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Serial Killing : A Podcast

John Gacy | The Killer Clown

Serial Killing : A Podcast

Elissa Kerrill

True Crime

4.31K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Today, I bring you the life story of John Wayne Gacy, with a particular emphasis on his childhood and the psychology of how it could have contributed to the serial killer he later became.

Elissa Kerrill 

Serial Killing : A Podcast   

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0:00.0

You began to plant the seed in people's minds.

0:06.0

But I think in the process, you did create a media image of me

0:13.0

that's far beyond the reality of me.

0:16.0

And this craving, this awful raging eating feeling inside. I could feel it consuming my insides. It was overwhelming

0:27.4

me. Hello again and welcome to serial killing a podcast. My name is Alyssa Carroll and I am the

0:35.7

researcher, the writer, producer, editor, host,

0:38.6

all of the things. And this podcast is where I cover all things true crime, not just serial killers,

0:45.7

and that's perfectly okay. If you are into the entire story of these dangerous people,

0:51.1

including childhood experiences and possible genetically inherited issues,

0:56.3

the nature versus nurture debate that we're all familiar with, right? Well, then you've come to the

1:00.8

right place because that's what I do here. If you are anything like me, you just want to know the

1:06.1

hows and the wise of true crime. And also if you are into kind of murder in mayhem, shenanigans with some stories of the

1:15.4

animal uprising, check out my second podcast, serial killing, murder in the news.

1:21.2

We do a lot of dark humor, slapstick, silly stuff over there, but it is the news nonetheless.

1:26.5

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1:56.9

So this week's podcast will be a revisit of one I've covered, albeit years and years ago.

2:04.3

There is another new show about this subject out, and it's not Ryan Murphy this time,

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