Killer Clown, Terry Sullivan
Killer Clown, Terry Sullivan
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Killer Clown
The John Wayne Gacy Murders

Author: Terry Sullivan, Peter T. Maiken

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Unabridged: 15 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/19/2017

Synopsis

He was a model citizen. A hospital volunteer. And one of the most sadistic serial killers of all time. But few people could see the cruel monster beneath the colorful clown makeup that John Gacy wore to entertain children in his Chicago suburb. Few could imagine what lay buried beneath his house of horrors—until a teenage boy disappeared before Christmas in 1978, leading prosecutor Terry Sullivan on the greatest manhunt of his career.

Reconstructing the investigation—from records of violence in Gacy's past, to the gruesome discovery of twenty-nine corpses of abused boys in Gacy's crawlspace and four others found in the nearby river—Sullivan's shocking eyewitness account takes you where few true crime books ever go: inside the heart of a serial murder investigation and trial.

About Terry Sullivan

Terry Sullivan served as a prosecutor for the State's Attorney in spearheading the investigation and arrest of John Wayne Gacy, Jr., and was one of the key prosecutors at Gacy's trial. He is the president of the Sullivan Firm, a law firm with offices in Rolling Meadow and Chicago, Illinois. Presently in private practice, he has made numerous national and local radio and television appearances. He has been quoted on many high profile cases from O. J. Simpson to the William Balfour murder trial that involved the family of Jennifer Hudson.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on June 23, 2019

So much better than I ever imagined! Can’t wait to discuss in Peter’s Book Club! Full review will be up on my booktube channel at [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by D'Anne on May 15, 2012

I was warned by reviews on Amazon that this book was really heavy in the police and trial procedural stuff, and not the psychological aspect of Gacy himself. I was largely okay with this since I am usually really interested in the workings of the criminal justice system. But this book got pretty bor......more

Goodreads review by Ruthie on June 26, 2011

Scared the heck out of me when I read this years ago! This book "cured" me of my obsession for true crime novels, although I still read them occasionally. I couldn't stand being alone while I was reading this gruesome story.......more

Goodreads review by Maggie on January 03, 2024

A few years ago I forgot about a free audible trial and then had to select a bunch of books to listen to, knowing that I don't like audiobooks so I shouldn't pick what I really wanted to read. So, I'm not sure what my thought processes were in putting this in my audible library, but that's how we go......more

Goodreads review by Susan on February 24, 2009

Back of Book: WHO WAS JOHN WAYNE GACY? The model citizen whose business skills were admired by his peers? The hospital volunteer whose sweet-faced clowning lightened the patients' days? The member of the Jaycees who was a civic-minded friend of the community? The depraved maniac who sodomized, tortured,......more

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