John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942 to John Stanley Gacy and Marion Elaine. Gacy's father was an abusive, alcoholic and would target his only son by beating him with a razor strap. Gacy's father beat him on such a regular basis that the abuse desensitized him to hide the signs of pain. Gacy failed as a young boy to gain the respect of his father. Gacy's father thought of his only son as a failure and disappointment. His father wanted him to be more manly, he wanted his son to play sports; but a congenital heart condition prevented him from participating. Gacy's father didn't sympathize with his heart condition. Gacy enjoyed more feminine activities, such as cooking with his sisters and planting garden beds with his mother. His father …show more content…
His first victim was 15 year old Donald Voorhees; Gacy worked with Donald's father, Senator Voorhees, at the Jaycee. Gacy got Donald Voorhees drunk so he could molest him and use manipulation and scare tactics to keep him quiet. Donald later revealed to authorities and his parents that Gacy raped and threatened him. Gacy was convicted and charged with sodomy and only served 16 months out of his 10 year sentence. He was released early for good behavior. John Wayne Gacy's first murder victim was 16 year old, Tim McCoy. He picked up Tim Mccoy from a Greyhound bus station and offered to take him sightseeing around Chicago. Gacy then lured Tim McCoy back to his house to have consensual sex. The night of consensual sex escalated to the stabbing and killing of Tim McCoy.. He buried Tim McCoy's body in the crawl space under his own personal house. Gacy's second murder was John Butkovitch. Gacy sexually tortured Butkovitch then killed him by using a rope as a tourniquet . John Wayne Gacy would abducted teenage boys and lure employees back to his house, where he would sexually torture and kill them. In 1977 Gacy was responsible for the deaths of 19 innocent young men and boys all whom were buried in the crawl space of his house. In total, Gacy killed 33 young men and teenage …show more content…
Gacy became a suspect when Robert Piest's mother informed authorities that her son was last seen at a pharmacy with Gacy. The Des Plaines Police Department was able to obtain a search warrant because of Gacy's previous sodomy conviction, and when they searched the house. They collected driver's license, jewelry and college rings of missing boys. The detectives also noticed a strong, pungent odor coming from the vents of the house. Forensic evidence, traced one of the college rings back to the missing teenager, John Slye. A second search warrant allowed the Des Plaine Police Department to do a more meticulous search of the crawl space under his house, and that is when they found the corpses of 27 innocent teenage boys. Gacy was a sociable, charming and hard working man. The Des Plaines Police Department did not have knowledge of Gacy's crimes. On May 10, 1994, 15 years after being arrested John Wayne Gacy died of lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois. Without the Illinois death sentences Gacy would have served 12 death sentences and 21 natural life
On the 28th August 1993, Stephen and Helen Gilham became the victims of murder in their own home, located in Woronora, which they shared with their two sons, Christopher (25) and Jeffrey (23). At the hands of Jeffrey Gilham, Stephen, Helen and Christopher Gilham were murdered brutally by means of stabbing, although Jeffrey only admitted to the murder of his brother Christopher. Jeffrey maintained the series of events that it was in fact Christopher that murdered Stephen and Helen, and that he had discovered Christopher holding the murder weapon, a knife, and in a blind fit of rage stabbed Christopher a total of 17 times. Gilham’s uncle believed otherwise, stating that it was Jeffrey who committed the initial murder and not Christopher.
The Metamorphosis of Johnny Tremain Johnny Tremain is like a butterfly; he went through a transformation. Johnny Tremain is a book by Esther Forbes about a crippled boy during the American Revolution and the events he endures. Johnny Tremain was a very dynamic character because people and events affected him. People change main characters in many books. Johnny Tremain is no exception.
John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and rapist. He tortured and killed thirty-three young boys between 1972 and 1978 in Cook County, Illinois. He was executed by lethal injection, however this act of execution was wrong.
John Wayne Gacy raped and murdered thirty-three young men in the timespan of six years.
Throughout all of American history there have been those who are well known for committing what are classified as deviant or criminal acts. Most of those who are well known by the public for their actions have committed deeds seen as extremely controversial such as being cult leaders, gang or mafia members, terrorists, rapists, or killers. The lists of members for each topic is numerous, however, there are a certain few that are more prominent than others. One criminal that stands out when speaking of killers in particular is Gary Ridgway, or as he is better known, the Green River Killer. Gary Ridgway is the nation’s most abundant serial killer, with the highest murder rate in America’s history (Gibson).
The marriage ended when Gacy was imprisoned for ten years at a correctional institute in Waterloo, Iowa for various sex and violent crimes against young men. In 1971 Gacy was arrested again for trying to rape a teenage boy.
Kennedy’s New Frontier Program As the President elect of the United States in 1960, John F. Kennedy aspired, to accomplish much during his presidency. Kennedy confidently called his initiatives “The New Frontier” taking on numerous major challenges. Some of the challenges were boosting the United States economy by ending a recession and promoting growth in the economy, aiding third world countries by establishing the Peace Corps sending men and women overseas to assist developing countries in meeting their own necessities. Additional challenges were too built-up the United States National Defense and furthered the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) programs.
In 1965, radical human rights activist Malcolm X gave a speech regarding tactics freedom fighters should consider using during the violent area of the civil rights era. His speech declared that people of color should be respected as human beings, and if they were not, he and other activist intended to bring this right into existence “by any means necessary.” This quote insinuated that Malcolm X and his followers were ready and willing to use any tactics available to gain human rights, including violence. Since Malcolm X’s 1965 speech, this speech has been recreated and recited in churches, protests, and rallies.
John Wayne Gacy was a U.S. serial killer who was found guilty of killing 33 boys and young men (McCormick, 1998). Gacy was born on March 17, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois (Sullivan, 2013). John Wayne Gacy had two sisters, Joanne and Karen and had a difficult relationship with his father. His father was an auto repair machanic and World War I veteran (Jones, 2012). Whenever his father came home from work, he would go to the basement and drink. His father was an alcoholic and used physical punishment on all of his children (Jones, 2012). He would even beat the children with a razor strap if they misbehaved (Sullivan, 2013). Gacy’s mother tried her best to protect the children, but Gacy’s father physically assaulted her as well (Jones, 2012). Additionally,
Robert Johnson I went down to the crossroads fell down on my knees. Robert Johnson went to the crossroads and his life was never the same again. The purpose of this essay is to tell you about the life of Robert Johnson. He is the root of much of the music of today. If he didn't influence the musicians of today directly, he influenced the bands that influenced today's music.
The assassination of JFK changed the direction of the cold war , due to the popularity of JFK and the violent nature of his assassination, which led to multiple conspiracy theories and depression for americans.
The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire is a tool often used by professionals to assess a patient’s personality subtypes on a rating scale of 20 to 80. Under the higher order temperament factor Positive Emotionality (PEM) there are four trait scales. For the trait scale Well Being, John Wayne Gacy would score a 70. He was an upstanding member of his community, liked by his neighbors and coworkers, and would even attend children’s birthday parties and hospitals dressed as Pogo the Clown (Hickey, 2016). He had a cheerful disposition when facing the public, however, he only receives a 70 because he would, in fact, be subject to violent mood swings. For the trait scale Social Potency, Gacy receives a score of 80. He
James A. Garfield was an outstanding man of many endeavors who went from driving boats down the canal to become a general of the union army to the twentieth president of the United States of America (The American Heritage Book of the Presidents and Famous Americans). James A. Garfield was against slavery and had great plans for reconstruction, but sadly they were cut short. His term only lasted in the first year, as Garfield was shot by an office seeker and died many months later (The American Heritage Book of the Presidents and Famous Americans).
Gary Leon Ridgway may not be a household name, but the infamous Green River Killer is one of the most accomplished serial murderers in U.S. history. In 2003, Ridgway confessed 48 accounts of aggravated first degree murder (more confirmed murders than any other American serial killer) during a two-and-a-half-year period in the early 1980s near Seattle, although it is believed he slaughtered even more. The majority of his victims were runaway teenage girls and hookers whom he picked up on the interstate and strangled to death. But Ridgway was spared the death penalty as part of a plea bargain three years ago, in exchange for his assistance in leading investigators to his victim's remains and revealing other information to help "bring closure" to the grieving families ("Green River Killer Avoids Death in Plea Deal").
While I was reading I found evidence to prove this when he stated he would persuade the women by showing pictures of his son, with one time actually having his son, when asked if he would have killed his son if he would have figured out what his father was doing, Ridgway calmly and with reticence replied with yes. The ways he would kill the young women were by strangulation, first with his hands using the chokehold then he began to use rulers by bending them. He also stated that he would kill most of his victims in his own house, in the woods, or in his truck. For many victims torture didn’t stop there because with a few of his victims he would again have sex with their helpless dead bodies. So far only 49 women have been found but hopefully more will be found to apply the death penalty to a serial killer that truly deserves it, but also for the families that lost their daughters. For most families Gary Ridgway is like the devil in their minds, I also believe that he enjoyed the ovation from the community and press. Gary Ridgway is a psychotic killer. As of today Gary Ridgway currently holds the record for the most murders by definition of a serial killer in the United