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The Mentally Ill was a punk band originating from Deerfield, Illinois in the late 1970s. Their 1979 7" single Gacy's Place named after notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy, is considered by many to be one of the most unusual and legendary records of the early Chicago punk rock scene.
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. He became known as "the Killer Clown" due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes.
Jeffrey D. Rignall (August 21, 1951 – December 24, 2000) was an American memoirist who wrote 29 Below about surviving a 1978 attack by serial killer John Wayne Gacy and his subsequent search to find his attacker. Rignall's testimony during Gacy's trial helped to secure the latter's conviction and death sentence.
Between 1972 and 1978, John Wayne Gacy assaulted and murdered over 30 young men and boys. His last victim was Robert Piest , a 15-year-old boy who worked at a pharmacy in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Years ago, actor Jack Merrill spoke to a Hollywood movie executive about telling the story of the harrowing night in 1978 when he was abducted by serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
Bureau of Prisons/Getty Images Peacock's Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy is the latest scripted series centered around a prolific serial killer. According to the show’s synopsis, the limited ...
The focus of her research has been to find common personality traits among serial killers. She has published a book, My Life Among the Serial Killers. [1]Morrison was a witness for the defense at the trial of John Wayne Gacy, testifying that he was legally insane because he was "unable to separate from his mother psychologically" and never developed a separate identity. [2]
Related: Watch The John Wayne Gacy Tapes trailer featuring new conversations with the serial killer It wasn’t until he saw a Chicago Sun-Times headline about Gacy’s crimes that Merrill ...