John Wayne Gacy

---

"A clown can get away with murder."

"The only thing they can get me for is running a funeral
parlor without a license."

"Kiss my ass!" (final words)

Real Name: John Wayne Gacy
Nicknames: The Killer Clown
Born: March 17 1942
Preferred Victims: Young men
Victims: 33

Crimes: When killing, Gacy primarily dressed up as "Pogo the Clown" and went to the children's ward of hospitals to "entertain" sick children. There he would strangle little kids to death. When trying for older boys, Gacy would bring them into his home where he would trick them into wearing handcuffs or smother them with chloroform. Then he would then sodomize them brutally and torture them for days - telling them they were going to die. When he murdered them he buried them about his house, a large number of them in his crawlspace were he would cover them up with limestone.

Sentencing: Death by lethal injection
Area of Killings: Illinois

Personal Opinion: Other than the fact that Gacy was a homo, I think he was quite creative with the whole clown bit - seeming as how no one would suspect a clown. Acid Bath's album entitled "When the Kite String Pops" features Gacy artwork, including a self-portait of him in his clown costume ("Pogo the Clown"), a disturbing painting with the Seven Dwarfs ("Pogo in Casket"), and a skull wearing a clown hat ("Skull Clown"). Interviews I have seen with him showed him to be a filthy, disgusting man, who believed he was right in the end. (7.5/10)