Des Plaines, Illinois

John Wayne Gacy was born Chicago, Illinois on March 17, 1942. He is the middle child of the three, his older sister Joanne and his younger sister Karen. As a child he was known as a quiet boy who worked as a newspaper boy, bagged groceries, and did boy scout activities. He seem to be a normal boy, well-liked by his teachers, co-workers, and friends. However, his relationship with his father was very violent. His father would frequently beat him, Gacy’s friends, who would witness the beating, say

strangled them with rope (Lohr 4). In 1974, Gacy started a contracting business, He hired teen boys to work for him. Explaining to his friends, that hiring young men would keep payroll cost down (Lohr 4). In fact on December 11, 1978, Gacy visited Des Plaines pharmacy to discuss a remodeling deal. He mentioned that his firm hired “teen boys” at a starting salary of five dollars an hour (Egger 2). Mr. Gacy abducted Robert Piest from the pharmacy after Robert looked into Mr. Gacy offer for the construction

Elaine Robinson, a pharmacist, and John Stanley Gacy, a mechanic and World War I veteran, were married on January 7, 1939. On March 17, 1942, the couple gave birth to their second child, and only son, John Wayne Gacy in Edgewater Hospital, Chicago Illinois. Gacy was reportedly born with a congenital heart defect, an enlarged heart. John Sr. suffered with severe alcoholism, believed to stem from his military service in World War I. As a toddler, Gacy watched his father physically abuse his mother, including

convicted and found guilty of his crimes, where he was then sentenced to several life and death penalty sentences and in 1994 he was finally executed. On March 17th, 1942 John Wayne Gacy was born to John Stanley Gacy and Marion Robinson in Chicago, Illinois. He was one of three children and the only boy. Although John was close to his family, he had a troubled relationship with his father. John Stanley was physically and verbally abusive to his son, often beating him severely over small mistakes. John’s

Karen would later say that the siblings learned to toughen up against the beatings. Because of this abuse, John Wayne Gacy became one of the most ruthless and notorious serial killers of this time period (“Biography,” 2016). Gacy was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 17, 1942. He was the son of John Stanley Gacy and Marion Elaine Robinson. He had two sisters. Gacy is greatly known for his disturbing sexual encounters with young men, but not many know that he himself was also a victim of physical violence

John Wayne Gacy, a seemingly-ordinary man and devoted father, lived a simple life in Cook County, Illinois. Gacy was an affable man who made a living as a clown. Other than his atypical career choice, as many would find his line of work laughable, he was just an average Joe. Imagine the shock when it was discovered that Gacy, in reality, was a serial murderer who killed over two-dozen young men (Kemp para 7). The man who seemed like a nobody turned out to be a heinous monster. The disparity between

John Wayne Gacy was a notorious serial killer and rapist who was known as the “Killer Clown.” The name was given to him because he often dressed up as a clown when torturing his victims. With a record of 33 murders of young males, Gacy went on to be one of the most spine-chilling serial killers to-date. He was born with a heart condition that led to multiple risk factors affecting his developmental growth as well as his relationship with his father. Although Gacy’s father did not care for him, his

The killer clown most know as John Wayne Gacy, was a convicted American serial killer who murdered and sexually assaulted 33 teenage and young men's. John Wayne was born on March 17 of 1942 in Chicago Illinois, he was the second son of three of John Stanley Gacy and Marion Elaine Robinson. John had polish and danish heritage since his paternal grandparents were from Poland but immigrated to the Unites States. As a young boy, he was really close to his two sisters and mother but unfortunately he had

After the killing of 19-year-old William Kindred in February of 1978, Gacy's crawlspace was so full of bodies that he had to resort to dumping Kindred and the remainder of his victims into the Des Plaines River. The other victims that were dumped off of the I-55 bridge into the Des Plaines River included 20-year-old Timothy O'Rourke, 19-year-old Frank Landingin, 21-year-old James Mazzara, and 15-year-old Robert Piest. The investigation into the disappearance of Gacy's final victim, Robert Piest

December 11, 1978, Robert Piest was reported missing by his mother. He was last seen meeting John Wayne Gacy for a potential job. On December 21 they searched Gacy's house finding bodies hidden under the house,garage and later found more in the Des Plaines River. The young men were lured by false jobs and were sexualy assulted and later strangled and buried. Over 33 bodies of missing boys were found in Gacy's house. Gacy is not the only one in the world who has taken the life of many innocent people