The John Wayne Gacy Murders
by Terry Sullivan
appears in Mystery & Crime, Fiction, and Nonfiction.
The Real Story Of John Wayne Gacy By The Man Who Helped Catch HimHe was a model citizen. A hospital volunteer. And one of the most sadistic serial killers of all time. But few people could see the cruel monster beneath the colorful clown makeup that John Gacy wore to entertain children in his Chicago suburb. Few could imagine what lay buried bene...
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