1. John Wayne Gacy
By: Taylor Gallagher

2. What makes a serial killer?
Most have an unstable home as a child
Might have had problems as a child like head injuries or physical ailments
Don’t have a conscience and have had a lack of loving or nurturing relationships
Might have been abused as a child

3. What is Evil? Evil is the intent to cause harm on other people
The acts that Gacy committed that were “evil” were rape and murder
He knew what he was doing while killing the boys/men but that didn’t stop him from killing them

4. Some victims of John Wayne Gacy
Who he killed and why?
John Wayne Gacy killed up to 33 boys/young men
Killed boys/ young men or suspected homosexuals
Most of the victims worked for Gacy
His first attack was on Jeffery Ringall on May 22, 1978
He kidnapped him, knocked him out with chloroform, and raped him
On December 28th, twenty-seven of the bodies were found under the crawl space of Gacy’s house, two were found in the concrete of his patio, and one was found in the Illinois River
He also confessed to keeping the bodies under his bed for hours before burying them
Some victims of John Wayne Gacy

5. Childhood
Gacy was born on March 17th, 1942 and was the second of three children
Had a bad relationship with his father
At age 11, he was hit in the head by a swing, causing a blood clot in his brain, which wasn’t found until age 16
This caused blackouts
He also had a non-specific heart ailment
He did have friends, but he was frequently made fun of
His father was an alcoholic and he abused his kids
Beaten regularly by his father
He was also molested by a family friend
He never graduated high school but he went to business school and graduated from there
Gacy as a child

6. Gacy dressed as “Pogo the clown”
Gacy’s Life
He had different health issues as a child
Non-specific heart aliment and blood clot
Was also abused and molested
He also had hired a boy to go and beat up another boy
He went to the Iowa State Reformatory for men for ten years after being convicted for sodomy
Was there for 18 months and then got early parole
Was depressed when he was released
After being released he was charged with disorderly conduct with a boy, but the charges were dropped
He was an insomniac
He was married to Marlynn Myers
Had two children
Was a business man who hosted elaborate parties for his neighbors where he dressed up as “Pogo the clown”
Lived a normal life, had friends and a family, and had a good job
Gacy dressed as “Pogo the clown”

7. Gacy during a interview
Media Attention
He was known as the “killer clown”
He was in a few interviews after he was convicted
There were multiple books written and a movie made about him
He didn’t put anything in the media about his killings while he was killing people
Gacy during a interview

8. What type of serial killer?
John Wayne Gacy was a power/control serial killer
He killed some of the boys/men because they were suspected of being homosexuals
He might have done this because he was abused and molested as a child

9. Where the victims of Gacy were dug up
He lured the victims to his home by promising construction work and then he sexually assaulted, tortured, and strangled then with a rope before burying them in his crawl space
Most of his victims were young men/boys who worked for him
He buried them under the crawl space of his house and on his property
Where the victims of Gacy were dug up

10. Where is he now?
He confessed to the killings off 33 boys/young men and burying them under his house and on his property
Gacy’s trial started on Wednesday Feb. 6th, 1980 in Illinois
He plead that he was insane during the killings and that he had not killed the boys/men, but his alternate personality, Jack Hanson, had killed them.
Psychologists determined that Gacy was sane during the killings
It took only 2 hours of deliberation to find Gacy guilty
He was sentenced to serve 12 death sentences and 21 natural life sentences
He died by lethal injection on May 10th, 1994
Gacy’s house after demolition
Remains of bodies being removed from Gacy’s home

11. Bibliography