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John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy

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Born March 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died May 10, 1994

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John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was a European-American serial killer and child molester who sexually assaulted, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men and boys. He frequently performed as "Pogo the Clown" or "Patches the Clown" at children's hospitals and charity events, personas he created. He became infamously known as the Killer Clown due to his clown performances prior to the discovery of his crimes.

All of Gacy's murders took place inside his ranch house near Norridge, a village in Norwood Park Township, Chicago, Illinois. He typically lured victims to his home and tricked them into putting on handcuffs under the guise of a magic trick. He would then sexually assault and torture them before killing them either by asphyxiation or strangulation with a garrote. Twenty-six victims were buried in the crawl space of his house, three were buried elsewhere on his property, and four were discarded in the Des Plaines River.

In 1968, Gacy was convicted of sodomy involving a teenage boy in Waterloo, Iowa, and sentenced to ten years in prison, of which he served eighteen months. He killed his first victim in 1972, two more by the end of 1975, and at least thirty additional victims after his 1976 divorce from his second wife. His arrest on December 21, 1978, followed an investigation into the disappearance of Des Plaines teenager Robert Piest.

Gacy was convicted of thirty-three murders, the highest number by one individual in U.S. legal history at the time. He was sentenced to death on March 13, 1980. While on death row at Menard Correctional Center, he spent much time painting. Gacy was executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center on May 10, 1994.

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Killer Performance Poster

Killer Performance TV Series2024Self

Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV Poster

Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV Mini-Series2024Self

The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago Poster

The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago Documentary2024Self - Serial Killer

The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders Poster

The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders Feature Film2023Self

John Wayne Gacy, Defending a Monster Poster

John Wayne Gacy, Defending a Monster Documentary2019Self

Memory: The Origins of Alien Poster

Memory: The Origins of Alien Documentary2019Self - Serial Killer

Killer Legends Poster

Killer Legends Documentary2014Self - Serial Killer

Serious Serial Killers Poster

Serious Serial Killers Documentary2012Self - Serial Killer

Unlicensed Cemetery: The John Wayne Gacy Murders Poster

Unlicensed Cemetery: The John Wayne Gacy Murders Documentary2002Self

American Justice Set Poster

American Justice Set Documentary2000Self

Revelations: The End Times, Volume 2 Documentary1999Self - Serial Killer

Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind Poster

Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind Documentary1999Self

The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science Poster

The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science TV Series1996Self - Convicted Killer

Serial Killers Poster

Serial Killers Documentary1994Self

Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen Vol. 1 Poster

Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen Vol. 1 Documentary1993Self

Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen Vol. 3: Psychos and Mass Murderers Poster

Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen Vol. 3: Psychos and Mass Murderers Documentary1992Self

The Killing of America Poster

The Killing of America Documentary1981Self

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Dahmer vs. Gacy Poster

Dahmer vs. Gacy Feature Film2010

Hated: GG Allin & the Murder Junkies Poster

Hated: GG Allin & the Murder Junkies Documentary1993

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