Talk:Jesse Pomeroy

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Is it really correct to call him a serial killer when he had only two victims? Two doesn't make for much of a "series". Besides, the serial killer article defines the term as "one who commits a number of murders over a long period of time, with the killings separated by often long periods of apparent normalcy". Pomeroy's killings were not separated by a long period of time. The article also references an official American definition which stipulates a minimum of three killings. This definition may be of relevance given that Pomeroy was from Boston. —Psychonaut 12:56, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)

He definately had a cooling off period and the killings easily match the profile of the way serial killers think and operate. However since the number of vitims is two he technically isn't a serial killer. Perhaps the reason is he did methodically torcher 7 other boys but stopped short of killing them. Several of them he cut their genitals and on one actually bit off a piece of his buttocks. If you read about him he is very Dahmer-like in his behaviour. And even serial killers like Son of Sam and Dahmer and Gacy killed victims within a week or two of their other victims. The only thing that really disqualifies Jesse is he killed two not three —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.26.114.160 (talk) 05:30, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently there was an essay on the case by Guy B. H. Logan, which I haven't been able to track down any reliable information on (including an actual bibliographic reference); any help would be great! -FZ 00:12, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Actually, that link I added ([1]) contains a lot of details about him. However, I wonder if someone else can accurately paraphrase the article. I'd do it, but I'm not really good at writing articles and would probably just end up just violating the copyright of that guy's work. I will say that, although he had only two kills, this guy was vicious enough to have spent the vast majority of his life behind bars.Ricky81682 21:55, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)

I think splitting into sections is helpful. Any other opinions? With sentences like "However, his right to due process was farcical", I'm still not sure it follows a NPOV. Also, it says that "At the coroner's inquest, [request? I don't know] Pomeroy was denied the right to counsel" but a few paragraphs later mentions his attorney, Charles Robinson. Perhaps, there was no counsel during questioning, but I'm not sure the extent of Miranda requirements, et al, during the 1870s. Again, more information would definitely be helpful. -Ricky81682 09:36, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)

Autobiography?[edit]

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/pomeroy/13.html says that the "Autobiography" of Pomeroy was faked. http://kobek.com/autobiography.pdf supposedly is an "autobiography". Is this one fake, or is another one fake? WhisperToMe (talk) 06:31, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Citation and Expansion[edit]

This article is us incomplete and undersourced, and needs to be expanded in more detail than what it currently has. Much of the information contained within this article is missing proper citations for its information. This unsourced content should either be removed or given proper citations. Considering that Pomeroy is one of the youngest people ever convicted of murder and possibly one of the youngest serial killers, the importance of this article should be much higher than what it is currently (high for the serial killer task force). Also the article is underdeveloped and missing a significant portion of information on Pomeroy which needs to be added to the article with proper citations for its information. This article has potential to become GA and FA status if enough attention were to be given to it, hopefully the right person come along and give this article the attention it deserves since this is a very fascinating subject.--Paleface Jack (talk) 02:04, 14 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The structuring of this article is also needing to be worked on and should be rewritten and restructured so that it's more like a biography's structure than just "notable aspects".--Paleface Jack (talk) 15:38, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]