John Wayne Gacy Research Paper

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Anaiah Whittle
Belliston
Psychology
17th May, 2023

John Wayne Gacy
Killer clowns have been a huge topic of discussion the last few years. They have been featured in so many T.V shows, books, and movies. John Wayne Gacy was one of the worlds biggest killer clowns. He killed 33 young men and boys because of his past trama with his abusive father and him being confused with his sexuality.
John Wayne Gacy was born on march 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. He was close with his mom Marion Elaine Gacy, but wasn’t so close with his dad John Stanley Gacy. His dad was an abusive alcoholic who physically and mentally abused his child, Gacy, because of his child's sexuality. There were many times when his dad would abuse him because he would be hanging …show more content…

When you have ASPD you won’t always end up being a serial killer, but in Gacy’s case he did. When you have ASPD you might be manipulative, deceitful and reckless, and most likely won’t care about other peoples feelings. People, like Gacy, might end up getting ASPD because of difficult family circumstances. There parents having misused alcohol, been abusive to their family, or said very hurtful things to them during their childhood. When you have these difficulties during your childhood you will end up having behavioral problems during adolescence and …show more content…

The police went to search Gacy's house and notices a really bad smell coming from a crawl space. They originally thought it was from a damaged sewer pipe, but soon found out that there were 29 bodies buried on his property as well as four more that he dumped in rivers near his house. Gacy was convicted and spent 14 years on Death Row. During that time he made creepy paintings of clowns that sold for thousands of dollars. On May 10, 1994, John Wayne Gacy at 52 years old was executed at the Stateville Penitentiary in Joliet, Illinois. After Gacy was executed one of the doctors took out his brain to look at it, they were trying to find common personality traits of other serial killers. Surprisingly his brain didn’t show any

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