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Murder In America

S1 Ep92: ILLINOIS - John Wayne Gacy (PT. 2): The MURDERS

Murder In America

Blood In The Sink Productions

True Crime

4.88.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

It was the height of the 1970s and dozens of young men from the Chicago area started going missing. 33 young men, to be exact. By 1978, 29 of the 33 missing young men would be found, dead, in the small home on Summerdale Avenue in the Chicago suburbs. Some were buried in the backyard, others in a concrete slab in the garage, but most would be found in the cold, wet, and crowded crawlspace beneath the home. It would not be long before the entire world knew the name of the man responsible - this is part two of the story of John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown, and you are listening to Murder in America.

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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

0:07.8

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 against children.

0:18.0

This podcast is not for everyone. You have been warned.

0:23.0

In our last episode, we talked about one of America's most notorious killers,

0:28.0

John Wayne Gacy, a man who took advantage of young boys for his own sexual desires.

0:35.0

If you haven't listened to part 1, go back now and listen because it's in that episode

0:40.0

where you'll learn everything that led up to Gacy's horrible crimes.

0:45.0

We talked about his childhood, his abusive father, how he got married, had children,

0:50.0

and became heavily involved in his community of Waterloo, Iowa.

0:54.0

And we also gave you a look into the beginning of Gacy's downfall.

0:58.0

In 1967, after sexually assaulting a minor, he was sentenced to 10 years in an Iowa prison.

1:05.0

But as we learned, he would only end up serving 18 months of that sentence.

1:10.0

Afterwards, Gacy moved into a small home in a suburb of Chicago called Norwood Park.

1:16.0

And it was there where he had a fresh start, where no one knew of his dark past.

1:22.0

And that's where we left off in part 1.

1:26.0

But in this week's episode, we are going to tell you all about the murders that gripped the nation back in the 1970s.

1:33.0

And the years after Gacy was released from prison, dozens of young men from around Chicago started going missing.

1:41.0

33 young men to be exact.

1:44.0

Many people, including the police, thought that these boys were runaways.

1:49.0

And there weren't a lot of resources allocated to finding them.

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