John Wayne Gacy is known as the notorious murderer of 33 young boys. Thus, leading most people to hate him and be filled with disgust by him. Nobody ever thinks about what exactly had led this man to become the way he is. Maybe because of his difficult childhood and not getting the help he needed, led him to the dark path that he had chosen. John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942 and the second of three children. His father’s name was John Wayne Gacy Sr. and his mother’s name was Marion Elaine Robinson Gacy. As a child, Gacy was the victim of an abusive male figure. Having a cruel father proved to be the other main cause of Gacy’s metamorphosis into a serial killer. By constantly calling his son fat, a failure, and a queer, Gacy’s …show more content…
Even though the immediate cause that drove Gacy to initially kill was witnessing a teenage boy holding a raised knife; his lust for power over young males and gratification in the act of murder intensified, he broke the hearts of every parent, relative, and friend of the deceased. Also, he completely betrayed his community by getting the adults and children to trust him as a fun-loving clown. Consequently, Gacy instilled immense fear in the Chicago community and any household that televised this horrific …show more content…
He was respected in the community and easy to get along with. He was born in an Edgewater Hospital in Chicago and was raised as a Catholic and went to Catholic schools growing up. He was a quiet boy and worked odd jobs for spending money. He was well liked by his teachers, co-workers, and friends at school and the Boy Scouts. During his high school years due to his problematic family trouble he dropped out of school and began to save up money. Once had enough he went to Las Vegas, there he worked at a funeral home and eventually made enough to come back home. Once back, he became a well-respected businessman and also a Democratic Party community captain, which led him to take a picture with the then First Lady, Rosalynn Carter. He also spent his free time entertaining the children in the neighborhood dressed up as “Pogo the Clown”. He was a generous, hardworking, friendly, devoted family man, and everyone knew that—but this was the side that John Wayne Gacy allowed the people to see. Underneath the smiling mask of the clown was the face of a depraved fiend who was put to death on May 10,