Killer Clown

John Wayne Gacy remains one of the most disturbing figures in American criminal history. Between 1972 and 1978, Gacy murdered at least 33 young men and boys, many of whom were buried beneath his suburban Chicago home. Yet what makes his case especially disturbing is not simply the number of victims or the brutality of the crimes. It is the fact that Gacy did not live as an obvious outcast. To many people around him, he appeared to be an ordinary, successful, and even likable member of the community. He was a businessman, a father, a political participant, a neighbor and, at times, a children's entertainer known as "Pogo the Clown."

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