Murderers of the 1920s (Part 1)

Because it's the scariest month of the year, I'm going to upload a multi-part series on murderers of the 1920s. In this miniseries, I'll talk about a few murderers and their horrible crimes in each video and I'll be uploading one part each week until the end of October.
Part 2: • Murderers of the 1920s...
Part 3: • Murderers of the 1920s...

[@valentinius62]

One thing I liked about the 1920s...a death sentence actually meant death, and not carried out 50 years later, either.

[@jntj3007]

Hear, hear.

[@maryannallen9885]

I was going to write that, but you beat me to it! Exactly at least the families got Swift justice back in the day

[@denesem2161]

Unfortunately it has not deterred people from doing horrible things.

[@kevyak]

Look at the cases the court gets wrong today. You look at the biases they had back then, I bet they executed a lot of innocent people

[@kelleygreengrass]

​@@denesem2161that's an immeasurable concept. You don't have a world without a death sentence to compare the amount of murderers.

[@kathrynoneill5862]

My grandmother was born in the 20s, and she is almost 100. I'm amazed she survived the 20s. It was such a brutal time.

[@bethanyavalos2914]

Hi! I just found you channel, my madien name is Ferguson. What caught my eye was the picture of GEORGE HASSELL...The family that evil man killed was my 2nd Great Aunt and my cousins on my Father side of my family.. I got to learned a little bit more about what happened to them through your video. My Great Great Aunt Susie Ferguson Hassell . Thank you

[@cristinavincent-renzoni9303]

Well that's funny my grandmother was a Ferguson. From North Carolina.

[@hernameistiffaney8181]

My condolences on what happened to your family. I'm glad Texas had the wherewithal to send this sociopath to the chair after what he did. 'Lonely Graves: A Texas Murder Trilogy' by Lana Payne Barnett is a great book to read if you would like to know more.

[@lifeguard8725]

Hi my name is lisa from Philly I had a really good friend when I was a kid his name was Jason Ferguson I always wondered about him…

[@blancamiranda778]

I'm 😞 sorry... my daughter was murdered TOO...HORRIBLE 😢

[@gregmilliken5538]

I hope you and your family got closure from finding out what happened. Not knowing what happened is terrible, you aways wonder.

[@L.ysergicSD]

It was creepier back then bc of just how more difficult it was to not only contact people around for help but to solve the murders

[@JxRocs]

Yea these monsters are what made the laws on crime today.

[@Scroticus_Maximus]

Just imagine the number of these psychos who go undetected.

[@joem715]

Emma, the only survivor of the Wolf family, was raised by her Aunt Christina and Uncle Emanuel Hofer. Christina was Emma's mother's sister. Once she was in high school she lived with the family of Emil Haas, and worked in their store as well. In the picture of the funeral shown in the video the lady standing and holding a baby are Christina and Emma.

[@MexicoDigDoctor]

Thanks for the additional information!!

[@fizzao1342]

Albert Fish's crimes are enough to turn the stomachs of the strongest men.

[@13strigoi69]

That guy was a real jerk.

[@frankieaddams3937]

He was a demon from hell.

[@giovanna8187]

Yes, and the cruelty of his letter to Grace Budd's family :(

[@oldnick4707]

@@13strigoi69, Nah, he was a good g....I cant do it!

[@janetlieb2507]

A true monster! Not human!

[@stevenbos5656]

How is your channel not bigger, man? This is a a great little corner of youtube.

[@brendadow7574]

Totally agree . .

[@nataliewalker5644]

Love hearing history like this

[@ramencurry6672]

People are more interested in seeing young female KZbinrs. They tend to get the more views and subscribers

[@thomashorton4435]

I am never surprised at the depths that humans can sink. Often disgusted and frequently angered, but sadly not surprised.

[@wht-rabt-obj]

I am quickly becoming fascinated with this channel...

[@heatherr0420]

Me too, there's just something quite fascinating about this era in time for me

[@hjtres7261]

Just discovered it. And cant stop watching.

[@thesweetestteas.4534]

Me too, it's so intriguing...🧐

[@ethandaw9003]

Fukin boomers

[@robertc.johnson310]

T1920sCh., This proves the more things Change the more they remain the same even with Homicides among human beings. RCJ/LEO

[@3frenchhens818]

I read about Albert Fish in Jay Robert Nash's books in the 1970s. The first time I saw a paperback about Fish, headlining that it was his final letter, was in a rack at the supermarket. I nearly threw up. Maybe the reason books like that keep coming out -- aside from buying groceries for the writers -- is so people called for jury duty never forget how bad these crimes are. Almost makes you wish for the old system in England: If they convicted you in April, you were hung by the end of May. Severe, but appropriate. Trouble is, even capital punishment doesn't deter crime.

[@Whipslinger1]

The first two Cannibals of Children was extremely disturbing because they were defenseless Childen. I was as repulsed as I was fascinated!

[@ramencurry6672]

Don’t get too fascinated. I don’t want you eating people

[@wrestlingconnoisseur]

Notable for Hickman, when they strung him up, the guy actually strangled on the end of his noose for about two minutes before asphyxiating.

[@johnhenderson131]

What I find most disturbing, is it doesn’t seem to matter whether it’s the 1920s or the 2020s, these very evil and disturbed monsters are still with us. The names and faces change but the misery they cause is just the same. In 100 years neither the justice system nor medical psychiatry has rid society of these heinous crimes. Your channel theme provides a very Interest prospective. Sincerely, JBH PS. George Hassell looks eerily similar to John Wayne Gary. Yuk!

[@josephsturgis3898]

Thanks for sparing us the gory details on the acts of these deranged maniacs.

[@sportshistorybuff]

About the only redeeming quality of most of these killers is that they weren't Albert Fish writing letters taunting the parents of victims.

[@blazefairchild465]

Now Crazy You Tubers do.

[@HollywoodGraham]

Hickman's confession written on the train trip back to L.A. was on display at LAPD Central Station for years. Eventually it was removed and offered to the LAPD Museum who constantly neglected to pick it up despite request from an Officer aware of its historical interest. Eventually it was going to be trashed and a museum volunteer being aware of its historical interest took it upon himself to retrieve it and bring it to the museum office despite the staff. It now is displayed in the museum with interest. The kidnapping and murder were constant headline news in the day. The confession hung around for years, not so Hickman he was hung and not soon enough.

[@internetcensure5849]

"he was hung", hanged.

[@WillieBCreative]

You handled this important yet gruesome history very well! Thank you for avoiding the gore.

[@mariaellis2882]

Albert Fish couldn’t wait to get the electric chair. He was excited and giddy as he was strapped to the chair. He said something like, “ This will be the best experience of all.” He was a very strange guy who derived pleasure from giving & receiving pain.

[@dersturmer9962]

“What a thrill it will be to die in the electric chair”

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

According to one witness present, it took two jolts before Fish died, creating the rumor that the apparatus was short-circuited by the needles that Fish inserted into his body. The guy was nuts

[@mariaellis2882]

So true

[@fuzzamajumula]

I bet he was on pins and needles. Pun intended.

[@suzp2265]

Always amazes me to think that, in between their appalling crimes, these deranged people are just walking among us.

[@blancamiranda778]

🎯🔥that's scary...makes u think how many more...

[@israfaeldari5532]

I read Albert fish entire story. He makes the cannibal family of Texas chainsaw look like the Disney family!

[@Lane8492]

The Texas electric chair that George Jefferson Hassell was executed in is on display at the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville Texas.

[@Inkblot67]

Horrific. All of the murders were horrific. I had known, of course, of Albert Fish and I thank you for not sharing the information he wrote detailing his acts. I’ve always been drawn by true crime but there is something so abhorrent about some crimes and the criminals who did them that I can’t let myself hear the details. The other two I had never heard before. The creep who took the daughter had absolutely dead eyes. The way he “returned” her is…well, there are no words. The last freak looks shockingly very much like John Wayne Gacey. Thanks for a well done video.

[@janicesullivan8942]

Albert Fis was an especially repugnant murderer of children, I hope it’s especially HOT where he is now.

[@tommoncrieff1154]

Ugh. I read the wiki page on Albert Fish. Beyond belief.

[@gabriellashimone6546]

Hickman was simply brutal and sociopathic.

[@daffyslooney2867]

All of these monsters should have been punished severely before being put to final death!

[@1neOfN0ne]

I've heard the Albert Fish story before and I'm familiar with many serial killers throughout American history... Albert Fish's story is maybe the most disturbing of them all

[@nilevalleyafrican9451]

I heard of him back in my teens. I read about serial killers, out of curiosity; it was never for enjoyment. Sort of remembering this old guy wanting me and a school mate to come inside his house to look at paintings. It's important that we learn from these unfortunate mistakes.

[@Lady_Chalk]

One of the saddest parts about that family who had the little Grace, her mother couldn’t read. The 18 year old boy had to read it out loud.

[@nicolettaciccone8869]

The cannibal guy gives me the cripes!!!😱😱😱

[@lundyndavis5386]

I recommend reading the letter fish wrote to grace's parents... I mean, if you are into gathering all their stuff they did. It is pretty stomach turning tho& i cried... It got to me... Being grace, being her parents or family....

[@paulakpacente]

I've been an investigator for MANY years. The fact that the N.D. murderer showed up at the funeral and did what he did is no surprise to me. It has been my experience that most criminals indeed want to be caught. I wish all states had the death penalty. It ensures that hardened criminals will NEVER commit another crime. Notice that many of these murderers didn't use guns...

[@rosaleerich2090]

George Hassell, his picture is very creepy!!

[@rhondawilliams5859]

EVIL MONSTERS WALK AMONG US.....DRESSED AS HUMANS..👹

[@gooberzmom]

Excellent channel. My question: Why can't we have these speedy trials today? Murderers have too many rights and languish in prison on our dollar for years on end.

[@brennocalderan2201]

I was waiting for you to get on the "dark" part of the 1920s Great upload.

[@jackieaustin7517]

Found this channel just a few days ago and I am hooked! 1920's were a fascinating time

[@budding269]

Wow, that was very disturbing. Very interesting look at these cases though. Wasn't aware of any of them

[@Skarfp]

Just discovered your series tonight. It's fantastic!

[@shannonc.5837]

Wow, these are so brutal. It’s hard to believe that people can be so twisted and deranged.... I’m looking forward to the other darker videos. I’d love if you covered the Hinterkaifeck murders in another video

[@aidaabdur-rashid6616]

I had read too that while Alfred Fish was in jail, authorities compiled a list of 18 paraphilias practiced by him. If consuming human flesh wasn’t enough, Fish was also guilty of the act of coprophagia: consumption of Human excrement ! A truly troubled soul ! Born Hamilton Fish in 1870, within a respected family living in Washington D.C., he was one of several relatives with severe mental disorders -at least seven, including two who died in asylums. He, however, graduated from public school at 15. He began to call himself Albert, due to his hatred of his name Hamilton which led to his classmates teasing him and calling him, “Ham and Eggs”.Regarded as a problem child that supposedly ran away every Saturday, he was also a persistent bed wetter until he was 11 years old and subject to having hallucinations. ( Source from: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Michael Newton ).

[@radicalross7700]

If only someone at Marian Parker's school telephoned the bank where her father worked to verify Hickman's story.

[@HasBeensNAddicts]

New favorite channel

[@constantine7382]

I just subscribed, which is something I VERY rarely do. I found a couple of your videos, this one and one concerning lost films, and I think you do amazing work! Very well done!

[@hawkmaster381]

I was hoping you would cover the Osage Indian murders of the 1920’s. It was the first major FBI murder case.

[@SSN515]

Wonder if that Fish guy shorted out the electric chair with all the pins and needles?

[@sportshistorybuff]

You aren't the only one. At the time of his execution, a rumor spread that the executioner had to throw the switch twice due to the pins and needles, but there was no truth to the story.

[@liljennaocide7871]

love this channel dude glad to see younger people such as myself love learning about the good old days :)

[@garymazzeo3490]

What is good about it? Murders, people decapitated, arms and legs cut off...girly your demented!

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

@@garymazzeo3490 history is full of murder and tragedy

[@internetcensure5849]

"younger people" meaning 45 or more, according to US parlance, which has evicted "middle-age" from its vocabulary?🤣

[@prahladkarun3641]

These videos are incredible man.

[@r.j.powers381]

Albert Fish. Your ability to maneuver through the depravity of this guys crimes shows the level of your taste and discretion. Your summary is so much more palatable than the full facts. I urge your viewers only to seek out more information on this maniac if they have strong stomachs and are not prone to nightmares. Because of this first story and a previous video that featured Wallace Reid and Ince i have subscribed. You obviously spend time and care and choose your story telling structure carefully. Very well done. You're opening up an era that is rich in detail. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@wanettarenay8215]

you do a wonderful job on these documentaries, narration, production values all great, most informative

[@orbitunderground4475]

very intriguing and still tastefully done in spite of the subject matter... excellent job!

[@patriciathomas1252]

And people say demons aren't real.

[@joseybryant7577]

So THAT'S why my parents always warned me about being picked up from school by a stranger...

[@amp279]

As a parent & pacifist, it's very difficult not to imagine Albert Fish being slowly tortured for the letters he sent to those poor families.

[@jackhames3874]

I’m neither a parent nor a pacifist, but I concur. I do not advocate cruel and unusual punishment, but to me justice seems like it would have been for him to have been eaten by something, just like he had done to his victims

[@suzanne6441]

Right? Horrifying. We always think our current times so much more dangerous and we do have the mass shootings which are a recent horror, but it seems like the past had more really devious and cruel perverse people. So many child murders. Awful.

[@maureentuohy9423]

This is why I believe in capital punishment.

[@Vincisomething]

Unfortunately the Justice system isn't great and innocent people have been executed or put on death row. In a pefect world, only the most heinous of people with no chance of redemption would be punished but that's not this world Anthony Padilla has a video where he interviewed wrongly convicted people who were on death row.

[@catherinelw9365]

@@Vincisomething With DNA evidence there are fewer chances of innocent people being executed.

[@internetcensure5849]

@@Vincisomething So, for some possible errors of the judicial system, all convicted criminals of odious crimes should be spared. Odd logic.

[@pelecyphora1]

That guy at the end...eternal agony and pain in HELL!

[@hernameistiffaney8181]

Want to know more about the George Hassell case? Pick up or download the book 'Lonely Graves': A Texas Murder Trilogy' by Lana Payne Barnett. George Hassell and details about his life and the murders he committed are mentioned in detail in the book. Also, there was an older daughter that was already married and off living her own life when her family was massacred by this asshole. She was at the trial.

[@NastyWoman1979]

She commented below 😯

[@hep_fulla_pep]

Just seeing Albert Fish's photo at the beginning made me shudder.

[@annalisette5897]

William Hickman ( 4:48 ), was actually captured at Echo, Oregon which is still a very small, rural place. Back then it must have been almost nothing. Pendleton, Oregon would have been the nearest big town, likely with secure jail facilities. I have never heard an explanation why Hickman came north at all, or why he ended up in sparsely populated eastern Oregon. I do not know who identified him or how he was captured.

[@christinetracy4829]

Thanks for your respect of the victims.

[@bazbarrett8103]

Interesting channel and very good narration.

[@daedubois9428]

Poor Marianne!! I have never heard of this one! Yikes-!!!

[@vincentdesapio]

The best argument for the death penalty for certain crimes.

[@sportshistorybuff]

Not that anything would surprise me about Fish, but I've always wondered if that despicable letter he wrote was intended to lord his viciousness/arrogance in the parents' faces, or whether, in his own twisted mind, he thought he was doing them a service/favor solving the mystery. Is it possible Fish was so depraved and lacking in self-awareness, he had no idea of the cruelty in his words, of how it incriminated him.

[@IPlayOneOnT.V.]

This is the first video I've watched on this channel. But, it was extremely well done. So, I'll be back.

[@sharko5300]

Hickman was a hero of Ayn Rand's. She thought he should not have been imprisoned much less being executed. She thought he embodied her idea of the perfect man.

[@cocoaorange1]

She was messed up in the head!

[@OffTheWagons]

I hate her

[@sharko5300]

@@cocoaorange1 If you know a little about Ayn Rand, it's pretty clear that she was a full-fledged psychopath. What's scary is that she has an entire political movement; the Libertarians following her ideas.

[@nadyarossi5102]

She was a real piece of work.

[@fuzzamajumula]

What a shame she never got to meet him - and maybe marry him. She was a real POS, too. They would have made a perfect couple.

[@alisongorski3664]

Albert Fish, the 1920's version of Jeffery Daumer.

[@charlienelson1946]

You are unparalleled!!! JoAnn here!!!

[@yourhusbandismyboyfriend1714]

Next time my grans tells me that things have changed, that back then you could leave your front door unlocked-I’m showing her this. 🥴

[@internetcensure5849]

Dumb comment. These are freak cases, not common crime. Back then, common crimes were indeed rare, and "leaving the front door unlocked" didn't carry anywhere near the kind of risk incurred now. The stats prove the point.

[@elias560]

@@internetcensure5849 thats not true regular common M rates were much higher. Look at old newspapers from the time and youll see how much robberies,burglaries,and M all higher than now

[@Quinn_Femmepower]

Your videos are amazing

[@janetpitts7302]

Just found your channel, excellent video! New sub, thank you!

[@teddyduncan1046]

The quality of your videos is superb.

[@reneerichburg1500]

I'm injoying this your doing a great job 👍 keep up the good work 👍

[@gencooliveoil43]

This was well done. Disturbing as hell but really well done.

[@carlosyamara]

The Hassell case seems like the blueprint for the movie The Stepfather. My God, how horrible

[@cgirl111]

They put a 100k reward out in the 20's? That's over 1.5 million today.

[@internetcensure5849]

"1.5 million", according to official inflation rate.🤣But adjusted to real inflation, it is more like 15 million. How much did a car, a house, or a rent, cost in 1927?

[@michellelambert8729]

Killer video! A real collection of vierdos! I'm on to your next one. Thanks!

[@deborahisaacs5541]

Your videos are awesome...i love this channel....

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

Imagine killing 6 kids and 2 adults because a dog bit your cow. I mean, what a cruel dog, but come on now ...

[@CatskillsGrrl]

These are gruesome! Other than Albert Fish I hadn’t heard of any of them.

[@richardwadd9769]

Thanks for warning me that a documentary about murderers contains gruesome details.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

Some crime channels avoid being graphic or particular, either in consideration of 'sensitive' types or because of youtube's prudish standards. Little old ladies and people like that will watch them but don't want the heavier details.

[@internetcensure5849]

@@ingridfong-daley5899 Used to US porn and gore culture, you don't seem to know what "decency" means. It is not "prudishness". Paradoxically, as US culture degenerated, laws about media showing "grahic" details, or even dead bodies, became more restrictive.

[@ruthhaywood3473]

Just found your channel. Keep up the good work

[@waderaney7]

This was the Roaring 20's, Now it's the Boring 20's 😷😕

[@mariewelstead7070]

Killers and lunatics have always been amongst us we no propting from heavy metal music, on line games or the internet.

[@ohmeowzer1]

Love your channel thank you

[@alienstock]

great production

[@michaeldougherty8344]

Good information thank you

[@user-mi5xh8jt1l]

Well... Hassel Always smiles so that he could scare us

[@blancamiranda778]

Very well done🎯 THANK YOU...I SUBSCRIBED ✌

[@backnineblues5843]

Amazing that Albert Fish had six grandchildren.

[@theunlawfulsponge5908]

*children not grandchildren

[@johnmacek8347]

Thanks for saving the beast for last! 😅

[@sandradee4914]

Actually I've a morbid fascination with reading about these old time who done it !!!! Thanx

[@hebneh]

Every time some fool claims how unspoiled and pure the past was, in comparison to the sordid and evil present, this is the type of thing I immediately want to make them watch. There were serial killers and horrible perverted killers back then as well.

[@pegasusactua2985]

Things were always as bad and in some cases even worse, they just can't take their nostalgia glasses off

[@beckyfarley60]

Every one of them creepy. Well done.

[@tonkysue207]

Just found this channel ,should be much bigger.

[@randygriffith1209]

You make history interesting to learn

[@spacecowgurl57]

Have you ever read, "Hollywood Babylon "? That in itself is full of these stories and more. Rare book now, see a library. ❤

[@micheletaggart990]

The 1920s werent such an innocent time.

[@emilymalden3310]

No decade is.

[@giovanna8187]

Who ever thought they were?

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

Ummm I don’t think anyone thought that 😂😂 maybe the 50s was closer to innocence but I seriously doubt it

[@internetcensure5849]

No, but way less criminal than present USA.

[@jchow5966]

Thank you. This is a very well made and interesting.

[@jl3322]

Great channel

[@Genxdailypay]

Id like to know more and see more of the kinds of accessories hats purses especially and shoes they wore, and jewelry.