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Killer Clown
By Terry Sullivan and Peter T. Maiken
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$16.95
Published on Jun 27, 2023 | 432 Pages
“An unnerving true crime story of murder, terror, and justice.” —Dallas Morning News
Updated with the latest DNA findings and a new foreword by Gregg Olsen!
The definitive book on John Wayne Gacy, written by the prosecutor who spearheaded the investigation, arrest, and conviction of one of America’s most horrific serial killers—now in trade paperback for the first time and with a new foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen. fans of “Conversations with a Killer” will be able to get a peek inside the mind of a murder who had everyone fooled.
The Real Story Of John Wayne Gacy– By The Man Who Helped Catch Him
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 teenaged 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 and DNA evidence confirming the identities of additional victims, to the gruesome discovery of 29 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.
Updated with the latest DNA findings and a new foreword by Gregg Olsen!
The definitive book on John Wayne Gacy, written by the prosecutor who spearheaded the investigation, arrest, and conviction of one of America’s most horrific serial killers—now in trade paperback for the first time and with a new foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen. fans of “Conversations with a Killer” will be able to get a peek inside the mind of a murder who had everyone fooled.
The Real Story Of John Wayne Gacy– By The Man Who Helped Catch Him
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 teenaged 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 and DNA evidence confirming the identities of additional victims, to the gruesome discovery of 29 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.
Author
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 been an on-air legal analyst for Chicago’s WGN-TV (Channel 9) for ten years and 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.
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Peter T. Maiken
The late Peter T. Maiken was the retired arts editor for the Chicago Tribune and publications editor for Beloit College in Wisconsin. He’s the author of Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders.
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