John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy's 'house of horrors' on Summerdale Ave, Des Plaines, IL was demolished by police after the discovery of 28 of Gacy's 33 victims in and around the crawlspace under the floors. There has since been another home build on the vacant lot.

John Wayne Gacy died on May 10, 1994 at the age of 52.

He was active from 1972 to 1978. His know victims were: Timothy McCoy, 18, January 3, 1972 John Butkovich, 17, July 21, 1975 Darrell Sampson, 18, April 6, 1976 Randall Reffett, 15, May 14, 1976 Sam Stapleton, 14, May 14, 1976 Michael Bonnin, 17, June 3, 1976 William Carroll, 16, June 13, 1976 Rick Johnston, 17, August 6, 1976 Kenneth Parker, 16, October 25, 1976 Michael Marino, 14, October 25, 1976 Gregory Godzik, 17, December 12, 1976 John Szyc, 19, January 20, 1977 Jon Prestidge, 20, March 15, 1977 Matthew Bowman, 19, July 5, 1977 Robert Gilroy, 18, September 15, 1977 John Mowery, 19, September 25, 1977 Russell Nelson, 21, October 17, 1977 Robert Winch, 16, November 10, 1977 Tommy Boling, 20, November 18, 1977 David Talsma, 19, December 9, 1977 William Kindred, 19, February 16, 1978 Timothy O'Rourke, 20, June, 1978 Frank Landingin, 19, November 4, 1978 James Mazzara, 21, November 24, 1978 Robert Piest, 15, December 11, 1978

Gacy, born in Chicago in 1942, seemed to be on the right tract to a successful life dispite a troubled childhood. Twice married with two children, Gacy was accused of raping a boy. At about this time his second wife noticed a bad smell coming from the crawlspace under their home. The second Mrs. Gacy sought a divorce and Gacy was on his own. It was all he needed to let his murdering ways have free rein. With rumors of young boys and men being raped and other simply disappearing police paid a visit to Gacy's home. One officer had worked in a mortuary and recognized the bad smell as decomposing flesh. Police found seven bodies in the crawlspace and another six buried in the back yard. Thirty-three murders in all, Gacy lured them into his house, where they were handcuffed, tortured and finally strangled. Gacy was executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correction Center on May 10, 1994.

He confessed to 33 murders, later recanted, and was finally convicted of all 33. At least five of the 33 remain unidentified.

Only in memory. Gacy's last address before prison at 8213 West Summerdale Ave., Norwood Park, Chicago, IL was demolished for obvious reasons.

He was executed in May 1994.

He graduated from Northwestern Business College.

His address in Norwood Park Township was 8213 W. Summerdale Ave.

As amazing as it seems, Gacy's life behind bars was much better than most inmates could only dream about. He was allowed certain perks because he was so well-known. In fact he made friends with a high school student when he never should have had any access to young males. Jason Moss was working on a project about serial killers and of course Gacy was more than happy to help him out. Jason Moss got himself into a bad situation and for months Gacy called the Moss home and tried to manipulate Jason and wanted to meet his younger brother. Several years later Moss wrote a book about his experience with Gacy, named "The Last Victim". And he really was. He thought he had control of the situation and he could have ended up a statistic. Actually he did. On October 3, 2006 Jason Moss committed suicide. There is much speculation as to if the Gacy thing might have been part of the problem. Only Jason Moss knew. Not long after Moss broke communication with Gacy, John W. had a date with the executioner. Interesting Fact:Gacy spent much of his time on death row painting, clowns were a favorite subject (big surprise). The actor Johnny Depp somehow ended up with a Gacy painting. He was under the impression that the money would go to victims family members. When he found out otherwise he got rid of the painting and didn't look back. Good for him.

Yes, not only was the pedophile and mass murderer a Democrat, Democrats made him a Party leader.

he was convicted and sentenced to death by leathal injection his last words b4 he died was "kiss my a$$" once again im only 17

Brian Dennehy portrayed serial killer John Wayne Gacy in the 1992 television film "To Catch A Killer".

He did not.

-Timmothy McCoy age 15, date of death 1-3-72.8 -John Butkovitch 17, 7-29-75 -Darrell Sampson 18, 4-6-76 -Randall Reffett 15, 5-14-76 -Samuel Stapleton 14, 5-14-76 -Michael Bonnin 17, 6-3-76 -William Carroll 16, 6-13-76 -Rich Johnston 17, 8-6-76 -Kenneth Parker 16, 10-25-76 -Michael Marino 14, 10-25-76 -Gregory Godzik 17, 12-2-76 -John Szyc 19, 1-20-77 -Jon Prestidge 20, 3-15-77 -Matthew Bowman 19, 7-5-77 -Robert Gilroy 18, 9-15-77 -John Mowery 19, 9-25-77 -Russell Nelson 21, 10-17-77 -Robert Winch 16, 11-10-77 -Tommy Boling 20, 11-18-77 -David Talsma 19, 12-9-77 -William Kindred 19, 2-16-78 -Timothy O'Rouke 20, 6-16-78 -Frank Landingin 19, 11-4-78 -James Mazzara 21, 11-24-78 -Robert Piest 15, 12-11-78 Unidentified victims -Jan. 1974, male age 18-24 yrs. -June 29, 1974 to May 1976, male 15-17 yrs. -June 13 - Aug. 6, 1976, male 20-24 yrs. -June to Dec. 1976, male 17 yrs. -Aug to Dec. 1976, male 19-21 yrs. -Aug to Dec. 1976, male 22-28 yrs. -Jan. 20 to Mar. 15, 1977, male 25 yrs. -July to Sept., 1977, male 18-20 yrs.

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I could find no information on Gacy's two children from his first marriage. After an arrest Gacy's wife divorced him and he had no further contact with his children. It is possible that they changed their names and do not want to be found.

Gacy, who was a homosexual serial killer, usually killed his victims by strangulation. Not a pleasant way to die. Contrary to what most people think and what they see on TV or in the movies, strangulation is not easy and it takes much longer than people think. The victim may or may not loose conciousness quickly, and if not they usually struggle fiercely. But Gacy lost his own struggle in the electric chair. To the families of his victim's it probably seemed he didn't struggle enough.

Gacy was arrested on December 21, 1978.

Before the Killing clown house was searched, Gacy was arrested on a charge of marijuana possession and now the police began digging in the crawl space of Gacy's Norwood Park Township residence, police quickly found several human bones and informed investigators they could charge Gacy with murder. He killed 33 males.

Google Images have numerous photos of Gacy's Summerdale Ave. home.

Norwood Park, Chicago, IL.

John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942.

Roughly between $100 and $600 depending on what the autograph is on.

John Wayne Gacy was executed on May 10, 1994.