Jesse Harding Pomeroy - The Boy Fiend

Jesse H. Pomeroy holds the dubious honor of being one of the United States youngest serial killers. Active in Boston during the 1870's he would brutally beat and wound his victims before taking their life.

Despite being arrested for wicked acts he perpetrated before the murders occurred, he would be released early due to his apparent good behaviour while incarcerated. This decision would prove fateful...

[ForsakenWar]

I always shake my head when people say... 'what is the world coming to'. I can only assume they haven't educated themselves on the fact that evil and atrocities have been around since the beginning of time.

[grannym]

Honestly, your narration draws one in so deeply that a 20 minute video feels like barely 5 minutes. I could listen for hours. Thank you so much for bringing a little pleasure into an otherwise crappy week.

[KLGChaos]

His mom is partially responsible for constantly defending him. I understand people love their children and don't want to believe their kid can be bad, but so many either ignore facts completely or even try to cover things up. And other innocent people get hurt or killed becaue of it.

[thejudgmentalcat]

I never heard of this story. Creepiest thing I felt was this: he was in solitary for 40 years and didn't have a complete breakdown? He flourished there. That's cold

[semi-trad-kind-of-wife]

Can you imagine hearing the physical description of a monster and realizing that monster is your own child? Chilling

[melissapinol]

I knew a girl in high school who was being seriously abused by a relative and who reacted to her powerlessness by believing she was a vampire, and killed small animals and actually drank their blood. Her parents got her into therapy, and with guidance she turned out to be a perfectly normal, actually an exceptionally kind person and a very good mother. She worked as a counselor. She completely turned around and felt awful about what she had done and now rescues animals. I've known her for many years, and she's never been anything but a wonderful friend and community member. She's living proof that some very troubled kids can be helped if it's caught in time. Back then in the 1800's, there was no such option, but still it's true not everyone can be helped. There is evil in the world. My friend was very troubled, not evil. Jessie was a Psychopath.

[carolmayhardie]

It's hard to believe that abusing or murdering animals isn't taken more seriously. This has been the case for a number of serial killers.

[adriennejames]

The boy was a genuine psychopath... a truly sad story all around.

[jenniferbrown]

The narrator is such a fine genlleman with a lovely scottish accent and his narration is so clear and precise wonderful experience 😅

[HelloKitty-jzgm]

He claims he wasn’t cruel, but he was. All of his victims were much, much younger than he. He chose the victims because he knew he was stronger and could easily overpower them. He should have been in an asylum for the criminally insane after his arrest. His mother and those who set him free share some of the blame in the murders of those two children. Evil truly walks among us.

[amandapittar]

When I was a child, there was an older child, a teenager in our village. He was someone you avoided. You didn’t need to be told. One day we discovered he had lured two local boys into the woods and tried to assault them. As the two boys were about 8&10 and it was their word against his, nothing happened. The boys were our friends. They told us. This was the early 1970s. Not long after he lured a five year old boy into a secluded spot and, well. The poor child had a breakdown. The teenager came from a “good” family. Unfortunately for him, he chose the youngest child of a very well “connected “ family. It never went to trial. I remember listening to the adults talking about it. “ that boy won’t make 20” said one father. “Things have a way of sorting themselves out. “ I had no idea what they meant then. I do now. Some children are born bad.

[skeeterinnewjersey]

Very intense and sad. You are a gifted stoeyteller, sir, and it delights me that the art of storytelling, in an age of technology and video games, is alive and well.

[kenash]

It's so nice to see someone present a video concisely without personal details, opinions, sponsor plugs, or a reminder to like share & subscribe.

[marilynclark]

It's like the ole time radio stories I had to replay half of it, I fell asleep The narrator makes the craziest crime shows sound like mystery novels being read . Don't want to miss any detail. 😊👍

[MsEvelyn]

I'm a lifelong resident of Charlestown, over a half a century now, & I've never heard about this boy or his horrific crimes. Very interesting indeed. I'm going to look for the book.

[dianawatton]

Well I never get tired of hearing your wonderful narrations. Thank you so very much.

[LiyemEanapay]

Funny you should upload this when you did. I was rewatching The Alienist yesterday and at one point, the protagonist interviewed Pomeroy in solitary in hopes he could lend some insight into the motives of a serial killer targeting child prostitutes in New York City. I wanted to look into Pomeroy’s case again as a result, and here you are.
Bit spooky, really.

[thurayya]

Thank you so much. We need to pay attention to these true cautionary tales. Whether he or anyone is a murderer or insane, the result is the same -- dead bodies -- and that isn't to be tolerated.

[kathleentroutman]

I have been watching your videos for quite a while. I love your style, and appreciate how exhaustive your research must be. And i must say, i absolutely love your setting. As an artist, i enjoy the ambience the background provokes. You are a staging artist! The image is like a painting that tells stories. Thank you for bringing these historic events to life.

[joanneentwistle]

He was considered good in school, and he was later described as cold and manipulative and capable of writing several books in prison. That is one of the chilling aspects of a person who develops a darkly narcissistic personality. Their crafty intelligence.