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John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men and boys in Norwood Park Township, near Chicago, Illinois.
Serial killer John Wayne Gacy, often called the "Killer Clown," murdered at least 33 boys and young men. Read about his house, victims, death, movie, and more.
John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer whose murders of 33 boys and young men in the 1970s received international media attention and shocked his suburban Chicago community, where he was known for his sociability and his performance as a clown at charitable events and childrens’ parties.
From Gacy's first sexual assault conviction to his eventual execution, here are the key moments from one of the most notorious murder sprees in U.S. history.
A young man went to the Chicago police for help in 1977, claiming that he had been kidnapped and molested by John Wayne Gacy. A report was made, but officers failed to follow up on it. The following year, Gacy murdered a 15-year-old boy who had gone to Gacy’s home to ask about a job with his construction company.
From 1972 to 1978, John Wayne Gacy terrorized Chicago as the "Killer Clown" while murdering at least 33 young men and boys. Gacy regularly performed at children's hospitals and charitable events as "Pogo the Clown" — while he committed his heinous crimes.
John Wayne Gacy was convicted of 33 murders of mostly teenage boys. He was sentenced to death for 12 of those murders (12 proved to have been committed after Illinois had passed post-Furman death penalty), and to natural life in prison for the others.
In December 1978, police uncovered the first of 29 bodies buried on suburban businessman John Wayne Gacy's property — 26 in the crawl space under his home in unincorporated Norwood Park Township...
CHICAGO (AP) — John Wayne Gacy was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the Chicago area in the 1970s. Authorities found most of his victims’ remains in a crawl space under his suburban Chicago house or buried elsewhere on the property.
John Wayne Gacy was convicted of the torture, rape, and murder of 33 males between 1972 until his arrest in 1978. He was dubbed the "Killer Clown" because he entertained children at parties and hospitals as "Pogo the Clown."