On this day, a Washington, D.C.-born serial killer known as the Moon Maniac was executed at Sing Sing prison in New York.

Albert Fish, also known as the Werewolf of Wysteria, the Brooklyn Vampire and The Boogeyman, was put into a D.C. orphanage where he was frequently whipped, and discovered that he enjoyed physical pain. He became fascinated by cannibalism and sadomasochism before moving to New York.