serial killer John Wayne Gacy raped and murdered at least 33 young men and boys in a Chicago suburb between 1972 and 1978. Now, a three-part documentary, Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes, has arrived on Netflix.
The series, from the director of Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, features never-before-heard recorded interviews of Gacy - who was executed by lethal injection in 1994 - from his death-row prison cell.The twisted serial killer worked as a local contractor, meaning that he was able to hire lots of young men - many of whom would later be reported missing by concerned relatives.
He was also a Democratic precinct captain and married father-of-two, who in his free time performed at children's hospitals and charitable events as his alter-ego, Pogo the Clown.
However, Gacy was also a closeted, self-loathing homosexual and many of the young men he killed were gay and had left home at a time when society was much more homophobic and less accepting than today.
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