propped up in a chair” - I’ve seen quite a few people that fit that description and Mr Fish definitely fits it!

  • @mudguts77
    @mudguts77 4 роки тому +42

    Jury: Why yes, we believe he's insane, but he still deserves the electric chair.... ahhhh the good old days.

    • @alexxa5584
      @alexxa5584 3 роки тому +7

      That's not the good old days. They only acted when it struck home. Otherwise they were slow to respond to black kids and mentally ill men disappearing.
      It was an era marked by brutality and lawless lynchings and Jim Crow. It wasnt good at all on balance. A decade after Fish died there would be Americans who celebrated the Nazis' ethnic cleansing and stuff, on par and one a wilder scale than any serial killer's crimes.

    • @mudguts77
      @mudguts77 3 роки тому +2

      @@alexxa5584 It's funny how people assume that their particular moral stance in the here and now is the absolute 100% correct, unfailing moral stance that needs no introspective. 100 years from now do you honestly think that there will not be things about your worldview that will be morally reprehensible? There were things about life a long time ago that were better, and things that were worse. There are things now that are worse and some better, that's life. There are people on every side of every issue now, as there was then. Condemn an entire era and the entirety of the population of that era at your peril. May you not be judged by the moral failings your are willfully unaware of in a hundred years.

    • @nej6246
      @nej6246 3 роки тому +1

      He may be insane, but he was still very aware of his actions

    • @okay1775
      @okay1775 2 роки тому +1

      @@alexxa5584 Lawless lynching still happens. Just look at the blm protesters

  • @gamefiends7420
    @gamefiends7420 Рік тому +3

    I love how you don’t skip the details without sounding exploitive. It’s just the hard truth.

  • @Kullen64
    @Kullen64 5 років тому +75

    UA-cam is going to cut this video into pieces and eat your ad revenue for this one. Just like Albert Fish.

  • @brianartillery
    @brianartillery 5 років тому +159

    Quite horribly fascinating: proving yet again, that there really are monsters, and those monsters are not supernatural in origin, but men. How about John Haigh, Neville Cleveley Heath or Gordon Cummins as a future Biography? All interesting, and all equally horrid.

  • @wacodraco1558
    @wacodraco1558 2 роки тому +6

    Norm Macdonald brought me here and is a legend! R.I.P. thank you Norm for making all of our lives that much better

  • @Baldevi
    @Baldevi Рік тому +1

    I always enjoy your videos, for the information and how you deliver it. May I suggest you ask "Did you find this video interesting?" since asking if it was enjoyed seems to distress you, and might seem callous to some people, tho enjoying learning about anything is human and normal.
    I do enjoy this channel, and often watch something here before watching about the same subject on Causal Criminalist. It does help me swallow the horror sometimes presented by serial killers you cover at both channels. I like the more biographical leaning, filling in some blanks about their backgrounds and some movements before and between their crimes. Excellent work by Simon and the writers!

  • @irishg357
    @irishg357 5 років тому +172

    Boy, this guy was a real jerk.

    • @leathery420
      @leathery420 5 років тому +4

      lol came here to say the same thing

    • @matthewfergudon8627
      @matthewfergudon8627 5 років тому +2

      First class jerk lord creepy

    • @Jackklassen
      @Jackklassen 5 років тому +1

      Thank you I was looking for this comment.

    • @oprecourt
      @oprecourt 5 років тому

      He once killed a child by gouging their eyes out while the boy hung by his hands. This man was the truest sense of evil

    • @mechajay3358
      @mechajay3358 5 років тому +1

      Jerk is too nice of a word for him. He was a MONSTER

  • @aliden7692
    @aliden7692 5 років тому +80

    Albert fish is more dangerous than sharks

    • @idontknow3424
      @idontknow3424 3 роки тому

      At least sharks mistake people for prey

    • @severalaiz
      @severalaiz 3 роки тому

      Noobfinity yeah

    • @jje7613
      @jje7613 3 роки тому +4

      Fucking coconuts falling from trees are more dangerous than sharks

    • @nej6246
      @nej6246 3 роки тому +1

      You really want to compare him to SHARKS?

    • @aliden7692
      @aliden7692 3 роки тому +1

      @@nej6246hello, can you please check the comment time before replying to it? Because this was something i commented last year.

  • @forthwanderer
    @forthwanderer 4 роки тому +11

    The fact that he enjoyed pain is just...

    • @trainerlsw2444
      @trainerlsw2444 3 роки тому +4

      He wasn’t just enjoying it... he was getting aroused by it!

  • @thebigdudify1
    @thebigdudify1 4 роки тому +25

    There’s a song about this guy by steam pianist called “tales of Wysteria”

    • @uncletoasty3194
      @uncletoasty3194 3 роки тому +5

      I think it's called "secrets of wysteria"

    • @prezm_487
      @prezm_487 2 роки тому +1

      yeah its secrets

  • @The_Crimson_Fucker
    @The_Crimson_Fucker 5 років тому +32

    "He clearly loved children" and here folks we see the importance of context.

  • @lizatanzawa7910
    @lizatanzawa7910 5 років тому +185

    Fish's wife ran off and LEFT HIM WITH HER CHILDREN???? She's no better than he was!

    • @kirivt1785
      @kirivt1785 5 років тому +16

      I get what your saying.... Leaving them with him WAS really f♡k'd up!!!! Personally I could NEVER leave my kids when separating from their dad, They're mine and I'd do anything to keep them safe. Unfortunately.... Some people don't share that thought process and just aren't parent material, They don't care for their children And move on.... But to imply that she was as bad as him, Is wrong as there is no evidence to say she ever did anything like kidnapping, Sexually assault/Tortur, Murder or cannibalism.... It sounds likely she would've been oblivious to what he was actually doing until stuff was made public.

    • @MrFuck1006
      @MrFuck1006 5 років тому +45

      Separating from your husband and leaving your kids behind isn't exactly the same as murdering several other children....

    • @MrFuck1006
      @MrFuck1006 5 років тому +1

      Separating from your husband and leaving your kids behind isn't exactly the same as murdering several other children....

    • @kimberlyhaines107
      @kimberlyhaines107 5 років тому +22

      Kiri Twidle She probably had no idea, and this was at a time where it would have been near, if not impossible, to care for so many children on her own. It was pretty much practically illegal to divorce for most people at this time (even in cases when BOTH parties wanted it), and Fish probably would have been given custody and she figured there was no reason to fight if that was the outcome. And if he really didn’t, or minimally, abused their children she may not have feared their safety. Or if she did, she may have figured it was near impossible to convince the judicial system and law enforcement.
      One must remember what legal rights, or lack thereof, women had at this time. FAR different from today. Very few jobs were available for women, which may have reduced her too begging and perhaps being homeless. How is she supposed to provide for children then? Not she isn’t worthy of some blame, but you guys seem to forget the full extent of what she was up against.

    • @greent3582
      @greent3582 5 років тому +24

      You guys don’t even know if she had a choice or not to keep her children.

  • @naludragneel5371
    @naludragneel5371 2 роки тому +1

    I did research on him from hearing about him in a song. I will never forget this man.

  • @whereisCarmenSandiego
    @whereisCarmenSandiego 2 роки тому +2

    It’s quite terrifying just how disturbed and malevolent some human beings can be.

  • @theradio.9990
    @theradio.9990 5 років тому +69

    Ever heard of secrets of wysteria?

  • @die-cry-hate
    @die-cry-hate 5 років тому +83

    Theres a rumour that the electric chair shorted out because of the needles in his scrote. So they had to give him another jolt

  • @cognitivelydeficient4866
    @cognitivelydeficient4866 2 роки тому

    I’m happy to see this video, as awareness to such events are important. However, there are some details missing.

  • @AmyHoldaway27
    @AmyHoldaway27 Рік тому +2

    Please do a casual criminalist episode on this 🙏🏼 I am curious to see how your writers and Jen could make an exposé on this.

  • @owen823
    @owen823 5 років тому +48

    What an absurdly depraved human. Big appreciation to the staff at Biographics for this one. This is some seriously thorough research done on a man who lived so long ago. Only recently came across this channel, but have already binged watched a ton of these in my spare time. You all do a great job of diversifying the subjects of your research, and Simon Whistler is doing an outstanding job with the narration. You get the sense that the Biographics team is organized, hard-working, and most importantly, passionate about the work being done here. Thank you!

  • @tonyfish4847
    @tonyfish4847 5 років тому +692

    I feel sick knowing this man was my great great etc. grandfather

  • @metalmatt3431
    @metalmatt3431 2 роки тому

    I haven't watched a S.W. video in months, it's been FAR too long, I missed u Simon!

  • @CW-dl2dd
    @CW-dl2dd 3 роки тому +2

    Fish's last words were "I don't even know why I'm here," apparently denoting that he either thought himself innocent of the crimes or that he was undeserving of such a fate

  • @michaeljohnston6856
    @michaeljohnston6856 4 роки тому +31

    I hope there is a hell just for him. I'm glad he got caught and the jury acted so quickly.

  • @alexcaudill8175
    @alexcaudill8175 5 років тому +69

    Could you guys do Stanley Kubrick, Sergei Eisenstein or Andrei Tarkovsky please?

    • @Armendicus
      @Armendicus 5 років тому +3

      yeah Stanley Kubrick would be awesome.

  • @r.jclark4641
    @r.jclark4641 3 роки тому

    "I've got you now". Okay, but that line was seriously awesome. Like something out of a movie.

  • @ayhamshaheed7740
    @ayhamshaheed7740 2 роки тому +6

    I'll be honest this was a very difficult video to sit through. I've watched plenty of serial killer videos but this man's acts were so disgusting, vile and evil that I could not bare it and had to skip through the details on the later cases. I can't believe the level of perversion human beings are capable of. He's truly one of the worst serial killers, and that's really saying something.

  • @zemaddonzo3504
    @zemaddonzo3504 5 років тому +29

    This is chilling. I actually feel physically sick

  • @eatenbyghouls1849
    @eatenbyghouls1849 5 років тому +114

    asked for him a while back
    aint gonna be a fun one

  • @byeongiepop8694
    @byeongiepop8694 2 роки тому

    the thing that disturbed me the most about this case was listening and reading his letters that he sent to the parents

  • @obviouscommentguy1234
    @obviouscommentguy1234 3 роки тому +4

    Just crazy to think that someone can be this
    Evil to the core. A truly
    Reprehensible human being.
    Keeps you awake at night knowing these kind of monsters are out there.