John Wayne Gacy

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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