The Boy Fiend: Jesse Pomeroy was born in Boston on November 29, 1859, he is said to have been born with a defect in his right eye, where white covered even his pupil
The Boy Fiend Jesse Pomeroy was born in Boston on November 29, 1859, he is said to have been born with a defect in his right eye, where white covered even his pupil. Other kids thought it unusual and would mock him. He became a loner and an avid reader, absorbing his mind into the graphic tales told in “dime novels,” books which were particularly brutal, violent, gore-filled, and possibly influential on a young mind with a vivid imagination. His father, Thomas Pomeroy, seems to have been particularly repulsed by young Jesse’s eye issue and was outspoken about it. He would savagely beat his son, often stripping the boy naked and using a belt. Jesse would commit his first violent act on December 22, 1871. He lured a younger boy to a secluded location, stripped him naked, tied him to a beam, and beat him unconscious with a rope. Jesse would then trap and physically attack six more younger boys over the next nine months, eventually incorporating a knife to sadistically torture the children...