Happy Halloween Readers,
I put out a poll on both Twitter and Instagram asking if
you guys would be interested in a true-crime week for Halloween you guys said
yes so here, we are. This week I will be looking at Peter Sutcliffe, Ted Bundy,
Richard Ramirez, Jeffrey Dahmer, Aileen Wuornos, John Wayne Gacy and Lizzie Borden.
Our first serial killer of the day is John Wayne Gacy
also known as Pogo the clown. Obviously, a clown had to work its way in here
what’s Halloween without a killer clown.
As with the other serial killers I have mentioned this week, I am still
missing out the details if you really need to know you can do your own
research. No copyright infringement is intended the photo is used for
educational purposes.
To many people, John Wayne Gacy was a friendly man who loved
to entertain young children by dressing up as Pogo the clown. He was also
considered by most to be a pillar of the community.
John was the son of Danish and Polish parents; John and
his siblings grew up with an alcoholic father who would beat the children and
their mother. John suffered further hostility at school as he was unable to
play with other children due to a heart condition.
Despite the abuse, John admired his father and constantly
sought his approval. In return, his father would hurl insults at him, telling
him he was stupid and acted like a girl (Actual quote sorry). John later
realised he was attracted to men, and experienced confusion over his sexuality
throughout his life. When John was 7 years old, he was molested repeatedly by a
friend of the family. However, John never said anything as he feared his father
would find him at fault and as a result would be severely punished.
The first warning signs about John later behaviour showed
in 1964 when he was found guilty of sodomizing two young boys. John was
arrested and spent 18 months in prison. By the time he was released, John was
divorced and decided to move to Chicago for a fresh start.
John worked as a fast-food chain manager before becoming
a self-made building contractor and Democratic precinct captain in the Chicago
suburbs in the 1970s. John volunteered as the Democratic Precinct Captain in
his area. During this time, he threw elaborate block parties and built a solid
reputation in his community. and was respected and admired by friends,
neighbours, and police officers.
During July 1975, a teenager who worked for John
disappeared. His parent’s pleaded with Chicago police officers to investigate
John, but they never did. This would not be the last time worried parents asked
officials to review John as a suspect, but the pleas fell on deaf ears.
Finally, On December 13, 1978, a search warrant on John’s
home was granted. While investigators searched his home and cars, John was at
the police station giving an oral and written statement about his activities.
When John learned that his house had been searched, he went into a fit of anger
well so would you if that’s where you hid 26 bodies under the crawl space and
three others elsewhere on his property,
Eight days into the investigation the lead detective went
to the victim’s home to bring his parents up to date. During the conversation,
a receipt was mentioned. The same receipt was found in the evidence collected
during the search of John's house. Further forensic tests were performed and
proved John had been lying.
Those closest to John were interviewed by detectives on
multiple occasions and John realised it was just a matter of time before the
extent of his crimes would be exposed. John began to buckle under the pressure,
and his behaviour turned bizarre. But what finally led to his arrest that day
was a drug deal that was performed in full view of the surveillance team.
While in police custody, John was informed that a second
search warrant of his home had been issued. Some of John’s employees admitted
that John had paid them to go down into the crawl space to dig trenches. Which
lead the investigators to the bodies during the search of his house.
John was executed by lethal injection on May 9, 1994.
Lx
Sources
https://www.ozy.com/flashback/grisly-john-wayne-gacy-the-painting-murdering-clown/94082/
https://www.thoughtco.com/john-wayne-gacy-the-killer-clown-973164
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/john-wayne-gacy/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wayne-Gacy
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/john-wayne-gacy
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