13th
Creepiest Serial Killer
NAME: John Wayne Gacy (AKA The Killer Clown)
ACTIVITY/ # OF VICTIMS: 33 (1972-1978)
CHILDHOOD: He was a timid boy who was openly criticized by his father for wanting to play with girls and garden with his mother.
ADULTHOOD: He was a community and business leader as well as a clown for kids’ parties. He was charged with sexual assaulting two young boys and spent a year in prison, missing his father’s funeral and causing his wife to divorce him.
VICTIMS: Young men
METHOD OF KILLING: Strangulation
MOBILITY: Place-specific
MOTIVATION: He wanted to have sex with the young men he picked up, but he felt guilty about his homosexuality and ended up killing them.
FANTASY: N/A
PARAPHILIA: Sadism, pedophilia
TYPEOLOGY: Hedonistic
BIOLOGICAL/PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS: None
CHARACTER TRAITS: He seemed to be an outstanding citizen, often good at persuading others.
TRIAL DEFENSE: Not guilty by reason of insanity – The prosecutor presented that his meticulous planning in addition to the stability of the life he led proved his sanity, and the jurors agreed.
OTHER INFORMATION: He was sentenced to the death penalty and executed on May 10, 1994 by lethal injection.
I HATE CLOWNS.
