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Apr 2018
1h 10m

Jesse Pomeroy

Emash Digital / Wondery
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Jesse Pomeroy may very well be one of the most sadistic kids that has ever lived. It's hard to imagine how a boy as young as 12 years old can make the conscious decision to torture and murder other children. But this is exactly what Jesse Pomeroy did. He started to torture other children by the age of 12 and within a few years started to commit murders. Joi ... Show More
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