Serial Killer: John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, the second of three children. He was born on March 17, 1942 ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). Gacy is of Polish and Danish heritage ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). His father was an alcoholic and use to abuse him and call him out his name ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). Gacy’s father would call him “sissy.” ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). His mother on the other hand was a good mother ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). She and Gacy had a good relationship along with the sisters ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). The mother and the sisters would call Gacy “Johnny.” ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers") When Gacy was 11, he was struck on the forehead by a swing ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). In result, he had a head trauma that formed a blood clot in his brain ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). The blood clot went unnoticed until he was 16, when he began to suffer blackouts ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). He was prescribed medication to dissolve the clot ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers").
Gacy attended four high schools and didn’t complete senior year at any ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). He dropped out. John left his family back home to go west ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). While he was in Nevada, Las Vegas he ran out of money ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). He got a job just to save up enough to come back home to Chicago, where he would enroll at Northwestern Business College ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). Right after

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