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  1. 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.

  2. Jun 16, 2023 · John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer and rapist who murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men in Cook County, Illinois, burying most under his house. Sometimes known as the “Killer Clown ...

  3. Jun 17, 2024 · John Wayne Gacy (born March 17, 1942, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died May 10, 1994, Statesville, Illinois) was an 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 ...

  4. Aug 10, 2021 · On the surface, John Wayne Gacy seemed a cornerstone of his suburban Chicago community in the 1970s: Gregarious and boastful, he was known for running a successful construction business, his ...

  5. Oct 26, 2021 · FILE - This 1978 file photo shows serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the Chicago area in the 1970s and executed in 1994. More than 40 years after a collection of decaying bodies was found beneath Gacy’s house, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, that they have identified the remains ...

  6. www.crimemuseum.org › crime-library › serial-killersJohn Wayne Gacy - Crime Museum

    May 10, 1994 · John Wayne Gacy. March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994. To many people, John Wayne Gacy was a friendly man who loved to entertain young children. He frequently dressed up as his alter ego, Pogo the Clown, at parties that he hosted for his entire neighborhood. By 1978, public perception of Gacy would change forever, and he would earn the ominous ...

  7. Oct 25, 2021 · 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 ...

  8. Oct 25, 2021 · John Wayne Gacy murder victim named 45 years after vanishing. A man from North Carolina who vanished in the 1970s has been identified as one of dozens of victims murdered by serial killer John ...

  9. Jan 29, 2022 · Updated August 7, 2024. One of the worst serial killers in American history, John Wayne Gacy performed as "Pogo the Clown" by day and murdered young men and boys by night. On January 2, 1972, 16-year-old Timothy McCoy got up early to make his host breakfast. He had met John Wayne Gacy at the Chicago bus terminal the night before, and Gacy let ...

  10. Aug 1, 2017 · John Wayne Gacy got him,” she would say. Mr. Haakenson often read about true crime, including books about the Gacy killings and the Jeffrey Dahmer murders in Milwaukee. And from the time he ...

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