THE HORRIFIC CRIMES OF ALBERT FISH: The Werewolf of Wysteria. The Vampire of Brooklyn. The Gray Man.
May 31, 2025•53 min
Episode description
In the early 1900s, children's worst nightmares became reality when Albert Fish stalked New York as a real-life boogeyman who tortured, murdered, and cannibalized his young victims over a decade-long reign of terror.
Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate
ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
IN THIS EPISODE: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” *** A UK woman sees a little sailor boy… a dead one. *** A 15-foot high B-25 bomber goes missing – in just 20 feet of water. *** A woman wakes up twice in the middle of her own surgery… but that’s not the scariest part. *** A rocking chair mysteriously moves itself to a completely different room. *** Two Romanian climbers found a strange yellowish object and as soon as they touched it something unexplained happened. *** Is teleportation impossible – tell that to Major Tudor Wellesley Pole. *** A new member joins a new age group – and she creeps everyone out. But they soon realize the feeling is warranted. *** September, 1952… was it a cryptid? An alien? We look more closely at what has become known as “The Flatwood Monster” from Braxton County, West Virginia. *** What began as a practical joke on some friends in a Revolutionary War cemetery backfires on the perpetrator. *** He’s been known by a few different names: “The Werewolf of Wysteria,” “The Gray Man”, even the “Brooklyn Vampire”. No matter the alias, Albert Fish is a murderer whose attacks took place over the span of ten years, causing terror in New York and throughout the United States.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Title Story Teaser and Show Open
00:01:56.729 = “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
00:10:37.576 = “Little Sailor Boy”
00:12:03.373 = “The Pennsylvania Ghost Bomber”
00:16:41.758 = “Operation Horror”
00:19:19.136 = “The Rocking Chair”
00:20:04.463 = “Bizarre And Unexplained Disappearances In The Bazau Mountains”
00:23:19.705 = “Mysterious Teleportation Case of Major Tudor Pole”
00:27:23.180 = “The Thing That Follows Her”
00:29:34.802 = “Meeting With The Flatwoods Monster”
00:37:17.650 = “The Scare That Backfired”
00:41:41.866 = “The Boogeyman Albert Fish”
00:51:11.185 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1kzyvu38
“Little Sailor Boy” by Anthonly Michael Eyre for MyHaunteLifeToo.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/jxjnqdla
“The Pennsylvania Ghost Bomber” by Troy Taylor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1f3gn5ly
“Operation Horror”: (link no longer available)
“The Rocking Chair” by Samantha Bradley for MyHauntedLifeToo.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/i7grx14f
“Bizarre And Unexplained Disappearances In The Buzau Mountains” by Nicolescu Vlad for MysteryToEagle.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/59j95292
“Mysterious Teleportation Case Of Major Tudor Pole” by Cynthia McKanzie for MessageToEagle.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ht3psqr5
“The Thing That Follows Her” submitted anonymously to Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1k87qnvb
“Meeting With The Flatwoods Monster”: (link no longer available)
“The Scare That Backfired” by Gigakhan for YourGhostStories,com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4nu9b9z8
“The Boogeyman Albert Fish” Audrey Webster for The-Line-Up.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/8j6vx8u4
=====
(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)
= = = = =
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
= = = = =
WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
=====
Originally aired: December 18, 2018
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/AlbertFish
Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate
ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
IN THIS EPISODE: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” *** A UK woman sees a little sailor boy… a dead one. *** A 15-foot high B-25 bomber goes missing – in just 20 feet of water. *** A woman wakes up twice in the middle of her own surgery… but that’s not the scariest part. *** A rocking chair mysteriously moves itself to a completely different room. *** Two Romanian climbers found a strange yellowish object and as soon as they touched it something unexplained happened. *** Is teleportation impossible – tell that to Major Tudor Wellesley Pole. *** A new member joins a new age group – and she creeps everyone out. But they soon realize the feeling is warranted. *** September, 1952… was it a cryptid? An alien? We look more closely at what has become known as “The Flatwood Monster” from Braxton County, West Virginia. *** What began as a practical joke on some friends in a Revolutionary War cemetery backfires on the perpetrator. *** He’s been known by a few different names: “The Werewolf of Wysteria,” “The Gray Man”, even the “Brooklyn Vampire”. No matter the alias, Albert Fish is a murderer whose attacks took place over the span of ten years, causing terror in New York and throughout the United States.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Title Story Teaser and Show Open
00:01:56.729 = “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
00:10:37.576 = “Little Sailor Boy”
00:12:03.373 = “The Pennsylvania Ghost Bomber”
00:16:41.758 = “Operation Horror”
00:19:19.136 = “The Rocking Chair”
00:20:04.463 = “Bizarre And Unexplained Disappearances In The Bazau Mountains”
00:23:19.705 = “Mysterious Teleportation Case of Major Tudor Pole”
00:27:23.180 = “The Thing That Follows Her”
00:29:34.802 = “Meeting With The Flatwoods Monster”
00:37:17.650 = “The Scare That Backfired”
00:41:41.866 = “The Boogeyman Albert Fish”
00:51:11.185 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1kzyvu38
“Little Sailor Boy” by Anthonly Michael Eyre for MyHaunteLifeToo.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/jxjnqdla
“The Pennsylvania Ghost Bomber” by Troy Taylor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1f3gn5ly
“Operation Horror”: (link no longer available)
“The Rocking Chair” by Samantha Bradley for MyHauntedLifeToo.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/i7grx14f
“Bizarre And Unexplained Disappearances In The Buzau Mountains” by Nicolescu Vlad for MysteryToEagle.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/59j95292
“Mysterious Teleportation Case Of Major Tudor Pole” by Cynthia McKanzie for MessageToEagle.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ht3psqr5
“The Thing That Follows Her” submitted anonymously to Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1k87qnvb
“Meeting With The Flatwoods Monster”: (link no longer available)
“The Scare That Backfired” by Gigakhan for YourGhostStories,com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4nu9b9z8
“The Boogeyman Albert Fish” Audrey Webster for The-Line-Up.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/8j6vx8u4
=====
(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)
= = = = =
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
= = = = =
WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
=====
Originally aired: December 18, 2018
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/AlbertFish
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android
Open in Metacast