Making a Monster
Jesse Pomeroy, the Boy Murderer of 1870s Boston
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Word Count
63,000 words, Guess
Page Count
252 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemakingmonsterjes0000keet
- ISBN-139781625342737
- ISBN-10162534273X
- Library of Congress Control Number2017001737
- OCLC Control Number992989501
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781625342737
- Open LibraryOL34642652M
Classifications
- LCCHV9067.H6K414 2017
- LCCHV9067.H6 K414 2017
Description
When twelve-year-old Jesse Pomeroy tortured seven small boys in the Boston area and then went on to murder two other children, one of the most striking aspects of his case was his inability ever to answer the question of why he did what he did. Experts tried to explain his horrible acts -- and distance the rest of society from them -- but the mystery remains. This book details the crimes and explores the two reigning theories at the time -- that he was shaped before birth when his pregnant mother visited a slaughterhouse and that he imitated brutal acts found in popular dime novels. The author then offers a new theory: that Pomeroy suffered a devastating reaction to a smallpox vaccination which altered his brain, creating a psychopath who revealed the human potential for brutality.
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- Making a Monster: Jesse Pomeroy, the Boy Murderer of 1870s Boston
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