By the time he reached his teens he had developed an unhealthy fascination with Adolf Hitler, and took to wearing swastikas, extolling the virtues of a 'misunderstood' Hitler to anyone who would listen. Crippen, the infamous poisoner, was a particular favorite. When he was old enough to read, he favored sensationalist nonfiction accounts of murders, and Dr. He went on to become a rather peculiar child, solitary in his habits, and made no effort to socialize with others his own age. Albans, with his new wife, Molly, Young showed visible signs of distress at being separated from his aunt. When his father remarried in 1950, and reunited the family again in St. The Young spent the first two years of his life with his aunt and her husband, Jack, and became very close to them. Fred was devastated by her death, and the infant was put into the care of his aunt Winnie, while his elder sister, Winifred, was taken in by her grandparents. His mother developed pleurisy during pregnancy, and died of tuberculosis three months after her son's birth. Graham Frederick Young was born in Neasden, North London, on September 7, 1947, to Fred and Bessie Young. Upon beginning a new job, Young began poisoning again until being caught and convicted. Graham was put into a criminal mental hospital after confessing to the poisonings of his family but was released after nine years. At the age of 14, in 1961, Graham Young began testing out poisons on his family, eventually killing his stepmother.
