Albert Fish

From the Frying Pan into the Fire

Fish at his trial

The trial lasted ten days and the jury took less than an hour to reach its verdict. 

"We find the defendant guilty as charged," the foreman said.

Fish was not happy with the verdict, but the prospect of being electrocuted had its appeal to him.  A Daily News reporter wrote, "his watery eyes gleamed at the thought of being burned by a heat more intense than the flames with which he often seared his flesh to gratify his lust."

Fish thanked the judge for his sentence of death by electrocution.  On January 16, 1936, Albert Fish was executed.

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1. A Knock at the Door
2. New Recruits
3. Gracie
4. Vanished
5. Without A Trace
6. Where Have You Gone Billy Boy?
7. The Boogey Man
8. The Manhunt
9. A Letter From Hell
10. A Clue
11. Albert H. Fish
12. Confession
13. One-Way Ticket
14. Savagery
15. Finding Gracie
16. A Criminal History
17. The Unspeakable
18. Cannibalistic Cravings
19. The Alienists
20. A True Sadist
21. "Pins and Needles"
22. Legally Insane?
23. The Trial
24. Testimonies
25. On Hands and Knees
26. Signs of Psychosis
27. From the Frying Pan into the Fire
28. Bibliography