Take a deep dive into one of America’s most infamous serial killers. You can now binge every episode of Peacock’s new true crime series “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy,” which premiered earlier this month.
The series pulls back the curtain on the horrific true story that saw thirty-three victims, all young men, murdered. Many were buried in the crawl space beneath their killer’s house, and no one was the wiser. Why? He was charming and funny. He had a good, all-American job. Gacy was a community leader. He even volunteered to entertain kids… while dressed as a clown.
“Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” peels back the twisted layers of Gacy’s life while weaving in heartrending stories of his victims; exploring the grief, guilt, and trauma of their families and friends. It also dives into the systemic failures, missed opportunities, and societal prejudices that fueled his reign of terror.”
John Wayne Gacy, along with his chilling “Pogo the Clown” alter ego, instilled a fear of clowns in America long before Stephen King’s Pennywise came along. No one would guess that a pillar of the community and a family man was a brutal killer. In all, he claimed 33 young men’s lives. Arrested in 1978, he met his end on May 10, 1994, by lethal injection.
This eight-episode limited series is helmed by showrunner, executive producer, and writer Patrick Macmanus, known for his work on Peacock’s “Dr. Death.” He’s assembled an impressive cast to bring this dark chapter to life.
The cast features Michael Chernus (Severance) and Gabriel Luna (The Last of Us). James Badge Dale (The Empty Man), Michael Angarano (Oppenheimer, This Is Us), Chris Sullivan (This Is Us), and Marin Ireland (The Dark and the Wicked) also star.
The trailer establishes a suitably eerie atmosphere, as it teases the horrors committed by this infamous killer. Watch “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” now on Peacock.
