Date: Wednesday, October 29th
Time: 5:00 PM
Focus: Two of the most terrifying predators of the 1970s — John Wayne Gacy (“The Killer Clown”) and Dean Corll (“The Candy Man”).
Both men seemed ordinary on the surface: one a community clown who performed for children, the other a friendly neighborhood candy man. But behind closed doors, they lured in boys and young men with trust, only to commit unspeakable crimes. Together, they represent the chilling reality of predators hiding in plain sight.
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What we’ll cover
• John Wayne Gacy: respected businessman and performer who raped and murdered at least 33 boys, many buried in the crawl space beneath his home.
• Dean Corll: with teen accomplices David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley, kidnapped, tortured, and murdered at least 28 boys in Houston, Texas.
• Methods of luring: promises of work, candy, or fun turned into traps.
• Accomplices & enablers: how Corll’s teenage partners expanded his reach, and how Gacy maintained a façade of respectability.
• Community blind spots: why neighbors and police overlooked warning signs.
• Legacy in true crime: how these cases shaped investigations into missing youth.
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