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John Wayne Gacy
CASE FILE · DAILY CASE NO. 59
John Wayne Gacy
„The Killer Clown”
United States
GENDERCOUNTRY
VICTIMSYEAR
TARGETSTATUSZODIAC
US
33
1972
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- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Victim count (in game)
- 33
- First crime
- 1972
- Victims targeted
- Boys
- Status
- Dead
- Zodiac sign
- Pisces
Report
John Wayne Gacy was a respected building contractor near Chicago, a local community figure and a party clown known as “Pogo”. Between 1972 and 1978 he murdered at least 33 young men and boys, hiding most of the bodies in the crawl space beneath his house. He was caught in December 1978 during the investigation into a missing teenager. Sentenced to death, he was executed in 1994.
Crimedle record
First appeared as a daily case: #59 (FEB 17, 2026). Most recently: #222 (JUL 30, 2026). Times featured: 4.
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