In the early decades of the 20th century, a series of disappearances and deeply disturbing crimes slowly converged around one man hiding behind the appearance of a frail, elderly drifter. Albert Fish targeted society's most vulnerable, moving through boarding houses, neighborhoods, and families with calculated patience while leaving devastation in his wake. His arrest revealed a pattern of extreme sadism, long-standing compulsions, and violence that spanned decades, shocking even seasoned investigators. In this episode, we trace Fish's progression from his early life marked by institutional trauma to the crimes that ultimately exposed him, and examine how his Taurus-heavy chart, paired with a likely Capricorn Moon, reflects obsessive endurance, rigid control, and a fixation on physical suffering carried out with chilling persistence.

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