John Wayne Gacy was a
U.S. serial killer who was found guilty of killing 33 boys and young men. He
was also known as "Pogo the Clown", John Gacy, Jack Hanson, and the
Killer Clown. Gacy was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1942 to a helpless mother
and an abusive father who showed no mercy in punishment. Gacy was also excluded
at school due to a heart condition inflected on him by his father. He
later realized his attraction to men and was in great turmoil over his
sexuality.
John Wayne Gacy was
first convicted and given a 10-year prison term in 1968 for the involvement of
a sexual assault of two teenage boys. He was released on parole in 1970, and
just a year later was arrested again. Gacy was convicted of another sexual
assault of a teenage boy but charges were dropped after the boy did not appear
for trial. In 1975, two more young men accused Gacy of rape, and he would be
questioned about the disappearances of other boys and young men.
On January 2, 1972, Gacy
committed his first known murder. Fifteen year old Timothy Jack McCoy was lured
from a Greyhound bus terminal to Gacy's home as an invitation to stay the night
and be dropped back at the bus terminal in the morning. Gacy stated that when
he woke in the morning McCoy was standing in his doorway holding a knife, Gacy
leaped toward him and in a struggle McCoy accidentally cut his arm. Gacy,
enraged, took the knife and stabbed McCoy repeatedly. Gacy then entered the
kitchen to find a table set for two and eggs and bacon prepared for the two of
them.
Between 1972 and 1980,
Gacy killed approximately 30 more boys and young men. Gacy would lure his
victims with the promise of giving them construction work, and upon arrival at
his home he wouldn't allow them to leave. He sexually assaulted and eventually strangled
most of them with rope. He would sometimes dress as his alter ego "Pogo
the Clown" to commit the killings.
At a young age, Gacy was
sent to have a psychiatric evaluation where he was diagnosed
with antisocial personality disorder. During trial he tried to plead
not fit to stand trial due to a mental disorder. After extensive psychiatric
evaluations Gacy was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic with multiple
personality’s disorder. After his death, Gacy's brain was removed and examined
by Dr. Helen Morrison; she discovered that there were no abnormalities,
although he showed similar traits of violent serial killers.
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