is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske.

Here now, Tony Bruske.

Today, we are digging into a case that has been dissected, dramatized, and distorted for decades.

John Wayne Gacy.

But this time, it's a little different.

Peacock's new series, Devil in Disguise, John Wayne Gacy.

It strips back the folklore and gets to the core of what really

happened, how a man with 33 confirmed victims was able to operate in plain sight for years.

To do that, we are joined by series showrunner and executive producer Patrick McManus, actor Michael

Churness, who plays John himself, and attorney Bob Mata,

whose father was actually part of Gacy's original defense team.

And I want to set some ground rules for everybody right away.

We are going to have to all speak like your character did Michael in the show with the with the the kind of northern oh yeah folksy

accent through the the duration of this so um get ready to step back into it everybody i i

got it out of me after leaving wisconsin but i can jive back in is everybody everybody

good with that are we good with it okay Okay. All right. Yeah, you know,

let's start here. Obviously, this is, the series is coming out on Peacock. May already be out by the time

you're watching this based on the docu series. Patrick, I want to start with you. What made you think,

hey, let's take the John Wayne Gasey story and let's

tell it in a way that, that no one's done thus far. Well, to be honest, that was the, first of all,

thank you so much for having us. And there's a reason why I'm a writer, so I will not be trying to do

the accent. Oh, wait. You look, I started as an actor and someone made it very clear I should be a writer.

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