EP. 86 ILLINOIS - John Wayne Gacy (PT. 1): Who WAS The Killer Clown?

Murder In America

Blood In The Sink Productions

True Crime

4.8 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

It was the 1970s, and young men who had their whole lives in front of them started going missing around the greater Chicago area. While some disappeared while looking for a job in the city, or hanging out near the Greyhound bus station, or walking along the roads outside of Chicago, the one thing all 33 missing young men had in common was that they were manipulated and murdered by a man named John Wayne Gacy, with many of their bodies being left to decompose within the crawlspace of his suburban Chicago home. This is part one of the story of John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown, and you are listening to Murder in America. - Give your hair what it deserves! Visit vegamour.com/MIA and use code MIA to save 20% off your first order - This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/MIA and use our custom code MIA for 10% off your first month of easy online therapy - Stay Connected: Join the Murder in America fam in our free Facebook Community for a behind-the-scenes look, more insights and current events in the true crime world: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4365229996855701 If you want even more Murder in America bonus content, including ad-free episodes, come join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderinamerica Instagram: http://instagram.com/murderinamerica/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Murder-in-America-Podcast/100086268848682/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderInAmerica TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theparanormalfiles and https://www.tiktok.com/@courtneybrowen Feeling spooky? Follow Colin as he travels state to state (and even country to country!) investigating claims of extreme paranormal activity and visiting famous haunted locations on The Paranormal Files Official Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheParanormalFilesOfficialChannel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Warning. The following podcast is not suitable for all audiences.
0:04.0	We go into great detail with every case that we cover and do our best to bring viewers even deeper into the stories by utilizing disturbing audio and sound effects.
0:12.0	Trigger warnings from the stories we cover may include violence, rape, murder, and offenses
0:17.1	against children.
0:18.4	This podcast is not for everyone.
0:20.6	You have been warned. Back in the 1970s, young men started going missing around the greater Chicago area.
0:30.0	33 young men, to be exact.
0:33.0	And I don't even know if calling them young men is the right word.
0:37.0	Because some of them were boys, no older than 14.
0:42.0	And they had their entire lives ahead of them.
0:46.5	Some of these boys went missing while looking for a job in the city. Others were last
0:51.5	seen near the Greyhound bus station or walking along the
0:54.8	roads outside of Chicago and all of them were manipulated and murdered by a man
1:01.2	named John Wayne Gacy. But their killer wasn't a mysterious man that laid
1:06.6	low and operated in the shadows. John Gacy was well known not only by his community but within Chicago politics as well.
1:18.0	He was successful, charming, respected.
1:21.8	He even hosted neighborhood barbecues and dressed up as Pogo the Clown
1:26.1	where he would go to children's hospitals and make the kids smile. And everyone knew he was a little strange, but no one could have ever suspected that
1:37.1	within the cross-base of a small Chicago home were the bodies of dozens of young men in all different stages of
1:45.0	decomposition and it wouldn't be long until the entire world knew the name of
1:49.7	the man responsible. This is the story of John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown, and this episode is about
1:59.2	his life and everything that led up to the horrible crimes he committed over 50 years ago.
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