The Disturbing Truth Of What Was Found In Albert Fish's X-Ray

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

Following a lengthy trial, Albert Fish was found to be legally sane. While Dr. Fredric Wertham and two other psychiatric professionals argued that Fish experienced severe delusions and was clinically insane, the court sided with the prosecution's psychiatric experts, who determined that Fish was legally sane and responsible for his own actions (via Murderpedia). This determination led to the court rendering a verdict of guilty. Fish was sentenced to die by electric chair, an act that was carried out in Sing Sing prison on January 16, 1936, by the state of New York (via Investigation Discovery). 

After Fish was executed, he was tied to the murders of two other juveniles. Later evidence showed that Fish strangled 8-year-old Francis McDonnell to death and murdered and cannibalized 4-year-old Billy Gaffney several years before being arrested for Grace Budd's murder. While Fish claimed to have killed a child in every state, no other victims have been directly tied to him, although experts have always thought he was sure to have had others in his lifetime. 

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