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Jesse Pomeroy was an American juvenile murderer in the 1870s, known for torturing and killing young children. His crimes shocked the public due to his young age and extreme cruelty. Pomeroy was convicted and spent the rest of his life in prison. His case remains one of the earliest and most disturbing examples of juvenile serial murder in the United States.
Neste episódio contamos a história de Jesse Harding Pomeroy, um garoto que chocou Boston no século XIX. O caso, estudado até hoje por criminologistas e psicólogos, expõe os limites da compreensão humana sobre violência e infância. Baseado no livro Making a Monster: Jesse Pomeroy, the Boy Murderer of Eighteen-Seventies Boston, de Dawn Keetley, o documentário revisita os crimes e a trajetória do jovem que ficou conhecido como “o torturador de Massachusetts”.
Season 18 : Killer Kids Episode 12 : Jesse Pomeroy In the 1870s, Boston was plagued by a series of assaults carried out by a 12-year-old boy. Authorities caught and punished Jesse Pomeroy for the attacks, thinking they had solved the problem, but when he was released, he only escalated his crimes. https://www.youtube.com/@SomewhereSinister Closed Captions are available and have been added by me. They are not YouTube generated. Just hit the CC button. You can listen to our Podcast by searching "this is MONSTERS" wherever you listen to podcasts. Go to thisismonsters.com to check out all of our merch hosted by FourthWall! Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisis_monsters Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters If you are a victim of domestic abuse, please reach out to someone for help. Please call the national domestic abuse hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE. That’s 1-800-799-7233 or go to thehotline.org to chat with someone online. This website is set up so that at any time, hitting the escape key twice will instantly take your browser to a google search page. In the event the abuser is nearby, you can ensure that you don’t get caught trying to get help. If you are having feelings of harming yourself or someone else or even just need someone to talk to, please contact your local mental health facility, call 911 or call Mental Health America who operate the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988 in the US. They’re available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you’re a member of the LGBTQ+ community and suffering from discrimination, depression, or are in need of any support, please contact the LGBT National Hotline at 1-888-843-4564 or go to LGBThotline.org. #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #crime #documentary #boston