John Wayne Gacy
Also known as Pogo the Clown, The Killer Clown, Gacy, J. W. Gacy, John Wayne Jr. Gacy, John Gacy, John Wayne Gacy Jr.
John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978 in Norwood Park Township, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He became known as the "Killer Clown" due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes.
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- Born
- ( 1942-03-17 ) March 17, 1942, Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- May 10, 1994 (1994-05-10) (aged 52), Stateville Correctional Center , Illinois, U.S.
- Other name
- The Killer Clown
- Criminal status
- Executed by lethal injection
- Spouses
- Marlynn Myers ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 1964</span>"}]]}'>1964 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. September 18, 1969</span>"}]]}'>1969 ) Carole Hoff ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. March 2, 1976</span>"}]]}'>1976 )
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John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978 in Norwood Park Township, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He became known as the "Killer Clown" due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes.
Gacy committed all of his known murders inside his ranch-style house. Typically, he would lure a victim to his home and dupe them into donning handcuffs on the pretext of demonstrating a magic trick. He would then rape and torture his captive before killing his victim by either asphyxiation or strangulation with a garrote. 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.
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1942 births1970s murders in the United States1994 deaths20th-century American murderers20th-century executions by Illinois20th-century executions of American peopleAmerican bisexual menAmerican clownsAmerican male criminalsAmerican male paintersAmerican murderers of childrenAmerican people convicted of child sexual abuse