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This is the absorbing and disturbing story of John Wayne Gacy, the suburban Chicago businessman sentenced to death in 1980 for the murders of 33 young boys, most of whose bodies were buried in the crawlspace under his home. Cahill, aided in his research by TV reporter Ewing, recreates Gacy's... read more

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  • Donald Voorhees: Gacy stated that all the victims found in his crawlspace reminded him of Voorhees in some way
  • John Szyc: Gacy says he only remembers him because of the funny spelling of his name; his TV, car and other possessions were found in Gacy's home or in the hands of an employee of Gacy's
  • Michael Rossi: Explained that having sex with Gacy was a condition of his employment with him
  • Greg Godzik: Disappeared after a date with his girlfriend
  • Rob Piest: The disappearance of this pharmacy employee broke the Gacy case at last
  • Jeff Rignall: Survived an assault by Gacy, and spent years trying to get the police to understand how dangerous the man was
  • John Butkovich: An employee of Gacy's who disappeared, turning up years later under a concrete slab in Gacy's garage
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In the introduction, the author describes Juan Corona as having killed young men; in fact most of them were middle-aged or elderly. He also says that Richard Speck killed 7 of the 8 student nurses he found in a Chicago townhouse; there were 9 nurses and 8 of them were killed.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in True Crime: Serial Murder. (community list)
This book is in True Crime: Never Name Your Son "Wayne". (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Tim Cahill (Author) - Shaped up Ewing's research into a book
  2. Russ Ewing - Conducted about 100 hours of interviews with Gacy

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 1, 1987
ISBN: 978-0553258363
Page Count: 353 pages

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Not for the kiddies.

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