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thank you to you guys, because without you, I wouldn't be here. And I appreciate you. Thank you so much. Today's story is pretty gruesome. Just a little disclaimer. So I'm sure you're aware, but people are not always what they seem, someone you may think is like
super nice on the outside. And you're like, oh my
God, I love them, great. And then you have no idea
what's really going on, in their house, hiding in their closets, or maybe even below their
floorboards for that matter. Today's story is about a family man who was involved with his local community. He seemed to be very
well-respected in his neighborhood, and his friends loved him, and he would even spend his free time volunteering at hospitals
and charity events. And sometimes he would do so, dressing like a clown to entertain kids. You may be familiar with this story. That's right. We're talking about John Wayne Gacy. So John Wayne Gacy was
born on St. Patrick's Day. So March 17th, 1942, to a man by the name of John Stanley Gacy, and his mom Marion Elaine Robinson. (coughs) Sorry, I mean, what do you expect, me to pronounce everything correctly? I don't think that's how you say her name. It doesn't matter, but John Wayne Gacy, he was named after John
Wayne, the Hollywood actor, super famous for all the westerns. Which side note, not long ago, I went to an estate sale and it was like, not far from where I live and it was the home of a John Wayne impersonator. I guess he was like the body double for the actual John Wayne. Super old guy. It was
an estate sale, so RIP. Anyways, so he had the coolest stuff, and I bought one of his hats. Yeah. Anyways, back to the story, okay. So John Wayne Gacy, he
was the middle child. He was sandwiched between two sisters, and they grew up on the
north side of Chicago. Like many of the people
we talk about here, John did not have the best childhood. Okay? I guess he was born with a
heart condition that would prevent him from playing sports, or engaging in outdoor activities, which led to him not being very athletic, or participating in sports
with the other boys, you know? And it led to him just being
a little bit overweight when he was growing up. It was said that he was super close with his mom and his sisters. But life with his dad was super rough. His dad was said to be
an abusive alcoholic who was physically abusive to his wife and all three of the kids. And John seemed to suffer the
most abuse from his father, maybe 'cause he was the
only boy, but not good. You know, just not good. Sometimes John's dad
would verbally abuse him, but more often than not,
it was physical abuse. One of John's earliest
memories was being beaten with his father's leather belt after he accidentally messed
up some car engine parts his dad had laying out, like he touched them and
he wasn't supposed to. And he messed him up and
his dad just got pissed. And if his mom stepped in and tried to protect him from his father, John senior would call his
son a sissy or a mama's boy. And he told his son, "You're probably gonna grow up queer." That's what he would say,
super supportive father. As you can tell. Now, John was exposed to like sexual stuff at a really early age. At the age of five, he said that he was fondled or like touched by an older girl. And then in 1949, when John was like six or seven years old, he and another boy were
caught fondling a young girl. Now when his dad found out, 'cause I guess his dad found out he beat the crap out of John pretty badly, which is kind of whatever, I guess this beating had like
a lasting impression on him. And he became super terrified
of his father after that. Because John was so afraid of his father it obviously didn't
allow open communication to go on between the two of them. And at one point John was being molested by one of the family friends. And he was like just eight years old. And this guy, he was a family friend, would
take John out for ice cream, and then would show him
different wrestling holds, I'm using quotes here. So John never said
anything because he thought his dad was going to blame
him for being molested. And his dad was a kind of
person that could always find a reason to beat him up, or just to beat on him because, that's just how he was, he really didn't even need a
reason to beat up the kids. It does get to one point
where John tells his dad that he doesn't want to hang out with the family friend anymore, but he doesn't tell him like, what's going on exactly, but he like tells him I don't want to be alone with him anymore. And that's it. He doesn't hang out with him. So that's good I guess, but I don't know, you get it. So even though John's
upbringing was super rough, he decided to channel
his need for acceptance by becoming involved within the community. And at the age of 18, John became an assistant precinct captain for a Democratic Party candidate. That was a mouthful for me. And then later on, he would
become a precinct captain. For those of you who don't
know what the captain does, because I didn't, they're
essentially elected. They are an elected official who act as a direct link between the voters and the political party
during local elections. So basically John was
responsible for helping the voter registration and
also getting absentee ballots, distributing campaign
and party information. And then just overall being
an active member of outreach. Basically someone that
the community trusted. His dad was not impressed
with John's desire to help the community and
would refer to him as a pansy. During John's senior year of high school, he ended up dropping out and
decided to move to Las Vegas, which this is a side note. Why do people drop out senior year? Like you only have one more year to go and then you're done, and
then you're, you are done. But then when people drop out, I don't... Why? Just finish. And then you're done. Anytime you need life advice. You're welcome. Anyway, so he dropped out of school and he goes to Las Vegas. When he gets to Las Vegas, he ends up working for a funeral parlor. Now this is like already
in itself very strange, because he gets hired
at this funeral parlor, and they find out that like, John doesn't have anywhere to stay. He moved out there and he's not settled. Right? So the owner of this parlor was like, you can live here in the funeral parlor and they set up a cot for him behind the embalming room, which is like, okay, I don't know that it, that, okay. It's a choice, creepy
place to live full time. But John, I think he was happy just to have a place, who knows, but John just seemed to like it, because when he would
sleep there in the cot, he'd be in the room, the place alone. So at night he would climb
into one of the coffins or some of the coffins and cuddle up with the body of someone
that was in the coffin. So there was one time
that it was a teenage boy who had passed and was like in the coffin. So he gets up and he gets in
there with them and cuddles. Yeah. So that happened. John was, quote unquote, pretty normal. He was an active member in the community. He was outgoing. People seem to really like him. Like you would never know
that something was off, but I think at this point
it was the first sign that something was different with him. Yeah. And even John in later
interviews said like it was at this moment that he kind of, like a light bulb went off
in his head and he was like, okay, what I'm doing is wrong. Like I'm in here petting a dead body. And he kind of went into like a state of shock is what he said. It was like a wake-up call in a way, an awakening, but not like an awakening
to where he's like, I'm gonna be better. It seemed like it was a dark awakening. He wakes up, he decides, you know what, this Las Vegas thing isn't for me. So, and he calls up his mom and he's like, "Mom, can I come back home? Will dad let me come back home?" And she's like, "Yeah
you can go back home. He forgives you for dropping out of school and moving to Las Vegas, but it's fine. Just come home." After being in Vegas
for only three months, John moves back home to
Chicago with his parents. So when John moves back home, he then attends business college. And then he ends up graduating in 1963. And then John gets a job
working at a shoe company that ask him to relocate
to Springfield, Illinois, where he then is working as a salesman. So once again, when John moved, this is when he decided to get active in the community again, but
this time in Springfield. So he joined a local
nonprofit leadership training organization that focuses
on business development, management skills and
also community service. And it's called the JC Organization. And John must've really
loved working with them, because he busted his ass and he spent a lot of time with them. After spending so much time with them, he ends up becoming the vice president of the organization in 1965. And he was named the
third most outstanding JC in the state of Illinois. He's number three, he's
number three, you know? Wow. During this time is when he meets a coworker named Marilyn
Myers and they start dating. And then after dating
for a little bit of time, they get engaged. Ooh. So six months after they were
engaged, they got married. But during that time, Johnny boy was not exactly
faithful to Miss Marilyn. He tells Marilyn that one night or she finds out, somehow she finds out, but one night he gets really drunk. And then he gets a blowie from
one of the fellow JC members, "Babe, babe, I didn't even touch her. She touched me with her mouth. I didn't cheat. She did it." But I mean, she ends up
working through it with him, and John and Marilyn proceed
to still get married. So we're not judging because you know, we're judging kind of, but not really, but well. So the two of them get married, and John's new father-in-law, he happened to purchase three
different KFC restaurants in Waterloo, Iowa, KFC,
Kentucky Fried Chicken, you know, hell yeah. So he purchases three of those, and he goes to John and he's like, "Hey, would you like to be a manager of my three restaurants? I need a manager." And John is like, "Hell yeah." Like this is a very great opportunity, very secure job, great money. So Marilyn and John, they pick up and they move to Waterloo. John would later describe
his time in Waterloo as being perfect because
it was just a great job, a perfect marriage. According to him, Marilyn gave birth to their
son in February of 1966 and then their daughter in
March of the following year. And John was just working his butt off at these KFC restaurants. And he was also active
at the local JC chapter. And again, it wasn't long before
he became vice president of the Waterloo JCs. The people at the JC meetings, they loved John because he would bring in Kentucky Fried Chicken to all the meetings and he insisted everybody
call him the Colonel. I don't know. I guess he just liked
when people liked him. Anyway, to top it all off. When his parents came
to visit him in 1966, his father was actually proud of him, and he pulls John his side and apologizes to him for all the physical
and emotional abuse he inflicted on him when John was younger, and John senior even went
so far as to telling John, like, I was wrong about you. And then he shook his hand. And that to John was a
groundbreaking moment. His dad was proud of him. I mean, he finally got
his father's approval, something he could never get. And yeah, it just had a very, big effect on him. But not everything during
these perfect years were indeed perfect, of course not. John and the other
members of the Waterloo JC were heavily involved with drugs, porn, picking up sex
workers and wife swapping. Hmm-hm. It seems like a bit of a,
like a party organization, which that's fine, I guess, but wife swapping, not the show. Kind of like, it was like a
swinger's party it seems like, and that's not all,
like John had opened up a quote unquote, club in the basement of his house where all of the employees, or a lot of the employees
from his KFC restaurants would come over, kick
it, drink, play pool. And they would do this until like into the late of the night. A lot of the employees like loved him, because he's this cool manager who lets him come over
and just party all night and hang out and drink. And they're like, hey, this is cool. So from the looks of it, this whole like downstairs
party club thing, it just, it seemed all fun. Like a manager who's taking
care of his employees, but really, it was just a way for
John to indulge himself. Because both boys and
girls would come over and hang at this little club. But John would spend most of his time hanging out with the younger boys, the teenage boys that
were working at the KFC's, and then he would give these teenagers like a bunch of alcohol. And of course, like not
of course, but you know, when you're a teenager and
like an adult gives you alcohol and you're hanging out with friends, like you're probably gonna drink it. And you're probably gonna be like, wow, this was so cool. Then after kind of gaining their trust and giving them alcohol
and being the cool manager, then John would make sexual advances. Once he got the kids
sauced up a little bit. If the guy or the
teenager, the boy was like, "Hold on, like, I'm not into that." John would laugh it off and just say like, "I'm just joking, LOL, just testing your morals, you know, just LOL, that's all." Starting in August of 1967, John starts getting
into a bit more trouble. Hm-Hm. John invited the 15-year-old son of one of his fellow JC members over. He said, "Come on over to the house. We'll hang out. I have a pool table." So John invites Donald over,
gives him some alcohol, lets him watch porn. And then casually, John's like, "You know, you have to have sex with a man before you can
start having sex with women. Did you know that?" And this 15-year-old
didn't know any better. So he thinks that that is indeed a thing. I mean, he's trusting this
older man, poor thing. But he ends up going along with it. Sadly, Donald was not John's
only victim at this time. John had assaulted a
number of other teens. He tricked a couple of them
into believing he needed them to participate in what he
called homosexual experiments for scientific research. And in exchange, he was gonna
give them a payment of $50, which wasn't bad. Well, I mean, it is bad. It is bad, but like in today's money, that would be equivalent to $400. So that's like a lot of money for the scientific research. And when you're a teenager it's just scummy, scum-me. Scientific research. He works at KFC, what kind of science are you doing there? So while Donald was not the only one, he was the only one who spoke up. So after this happens, Donald goes to his dad, tells his dad what happened. And for obvious reasons,
his father was livid. Livid. So immediately he told the
cops what had happened. And John was arrested and
charged with oral sodomy. Mm-hmm. Now John denied, denied, denied, because it came out like publicly. So he was like, I didn't,
he's just denying. 'Cause he needs to
maintain this good image. Deny, deny, deny. He was claiming publicly that Donald's father was doing this for like political reasons. And to prove his innocence, John was like, I demand I
be given a polygraph test. Like I'll prove to you
guys that I'm not lying. So they take him up on his offer. They're like, okay, let's
do the polygraph test. And John's like, shit. You know, like, oh fuck, okay. So they go along with it. They hook John up to give
him the polygraph test. And they ask him like, hey, did you have sex with this boy? And John says, no, I did not. But the lie detector test
determined that was a lie. He failed. And because of this, not because of this,
because of his actions, John was indicted on the sodomy charges on May 10th, 1968, as he should be. So obviously John is not very happy. He's not very pleased with
Donald going around saying, making these wild accusations
that he did something that he definitely did, but he didn't want him to say it. So John is like, I need to stop Donald from testifying. And then everything will get dropped. So on August 30th, John decides to hire one of his
employees to approach Donald and rough him up a little bit in order to convince him not to testify. In other words, scare him or beat him up. So he wouldn't testify. Now Donald was approached
by these aggressors and luckily he was able to escape. So at first the employee
deny, deny, deny, deny. He's like, I didn't do
anything, it wasn't me, but then eventually like, it didn't even take that
long before this employee just threw John under the bus. And he's like, well actually
John hired me to beat him up. So because of this, John was once again
arrested and he was given an additional charge for
trying to intimidate a witness. Not long after that, John was ordered to submit
a psychological evaluation and doctors ended up diagnosing John with antisocial personality disorder, but they also determined that
he is fit to stand trial. They do warn the judge that John most likely wouldn't benefit
from therapy or treatment. And he would probably
commit assault again. This is what they tell the judge. He's probably gonna do something again. And nothing's gonna save him essentially. And honestly somebody
should have listened. Somebody should have maybe
listened to him, but they didn't. Of course they didn't. Why would they do their job? We don't know. During his trial, which was on November 7th, 1968, John pleaded guilty to the charge of sodomy against Donald, but claimed that Donald had
actually propositioned him, not the other way around. No one believed his story. And he ended up being
convicted on December 3rd and he was sentenced
to 10 years in prison. I wish I could tell you that was the end. The end, you know? Of course not. So I guess you could say
things are pretty bad for John, and then they go from bad to worse, because that same day, Marilyn petitioned for a divorce with sole custody of their two children. And the judge had granted her the divorce and John never saw her
or his two kids again, ever, ever again. So I think most of us would
consider going to prison, getting divorced and like losing custody of your kids would
probably be rock bottom. You'd think, oh, it's over a baby, but not for Johnny boy over here, he was making the most
of his life in prison. As much as we hate him. Everybody said this man
had drive, ambition, charm. And because of this little trifecta of a personality or whatever, it really didn't take John
Long before he was given the position of head cook in the prison. And he found a way to
increase the daily pay for the inmates who
worked in the mess hall. He like, represented the people. He also joined the JC chapter of inmates and he actually increased their membership by adding or bringing in 600
people in little over a year. Yeah, so this guy, I
mean, he just makes moves. He makes moves. And then on top of all of that, he found ways to improve the conditions at the prison. So one thing that he did
was he got them to install a mini golf course in the rec yard. Right? He was good with his words or something. It's a shame. John was such a shithead. Like he seemed like he could
really make things happen for whatever community he was living in. That's a damn shame, you know? After serving 18 months
of his tenure sentence, John was granted parole, and he was only given a
one year probation period, 18 months. (groans) All because of his great behavior, model prison inmate , isn't that just terrifying? I just feel like they probably
shouldn't have done that, but they did. Choices were once again made. John swore up and down
that he was a new man. He changed. He was never going back to that old John. Changed man. Great. Right, great. We're rooting for you, you changed. Do good things. He moved back to Chicago and he got a job as a
cook in a restaurant. But as we all know, tigers can't change their stripes. It didn't take them that long. It was less than a year. John was like, hmm, I'm bored. And he was up to his old tricks. Stupid, stupid man. So again, under a year later, once again, John was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy on at
least two more occasions. In both cases, the charges
ended up being dropped and John was free to go. I don't know, it's like, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Now, this is where it gets confusing, because the Iowa Parole Board, they didn't learn about any of this, his arrest and stuff
until eight months later, after John's parole had already ended. So a month later John's
previous criminal convictions were sealed, allowing him
a fresh start once again. You're probably wondering why, why Bailey? Why, I don't get it? I don't freaking know. I don't make these stupid-ass laws. Don't you think they
should be held accountable for what happens next? Because they let his ass go. They had numerous chances to arrest him and hold him and okay, so great. John's like, yay. It works out for me every time. That's what I imagine he's saying. He's out of prison, and he's like, okay, now I need help moving into a home. So he asked his mom for some help buying a house in Cook County, Chicago, and they move in together. So they're roommates, and he starts a part-time
construction business. And he's working on construction contracts in the evening while working
as a cook during the day. And eventually his
construction business expands into interior design and remodeling. I know, and because of this, it allows him to quit being a cook and run his business full time. And let me tell you, his
business was thriving. He was quite the interior designer. Kind of surprised that Ed Gein
wasn't an interior designer. So just like in Iowa
and just like in prison, John becomes once again, super active in his local community, he assists his new neighbors
by loaning them tools for any of their home DIY projects. That's my DIY move. He also even offers to plow the snow for his neighbors for free. They're like, wow, John, we love this guy. And then during the summer it was said that John held like the most
epic backyard barbecues. Sometimes the guest lists to his party were as long as like 400 people. So it wasn't even a backyard barbecue, it was like a block party. And it was said that John just knew how to throw a really good party. At this point, John was also introduced to another club that
really piqued his interest. It's called the Jolly Joker Clown Club. And they would volunteer at
parades, fundraising events. Children's hospitals, and people would dress up as clowns and go and make people
happy by being a clown. So John gets into this and he creates two different clown characters for his events that he attends. One of the clown characters
was named Pogo the clown, and the other was Patches the clown. Now John would say that Pogo
the clown, he was more fun. He was more fun. Like, yay. And then Patches was a
little bit more serious. He was like a serious clown. It just depended on his mood, who he wanted to be that day. Years later, during a
conversation with detectives, when John was under surveillance, he actually talked about his
volunteer work as a clown. And then like casually says, clowns can get away with murder. I mean, if that's not foreshadowing, I don't know what is, I just feel like most
people are scared of clowns, but maybe not at this time,
people weren't scared yet. I don't know. Clowns are so scary. So John's life is really
looking up, right? He's got this fresh start. He's got this house with his mom. He's partying. He's back in the organizations,
he's volunteering. And he also got a fresh start
on his love life as well. He ended up reconnecting
with an ex-girlfriend from his high school,
and her name was Carol. And at this point she
already had two daughters, but John was like why
don't you move in with me? And you could bring your two daughters. Great. So she did. So she and her two
daughters move in with John and then they get engaged pretty quickly. And then they get married
on July 1st, 1972. So the marriage just
wouldn't last that long. Okay? So about three years after
they got married, John, just out of the blue tells Carol one day, I just want to let you
know that I'm bisexual. Not really sure how she reacted to that, but she stayed, maybe she's supportive, but on Mother's Day of that year, John gave her a pretty
gift to say the least. So the two of them engage
in sexual relations. And then after having sex with Carol, John tells Carol like, "Oh, by the way, this is the last time
we're having sex, ever." And Carol was like, "What? Like, what does that mean? What do you mean? Huh? Like I've got follow-up questions." And he really didn't explain at all as to why this is the case. She was confused. But she also thought
maybe it's just a phase. Maybe he doesn't mean it. What does he even mean? Okay. I guess. I don't know. But after that moment, that's when Carol notices like just the relationship started
really going downhill. John was working really late nights. He wouldn't come home until
like crazy hours in the morning. And then one day while he was gone, Carol was like, let me
Snoop around John's stuff. And like, see if there's
anything going on. So she started snooping around in his little man-cave
area and she comes across a bunch of gay porn and she also finds a few different men's
wallets in the house. She didn't really know
what to make of that, but it's like, hmm, weird. When John did come home, it was super odd because he wouldn't even really acknowledge Carol. The relationship was shit. And he would just head
straight to the garage with a bunch of like teen boys that he worked with at KFC, you know? And he always had like a posse of younger boys with
him hanging by his side. And they would hang in his little man cave until late into the night. Now eventually Carol asked John, like, "What is this all about? Like, what is going on? What is going on? What is happening? What is this?" And I guess this really made John upset, and he just tells Carol,
"You better shut the F up. It's really none of your
business what I'm doing." Which is like, yeah, it kind of is, 'cause that's your wifey. So him and his wife are
just kind of bickering, not getting along obviously. And this went on for about five months. And then finally, like the last straw for the relationship was
a pretty intense fight they had over balancing the checkbook. I'm not sure. I mean, at least she got out. So Carol asked for a divorce. John agrees, right? And Carol and her daughters, they end up staying in the house for like another four months. Just until the divorce is finalized. So John's construction business. They employed a lot of
high school students. A lot of young men is what I'm getting at. And the reason was because, for one, John liked it obviously, but for the construction crew, they wanted someone who like was fit and could handle harder labor. That's why they hired the younger boys. But during this time, John was using his own work Rolodex as a means to hook up with men. He would even test the waters to see if certain employees were down for sex or at least sexual favors
in exchange for extra money. Sometimes he would offer
young men to borrow his car. And sometimes he'd be like, hey, if you have sex with me, I'll give you a promotion. And if they were not willing
participants right off the bat, John was known for telling
them that he had a gun and he would threaten to kill
them if they didn't comply. So there were a couple of
other employees that gave John a more challenging time when it came to like trying to have a good time. But the biggest one was in 1976 when John had an incident with an
18-year-old named David. So John met David while
David was hitchhiking. So he picks David up, and they were driving to
wherever it was they were going. And the two of them get to talking. And John learns that David,
he has nowhere to go. He has no job. And John's like, great. You know, I have spare rooms at my house and I own a construction company. So John offers David a job
at his construction company. And he also offers David to
move in with him as well. I mean, he's got the
space now because Carol and the girls, they all moved out. He's like, "The house is kind of quiet. There's plenty of space. I'm just being nice." David's like, "Cool, thanks." I mean, he takes him up on this. Unfortunately, John can't seem to keep it in his pants for too long because that very night, he learns that it's David's birthday and he's turning 19 years old. So John learns it's his birthday. And he's like, "Hey, we should celebrate, you're 19. We're alone in my house." So they're drinking, they're celebrating. And then John's like, "Everybody
loves a birthday clown." Oh God. So John decides to dress up
in his Pogo clown outfit. And he's like, I just want to make it more
like a birthday celebration. So he does that. And he's like, everyone loves
a clown at a party, right? So I guess it was all
fun and games, whatever. And then John dressed as the clown, he somehow cons David into
putting on a pair of handcuffs. He's like, let me show you this trick. And he gets David to put
his hands in front of him and then handcuffs him. And then I guess at that very instant that's when like the mood changes, John grabs the chain of the handcuffs and like swings David around and just straight up tells
him, "I am going to rape you." And David was like,
"Fuck, no, you are not." So he fights back. He ends up kicking John in the face and manages to get himself free. From what I've read, John
was a pretty convincing guy. He was a good talker. Wasn't he? I don't know. But he ends up somehow
convincing David that like, oh, this was just a joke gone wrong. No, I was just, I was just joking. And I don't know, he's just able to talk his way out of it. Convinces David that it's all okay. And he's like, "You
don't have to move out. You can stay here, it won't happen again." So David continues to stay with John. So whatever he said it just, yeah, you get it, it worked I guess. It wasn't long though, until John tried to rape David again, this time he did it in a
way more threatening way. Maybe it was the lack of clown costume or the fact that he said, quote, "Dave, you really don't know who I am. Maybe it would be good if
you give me what I want." That was a quote, end quote. Once again, David is somehow
able to hold John off. John gets extremely frustrated and eventually just gives up. As he's leaving, John tells David like you are not any fun. And then after this incident, David finally decides to move out. He would still continue to do work for John here and there
over the next two years. But he really just tried to stay away. So around this time, John actually decides to up his game and go further than just assaulting these boys. He's ready to take it to the next level. There were a number of young men and boys who were wrapped up in a night of drinking with John at his house. And maybe even doing some drugs when John would bust out his handcuffs and tell them like, hey, do you guys want
to see a magic trick? My handcuffs, he would handcuff himself to like show everyone that
they're magic handcuffs, but he would handcuff
himself behind his back and then magically escape. But really John just had the key hidden in his hand and he was able
to get out of the handcuffs. So there was no magic. So once he showed them
this trick, he's like, "Do you guys want to learn
how to do this trick? I could teach you." And the one of the kids would be like, "Yeah, like show me. I want to learn how to
escape from handcuffs." So John puts the handcuffs
on a kid who's there, and he's like, "I'm gonna show you how to
get out of this, right?" Once the handcuffs are on, John would then reveal his secret to escaping this magic trick, was by having a key. That's the trick. While his victims were handcuffed, John would often take advantage of these men and boys by raping them, or often just straight up torturing them, like sick torture, abuse, awful, just all bad. It was real bad. So finally John would show
his victims the finale, another trick he had, this
one was called the rope trick. And the rope trick was essentially John tying a rope around their neck and then strangling them to death. It was no trick. He was murdering them. Yeah. And as John was performing this trick on different victims, he seemed to get progressively
more and more aggressive. Some of them, he would just strangle with
the rope, which is still awful. Not trying to say it's not. Some of the victims. He would shove underwear deep
into the victim's throat, which would lead to them dying from asphyxiation before
the rope trick came to play. So yeah, it was a lot. It was a lot. So it went from John just sexually abusing and raping boys to now full blown murder. (indistinct) Yup. He was loving it or something. So when John's victims were finally dead, John would often hide the body under his bed
for like a full day. And then he was like, okay, I should probably move them somewhere. So then he decided to be
best to move them under the crawl space, under
his house, crawl space. Some of the bodies he treated with quick lime every once
in a while to kind of move the decomposition process
along just a little faster. And then on other victims, he would try to embalm them. It's unclear, like who got what treatment and why? I think he was just
kind of playing around. I don't know. I don't know. This dude was just hell sick. Honestly, John didn't really seem that picky about who his victims were, as long as they were young, and they were boys, young
men, young gentlemen. Sometimes he knew them. Sometimes they were like
just random strangers. He would see at a bus
stop or maybe hitchhiking or just walking along the street. There were also a number of
ways John trapped his victims. Some of them, it seemed like most of them, he promised them a job working
for his construction company. I mean, 'cause he had this company. So it was kind of like, hey, I could give you a job. You get it. Yeah, so he was like,
I can give you a job. of course a lot of them
are gonna say, yeah. And then other times it was like, hey, you should come back to my place. I have alcohol, drugs. I could give you sex
in exchange for money. Or you can give me sex
in exchange for money. And that was just like ways he got the victims to go back to his house. Now the scariest thing of
all was there was one point where John was able to get
his hands on a police badge, whether it was fake or not. He was just able to get his
hands on a police badge, and like a little siren light
that he would put on his car. And he would trick victims into believing that he was a police officer. That is super fucked. That's scary. Now mind you, all of this could have been prevented because he was in prison
and he was sentenced to 10 years and he should
have been there for 10 years. But instead he was released. And even after that, he got just way too many chances. Stupid, stupid man. John had been pulling
these stunts since 1972 and he was getting away with
it for a pretty damn long time. So you know how he was married to the second wife, wife number two. Now, there was a lot of debate. There's a lot of questions,
like how much did she know? Did she know anything at all? How could she not know? And it was believed that in certain cases that she may actually have known what was going on, or that John had forced
her into staying silent about his crimes and many believed that she may have been
a forced accomplice, but there's great debate on that one. So also many people have
wonder throughout the years, like why didn't the local
police notice anything going on? I mean, there was like a
bunch of people going missing. Like, how come no one saw nothing? Nobody questioned anything. No one reported these people missing. Like it was just bizarre. Now, cops said that they saw
plenty of young men going in and out of John's house over the years. But none of these guys, at least the ones that were able to leave, came out and like said
anything against John. I'm assuming here that they
were probably either threatened, maybe embarrassed, scared,
or maybe they didn't get, I doubt they didn't get something
from John, but you know, there's many reasons as to
why people don't speak out, but that may be why nothing was said. But it's just bizarre that all these people are going missing, and it's just weird. I don't know. One source had said that the police believed these victims were just runaways. And then another said that
the police didn't want to do anything because it seemed to be like homosexual stuff, and they didn't want to touch it. Once again, the police not
doing their goddamn job. John's first known murder victim was a 16-year-old kid named Timothy. And on January 2nd, 1972, John was at a family party and I guess he was hanging out and
he tells the people, his family, that he's gonna leave. He's gonna go for a
drive because they put up some local ice sculptures
and they're on display. And it only happens every once in a while. So he's like, I'm gonna
go see the ice sculptures. So he gets in his car and he drives away. And while he's driving around, that's when he sees young Timothy at the Chicago bus terminal, and it was late at night. So he was like, "Hey kid,
like it's super late. I have a home. You could stay at, like, I'll give you a
place to sleep tonight. Bring you back in the morning
to catch the next bus. You shouldn't be out
here. It's dangerous." Timothy's like, "That sounds great. Sure." So he gets in the car with
John and they drive around, John, I guess, drives
him around like the city. Maybe he takes him to the ice sculptures. I don't know. But then eventually they
head back to his place. Now the details on this
story are really unclear, but here's what John said, who I'm sure is not a
very reliable source. I'm sure we can all agree on that. So the boy sleeps over. John says he wakes up the
next morning from bed. This is him waking up. And he sees Timothy, the boy, he's standing in
John's bedroom doorway, and he's holding a knife from his kitchen. Like there's a knife in his hand. Now John says he just reacts. He reacts, he jumps up. Timothy was like, I guess
he didn't say anything. But he was looking like
he was trying to surrender and he accidentally cut John's arm. And I guess that really set John off. So he grabs, again, Timothy hasn't said anything, and this is according to John. So John grabs Timothy's
wrist and he twists it so the kid would drop the knife, and then he slams the
kid's head into the wall and then he kicks him into the closet. So then this young boy,
Timothy, he fights back. He kicks John square in the stomach and the two of them are
like wrestling on the floor. And eventually John is
able to get on top of him and then just starts
stabbing him in the chest. Bizarre, weird, tragic. I don't know. So John just leaves Timothy
to die on the floor. And he said he gets up, he goes to the kitchen
to put the knife back. And that's when he notices, like there was an open carton of eggs and some bacon on the counter, and the kitchen table
was set and John's like, "Oh, I think Timothy was like, just coming to ask how
I like my eggs cooked." Woopsy. Yeah. I don't know. I'm laughing because
of just like, I don't, I don't, okay. Okay. So this whole thing John
would say in later interviews that this whole situation,
this experience, it gave him a mind numbing orgasm, and he just was very sexually satisfied from what just happened. Yeah. And that's the moment John said, he realized that death was
the ultimate thrill for him. So he's like, you know what? I really worked up an appetite. He eats the meal that poor
Timothy was making for them. And then once he's all done, he gets Timothy and puts him in the crawl space under his house. And then later on, he goes back and covers the area with like an
additional layer of concrete. So after killing Timothy, I guess this like satisfied John for quite some time because he waited about two years before he killed again. And as time went on, John started to be less
cautious and started to get on the police's radar a bit. You see, in January, 1976, Chicago police suspected
John was responsible for the disappearance
of a nine-year-old boy. The problem that they found themselves in was the fact that John
lived near the O'Hare Airport, which technically was outside
of their jurisdiction, which means they're not allowed
to build a case against him. It would have to be the
other police department. So you're probably wondering
why didn't they just call up the other police department and be like, hey, there's a suspicious guy over here. Let me tell you about him. He's doing some shit. You need to get on it. There were a couple of
victims who were able to get away or rather, for some reason, John decided to let them live. In March of 1977, a 27-year-old, his name was Jeff. He was lured into John's car where then John chloroformed him and then brutally raped him, beat him. Unfortunately, cops didn't
take his case very seriously. So Jeff made it his life's mission to track down who this
person was who attacked him, because he had no memory of it. So he's going around, searching
the city for like a month. And he recognizes this victim, Jeff, he recognizes John's car. He's like that's fucking him. He writes down the license plate. And then he goes to police
and gives them the number, like this guy chloroformed
me, and raped me. Beat me, like you need to go get him. So, Jeff ends up filing a
civil lawsuit against John and Jeff claimed that
John offered him weed. But instead he used
chloroform to knock him out. And when he woke up, he was
handcuffed in John's house. And then John sexually attacked
him before he let Jeff go. Once again, the man who's been
getting far too many chances. John was charged with battery. Yeah. Which is a misdemeanor, which
means he had to pay $3,000. And that was it. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know why. I don't know. I don't know. Sick, sick. And you know, what's worse? They had him. John, they had him in court and
stuff, they could have like, why didn't they search
his house or something? I don't know. Anyways, so Jeff would
actually go on later in life, he would write a book
about his experience. It's called "29 Below" Poor guy, I hope he's okay. Then there was another
victim who was a 19-year-old, that John had kidnapped at gunpoint and forced this young man to do sexual stuff, raped him. And when he was taken into custody, John admitted that he engaged with some sexual behavior with this guy. And he admitted to the police that the sexual acts were pretty brutal. They were intense. But he said that the participant was, it was consensual. He consented to everything. That's what John told police. In fact, this kid was actually
his consensual sex slave. According to John. Now the police for some
sick reason believed John and the assistant state's attorney, they decided not to prosecute. I know, shouldn't all
of them just be fired? Just that whole state of
people in charge fired? Well, they're probably not there anymore, but what a crock of shit. Outside of John being absolutely psycho, he was considered, I mean, people looked at him
like a pretty normal guy. Like, he was very active in the community. Still. He was even appointed
the director position for Chicago's annual Polish
Constitution Day Parade. Yes. So with this position that he got, it gave him the opportunity to take a photo with the First
Lady Rosalynn Carter. So he gets a picture with the president's
wife on May 6th, 1978. Now the funny thing is,
now this is not funny, but the funny thing is in order to get a picture with Ms. Carter, the Secret Service, they
had to do a background check on anybody who like
takes a picture with her and meets her to make
sure they're not killers, whatever, they need to give
them special clearance. Which if you're like me,
you're thinking, oh right. So the Secret Service, beep, bop, boop, they're gonna pull up John's
background and be like, LOL, JK, no picture for you. You know? But I mean, 'cause that makes sense. Well, if the world made sense, that probably would have happened, but the Secret Service did
a background check on John and they ended up clearing him. He was A-OK, cleared background. So he was approved. Okay, great. They're like great, you get to meet the
first lady, snag a photo. Now it's like, the thing is, that's just a bad look for
the freaking president too. I mean, 'cause when all
the shit hits the fan, all the information comes out. It's like he or she is photographed with the president's wife. Does anyone do their jobs around here? Or are we all just like
too busy doing not that? So by 1978, John's crawl space under his house where he was hiding bodies
was absolutely maxed out. He couldn't fit any more
bodies under the house. So he was like I could put
bodies up in the attic, that's an option. But he realized that
it's a terrible option because the bodies would probably leak when they decomposed and it would come through the ceilings
and just be a big old mess. So instead John decided
it would be best if maybe he stopped using
his house as a graveyard. So instead he started to throw them into the local
river, Des Plaines River. And he would end up doing
this five different times. On December 11th, 1978 at 9:00 p.m., there was a 15-year-old high
school student named Robert who was finishing up his
shift at the local pharmacy. So he's working there
at the local pharmacy. You get it. His mom comes to pick him up, right. She comes to pick up Robert, she's gonna take them home. And they're excited, because it's actually his mom's birthday. It's her 46th birthday. And they have plans to just celebrate with the whole family,
have some cake, whatever. So she's waiting for
him and her son Robert runs out of the pharmacy
and runs to the car and he's like, "Hey mom,
can you wait a few minutes? There's this guy who offered me a construction job that pays $5 an hour. And it would be awesome to
make that kind of money." 'Cause it was like twice what he was making at his current job. So his mom was like, "Sure,
like, go ahead, honey. I'll wait right here." And she's just waiting outside
for Robert to come back. Well, some time passes by
and Robert doesn't come back. So she's like, "Dude, where is he?" So she's getting a little nervous. She looks around for him. She's not seeing him. So his mom drives home and
she tells her husband, okay. Robert was there one minute
and now he's just missing. So the whole family, it's
Robert's mom and dad, his two siblings and their two dogs. They all pile into the family car, head back to the local pharmacy
and they look for Robert. Now they're searching for quite some time and they can't find any clues, nothing. He just, poof, vanished. Finally it got late into the night. It was like 11:30 at night, Robert's mom decides to go to the police and file a missing persons report. Poor thing. It was her birthday. Now this case it would hit close to home for a new police lieutenant that was working there that night, because his son was attending the same high school as Robert. And he just resonated with this woman, and her missing son, he's afraid that his own son might be at risk of a similar fate. So the lieutenant insists on
taking this case on himself, he's determined to find answers. He's not just gonna
write it down as missing. He's gonna do something about it. And at this point he was only the chief of detectives
for about six months. So many were saying like, oh, he probably had something to
prove, which is so annoying. Maybe he was doing his damn job. You wish every police officer
would react like this guy. So, okay. This Lieutenant asked, "When was the last time you saw him?" And he discovers that John Wayne Gacy, he was one of the contractors
who recently helped remodel the pharmacy that Robert was working at. So he thought to himself, maybe John was the contractor
Robert was talking to about that potential job like,
that kind of makes sense. So the lieutenant calls up John and leaves a message asking like, "Hey, can you come into the
station for questioning? Just want to talk." Then at 11:00 p.m. on December 12th, John calls up the
lieutenant and asked like, "Hey, do you still want to talk to me?" And the lieutenant's like, "Yeah, can you get here today? Or how long do you think
it'll take you to get here? I'll be here." And John's like, "I'll be
there in a half an hour." So the lieutenant's like,
"Great. Can't wait." Well, time goes by. And then it's like 1:00 a.m.
and John is still a no show. So he's like, "Great." But you know what? John was actually super busy at that time because when John had
called up the Lieutenant, he actually was in the
middle of something. He was in the middle
of taking Robert's body and trying to get rid of it. So he's on the phone with
lieutenant, click, right? So he ends up loading Robert's body into the trunk of his car,
and then he drives south. So he can dump the body in the river. So John drops the body off and he's now driving to
go talk to the Lieutenant. And I guess he must have
hit like a patch of ice or something because
his truck's blown out, and it was like 2:00 a.m. and John's car was getting towed out of a snowbank. So then once everything's all settled, 3:00 a.m., covered in mud. John walks into the police station. He's like, "Hey, I'm here to
meet with the Lieutenant." And whoever I was at
the main desk is like, "It's three in the morning. Why don't you come back later?" And you know, he didn't have to, he didn't have to come back. He could have just ran for it. But you know what, John being that outstanding citizen he is, he comes back the next day. So John comes back and gives his brief statement to the lieutenant. And honestly the lieutenant's
getting weird vibes from John. And he's thinking John is holding Robert hostage in his house. So he asked for the keys to John's house. Now John was a little hesitant to give over his keys for obvious reasons. But he eventually hands over his keys. He's like, yeah, you
could search my house. And they do. So the cops, they hold John in custody while they search his home. So the cops end up going to John's home and they do search his house and they don't really find much. And by not finding much, I mean, they aren't really finding any evidence as to like what may have happened to Robert. But what they do find is plenty
of gay porn, some needles, a starter pistol, some
rope and an 18 inch dildo. Oh, and the handcuffs, you know? Hmm. Okay. None of this is illegal to own, but the lieutenant's kind of frustrated. 'Cause he just has this feeling that John, like John knows something, but he fears that this is a dead end. So they keep looking around, keep looking. And then they come across a receipt. And on the receipt, they find a charge for film
that was being developed at the pharmacy where Robert worked. This seems to be enough
evidence to convince the cops to seize John's car, van and pickup truck to be searched later, hoping that one of the vehicles will at least have some
kind of clue in it. So they have the cars searched and they find some fibers
that could possibly be hair, but it's not super conclusive. They also have one of
those trained dogs come and sniff around the cars to see if like they could smell Robert or death. You know how some of the
dogs can smell death? Dogs are magical. So they have the dog come and the dog's searching one of the cars, and the dog lays down on the
passenger seat of the car. And the dog handler is like, oh, that's his reaction to death. That's his death reaction. And it was believed that Robert's body had probably been in there at some point, but they have all this information, but it doesn't mean anything. Like there's no hard
evidence that turns up to prove that Robert is linked to John. Police take some stuff from John's house, but nothing the police confiscated could connect John to
Robert's disappearance. So at 11:00 p.m. that night
John was released from prison, 'cause they had nothing on him. One day later on December 15th, one of the items police seized during the search of his home, it
comes back with a positive ID, but it's not a positive ID to Robert, it's actually, it belongs to a high school kid. It was his class ring. And this kid had been
missing for two years. Why does John have it? And not only that, when one of John's
employees are questioned, one of them tells police that some former employees
just had disappeared. Like they don't know what happened. They were here one day
and then gone the next. Pretty suspect, I'm sure we can all agree. John's got the class ring
of a kid who disappeared a couple of years ago and some of his employees have gone missing. Great. Just what we need. Now, that same day, John calls up the police and invites them over for breakfast. Not sure why, but it was rumored that one of
them was totally John's type, and he had a bit of a crush on him. The cops noticed that John,
he's not looking too good. He's looking a little tired, anxious. Hmm. Maybe something's wearing
on him a little bit, huh? But that's not all the police notice when they're over at John's house. One of them said instantly
when they walked in, they could smell death,
which sounds gross. But they say death has a certain smell and the police officer's like, "I smell it. Like, what is that smell?" And he brings it up to
John and John's like, "Oh yeah, I have mold, it's mold. Oh, and I got some rodents over there. So it's just stinky. No big deal." So I guess the smell of John's
house really wasn't enough for police to search his home again. Like you think it would be, but it's not. Instead John got a lawyer. He lawyered up, and John's
lawyer actually filed a $750,000 lawsuit against the city and the police department. His lawyer was saying that the police were harassing John and
doing illegal searches. And they're also just taking stuff that they weren't allowed to, plus they were destroying
poor John's reputation in the whole process. So they were not allowed
to search his home again, what a fricking mess. But luckily, luckily, finally, police, they really didn't have
to wait that much longer, because on December 21st, 1978, John was followed to a gas station. The cops were following him
and they saw him pass off like a package to one of the clerk workers at the gas station. The package was seized. It had a bunch of weed in
there and this was great, because it's like what they needed to finally arrest John for something. They just want to hold him so they could further search his house. So they're like yippee Skippy. We got him, yes. He gets arrested. Meanwhile, the day before John is arrested
for the weed situation, he actually goes to visit his lawyer. And his lawyer wants to
discuss that civil lawsuit they're filing, the 750,000. So he said, "Come on over. We're gonna talk about it." Whatever. So when John gets there, instead of talking
about the civil lawsuit, John sees like the local
newspaper on his lawyer's desk. And he reads like the head story. It's about that kid who went missing, his name's Robert, and John, I guess, looks at it. And the first thing he says is, "He's dead. He's in a river." And just like that, it was over baby. I guess John sat there for hours, confessing everything to his lawyer, saying that he had killed 32 men after having sexual relations with them. 32 men. That's a lot. 32. So while he's confessing, it was said to be strange and unusual because John was talking
in the third person, he also was making it sound
like he had an accomplice. I mean, his lawyer noticed that John literally had like no emotions towards any of the victims. And it was like just, he just was going into great detail and just nothing, just nothing. You know, it was hard to keep up. But during his confession, John goes into great detail about burying bodies under his house. And also that he was using the
river to dump bodies there. It was said that John,
while he was confessing, he like fell asleep in the
middle of his confession. I guess he was bored. But his lawyer said that
he was in absolute shock. And while John was taking his little nap, he's trying to come up with a plan, 'cause that's his job, right? So John's taking a nap. The lawyer's like, okay, we're gonna get him a
psychiatric evaluation and maybe kind of lean into that, right? His lawyer wakes John up from his nap. He's like, "Hey, we're gonna do a
psychiatric evaluation." But instead John, he
brushes him off and he says, he's got things to do. He's like, "Nope, I got things to do." And then that's when he gets up to leave and he goes to the gas station to deliver the weed where then he gets arrested. So John's arrested once again. And during this time the police get another warrant to search his home. They also interview
one of John's employees and they learn that a while back, John had asked his employee to dig a trench in his crawl space. They asked another employee who said that he helped dig some trenches
and spread lime in them. And then he told police that
the trenches were pretty small, kind of like the size of a shallow grave. Now there are many speculations, many rumors that these two employees were involved with the murders. They were accomplices to John, that's a big debate. They say, no, they stood by the fact that they had no idea what
the trenches were for, or what John was up to. Many believe that's untrue. But either way police got the information they needed from him, or them, I should say, and knew like, okay, they must be in these crawl spaces, right? That's where Robert's gonna be at. They didn't even know what they were getting themselves into. They thought they were
just gonna find Robert. Nay, nay. So while police and stuff
are searching John's house, they have John being
questioned back at the station. And they're trying to get
a confession out of him. And cops are like, we're gonna tear up the
floors of your house. We'll have to do whatever it
takes to find Robert's body. And John's like, "Like I'm telling you,
like Robert isn't there, but you might find other
people buried in the floor." And then he goes on to say that there's another
guy buried in the floor that I was forced to kill in self-defense. And the police are like, "Oh God, what?" John ended up going back
to the house with police. And he uses a spray can to kind of mark on the ground where bodies are buried at. So he marks a couple of
spaces for the police. But while searching the crawl
space under John's house, they come across like a trap door. And when they open up
this little trap door, they find numerous body parts. I'm talking lots of different body parts, just all skedaddled about. So they've got three in the crawl space and they've got another
person under the garage floor. Where are the rest? They don't even know about the rest yet. The next day, December 22nd,
John begins talking to police. And then he admits to burying
27 bodies around his property. He also confesses to throwing
bodies into the river. And four bodies are eventually found, but Robert's body is never recovered. To help with the search of his house and hoping that they would spare his carpets from destruction. John, he ends up drawing a
diagram showing the police, like where all the bodies are
buried in the crawl space, as well as a few other
places around his property, that they were all buried. His place must have reeked, reeked, reeked, reeked, reeked. Reeked, reeked. After all this, John is moved to the hospital because they think that there might be more going on with him. And John tried really
hard to convince them that he had multiple personality disorder. He claimed that he had four personalities and they had three psychiatric
experts, not work on him, diagnose him as a paranoid schizophrenic with multiple personalities. But the prosecution, they believed that he was sane and in full control of his actions, that he be tried as himself. So after searching John's house even more, they don't come across just 27 bodies, like John had it originally confessed. They ended up finding 29 bodies in total, and 26 of them were found
in the crawl space alone. What the hell? So when they get into the crawl space, that's when they just realize, like it's a fricking hot ass mess. The bodies are dismembered. And like just heavily dismembered, like in a really bad shape. And investigators said that they went to the local McDonald's, I'm not kidding. They went to the local McDonald's and they asked to borrow a fry basket to help them like sift the soil in hopes to kind of get everybody together. So by the time they had finished, John was now being charged
with 33 counts of murder. Dude, that's insane. And they're all like buried in his house. Oh, what a weirdo. So, okay. Arrested, trial is coming up. Great. February 6th, 1980, John was being charged
with 33 counts of murder and he had technically been convicted of more murders than
anyone in American history. So that's cool I guess. I guess he's happy about that one. Now, because John had confessed, it was mainly like the
whole purpose of the trial was more about deciding
if he was insane or not, versus him being guilty or innocent, would determine his sentencing. But after undergoing over 300 hours of different psychological tests, John was deemed fit to stand trial, despite trying to plead not
guilty by reason of insanity. The trial itself, it
lasted about five weeks. People were very interested and it took the jury less than like two hours to find him guilty of 33 murders. John was sentenced to
serve 12 death sentences and 21 natural life sentences. The parents and the relatives
of John's victims actually start to applaud when they learn that John is going to be executed. I mean, I don't blame them. So John was sentenced to
death on March 13th, 1980. Oh my God, isn't it his birthday? The 14th or something? Isn't that weird? I feel like that happens
a lot in these stories. It's like right around their birthday. What's that about? But of course, like death
row doesn't happen overnight. So he sat on death row for 14 years. John tried to appeal his sentence. And during his death row sitting time, he gave a bunch of interviews giving out just stupid information, trying to prove that he
was actually innocent, and that he didn't do any of it. He also had a telephone number set up where people could pay to hear his 12 minute recorded statement to clearing his innocence and saying that he had an alibi for everything and that he was being wrongly convicted. So annoying. He just, whatever Bill. While he sat his ass in jail, he painted, he wrote letters. He tried to prove to everybody
that he was innocent. None of it worked, a lot of fans though. He had a lot of fans. Then his execution day came. And guess what he had for his final meal? I don't know why I'm so excited. But I was like, oh, full circle. He had KFC. Isn't that okay, a little
full circle, mommy? Shortly after midnight on May 11th, 1994, John, who was 52 years old at this time, he was given a three
drug lethal injection. And at 12:58 a.m. John Wayne Gacy was finally dead. Done-zo. Now, there are actually rumors that John's final words
were quote, "Kiss my ass." Everyone believes that that's
what his final words were. The state attorney who tried the case and who was there said
that that wasn't true. But maybe he's just saying that, who knows, but everybody thinks he did say that, and then kind of just run
with it, "Kiss my ass." They're like, yeah, he's
a fucking rock star. Mm. So annoying. After going through all
the victims found under and around John's fricking house, investigators, they still had eight bodies that they could not identify. Regardless, it was really important
to everyone involved with the case that they were
still given proper funerals. Even if no one knew who they were. So they made them different
gravestones saying like we remembered and the date that the body was buried. That's really sad. Over time, DNA became a thing. And like they're able to ID
people based on DNA evidence. So two of the victims, actually, they were able to link with their DNA. So they were able to ID two of them. However, to this day, like
six of the eight victims still remain unidentified. So that my friends, is the very long story of John Wayne Gacy. He was a man with too many chances. Hold on, I have a headband. Look, this is my costume. Thank you. I'm Medusa, I'm gonna take it off because this headband is killing me. Ouch. Would not recommend. So John Wayne Gacy. Dude, wild, gross, ugh. 33 victims. He got way too many chances. All of those police, all of those people who let
him go throughout the years, I hope they got fired. They probably didn't, because come the fuck on, Bailey, but they should've, okay? 33 victims, and they never
like, hmm, let me think. Like where are all these people going, it's just bizarre, the whole thing. And then his wife was
living under the same roof, and it's like, didn't she smell anything? Didn't she smell anything? Or like, wonder why they were freshly like moved dirt and stuff, "What's that about, you gardening? I don't see any flowers." It's just weird. And like, I don't want to
believe that she was in on it. I don't know. I don't know. But golly, gee willikers,
John was fucked up. Okay, super fucked up. And he's the super scary type, because to your face and whatnot, he seems like a super charming guy. Everybody loved him. Everyone thought he was normal and he was very involved with charity. Just creepy, creepy. Anyways, I would love to know what
you guys think down below. What do you think of the look? Cute. I'm all like, ah, that was gross. That's a lot. 33. And nobody, nobody thought anything? His neighbors didn't smell anything? How do you not stink? Anyways, thank you so much for
hanging out with me today. Sorry, my costume isn't really a costume, but I like this makeup look. Let me know who you want
me to talk about next week. I hope you have a good rest of your day. You make good choices,
please be safe out there. I'll be seeing you guys next week. Bye.
There's not alot to this case that we don't already know as it's notorious. But bailey talking about us so much better lol I enjoyed it the same way as when she covered the Jeffrey darmer case...... I really do like the longer videos.
he was always super interesting to me for some reason
Im a little nervous to watch this one, is it really bad? A weeks to skip perhaps?
My lil boy wants to get in on these and I'm like, nerp.
Omg she FUNNY this week! “We’re not judging you, yes we are, no we’re not but we are. “ a movie length Bailey. Love it.
Also love her longer videos
I absolutely loved Bailey's take on this! it really made up for the last 2 rather weak videos
What a sick man! I mean, it's nice to humanize him by giving his background, but he should've known that what he's been doing is wrong.
It was great!!! He had such a lengthy track record!!!