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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.
Known as the Beast of Chicago, the Devil in the White City, or the Torture Doctor, his most notorious crimes took place in Chicago around the time of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. Holmes was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Benjamin Pitezel, his accomplice in several of his cons.
Serial killer, basis for Bigger Thomas in Native Son [38] John Agrue: Illinois, Colorado: 1966–1982: 3+ Serial killer whose first murder in 1966 was of his sister-in-law in Joliet, Illinois [39] [40] John Wayne Gacy: Norwood Park: 1972–1978: 33-45: Serial killer and rapist, also known as the "Killer Clown", who killed at least 33 young men ...
Halloween in Chicago means crisp air, hot cider and tons of spooky events. Chicagoans go nuts for the macabre! This isn’t new. Some of the events on our list, like Splatter Theater, a live ...
The man who shot 15 people at a Halloween party on Chicago’s West Side early Sunday morning has been charged with 15 counts of attempted first degree murder, 15 felony counts of aggravated ...
Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence via stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13–14, 1966.
Natural Born Killers would appear in theaters in the summer of 1994, just as the twenty-four-hour news cycle was tightening its stranglehold on American life. CNN came on the air June 1, 1980, and ...
Serial killers at some point active in their killing in the Chicago metropolitan area, Illinois, United States of America. Pages in category "Serial killers from Chicago" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.