Famous Serial Killers — “Albert Fish — The Brooklyn Vampire”
In my novels, I write about serial killers. Sometimes I let myself be inspired by real murderers. I write about these killers here now. Today it’s about Albert Fish, also known as “The Brooklyn Vampire.”
Life
Albert Fish was born in May 1870 in Washington, D.C.
Like many other serial killers, Fish came from difficult backgrounds. When Fish was only five years old, his father died, and his mother sent him to a reform school. Alone she was overwhelmed with the care of her son.
The early loss of his father was because his father, Randall Fish, was already seventy-five years old at the time of Albert’s birth. Albert’s mother was an amazing forty-three years younger than her husband.
It is also interesting that there were many mentally ill people in Fish’s family. His mother hallucinated, two of his uncles died in psychiatric institutions, and his brother suffered from hydrocephalus and was classified as mentally weak.
Fish had two other siblings who also had severe mental problems. His second brother was an alcoholic, and the sister is said to have been insane.
