EP19: The Boy Who Murdered Children

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The city of Boston was overcome with terror in the late 1800s because a monster was torturing its' young boys. After eight children were brutally violated, the police were finally able to nab the perpetrator. To everyone's surprise, the sadistic fiend was a child himself; he was a 12-year-old named Jesse Pomeroy. As punishment for his cruel ways, Jesse was sentenced to a reformatory for six years. However, Jesse was released after 14 months for good behavior. When Jesse got out, he was far from reformed...in fact, Jesse advanced to murder within days of being back on the streets of Boston. Find out how the State of Massachusetts dealt with a 14-year-old sadistic murderer in this week's episode...

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SOURCES: "Fiend" by Harold Schechter

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0:00.0	This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised. Hi everyone. I'm T. I I'm T. And together we are T&T Crimes and Consequences, a true crime podcast. Hi Tanya, Hi Tanya.
0:49.0	Hi Tanya. Hi Tla.
0:51.0	Hi, listeners. Hello everyone. Thank you for joining us again this week because we have a great episode.
0:58.0	I'm almost certain Tanya you do not know about this case.
1:02.0	Really? Yeah, I'm excited. you do not know about this case.
1:03.0	Really?
1:03.7	Yeah, I'm excited.
1:06.1	Our story starts out on December 26, 1871.
1:10.4	1871.
1:12.0	It is interesting though. On December 26th, 1871, it was a cold day in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
1:20.0	Chelsea Massachusetts is located directly across the Mystic River from Boston.
1:26.4	It's only a few miles away.
1:28.4	On that day, two unidentified men heard this faint noise. It was the cry of a young child. The sound
1:38.7	was coming from this old nasty, smelly outhouse on top of Powderhorn Hill, which is just on the outskirts
1:50.1	of Chelsea.
1:52.3	When the men opened the outhouse door, they were shocked to see a half-naked
1:57.8	young boy. He was about three or four years old, and he was dangling from the roof beam by a rope that was wrapped
2:05.8	around his wrists.
2:07.9	His eyes were closed, his mouth was bluish-purple, he was limp, and you would have thought he was dead except for the fact
2:17.1	that there were those tiny whimperings coming from him. His torso was bare, he was naked from above the waist and it was discolored too.
2:28.0	Even more appalling was the little boy's back, it was covered in massive welts.
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