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Also Known As the Killer Clown
Born March 17, 1942 • Chicago • Illinois
Died May 10, 1994 (aged 52) • Illinois

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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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