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“Killer Clown” “Pogo the Clown” Policemen and investigators stand outside a snow-covered suburban house in Norwood Park Township, Illinois, during a crime scene search. Snow-covered yard in front of John Wayne Gacy's house with a sheriff's police van, large dumpster, and police tape marking off the area during the investigation. Painting by John Wayne Gacy of a brown skull wearing a red and white clown hat and a blue ruffled collar, with the artist's signature in red in the lower left corner.
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“Killer Clown”
John Wayne Gacy, 1978.
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“Pogo the Clown”
John Wayne Gacy dressed up as a clown outside his home in Norwood Park Township,...
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The scene of the crimes
Police at John Wayne Gacy's home in Norwood Park Township, Illinois, December...
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John Wayne Gacy's home
Police searching Gacy's home in Norwood Park Township, Illinois, December 26, 1978.
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Skull wearing a clown costume, painting by John Wayne Gacy
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