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I Wish You Were Here

The Serial Killer Clown: John Wayne Gacy

I Wish You Were Here

Michelle Cuervo

True Crime

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we take a look at the disturbing case of John Wayne Gacy, one of America's most notorious serial killers. Known as the "Killer Clown," Gacy was responsible for the deaths of over 30 young men and boys during the 1970s. We cover the key facts, timeline, and how he was finally brought to justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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John Wayne Gacy, otherwise known as the killer clown and the literal reason for my fear of clowns.

0:06.8

I'm not even kidding. And if you know true crime at all, which I'm assuming if you're listening to this podcast, you do.

0:12.6

You're more than aware of who this guy is. John Wayne Gacy, aka the killer clown.

0:17.9

And his case, guys, I obviously, I do true crime videos over on TikTok, obviously,

0:23.4

and that, I think I'm like, I'm definitely above 200 videos over on TikTok. So I've covered 200 plus

0:31.0

cases. John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and BTK are probably the scariest ones that I've researched to date because it's just

0:41.8

terrifying to me. It's so scary. And up until I researched this case, I didn't realize that

0:48.2

John Wayne Gacy was a well-like person in his neighborhood. He used to throw parties all the time. He had so many friends. He was a well-respected member of his neighborhood. Like he used to throw parties all the time.

0:54.5

He had so many friends.

0:56.0

He was a well respected member of his community.

0:59.3

And this whole clown thing that he had going on, it was something that was looked at as such

1:04.5

a positive thing because he would dress up as a clown.

1:07.0

He would go visit children and children hospitals.

1:10.0

And he really painted himself out to be this

1:13.3

amazing person. He was also married twice and he had children, which is always so much more

1:20.3

shocking to me when someone that is able to commit these kind of crimes, horrific crimes,

1:26.6

when they're a father or a mother,

1:28.9

because what do you mean that you should understand how valuable life is because you brought a

1:34.9

life into this world, yet you can so easily in two seconds end someone's life and not think

1:41.1

twice about it. That's literally the craziest thing in the world to me and a concept

1:44.6

that I do not understand. Nevertheless, let's get into today's story. Welcome to episode 13 of I Wish You

1:52.9

Were Here. John Wayne Gacy was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He was one of three siblings. He had one younger and one older

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