Gisela clearly has done her research. I find it interesting that Gacy idolized killers in his life. Typically these are not my go to readable, but I find it fascinating the extent that some people will go to for pleasure and satisfaction. Gacy clearly is one of those people. He showed little respect for the lives of those around him and only cared about his satisfaction. Gacy was executed for his crimes in 1994, but many questions remain unanswered. How many victims were there? Did Gacy act alone? And what drove John Wayne Gacy to murder? What caused the seemingly normal Gacy to sexually assault, torture and murder at least thirty-three young men and boys? Suspecting Gacy might be holding Piest at his home, Des Plaines police obtained a search warrant on December 13. [139] This search revealed several suspicious items, including several police badges; a starter pistol; a syringe and hypodermic needle; handcuffs; books on homosexuality and pederasty; [140] [141] [142] pornographic films; capsules of amyl nitrite; a dildo; [143] a two-by-four with two holes drilled into each end; bottles of Valium and atropine; several driver's licenses; a blue hooded parka; [139] and underwear too small to fit Gacy. [142] They also found a class ring engraved with the initials J.A.S. [144] and a Nisson Pharmacy photo receipt in a trash can, alongside a 36-inch (91cm) section of nylon rope. [69] Surveillance Moss later said that he formed the strongest relationship with Gacy. Their exchange of letters led to regular Sunday morning phone calls, during which Gacy reiterated his innocence. In his book, Moss explored the development of his correspondence with Gacy, shortly before the killer was executed. Moss asserted that he became Gacy's "last victim" during their face-to-face meeting. While he understood that he had deliberately lured Gacy, he felt overpowered and manipulated by him, in the same way that he might have manipulated and controlled his victims. Moss felt that his overall experience allowed him to gain an understanding of how a serial killer's mind works. Iverson, Dan (October 26, 2006). "South Park: "Hell on Earth 2006" review". IGN . Retrieved July 18, 2011.

The jury deliberated for one hour and fifty minutes. [186] Gacy was found guilty of thirty-three charges of murder; he was also found guilty of sexual assault and taking indecent liberties with a child, both in reference to Robert Piest. [167] [187] [188] At the time, his conviction for 33 murders was the most for which any person in U.S. history had been convicted. [189] [190] In the sentencing phase of the trial, the jury deliberated for more than two hours before sentencing Gacy to death for each murder committed after the Illinois statute on capital punishment came into effect in June 1977. [167] [191] His execution was set for June 2, 1980. [192] Death row The elder Gacy frequently belittled his son, calling him "dumb and stupid" and comparing him unfavorably with his sisters. One of Gacy's earliest childhood memories was of his father beating him at age four for accidentally disarranging car engine components. [11] His mother tried to shield her son from his father's abuse, which resulted in accusations that he was a "sissy" and a "mama's boy" who would "probably grow up queer". [4] [8] [12] In 1949, Gacy's father whipped him after he and another boy were caught sexually fondling a young girl. [13] The same year, a family friend began to occasionally molest Gacy. [8] [9] Gacy never told his father, afraid that his father would blame him. [14] Despite their challenging relationship, Gacy loved his father, [9] but felt he was "never good enough" in his father's eyes. [15] On the morning of March 12, William Kunkle continued to argue for the prosecution. [176] Kunkle referred to the defense's contention of insanity as "a sham", arguing that the facts of the case demonstrated Gacy's ability to think logically and control his actions. Kunkle also referred to the testimony of one of the doctors who had examined Gacy in 1968 and had concluded he was an antisocial personality, stating that had the recommendations of this doctor been heeded, Gacy would not have been freed. [167] At the close of his argument, Kunkle removed photos of Gacy's twenty-two identified victims from a display board and asked the jury not to show sympathy but to "show justice". [167] Then, ten days after the boy's disappearance, detectives, finding a human bone in the crawl space of Gacy's house, dug into the lime-covered ground. With mounting horror, they pulled bone after bone from Gacy's suburban home until finally they had gathered the remains of twenty-eight more youths who had fallen prey to the killer clown. Gacy would then rape and torture his captive before killing them by either asphyxiation or strangulation with a garrote; at least one victim was stabbed to death. Twenty-six victims were buried in the crawl space of his home, and three were buried elsewhere on his property; four were discarded in the Des Plaines River. Gacy had previously been convicted in 1968 of the sodomy of a teenage boy in Waterloo, Iowa, and was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, but served eighteen months.

Carole observed Gacy bringing teenage boys into his garage in the early hours and also found gay pornography and men's wallets and identification inside the house. When she confronted Gacy about these items, he informed her angrily that it was none of her business. [41] In October 1975, after a heated argument, Carole asked Gacy for a divorce. [51] He agreed although, by mutual consent, she continued to live at the West Summerdale house until February 1976. On March 2, the Gacys' divorce—decreed on the false grounds of Gacy's infidelity with women—was finalized. [46] [52] [53] [f] PDM Contractors Cook County medical examiner Robert Stein supervised the exhumations of the victims buried on Gacy's property. [220] The crawl space was marked in sections and each body was given an identifying number. The first body recovered from the crawl space was assigned a marker denoting the victim as Body 1. [112] He was identified as Jon Prestidge on January 6, 1979. [121] No cause of death could be determined. Anyway onwards to the book! Brad Hunter, you’ve done an excellent job! This book is an excellent example of illustrating the fact that even though you think you know all there is to know about a particular crime/serial killer there are always new facts to discover!

The made-for-TV movie Dear Mr. Gacy was released in 2010, starring William Forsythe as John Wayne Gacy. The movie is based upon the book The Last Victim, written by Jason Moss. [29] A feature movie, Gacy, was released in 2003. This movie cast Mark Holton in the role of John Gacy and focuses on Gacy's life from 1971 until his arrest in 1978. [28] At times this book felt more like an article written for a sensationalistic rag. The author constantly used new terms to describe Gacy. At first I found this odd and distracting but I got used to it. Descriptive terms included “corpulent killer,” “nondescript businessman,” “rotund contractor,” and “apex predator.”

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This book is released hot on the heels of the world’s increasing fascination of the serial killer and currently there is a lot more interest in Bundy, Dahmer and Gacy himself which makes this book a very timely release. The very idea that this man could have gotten away with an insanity defense and been out on the street again one day makes me shudder. Mr. Sullivan and the rest of the prosecution team proved their case as the last of the book shows. Stephen Gregory Bier Jr., Marilyn Manson's keyboard player from 1989 to 2007, was known as Madonna Wayne Gacy, a stage name made from the names of Madonna and Wayne Gacy. In the hours leading up to Gacy's execution, a crowd estimated at over 1,000 gathered outside the correctional center; a vocal majority were in favor of the execution, although a small number of anti-death penalty protesters were present. [197] [210] [211] Some of those in favor of the execution wore T-shirts hearkening to Gacy's previous community services as a clown and bearing satirical slogans such as "No tears for the clown". [212] Gacy later recollected his memories of his final day of freedom as being "hazy", adding he knew his arrest was inevitable and that he intended to visit his friends and say his farewells. After leaving his lawyers' office, Gacy drove to a gas station where he handed a small bag of cannabis to the attendant, who immediately handed the bag to the surveillance officers, adding that Gacy had told him, "The end is coming (for me). These guys are going to kill me." Gacy then drove to the home of a fellow contractor and friend, Ronald Rhode. Gacy hugged Rhode before bursting into tears and saying, "I've been a bad boy. I killed thirty people, give or take a few." [156] Gacy left Rhode and drove to Cram's home to meet with Cram and Rossi. The surveillance officers noted he was holding a rosary to his chin, praying while he drove along the expressway. [162]