This original Leominster Daily Enterprise newspaper from March 23, 1935 captures a pivotal moment in one of the most disturbing cases in true crime history, the conviction of Albert Fish, also known as The Gray Man and The Werewolf of Wysteria. Prominently featured on the front page is the headline “Fish Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree.”
Albert Fish (1870–1936), often referred to as the Brooklyn Vampire or Gray Man, was one of the most disturbing serial killers in American history. Active primarily in the 1920s and early 1930s, Fish abducted, tortured, murdered, and cannibalized young children, leaving behind letters and confessions that revealed extreme sadism and psychological instability. He was arrested after writing a taunting letter to the mother of one of his victims, Grace Budd, and was later convicted and executed in New York’s electric chair in 1936.
