Serial killer, pedophile, cannibal, and child molester. He married in 1898 and fathered six children. He was a relentless criminal who bribed children in New York City and took them to a place in the woods where he killed them and used their flesh in a stew. His most famous and last murder was the one that put him in the electric chair. In 1928, he killed and devoured a 10-year-old girl named Grace Budd, whom he had lured into an abandoned white house by saying that his niece was having a party and if she would like to come with him. This home was located at 379 Mountain Road in East Irvington, Westchester County, New York, less than a mile west of the Saw Mill River Parkway. In the house, strangled her. He then dismembered her body and ate her flesh in a stew with peas, carrots, and onions. It took him 9 days to eat her entire body. When Grace did not return home, her parents got worried and called the police. He was identified by the name Howard White, also known as Albert Fish. Fish was subsequently arrested for the murder of Grace. At his trial, Albert's past crimes were unfolded and it was revealed that he was connected to more than 200 child murders and abductions in 23 states. He confessed to all of these crimes. Many people, including the jury, believed that Fish was insane. Nonetheless, he was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. As he heard the sentence in the courtroom, he said: "The death penalty... what a thrill it would be to die... thank you, your honor." On Thursday, January 16, 1936, Fish was put to death in Old Sparky at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York, which was located in the same county where he savagely killed Grace Budd. At 65 years of age, he was the oldest prisoner ever executed at Sing Sing. Fish was buried in Flushing Cemetery in Queens, New York City, in an unmarked grave near a fence at the very back of the graveyard.
Serial killer, pedophile, cannibal, and child molester. He married in 1898 and fathered six children. He was a relentless criminal who bribed children in New York City and took them to a place in the woods where he killed them and used their flesh in a stew. His most famous and last murder was the one that put him in the electric chair. In 1928, he killed and devoured a 10-year-old girl named Grace Budd, whom he had lured into an abandoned white house by saying that his niece was having a party and if she would like to come with him. This home was located at 379 Mountain Road in East Irvington, Westchester County, New York, less than a mile west of the Saw Mill River Parkway. In the house, strangled her. He then dismembered her body and ate her flesh in a stew with peas, carrots, and onions. It took him 9 days to eat her entire body. When Grace did not return home, her parents got worried and called the police. He was identified by the name Howard White, also known as Albert Fish. Fish was subsequently arrested for the murder of Grace. At his trial, Albert's past crimes were unfolded and it was revealed that he was connected to more than 200 child murders and abductions in 23 states. He confessed to all of these crimes. Many people, including the jury, believed that Fish was insane. Nonetheless, he was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. As he heard the sentence in the courtroom, he said: "The death penalty... what a thrill it would be to die... thank you, your honor." On Thursday, January 16, 1936, Fish was put to death in Old Sparky at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York, which was located in the same county where he savagely killed Grace Budd. At 65 years of age, he was the oldest prisoner ever executed at Sing Sing. Fish was buried in Flushing Cemetery in Queens, New York City, in an unmarked grave near a fence at the very back of the graveyard.
Gravesite Details
Section K.P.C., Grave 6-8-4, in an unmarked grave per cemetery staff, under the name Albert Fish. Near edge fence and large bush, bordering on Pigeon Meadow Road, between 167th St & 168th St.
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