Torture: A Dark History28 Maj 2023

Jesse H Pomeroy Episode 2: An Almost Serial Killer

What happens when the boy known as the “Boy Torturer” gets out of reform school and immediately finds himself back in the headlines?

In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan continue the disturbing story of Jesse Pomeroy as his brief return to freedom leads to a new series of attacks, a shocking murder, and an investigation that uncovers far more than police expected.

We'll follow the disappearance of a young girl, the murder of another child, Jesse's arrest and confession, and the discovery of a horrifying secret that had been hidden for months. From there, the case explodes into one of the most sensational criminal trials of 19th century Boston, where prosecutors, doctors, witnesses, and Jesse's own family battle over one question: was Jesse Pomeroy insane, or did he know exactly what he was doing?

But the story doesn't end with the verdict. Jesse's sentence, decades of isolation, repeated escape attempts, strange inventions, and eventual death make his later life almost as bizarre as his crimes.

And because this is Torture: A Dark History, Kevin and Dan bring their particularly grim sense of humor to the second and final chapter of one of the strangest criminal stories we've ever covered.

If you love Jesse Pomeroy, American true crime, Boston history, Victorian crime, child murderers, historical torture, criminal trials, insanity defenses, solitary confinement, dark history, and bizarre true crime stories, this is the disturbing conclusion to the story of the Boy Torturer.

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