The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago

FINALLY! A Gacy documentary that not only tells the entire story in eight hours, but also delves into the historic elements of the decades surrounding Gacy's life and crimes. I thought I had seen it all but master filmmaker John Borowski has made the definitive documentary miniseries on the life and crimes of John Wayne Gacy. This series covers every aspect of Gacy's case including psychology, forensics, law, prison system, sociology, child abuse, and so much more. I have read all the books and seen the shows but there is so much new information revealed in this series. Each episode gets better and better. I am amazed that Borowski, as an indie filmmaker, put together this entire production over 5 years. It was worth it. Don't miss this series and prepare to binge!

Since this was recommended on my Amazon Fire TV home screen I expected it would be a professional production. Rather it was a very lowbrow production by some dude with a computer and time to kill.

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My scale: 1-5 decreasing degrees of "terrible", with 5 being "mediocre" 6- OK. Generally held my interest OR had reasonable cast and/or cinematography, might watch it again 7 - Good. My default rating for a movie I liked enough to watch again, but didn't rise to the upper echelons 8- Very good. Would watch again and recommend to others 9- Outstanding. Would watch over and over; top 10% of my ratings 10 - A classic. (Less than 2% receive this rating). For Lifetime Movies for Chicks (LMFC), drop the above scale by 3 notches. A 6 is excellent and 7 almost unattainable.