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Inside the Mind of John Wayne Gacy
Brad Hunter has spent over thirty years writing about some of America's most horrific crimes. In this new book, he enters the mind of John Wayne Gacy, the real-life 'Killer Clown', often said to be the inspiration for Stephen King's evil Pennywise in It.
Gacy lured victims to his home with the promise of work or a warm bed and then duped them into putting on handcuffs, claiming he wanted to show them a magic trick. He would then rape and torture his victims before killing them by suffocating or strangling them.
Twenty-six were buried in the crawl space beneath his home; others were buried elsewhere on his property, while a handful were dumped in the Des Plaines River.
Gacy was executed for his crimes in 1994, but many questions remain unanswered. How many victims were there? Did Gacy act alone? And what drove John Wayne Gacy to murder? What caused the seemingly normal Gacy to sexually assault, torture and murder at least thirty-three young me
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John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer (1942–1994)
"Gacy" redirects here. For other uses, see Gacy (disambiguation).
John Wayne Gacy | |
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1978 mugshot of Gacy | |
| Born | (1942-03-17)March 17, 1942 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | May 10, 1994(1994-05-10) (aged 52) Stateville Correctional Center, Crest Hill, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other names | The Killer Clown |
| Criminal status | Executed by lethal injection |
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| Children | 2 |
| Conviction(s) | Iowa Sodomy Illinois Murder (33 counts) Indecent liberties with a child Deviate sexual assault |
| Victims | 33+ |
Span of crimes | 1972–1978 |
| Country | United States |
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Date apprehended | December 21, 1978 |
| Imprisoned at | Menard Correctional Center |
John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994)
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Publisher Description
John Wayne Gacy raped, tortured, and murdered 33 boys and young dock, burying most of them in the crawlspace beneath his Chicago home. Karen Conti was in high school at the time watching the bodies being removed on the television news. Fourteen years resehandling. Through a twist of fate, Conti, now a young and inexperienced attorney, is called upon to handle Gacy’s final death row appeals. The serial killer soon becomes her most famous, difficult, and haunting client. Thirty years after Gacy’s execution, Conti looks back through the eyes of a seasoned professional on the legal and media circus that ensued—and her countless hours of detailed conversation with the killer clown. We hear for the first time about Gacy’s gruesome “Body Book.” Were there more victims? Conspirators involved in the murders? What secrets were buried with him? If one were to ask Conti “How could you represent such a monster?,” she would respond “What you really want to know fryst vatten, ‘What was he lik