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The Gacy Tapes Ep 25: Psychic Sidekick

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🗓️ 5 December 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Kozenczak puts a thousand miles on his unmarked police cruiser hoping to find the remains, of young Rob Piest. Amirante argues his motions, concerned for his clients rights to an unbiased jury with all the information readily available, even with a gag order in effect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Squeals of joy, laughter, blaring disco music, and the constant clunking sound of roller

0:09.7

skate wheels hitting the floor, fill the air in the cavernous hall that makes up the

0:14.2

skating rink, located on North Clark Street in Chicago.

0:18.6

Flocks of teenage girls stand in small groups to the side, giggling and whispering to each

0:23.6

other as the boys with their feathered hair and bell-bottom jeans skate by.

0:28.3

This is the scene every weekend night in the legendary Rainbow Roller rink, all throughout

0:34.1

the mid-70s.

0:35.7

The man that you're about to hear from has a very interesting story about that Chicago

0:40.4

landmark that was ultimately torn down.

0:44.0

Frankly, he has a lot of interesting stories, and they aren't about skating his teenage

0:49.2

years away.

0:50.2

No, they're about something, and someone, much more sinister.

0:56.1

You see, Marty Zelensky is a professional photographer by trade, and he had a particular

1:01.3

customer that we are all familiar with.

1:05.3

Marty just so happened to be the creeps personal photographer, but that's not the only work

1:10.4

that he did for Casey.

1:12.1

See, the Rainbow Roller rink needed a full rehab job, and you guessed it, Casey got the gig,

1:19.1

and it was a big job, basically a full gut job in rebuild.

1:23.6

Let's see what Marty remembers about that gig so many years ago.

1:30.0

Rainbow Roller rink was just another of the construction jobs I did for John.

1:39.5

I don't remember at the time the specifics of it other than I was told that it was either

1:46.0

a bank being converted into a roller rink or a roller rink being converted into a bank.

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