John Wayne Gacy: Serial Killers

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These 5 murderers are seemingly normal and it will freak you out (-- removed HTML --)

Our society loves crime dramas. We have so many TV shows that focus on murder, police, and solving crimes - real or imagined. What’s always creepy about murderers on TV and in real life, however, is that they usually seem like completely normal people, and that makes their crimes so much more terrifying.
1. John Wayne Gacy
John Wayne Gacy is like It come to life, minus the supernatural aspect. Gacy worked as a clown for children’s birthday parties. He seemed on all accounts to be a really nice man, then the world found out that this was not the case. Gacy was actually a serial killer. He had lured at least 33 teenage boys and young men to his home in Chicago …show more content…

Bruno Fernandes de Souza
This case shows how much soccer means to Brazil, and how little women matter. De Souza was a professional Brazilian soccer player. In 2010 he was charged with the murder of his girlfriend. He killed her, chopped up her body, and fed her to his dogs. This year he was released from jail and is again playing professional soccer. (-- removed HTML --)
4. Brenda Andrew
Brenda Andrew was a stay at home mom and a Sunday school teacher. She married her high school sweetheart. When she was 40 her and her husband separated. She started seeing an insurance agent, and the two of them convinced her husband to take out a million dollar insurance policy. Andrew then shot her husband to death. Her and her lover were arrested and sentenced to death. (-- removed HTML --)
5. Tyler Hadley
Hadley was 17 years old when he murdered his parents. He then locked their bodies in a bedroom and threw a house party. The next morning he was arrested, and he is currently serving a sentence of life without parole. (-- removed HTML --)
All murders are terrible and disturbing, but these five are even more so because the killers were seemingly normal people that you never would have suspected of being able to do such a heinous

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