The Clown Next Door: How 33 Young Men Vanished in Plain Sight
He threw block parties. He ran a construction company. He dressed as a clown for children’s events. In a Chicago suburb in the 1970s, John Wayne Gacy looked like the last person anyone would fear.
Then a 15-year-old left work after talking to him — and never came home.
This episode follows the public record: the double life, the investigation that finally opened the door, the 33 murder charges, the trial that lasted weeks and the verdict that took under two hours, and the questions that still remain. Five victims have never been identified.
If the most dangerous person can look like a good…
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