Serial Killers, Profiling the Criminal Mind, Vol. 03: John Wayne Gacy [VHS]

John Wayne Gacy was a successful businessman, family man, and community-politics activist by day. At night, he transformed into a cruising, child molesting, and "rope trick" strangling clown. When Gacy was finally pinned for the murder of a teenage boy, the police had no idea of the horrors lying under the Gacy residence. When all was said and done, the authorities had uncovered a personal cemetery of 22 victims under his house. In John Wayne Gacy: Vol. 3, FBI profilers analyze the events in Gacy's life that shaped his mental makeup, leading him to change into the infamous "killer clown." --Rob Bracco

Of course the music adds the eeriness needed for a story like Dahmer's but hopefully A&E's future documentaries will be more substantive.


Informative But Lacking   June 21, 2000
frisky2000 (smallville)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I wanted to view this documentary as a result of reading author Jason Moss's book, THE LAST VICTIM, which focused mainly on the serial killer, J.W. Gacy. I expected more, but got much less.

This is an A&E original documentary which uses the same stale images frame after frame, sometimes boring the viewer with facts that really don't expose much of what made this psychotic KILLER CLOWN tick.

I was disappointed I purchased this tape rather than just renting it as I doubt I'd pass it on to others interested in the subject of true crime. There are other more informative and well done documentaries out there than this one.


Disturbing and Cool   June 12, 2000
1 out of 6 found this review helpful

It talks about Manson and Dahmer, and the state of their mental status, experiences, and possibly why they did what they did.