| | Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gracy Murders |  | Author: T Sullivan
Publisher: Kensington Publishing
Category: Book
Buy Used: £12.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1306170
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 375
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.3 x 1
ISBN: 078600553X
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1523097731
EAN: 9780786005536
ASIN: 078600553X
Publication Date: June 1998
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 Boring and Repetitive February 24, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This has got to be , one of the most boring true crime stories i have ever read!
Too much of the book is focused on the surveillence of Gacey , and not enough on the actual crime and the trial .
I was very disappointed with this book , and wouldn't recommend it to anyone
 Long-winded commentary March 7, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This covers the whole topic of John-Wayne Gacy and his crimes, but unfortunately this is ruined by three-quarters of the book being given over to a continual prose on the police surveillance operation. It does unintentionally perhaps make you realise just how inept the US police force are. I would have preferred something by Colin Wilson on the subject if he had written about it. Lets hear the facts and a diagnosis and in-depth look at Gacy's mind, but not 300 pages of police records on the 2-days of surveillance before they accidentally found the bodies.
 A chilling reminder June 27, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Just before Christmas time of 1978 Rob Piest disappeared from his job at a drugstore, never to be seen alive again. This disappearance began an interest into a local businessman, John Wayne Gacy, known as a model citizen and a hospital volunteer clown. Interest in Gacy soon had the police suspicious enough of this Jaycee member to begin digging a little deeper. What the police investigation revealed bit by bit, was a sadistic maniac who tortured and killed 33 young boys, and then calmly disposed of their bodies-many of them underneath the crawl space of his own home. The book follows the policemen involved through their frustration,as with mounting horror they begin to realise the depth of the crimes that Gacy has committed. It takes you right up to and including Gacy's trial and the verdict. Was Gacy insane, mentally imbalanced or just pure evil and anti-normal? I would recommend anyone who is interested in true crime to read this book. It is well worth the purchase price.
Finally a book about John Wayne Gacy! January 22, 2001
I had been searching for a John Wayne Gacy book for a while and all appeared to be deleted but finally this one came along. Having read a few bits and bobs about him here and there and watching the film 'To Catch A Killer' I knew the basic facts and wanted to know more about the investigation and the killer himself. This book could have been the book they based the film on as it reads almost as the script does! It uses the disappearance of one particular boy above the others, the disappearance which seemed to kickstart the investigation and brought attention to JWG. The book is a fascinating account of this investigation and is written in such a way that you can actually feel the frustration of the police as they fight to arrest the man they know is the killer of at least one boy. The only aspect of the story that this book lacks is an indepth insight into JWG. This is most definately a book that is a must have in any true crime collection and an eye opener into the police work that goes on in these cases. Especially when they are dealing with a man as deviant as John Wayne Gacy. A good follow up read to this is 'The Last Victim' which features actual interviews with JWG in prison and makes a perfect partner for this book.
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