Buried Dreams

The definitive study of John Wayne Gacyfrom his abusive childhood to the murders of thirty-three boysbased on four years of investigative reporting. John Wayne Gacy, the ';Killer Clown,' was a suburban Chicago businessman sentenced to death in 1980 for a string of horrific murders after the bodies of his victims were found hidden in a crawl space beneath his Des Plaines, Illinois, home. The serial killer had preyed on teenagers and young menat the same time entertaining at children's parties and charitable events dressed as ';Pogo the Clown.' Drawing on exclusive interviews and previously unreported material, journalist Tim Cahill ';offers the stuff of wrenching nightmares' (The Wall Street Journal): a harrowing journey inside the mind of a serial killer. Meticulously researched and graphically recounted, Buried Dreams brings to vivid life the real John Wayne Gacyhis complex personality, compulsions, inadequacies, and tormentsoften in the murderer's own words. Called ';an absorbing and disturbing story' by Publishers Weekly and ';surprisingly graceful' by the New York Times, this is a journey to the heart of human evil that you will never forget.