Personal In late nineteenth-century Boston…. May 2, 2020 aaronjhill Leave a comment In 1870s Boston, home to Herman Melville and Oliver Wendell Holmes, a serial killer terrorized the city, stalking the ruins from the Great Fire of 1872 for victims. The killer was a teenage boy named Jesse Pomeroy, and he preyed upon children. ajh Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailPrintRedditLike this:Like Loading...