John Wayne Gacy Jr. was born on March 17, 1942, to middle-class Marion and John Gacy Senior in Chicago, Illinois. His mother was Danish and his father was Polish. His father was an abusive alcoholic with a violent temper that often led to him beating his wife and children, the beatings were usually with a razor strap. John’s beatings were usually so brutal that he ended up in the hospital most of the time and was suffering from blackouts caused by seizures. Since John’s medical condition was never diagnosed Sr. often accused Gacy of fabricating illnesses even while lying helpless on a hospital bed. Once there was a blood clot in his brain from being hit so hard but they managed to fix it with medication. Gacy was not only harmed at home but …show more content…
No one really believed he was the murder because of how he would dress up as Pogo the Clown to entertain. This save persona he managed to portray helped him to gain the trust of so many people. His victims are believed to be between 9 to 20 years old and some still remain unidentified. The rest of his murder victims are as follows: Darrell Sampson ( age 18, killed April 6, 1976), Randall Reffett (age 15, killed May 14, 1976), Samuel Stapleton (age 14, killed May 14, 1976), Michael Bonnin (age 17, killed June 3, 1976), William Carroll (age 16, killed June 13, 1976), Rick Johnston (age 17, killed August 6, 1976), Kenneth Parker ( age 16, killed October 24, 1976), William Bundy (age 19, killed October 26, 1976), Gregory Godzik (age 17, killed December 12, 1976), John Szyc (age 19, killed January 20, 1977), Jon Prestidge (age 20, killed March 15, 1977), Matthew Bowman (age 19, killed July 5, 1977), Robert Gilroy ( age 18, killed September 15, 1977), John Mowery (age 19, killed September 25, 1977), Russell Nelson (age 21, killed October 17, 1977), Robert Winch (age 16, killed November 10, 1977), Tommy Boling (age 20, killed November 18, 1977), David Talsma (age 19, killed December 9, 1977), William Kindred ( age 19, killed February 16, 1978), Timothy O' Rourke (age 20, killed June 16–23, 1978), Frank Landingin (age 19, killed November 4, 1978), James Mazzara (age 21, killed November 24, …show more content…
During the McCoy murder case he was formally diagnosed with an antisocial personality disorder. Antisocial personality disorder, also can be called sociopathy, is a mental condition in which a person constantly shows that they have no regard for right and wrong and ignore the rights and feelings of others. People with antisocial personality disorder tend to antagonize, manipulate or treat others harshly or with callous indifference. They show no guilt or remorse for their behavior. Gacy said that after his first killing he was tired but felt exhilarated from it. During the Gacy’s final murder trials his lawyers brought in past doctors to say he was a “paranoid schizophrenic” who suffered from a multiple personality disorder. A multiple personality disorder is a rare dissociative disorder in which two or more personalities with distinct memories and behavior patterns apparently exist in one individual. He received the death penalties for 12 of the murders while the rest were life
To go along with the molestation, Gacy’s father was a very abusive alcoholic. His life was tough and wouldn’t get much better till he got older. He lived in a modest suburban home in Des Plaines, Illinois. He was quite well known in his community, liked by his neighbors, and remembered for his performances in clown costume at children's parties. He was active in
In the late 1970s, Gacy was arrested by police following the disappearance investigation of a teen by the name of Robert Piest. Several items found inside Gacy’s house during the Piest investigation revealed his gruesome actions. Over thirty victims in total were
His lawyer told that he had sense of insanity as he committed the murder but not before or after. While on trial Gacy joked around and said that, “the only thing he was guilty of was running a cemetery without a license”. The trial didn’t last long at all only a short month later he was convicted and sentenced to death. Gacy was on death row for a long fourteen years, and had many experiences during his time. While on death row he painted pictures and sold them for money. It was because of John Gacy that in todays times inmates are not allowed to sell things and make money while in prison.
Lauren Monroe Wendy L. Eddy English 1213 Sec 311 17 February 2016 The Perpetrator John Wayne Gacy was a notorious serial killer in the United States, he was found guilty of murdering thirty-three boys and young men. He was most famously known as “Pogo the Clown” because he would attend children hospitals and parties for adolescence and entertain them. In later years after his murders, Gacy became known as the “Killer Clown” by people all over America. Gacy had been convicted of sexual assault in 1968 and was soon exposed of killing thirty-three boys, who he had buried the majority under his home, garage and yard.
After pleaing guilty to the charges he was sentenced to ten years in the Iowa’s State Men’s Reformatory in Anamosa. During the trial his wife filed for divorce, Gacy angry about this considered his wife and two children
When Miller was attacked by Andersson, he broke his nose and called the cops. The judge ordered that Gacy undergo psychiatric evaluation to see if he was able to stand on trial. The mental health professionals said that he was and that he was antisocial enough that any mental treatments would have no effect on him anyway. Gacy was sentenced to ten years in prison. He was a model prisoner, realizing that if he was good he would get released on parole earlier.
John Wayne Gacy- The Clown That Killed John Gacy was born on March 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Gacy and his siblings grew up with a drunken father who would beat the children with a razor strap if even perceived to have misbehaved; the man also physically assaulted his mother too. Growing up, Gacy was a quiet boy who was never really popular, but was liked by his teachers, co-workers and friends. But a heart failure stopped him from playing with other children.
Once had enough he went to Las Vegas, there he worked at a funeral home and eventually made enough to come back home. Once back, he became a well-respected businessman and also a Democratic Party community captain, which led him to take a picture with the then First Lady, Rosalynn Carter. He also spent his free time entertaining the children in the neighborhood dressed up as “Pogo the Clown”. He was a generous, hardworking, friendly, devoted family man, and everyone knew that—but this was the side that John Wayne Gacy allowed the people to see. Underneath the smiling mask of the clown was the face of a depraved fiend who was put to death on May 10,
He was occasionally hospitalized because of these seizures. Gacy later estimated that he spent almost a year in the hospital for these episodes between the ages of 14 and 18, and attributed the decline in his grades to his time out of school. His father suspected the episodes were an effort to gain sympathy and attention; on one occasion, he openly accused his son of faking as the boy lay in a hospital bed. Although his mother, sisters, and few close friends themselves never doubted his illness, Gacy's medical condition was never conclusively diagnosed. At the age of 18, Gacy became involved in politics, working as an assistant precinct captain for a democratic candidate in his neighborhood.
Gacy would trick the young boys into handcuffs, by wanting to show them a magic trick, after he handcuffed them he stuffed socks in their mouths, wrapped chains around their necks, and strangled them while also raping them. On December 11th, 1978, a young man by the name of Robert Piest, had gone missing. He was last seen with his mom, but then later went to John Gacy’s house, in promise of a potential job. Police ended up arriving at Gacy’s house in search of the young boy, to later discover that this man had killed 33 young men. Many of the young men had been buried under the house
Little did he know that Antonucci had made sure one of his hands was loosely secured and was able to wrestle Gacy to the ground and handcuff him. Antonucci made Gacy promise to never try to touch him again before releasing him. Gacy kept his word, he never made advances towards Antonucci again and Antonucci continued to work for Gacy for almost a year afterwards. Jeffrey Rignall was not as lucky as Antonucci was, though he was lucky enough to be one of the few victims of Gacy to survive. On May 22, 1978 Gacy pulled up next to Rignall and offered to share a joint with him while they rode around town (Rachel Bell and Marylin Bardsley).
also known as the Killer Clown. He was an American Serial killer and rapist who sexually assaulted 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978. He became known as the “Killer Clown” because of his charitable services at fundraising events. He goes to parades and children's parties. Where he would dress as "Pogo the Clown", a character he devised himself.
He made paintings of clowns and other figures, which sold for thousands of dollars. On May 10, 1994 after exhausting all of his appeals, the killer dubbed at the “killer clown”, was put to death by lethal
Many criminals have a psychotic disorder, or have a psychopathological disorder. Ted Bundy was an American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, burglar, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls. Ted Bundy used charisma and his good looks to swindle young women with long, dark hair resembling his ex-girlfriend. Ted Bundy has blue eyes and is a psychopath. David Berkowitz on the other hand had psychosis.
Ted Bundy was a notorious serial murderer who’s reign of terror lasted from 1974 to 1978. Bundy was convicted of three homicides and was sentenced to death for all three charges. However, at the time of his execution, Bundy confessed to 30 murders however the exact number of victims is still unknown. Bundy’s crimes evolved over time but he was both a sexual sadist and a necrophiliac serial killer. At the beginning of his rampage, Bundy would sneak into the victims house in the middle of the night, violently attack them while they were sleeping with a blunt object and then Bundy would usually sexually assault them.