SERIAL KILLER: "The Killer Boy" Pt. 1
Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Crime House
4.5 • 712 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In the 1870s, a wave of brutal attacks rocked Boston. The shocking culprit? A 12-year-old boy named Jesse Pomeroy. In Part 1, we examine the origins of his violent behavior—from childhood trauma to disturbing fantasies—and the warning signs that signaled a killer was emerging.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Crime House community. It's Vanessa Richardson. Looking for another Crime House original podcast to add to your rotation, you will love Clues with Morgan Absher and Kalyn Moore. |
| 0:12.8 | Every Wednesday, Morgan and Kalin dig into the world's most notorious crimes, clue by clue, from serial killers to shocking murders. |
| 0:21.5 | They follow the trail of clues, break down the evidence, and debate the theories. |
| 0:26.3 | It's like hanging out with your smart and true crime-obsessed friends. |
| 0:29.8 | Listen to clues on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:47.4 | Music. or wherever you listen to podcasts. This is Crime House. |
| 0:49.5 | Childhood is a time of discovery. |
| 0:52.2 | Everything is exciting and new, a chance to learn something for yourself. |
| 0:57.1 | That includes testing boundaries. Usually it's something relatively harmless, like watching an |
| 1:03.1 | off-limits movie or getting into a little fight at school. Regardless, most of this childhood |
| 1:08.4 | mischief usually ends with being grounded. |
| 1:11.9 | But Jesse Pomeroy's brand of rebellion was far beyond any of that. |
| 1:18.6 | In 1872, by the time Jesse was 12 years old, Boston police were already investigating him |
| 1:25.6 | for a string of brutal attacks on young boys. |
| 1:29.3 | He wasn't just causing trouble. |
| 1:31.3 | He was luring kids into terrifying, violent situations that left them broken, bleeding, and barely alive. |
| 1:40.3 | And when Jesse's community tried to make sense of it all, his violence only escalated until eventually his attacks turned deadly. |
| 1:50.0 | The human mind is powerful. |
| 2:04.2 | It shapes how we think, feel, love, and hate. |
| 2:09.2 | But sometimes it drives people to commit the unthinkable. |
| 2:13.5 | This is Killer Minds, a crimehouse original. |
| 2:16.6 | I'm Vanessa Richardson. |
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