John Wayne Gacy
John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978 in Norwood Park Township, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He became known as the "Killer Clown" due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes.
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- Born in
- Edgewater
- Educated at
- Cooley Vocational High SchoolNorthwestern CollegeProsser Career Academy
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Trending topics shown first"That one mother that gets on television all the time, who thinks I should get 33 injections, I think she ought to take 33 valiums and go lie down."
"Taking my life will not compensate for the loss of the others. The State is murdering me."
"If they want to be convinced or brainwashed into what they believe, then fine, then go ahead and kill me. But 'vengeance is mine saith the Lord' because you would have executed someone who didn't comm…"
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1942
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Birth1994
Died
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