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The Killer Clown: The Story Of John Wayne Gacy
Clowns being a symbol of laughter and joy would never be the same for some again.
The days between 1972 to 1978 were stretched long. A time that the young boys and men of America had to keep looking over their shoulders wondering if they too would be the victims of a killer clown whose shadow kept looming over them in the dark. It was the time people were coming to see that the justice system could be easily fooled and no one was safe. A Clown who barely made minimum wage was garnering satisfaction from being so near his prey- at the hospitals and charities for children. A man that got convicted several times but still managed to take the lives of so many. Thirty-three, to be exact. All male and all of them young, all of the victims of John Wayne Gacy.
The Abused Little Boy
John Wayne Gacy was raised in a household where his sisters were valued, and he was not. Although his mother and his sisters loved him, gave him affection, and treated him well, it was his father’s approval he desperately craved. However, as a man who indulged in alcohol too much, Gacy’s father’s only emotion…
