March 11, 2026
Best of Season 1: "BEHIND THE CLOWN PAINT: GACY'S TRIAL, EXECUTION & LEGACY - PART 2"
Reid Carter concludes the two-part John Wayne Gacy special timed with Peacock's "Devil in Disguise." After confessing to 33 murders, Gacy pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming multiple personalities made him kill. The jury didn't buy it - guilty on all counts. February 1980: sentenced to death. Fourteen years on death row painting clowns, giving interviews, showing zero remorse. May 10, 1994: executed by lethal injection. Final words: "Kiss my ass." Gacy's legacy: He created the "killer clown" trope that defines American horror. Stephen King's Pennywise exists because of Pogo.
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Good morning, I'm Read Carter. Sunday, October nineteenth, twenty twenty five.
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Yesterday we covered John Wayne Gacy's double life and the
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thirty three boys he murdered. Today what happened after the
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bodies were discovered December twenty second, nineteen seventy eight, Gasey
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confessed to killing thirty or thirty three, I don't remember exactly,
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described his methods in detail, showed investigators how he strangled victims,
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directed police to bodies in the crawl space and the
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Desplains River. Complete confession. Then his lawyers started preparing his defense,
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and suddenly Gaysey had a different story. He didn't remember
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killing anyone. Multiple personalities took over Jack Hanley did the murders.
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John Gasey was innocent. He was insane, not guilty by
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reason of insanity. The trial began February sixth, nineteen eighty,
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lasted one month. The prosecution presented overwhelming evidence, thirty three bodies,
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Gaysey's confession, survivors who testified about assaults. The defense presented
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psychiatrists claiming Gaysey had multiple personalities and couldn't control his actions.
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March thirteenth, nineteen eighty, the jury deliberated less than two hours,
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guilty on all thirty three counts of murder. February nineteen eighty,
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Judge Louis Garripo sentenced him to death. Gasey spent fourteen
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years on death row at Minard Correctional Center. Painted, gave interviews,
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sold his artwork, maintained his innocence despite confessing, showed zero
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remorse for thirty three murders. Became a celebrity killer, the
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killer clown that America couldn't stop talking about. May tenth,
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nineteen ninety four, John Wayne Gacy was executed by lethal injection.
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Took eighteen minutes to kill him. The IV clogged had
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to replace it. He was fifty two years old. Final
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words before the execution, kiss my ass I'm reed, Carter.
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This is celebrity trials today. The trial of John Wayne Gacy,
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death row execution, and the legacy of the man who
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made America afraid of clowns. February sixth, nineteen eighty, the
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trial of John Wayne Gacy began in Cook County Circuit Court.
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Judge Lewis Garrippo presiding, Prosecutors William Kunkele and Terry Sullivan
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representing the state Public defenders Sam Amarante and Robert Mauda
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defending Gasey. The case was simple on its face. Thirty
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three bodies, Gaysey's confession, physical evidence connecting victims to his house,
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survivors testifying about assaults. This should have been straightforward, guilty
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of thirty three murders, sentence him done, But Gasey pleaded
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not guilty by reason of insanity his defense. Yes, bodies
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were found under his house, Yes he confessed, But John
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Wayne Gasey didn't commit those murders. Jack Hanley did, and
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bad John and other personalities that took over Gasey's mind
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and made him kill. The insanity defense in Illinois required
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proving Gaysey couldn't understand his actions were wrong at the
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time he committed them, not that he was mentally ill.
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Everyone agreed he was mentally ill, but that he was
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so mentally ill he couldn't distinguish right from wrong. The
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prosecution's case was devastating. Started with the excavation evidence, crime
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scene photos of the crawl space, diagrams showing where each
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body was buried, testimony from officers who discovered the remains,
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medical examiners describing causes of death, strangulation, suffocation, torture, Then
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the confession, Gaysey's own words describing how he killed. The
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handcuffed trick to restrain victims, the rope trick to strangle them,
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burying them in the crawl space, dumping bodies in the
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river when he ran out of space, all described matter
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of factly by Gaysey himself. Survivors testified. Jeffrey Rignall, who'd
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been chloroformed, tortured, and raped, then dumped in Lincoln Park,
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described being restrained in Gaysey's house while Gaysey assaulted him
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for hours, described the smell later realized it was decomposing bodies.
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Testified Gaysey knew exactly what he was doing, was in
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control the entire time. This wasn't multiple personalities. This was
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a predator enjoying his work. Robert Donnelly, nineteen, survived an
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assault by Gaysey in nineteen seventy seven. Testified Gasey picked
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him up, took him to the house, chloroformed him, restrained him,
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tortured him, raped him repeatedly, then drove him home. Told
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him if he reported it, Gaysey would kill him. Donnelly
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went to police anyway. They investigated, but didn't search Gaisey's house.
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If they had, this trial would have happened in nineteen
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seventy seven instead of nineteen eighty. Multiple victims would have
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been saved. The physical evidence was overwhelming. Jewelry belonging to
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victims found in Gaysey's house, a class ring from one victim,
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driver's licenses, personal items, Gaysey kept his trophies, his car,
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the same vehicle multiple victims had been seen entering before disappearing,
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and the timeline. Gaysey had been questioned by police multiple
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times about missing boys. Each time he had explanations. They
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ran away, they were unreliable, they moved on, and each
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time police believed him because he was John Wayne Gacy,
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successful businessman, Democratic Precinct Captain Pogo the clown, why would
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they suspect him? The prosecution argued, this wasn't insanity, this
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was calculation. Gaysey carefully selected victims, vulnerable teenagers, runaways, boys
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from troubled homes, boys who wouldn't be immediately missed. He
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lured them with job offers or shelter, isolated them in
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his house, killed them, buried them, cleaned up, then went
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back to his normal life. That's not insanity, that's planning.
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The defense argued Gaysey had a split personality, that John
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Wayne Gacy, the contractor, the community leader, the clown, didn't
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commit these murders. That another personality, Jack Hanley, took over
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and killed. That Gaysey would black out and when he
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regained consciousness there would be a body he didn't remember killing,
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didn't intend to kill, couldn't control his actions. Defense psychiatrists
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testified about Gaysey's childhood trauma. Abusive father, physical beatings, called
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a sissy, never approved of all, creating psychological damage. They
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claimed Gaysey developed a dissociative disorder, his mind split into
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different personalities to cope with trauma. When stressed, these alternate
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personalities emerged and committed violence. Doctor Richard Rappaport testified Gasey
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had borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder, that he
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was a paranoid schizophrenic, that multiple personalities controlled his behavior,
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that Gaysey genuinely couldn't remember committing the murders, but the
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prosecution had their own psychiatrists. Doctor Robert Stein testified Gaysey
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was anti social but not in insane, knew right from wrong,
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made deliberate choices to kill. The multiple personality claim was manipulation.
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Gaysey trying to avoid responsibility. The key evidence against the
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insanity defense Gaysey's behavior after the murders. He went to
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work the next day, attended Democratic Party events, performed as
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Pogo the Clown through elaborate neighborhood parties. If he was
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so insane he couldn't control his actions, how was he
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functioning normally the rest of the time? And the cover up?
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Gaysey buried bodies carefully spread lime to mask decomposition smell,
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told neighbors the smell was moisture problems. When the crawl
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space filled up, he changed disposal methods, dumping bodies in
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the river instead. That's not insanity, that's problem solving. That's
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a rational person adapting his murder methods to avoid detection.
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Prosecutor William Cunkle's closing argument was brutal. He was not crazy.
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He knew what he was doing, he planned it, he
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executed it, and he got away with it for six
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years because he was smart enough to fool everyone. That's
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not insanity, that's evil. The defenses closing, John Wayne Gacy
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is sick. He needs treatment, not execution. The man you
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see in this courtroom isn't the man who committed these murders.
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That was Jack Hanley. That was the dark side of
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a damaged mind. Gasey couldn't control it, couldn't stop it.
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That's the definition of insanity.
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More In a.
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Moment March twelfth, nineteen eighty, closing arguments finished, the jury
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began deliberations. They had to decide was Gasey insane when
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he committed thirty three murders or was he a calculating
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predator who knew exactly what he was doing. Less than
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two hours later, the jury returned guilty all thirty three
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counts murder, not insane, responsible for his actions, knew right
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from wrong, chose to kill. Gasey showed no emotion. His
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lawyers immediately began planning appeals, but the verdict was clear.
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John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer, not a sick man.
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The jury didn't buy the multiple personality defense, didn't believe
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Jack Hanley existed, believed Gaysey was whose survivors described a cold,
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calculating predator who enjoyed torturing and killing teenage boys. The
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sentencing phase was brief. Illinois law at the time mandated
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death penalty for multiple murders. Judge Garipo had no discretion.
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March thirteenth, nineteen eighty The sentence of the court is
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that you be taken to a place of confinement and
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that on a date to be determined by the Illinois
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Department of Corrections, you be put to death. Gasey responded,
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your honor, I am innocent. I did not commit these crimes.
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Jack Hanley killed them, those boys, not me, still maintaining
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the fiction, still refusing to take responsibility. He was transferred
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to death row at Minard Correctional Center in southern Illinois,
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Cell one hundred thirty, where he'd spend the next fourteen years.
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Manard Correctional Center, maximum security prison, death row. John Wayne
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Gacy arrived in nineteen eighty and became one of the
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most famous inmates in America. He adapted to prison easily,
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enjoyed the notoriety. Other death row inmates treated him like
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a celebrity. Guards found him polite and cooperative. He followed rules,
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didn't cause problems, model prisoner, but he never showed remorse,
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never apologized to victim's families, maintained his innocence despite confessing
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in interviews. He'd say things like, I'm the victim here,
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I'm the one on death row for crimes Jack Hanley committed.
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Absolutely delusional or absolutely manipulative, hard to tell which. Gaysey
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became an artist on death row. Started painting in prison.
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His subject matter was telling clowns, skulls, Disney characters, self
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portraits as Pogo the Clown, dark, disturbing images that people
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couldn't stop buying. His paintings became collectibles. People paid thousands
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for original Gaysey artwork. The most famous his Pogo the
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Clown self portraits, bright colors, exaggerated features, deeply unsettling when
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you know the artist murdered thirty three people. His painting
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sold for twenty thousand dollars or more. Collectors wanted pieces
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by the Killer Clown victim's families were horrified their son's
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murderer was profiting from his crimes, making money off his notoriety.
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their crimes Son of Sam, laws inspired partly by Gaysey's
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art sales. Gaysey gave gave numerous interviews from Death Row,
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talked to reporters, documentarians, authors, Always proclaimed innocence, always blamed
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Jack Hanley or other personalities, always portrayed himself as the
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real victim. In a nineteen ninety two interview, he said,
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I didn't kill anyone. I was framed. The police planted
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those bodies in my crawl space. Completely absurd. Police didn't
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plant twenty nine bodies, But Gasey said it with a
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straight face. Either he'd convinced himself it was true, or
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he enjoyed lying to everyone. He corresponded with people who
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wrote to him, serial killer groupies, people fascinated by his crimes,
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women who claimed to love him. He'd write back, send
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them artwork, play the charming correspondent. Same manipulation he used
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on victims, figuring out what people wanted to hear and
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telling them exactly that Jason Moss, a college student, began
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corresponding with Gaysey in nineteen ninety three as part of
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a recent project. Pretended to be a vulnerable young man,
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exactly Gaysey's victim type. Gasey's letters to Moss became increasingly
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sexual and predatory, same patterns he'd used to groom victims.
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Gasey couldn't help himself. Even on death Row, Even knowing
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he'd never have access to victims, he still tried to
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manipulate young men. Moss later wrote a book about the correspondence.
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The experience traumatized him so badly that he eventually committed
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suicide years later. That's Gasey's legacy extending beyond Death Row.
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His manipulation damaged people, even through letters. During his years
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at Minard, Gaysey's appeals were consistently denied. He argued ineffective counsel,
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argued the evidence was insufficient, argued the multiple personality defense
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should have succeeded. Every appeal failed. The Illinois Supreme Court
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reviewed his case multiple times, always affirmed the conviction. The
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evidence was overwhelming, the confession was voluntary, the trial was fair.
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Gaysey received due process. His conviction stood by nineteen ninety four,
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Gaysey had exhausted his appeals. Execution date set May tenth,
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nineteen ninety four, After fourteen years on death row, John
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Wayne Gacy would finally face justice for thirty three murders.
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The night before his execution, Gaysey was asked if he
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had any regrets. He said, I regret being arrested. Not
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sorry for killing, not sorry for the families, sorry he
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got caught. He ordered his final meal fried chicken, fried shrimp,
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french fries, fresh strawberries, and a diet coke Kentucky fried chicken.
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Specifically maybe nostalgia for his father in law's business, where
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he'd worked before everything fell apart. He spent his final
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hours painting, giving interviews, maintaining his innocence, showing no remorse.
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the likable guy, the victim of circumstances, the man who
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didn't deserve this. But outside Manard Correctional Center, victim's families
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had gathered. They wanted to see justice done, wanted confirmation
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that the man who murdered their sons would die. Wanted
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closure after fourteen years of appeals and delays.
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More in a moment May tenth.
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Nineteen ninety four Manard Correctional Center execution chamber. John Wayne Gacy,
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fifty two years old, was prepared for execution by lethal injection.
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Illinois had changed its execution method from electric chair to
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lethal injection in nineteen ninety Considered more humane. Three chemicals
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sodium thiopental to induce unconsciousness, pancuronium bromide to paralyze the
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respiratory system, potassium clade to stop the heart quick, painless dignified.
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Gasey's last statement before being taken to the execution chamber,
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taking my life won't compensate for the loss of others.
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The state is committing the same type of murder they
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say I did, comparing his execution to his murders. No
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acknowledgment that his victims were tortured, that they were innocent,
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that he chose to kill them, just the state is
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as bad as me. He was strapped to the gurney.
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Four lines inserted witnesses, present, victims, families, media representatives, prison officials,
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all watching through glass. The execution began at twelve fifty
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