The trailer for the new Netflix docuseries Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy tapes has arrived, and we’re already terrified.
For anyone unfamiliar with Mr. Gacy, in the 1970s he stood out as a prominent and politically active member of the community in Waterloo, Iowa. He even moonlighted as a birthday clown. Behind closed doors, however, he began to prey on young men, prying them with alcohol and forcing them to engage in violent sex acts. In 1978, police arrested him in connection with the murder of more than 33 men, most of whom investigators found buried in the crawl space under his home. A jury sentenced him to execution; he died in prison in 1994.
Now Netflix has unearthed never before heard tapes of Gacy discussing his crimes, as well as filmed new interviews with Gacy’s friends, associates, and several of his would-be victims. Conversations with a Killer sheds new light on the pathology of one of America’s most horrifying killers.
Have a look and brace yourselves. The new series arrives on Netflix April 20.
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Carabalda
Come on you guys… you do not “pry” someone with alcohol; you “ply” them. Gacy was “plying them with alcohol”. Show a little journalistic integrity and have some respect for the victims by using proper grammar.
Gordon of the Bassets
Oh! I don’t know. Pry open their tight white virginal arses. Alcohol being a traditional leg-opener. Think of all those nice girls who got pregnant after just one Fluffy Duck or Tequila Sunrise or Harvey Wallbanger. Such pretty drinks, surely one can’t hurt! (Ahem!) But perhaps not. Think of his UK counterpart, Dennis Nilsen, “Des”.)
jtwb768
So much for proofing by the editors!! Sadness!
Fahd
Not to pile on, but the writer here doesn’t seem to have familiarized himself before explaining things to those who might not be familiar.
The killings actually took place in suburban Chicago. Many of Gacy’s victims were street hustlers that he picked up in well known cruising spots in Chicago’s gay neighborhoods. (He was the creep endlessly driving around the block while the young men stood around on the corners.) Gacy buried most of the bodies under his suburban Chicago home. He dressed up as a clown for local charities during the day. There might have been a connection to Iowa (he or his wife were from there?) but most if not all of the murders were committee in the Chicagoland area.
Netflix rehashing a serial killer for a new generation; true crime at a low point.
scotty
this is why i always carry at least one handcuff key
Paul2
this is scarier than Marjorie Taylor Green and Sarah Palin. They should have put him on death row from the begining.
Thad
Remember the victims. Honor their memory.