Episode 7: Did John Wayne Gacy Act Alone?

If you’re a true crime fan, you’ve heard all about the lone-wolf killer John Wayne Gacy, the ‘killer clown’ who assaulted and murdered 33 boys and young men. But did you know he might have had accomplices? Tori investigates a rumor about the Gacy case brought to her attention by a Red Flags listener, Damon, who called in to the Red Flags hotline. In an interview with Chicago lawyer Steven Becker, Tori finds out there might be much more to the Gacy case than any of us thought. We also touch on the new Richard Ramirez documentary on Netflix that lots of folks are watching.

Show Notes

Links:

“Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer” - Streaming now on Netflix

“The Clown and the Candyman” Podcast - Listen now wherever you get your podcasts

“The Clown and the Candyman” Special - Streaming now on Discovery+

1992 CBS2 Interview with John Wayne Gacy

29 Below by Jeff Rignall

“Post-Conviction DNA Testing, Actual Innocence, and Cold Cases” by Steven Becker in The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2016

Stream over 5,000 hours of true crime on discovery+

Hotline:

1-888-9 RED FLA / (188)-973-3352

Next Up

Episode 3: “The Original Pedophile Island”

The story of the summer camp that wasn’t.

Episode 7: "My Friend the Murderer"

One man befriends two predators to uncover a conspiracy.

Episode 6: "Ten Days in December"

The inside story of tracking John Wayne Gacy with the cops who were there.

Episode 8: "The Dust Never Settles"

The Lost Boys, then and now.

Episode 5: "The Apex Predator"

The story of a boy sex trafficking kingpin.

'One Man Cold Case' Searches For Victims Of Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy

When John Wayne Gacy was executed by lethal injection in 1994, may of his secrets died with him – including the identities of his eight remaining victims.

“Happy Face Killer”: How Keith Jesperson’s Daughter Discovered His Deadly Secret

“There was just something ‘off’ about him,” Melissa Moore says of the serial killer.

Episode 5: Oak Beach

A former sex worker discloses disturbing details about an encounter she had with the soon-to-be-named chief of police James Burke at a sex party in Oak Beach, a secretive community just two miles from where the LISK dumped the bodies of 11 dead sex workers.

Episode 1: David and Goliath

In the first episode of Unraveled: Long Island Serial Killer Alexis Linkletter’s childhood friend claims to have key evidence that could lead to solving the ten year mystery of the Long Island Serial Killer murders. Listen now.

Episode 2: Fail to the Chief

Alexis LInkletter and Billy Jensen uncover a secret from the past with incriminating information about the former Chief of Police of Suffolk County James Burke.