What made John Wayne Gacy so socially accessible during his prison stay?
I just watched the movie “Hated,” which is a documentary about the punk rock singer GG Allin. The film devotes a brief segment to Allin’s friendship with Gacy, aka Pogo the Killer Clown, and states that the reason GG Allin wrote to Gacy in prison was because he knew he’d write back, “because he’s one of America’s most accessible serial killers…anyone can just visit him and talk with him and have their picture taken with him.” Why is this? Why was Gacy not put in a maximum security prison, considering that he was so dangerous?
Interesting. Highly interesting. Whilst I don’t know the specifics of Gacy, I do know a more general idea of this type of issue.
It is my belief that John Wayne Gacy believed that fame (or infamy) was one of the benefits of his heinous crimes as it was something that allowed him wide spread notoriety – not only in the prison system, but also amongst the public. If we look at at criminals such as Charles Manson or a work of fiction like In Cold Blood, it is a testament to the way in which society has the ability to make villains into outlaws. Therefore, I believe, that he became so socially accessible due to society’s fascination with these criminals (a fascination that Gacy would have loved).
You see…I’m also quite intelligent. And that’s why I make such a great clown.
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