He performed at parties and hospitals as “Pogo the Clown,” but his penchant for murder was no joke. By the time he was caught, Gacy the “Killer Clown” had amassed at least 33 victims. Those who knew ...

Regular Tribune Opinion contributor Jens Ludwig, Pritzker director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, has a new book, ...

1.John Wayne Gacy was convicted of serial murder in 1978 ... However, the exact number of victims is suspected to be much higher. He was executed by electrocution in 1989. He declined a special ...

Murderers star in books, podcasts, TV shows about the crimes. But it's their victims, and those who loved them, who deserve the spotlight.

It seems obvious that anyone who willfully and repeatedly commits murder is a psychopath: remorseless, egotistical, manipulative, and cruel. Think of Ted Bundy, Dennis Rader, or John Wayne Gacy.

1.John Wayne Gacy was convicted of serial murder in 1978 ... However, the exact number of victims is suspected to be much higher. He was executed by electrocution in 1989. He declined a special ...

‘John Wayne Gacy, Jr.’ is the fourth ... sleep”, reminding us that Gacy’s victims are more than numbers and spectacles in this song, but they were human beings. He details the gruesome assault and ...

Here’s a select list of convicted American serial killers and notable open or unsolved cases. Serial murder is defined by the FBI as two or more killings separated by a span of time. Serial murders ...

family members who knew the victims, and journalists who covered the horrific events. Some of the most infamous killers are featured in docuseries, from Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy to ...

Dessert options included “Timothy McVeigh’s ice cream,” “John Wayne Gacy’s strawberries” and upside down cake ... Kathleen Turner’s Beverly Sutphin got arrested and was tried for murder in “Serial Mom ...