John Wayne Gacy, Jr. was an American serial killer. He was convicted and later executed for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men, 28 of whom he buried in the crawl space under his house, between 1972 and his arrest in December 1978. He became notorious as the "Killer Clown" because of the many block parties he attended, entertaining children in a clown suit and makeup.

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• A clown can get away with murder.

• I should never have been convicted of anything more serious than running a cemetery without a license.

• There's been 11 hardback books on me, 31 paperbacks, two screenplays, one movie, one off-Broadway play, five songs, and over 5,000 articles. What can I say about it? I have no ego for any of this garbage.
  • To a reporter in a phone interview the day of his execution.

• They were just a bunch of worthless little queers and punks.
  • About his victims

• You can kiss my ass.
  • To a prison guard who asked him if he had last words before his execution.