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What Was John Wayne Gacy's Childhood Like?
John Wayne Gacy's traumatic upbringing helps develop theories on why he became a serial killer, and how he chose and treated his victims. "Gacy never really felt that he had his father's approval. His father was a hardcore alcoholic. He was verbally and emotionally abusive to Gacy," says true crime author Rachael Bell.
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