John Wayne Gacy: Killer Clown's Revenge Dark Beginnings (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, Crime

John Wayne Gacy: Killer Clown's Revenge

Dark Beginnings (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, Crime

He was once a normal happy child, but drunken abuse from his father sends John Wayne Gacy down a sinister path; the urges inside him can't be contained, leading to the beginnings of his crawl-space burial ground.

Director

Sarah Burney

Producer

Sean Giffin

Editors

August Beucke (as August J. Beucke) | Thomas Birrell | Holly Gibson | Fernanda Tornaghi

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Release date

Nov 16, 2019 (United States)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Shirley Tatum Self - Crime Writer (as Shirley Lynn Scott) Self - Crime Writer (as Shirley Lynn Scott) See fewer	Redrum (2013)
Tim Cahill Self - Author, 'Buried Dreams: Inside the Mind of John Wayne Gacy' Self - Author, 'Buried Dreams: Inside the Mind of John Wayne Gacy' See fewer	John Wayne Gacy: Killer Clown's Revenge (2019)
Mike Albrecht Self - Retired Des Plaines Detective (as Michael Albrecht) Self - Retired Des Plaines Detective (as Michael Albrecht) See fewer	John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise (2021)
Keeley Graham Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	John Wayne Gacy: Killer Clown's Revenge (2019)
Rosalynn Carter Self - First Lady of the United States (archive footage) Self - First Lady of the United States (archive footage) See fewer	Americans (1978)
John Wayne Gacy Self - Serial Killer (archive footage) Self - Serial Killer (archive footage) See fewer	The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (1996)
Marlynn Myers Self - Wife of John Wayne Gacy (archive footage) Self - Wife of John Wayne Gacy (archive footage) See fewer
Robert K. Ressler Self - Former FBI Agent, Behavioral Science Unit (archive footage) (as Robert Ressler) Self - Former FBI Agent, Behavioral Science Unit (archive footage) (as Robert Ressler) See fewer	Murder: No Apparent Motive (1984)
Phillip Caires John Wayne Gacy Sr. (uncredited) John Wayne Gacy Sr. (uncredited) See fewer	The Alternate (2021)
Natalie Creek Gacy's Sister (uncredited) Gacy's Sister (uncredited) See fewer	Condemned by Inaction (2020)
McKenna Rose Carol's Daughter (uncredited) Carol's Daughter (uncredited) See fewer	Our Last Time Together (2021)
Nick Ryan Young John Wayne Gacy (uncredited) Young John Wayne Gacy (uncredited) See fewer	The Ride (2018)