John Wayne Gacy: The Killer Clown · 5 Sep 2026 · 12 min

Death Row, the Crawl Space, and Eight Victims Without Names

After two hours of deliberation, a Cook County jury returned thirty-three guilty verdicts against John Wayne Gacy — but eight of his victims still have no names. This episode follows the trial, the insanity defence that failed, the death sentence, and the cold case that never closed.

John Wayne Gacy: The Killer Clown
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Death Row, the Crawl Space, and Eight Victims Without Names

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By the time the jury came back, they had been gone for two hours. Two hours to decide thirty-three counts of murder.

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