John Wayne Gacy

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Graveyard Under The Clown’s House Through American history, numerous murders have been committed by serial killers. Many of whom you would never expect to kill innocent people, but looks can be deceiving at times. This was the case for a small community in Chicago. A man who seemed like a nice, hardworking, and caring neighbor turned out to be the complete opposite of what he made his neighbors believe. Pretty soon not only the state of Chicago but the whole country would know of the terrorizing and perverted actions of this man. John Wayne Gacy was the most soulless, perverted, and sadistic serial killer because he violated his victims before killing them, buried most of them under his own home, and he continued this massacre for six years. John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942 at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago. John had one older sister, Joanne, and one younger sister, Karen. All three kids were raised Catholic and attended Catholic schools up North where they lived. As a young boy John attended school, worked jobs for money like newspaper routes and bagging groceries, and was even part of the Boys Scouts. Although Gacy was never very popular, he was well liked by teachers, co-workers, and friends from school and the Boy Scouts. Needless to say John had a normal childhood, except for health problems and issues. As a kid Gacy developed a series of health problems that would affect him in his later years. The first health problem occurred at the age of eleven when he was playing on a swing set and got hit in the head by one of the swings. However, it wasn’t until the age of 16 that a blood clot in his brain was discovered due to the accident. Later that year Gacy was diagnosed with a heart ailment and had to be hospitalized several times during his life. As well as health problems, Gacy had problems with his father, John S. Gacy, whom was very

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