There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

We have a weird homicide.

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

What makes a murderer?

It's a question asked time and time again, and no matter what story we tell, there always

seems to be a different answer.

On December 9, 1874, a trial began for a young man who had already claimed the life

of two individuals, someone who, even decades later, many struggled to understand how and why he became a serial killer.

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a

morning cup of murder. Jesse Harding Pomeroy was born on November 29, 1859, in Charleston, Massachusetts.

The second of two children born to Thomas and Ruth Ann Pomeroy,

Jesse was from the day he entered the world, considered a, quote, natural-born fiend.

He was raised primarily by his mother in South Boston, and though not much is known about his life prior to his crimes,

he began his horrific torture of other children when he was just 11 years of age.

All throughout the early 1870s, parents in Chelsea, East Boston, Dorchester, and Jamaica began

worrying when a series of attacks were made against children between the ages of three and nine.

These kids were tied to telegraph poles or fence posts, and according to the New York Times,

were found with wounds covering their entire

body. And it only seemed to get worse by the day. Young boys were lured to remote areas,

and according to their tales, attacked by a boy slightly older than them, with a brutality

that is often reserved for seasoned adults.

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