Nameless but to God -- This boy's life -- 1978 -- The river -- The nifty fifties -- The swinging sixties -- Gacy's Waterloo -- The seventies -- Ch-ch-changes -- The many Mr Gacys -- 1976 -- The me decade -- 1977 -- 1978 -- Beginning of the end -- Smartest guy in the room -- Black Christmas -- Identifying the dead -- Judgement days -- A date with death -- The end -- Unanswered questions.
Summary:
"In this book the author enters the mind of John Wayne Gacy, the real-life 'Killer Clown', often said to be the inspiration for Stephen King's evil Pennywise in It. Gacy lured victims to his home with the promise of work or a warm bed and then duped them into putting on handcuffs, claiming he wanted to show them a magic trick. He would then rape and torture his victims before killing them by suffocating or strangling them. Twenty-six were buried in the crawl space beneath his home; others were buried elsewhere on his property, while a handful were dumped in the Des Plaines River. While Gacy was executed for his sickening crimes in 1994, his terrifying spectre continues to haunt us. At least five of his victims remain unidentified and detectives have always suspected that the known victims were just the tip of the iceberg. Gacy even told one detective that his tally of murders was closer to forty-five victims. How many victims were there? Did Gacy act alone? And what drove John Wayne Gacy to murder? Was it his alcoholic, abusive father or was it something deep within him that caused the seemingly normal Gacy to sexually assault, torture and murder at least thirty-three young men and boys? And who was the John Wayne Gacy who regularly performed at children's hospitals and charitable events as Pogo, or Patches, the Clown? The Gacy who was a player in local Democratic Party circles?"--Publisher's description.
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