John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy with the First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer. He was convicted and later executed for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men, 28 of whom he buried in the crawl space under his house, between 1972 and his arrest in December 1978. He became notorious as the "Killer Clown" because of the many block parties he attended, entertaining children in a clown suit and makeup.

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• The idea that I'm a homosexual thrill killer, that I stroll down the streets and stalk young boys and slaughter them... Hell, if you could see my schedule, my work schedule, you knew damn well that I was never out there.
  • Biography - John Wayne Gacy: Monster in Disguise. A & E Home Video, 2000. Watched March 1, 2010.

• I would definitely not be homosexual. I have nothing against what they do and I don't deny that I've engaged in sex with males but that I'm bisexual.
  • Biography - John Wayne Gacy: Monster in Disguise. A & E Home Video, 2000.

• What do I think of Jeffrey Dahmer? I don't know the man personally, but I'll tell ya, that's a good example as to why insanity doesn't belong in the courtroom. Because if Jeffery Dahmer doesn't meet the requirements for insanity, then I'd hate like hell to run into the guy that does.
  • CBS 2 News interview (1992)

• Whether its [David] Berkowitz, whether its [Ted] Bundy, whether its Williams, Wayne Williams down in Atlanta or any of the others, or Charlie Manson—I don't comment about other cases for the simple fact is that I wasn't there.
  • CBS 2 News interview (1992)

• That one mother [of victim] that gets on television all the time, who thinks I should get 33 injections, I think she ought to take 33 valiums and go lie down.
  • CBS 2 News interview (1992)

• GG Allin is an entertainer with a message to a sick society. He makes us look at it for what we really are. The human is just another animal who is able to speak out freely, to express himself clearly. Make no mistake about it, behind what he does is a brain.
  • Todd Phillips: Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies, 1994. 2007 DVD re-release watched March 1, 2010.

External links

• Crimelibrary.com's entry on John Wayne Gacy
• Artwork by John Wayne Gacy
• "People v. John Wayne Gacy", from the Cook County Clerk of Court website.