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Last updated: 10/27/11 at 06:00 AM

• A Presumed John Wayne Gacy Victim Found Alive in Fla., Family Reunites
  Oct 26, 2011 5:52 PM

  Excerpt ...former Chicago local, Harold Wayne Lovell, who was presumed to be a John Wayne Gacy victim after he disappeared 34 years ago, was reunited with his family Wednesday. The Cook County sheriff's department has exhumed the bones of eight unidentified Gacy victims... Source Info International Business Times
  http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/238415/20111026/john-wayne-gacy-victim-chicago-harold-wayne-lovell-tim-theresa-hasselberg-cook-county-florida-fla-ch.htm

• Man thought to be Gacy victim found alive in Fla.
  Oct 26, 2011 12:41 PM

  Excerpt ...after his arrest and was executed in 1994. CHICAGO — Siblings who feared that their brother was one of serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s eight unidentified victims were amazed and overjoyed to learn that he’s been living in Florida for decades. Tim Lovell and... Source Info Daily Freeman
  http://dailyfreeman.com/articles/2011/10/26/news/doc4ea840c1c45b3827217074.txt

• Missing man linked to John Wayne Gacy murders resurfaces
  Oct 26, 2011 2:38 AM

  Excerpt ...Wayne. His family never heard from him again. For years, Lovell’s family believed he was a victim of the serial killer John Wayne Gacy. A younger sister, Theresa Hasselberg, a nurse in Alabama, kept newspaper clips about Gacy. Her brother, Tim Lovell, read... Source Info Boston Herald
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/~3/c1fWLm7vBAE/view.bg

• John Wayne Gacy Victim to Be Exhumed
  Oct 6, 2011 2:25 PM

  Excerpt ...and always asks, 'Is this you, Michael?'" attorney Steven Becker said after the hearing. (Crimes of the Century: John Wayne Gacy) Gacy, a building contractor and amateur clown, was convicted of luring 33 young men and boys to his Chicago-area home and strangling... Source Info Time Magazine
  http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2096376,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopular

• How to tell John Wayne from John Wayne Gacy
  Jun 27, 2011 3:43 PM

  Excerpt ...was not as funny as accidentally wishing to live in the world of a serial killing clown.) John Wayne wore a cowboy hat. John Wayne Gacy killed dozens of teenagers and young men. John Wayne was in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" with Jimmy Stewart. John... Source Info Salon
  http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/06/27/bachmann_wayne

• Bachmann cites wrong John Wayne, praises notorious serial killer
  Jun 27, 2011 11:48 AM

  Excerpt ...the two kids dead. After serving 18 months, Gacy was paroled on Oct. 18, 1971 and returned to Chicago ... Boy Killer: John Wayne Gacy http://www.crimemagazine.com/boy-killer-john-wayne-gacy 10. Unfortunately, no one looks particularly intelligent with this... Source Info Democratic Underground
  http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4898153

• Michele Bachmann Compares Herself to John Wayne Gacy
  Jun 27, 2011 11:48 AM

  Excerpt ...but at this point it really helps framing the whole picture. I hate Michele Bachmann just as much as the next guy but... John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, the only son and the second of three children born of John Stanley... Source Info The Stranger
  http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/06/27/michele-bachmann-compares-herself-to-john-wayne-gacy

• New England Patriots Blog :: Back Room Patriots Prediction: Week 16 vs Jaguars
  Dec 25, 2009 7:10 PM

  Excerpt ...let the bad guys win. And they are bad. Think about it: Jack Del Rio, Maurice Jones-Drew and Mike Sims-Walker sounds like John Wayne Gacy, John Wilkes Booth, James Earl Ray, Lee Harvey Oswald, etal. Why we’ll dominate: Psst. Right now we are only one of three... Source Info Sports Blogs
  http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2252067&src=rss

• Press Play: The best of the decade
  Dec 24, 2009 12:44 PM

  Excerpt ...off another album as poignant, lush and beautiful as “Illinois.” From his frighteningly tender ode to a serial killer (“John Wayne Gacy, Jr.”) to his heartbreaking look at losing someone to cancer (“Casimir Pulaski Day”), every song is a singular achievement.... Source Info Naples Daily News
  http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/dec/24/press-play-best-decade/?partner=RSS

• No jewels in these clowns
  Dec 17, 2009 10:14 PM

  Excerpt ...call it downright nasty and unpleasant, with a cast of "obnoxious" and "aggressive" clowns that are almost as scary John Wayne Gacy, the Chicago serial killer who, when he wasn't digging graves in his basement, dressed up as a clown and entertained kids. Director... Source Info New York Post
  http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/no_jewels_in_these_clowns_aA66IfZ5b8NmAtNF5wauPK

• Politics Of Tough, Ctd
  Dec 17, 2009 1:32 PM

  Excerpt ...the time.  Not all Americans are afraid of terrorists.  Illinois is no stranger to housing some really bad people like John Wayne Gacy.  Southern Illinois has quite a few prisons and is another area that would love the jobs and money that a super-max federal... Source Info Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Dish
  http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=10fa739a7a242a5cf6607abcead613c7

• Filmmakers visit Gacy home site to prep for film on serial killer
  Dec 14, 2009 10:50 PM

  Excerpt ...Des Plaines police Det. Rafael Tovar remembers the terrifying discovery as investigators dug up the 29 bodies buried at John Wayne Gacy's home. Now 30 years later, Tovar has been called to advise actor William Forsythe, who will play the lead in "Dear Mr.... Source Info Daily Herald Related Topics
  http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=344087

• Filmmakers visit Gacy home site to prep for film on serial killer
  Dec 14, 2009 10:50 PM

  Excerpt ...Des Plaines police Det. Rafael Tovar remembers the terrifying discovery as investigators dug up the 29 bodies buried at John Wayne Gacy's home. Now 30 years later, Tovar has been called to advise actor William Forsythe, who will play the lead in "Dear Mr.... Source Info Daily Herald
  http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=344087

• Joe Lieberman: Connecticut’s Own John Wayne Gacy?
  Dec 14, 2009 2:49 PM

  Excerpt ... The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein says that by opposing the final health care bill, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) “seems willing to directly cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in order to settle an old electoral score." As both Mark Hemin... Source Info Hit and Run
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reason/HitandRun/~3/4QR6TSiugXA/joe-lieberman-connecticuts-own

• Dear Mr. Gacy trailer
  Dec 11, 2009 10:41 AM

  Excerpt Now there's a teaser trailer for the flick, which looks suitably creepy. Check out the synopsis: A true story from the producer of Monster, this drama is based on the experiences of 18-year-old college student Jason Moss and his relationship with Source Info JoBlo.com
  http://www.joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=19752

• Your Views: All have a chance to repent
  Dec 5, 2009 7:20 AM

  Excerpt Published December 05, 2009 02:20 pm - Dear Editor, I read the story about David Leroy Skaggs in a recent Glasgow Daily Times paper. The families’ comments about “tougher judge” stuck with me. Glasgow Daily Times Source Info Glasgow Daily Times
  http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/opinion/local_story_339152045.html

• Animatronic singing heads — arty or farty?
  Dec 4, 2009 2:34 AM

  Excerpt This rather disconcerting piece of technology is on show this week at Art Basel Miami. For just $75,000, you can have Nathaniel Mellor's trio of ugly mugs (L-R: Deadwood's captain Joe Turner; John Wayne Gacy; Magwitch from Great Expectations) serenade Source Info Dvice
  http://dvice.com/archives/2009/12/animatronic-sin.php

• Last Meals
  Nov 15, 2009 9:22 AM

  Excerpt The last meals of death row inmates are often quite memorable. Karla Faye Tucker requested a fruit plate but didn't eat it. John Wayne Gacy asked for shrimp, fried chicken, French fries, and a pound of strawberries. Timothy McVeigh ate two pints of Source Info Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Dish
  http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=3cfa61e2e35027844e369331aa44140d

• Violence has stained other faiths
  Nov 8, 2009 9:00 PM

  Excerpt The Fort Hood massacre is said to have been committed by a Muslim and it would be easy to blame it on the Islamic faith and people who look Middle Eastern without considering that Timothy McVeigh, Albert DeSalvo, Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy weren't Source Info Montgomery Advertiser
  http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20091110/OPINION02/911090332/1006/rss06

• Alleged Ohio serial killer rare among mass killers
  Nov 7, 2009 1:11 PM

  Excerpt CLEVELAND -- Authorities say alleged serial killer Anthony Sowell is among a narrow subcategory of killers who hunt their victims from home. The designation includes the 1893 Chicago Fair killer, Milwaukee cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy, Source Info Miami Herald
  http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1321986.html

• STEVEN ADLER In 'Dahmer Vs. Gacy' Movie; Trailer Available
  Nov 7, 2009 4:39 AM

  Excerpt Former GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler portrays Stevie in "Dahmer vs. Gacy", an action/comedy about Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy battling it out helmed by and starring Ford Austin. Adler reportedly plays a guy Source Info Blabbermouth
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blabbermouth/~3/4s_Tc8X6L_4/news.aspx

• List of well-known serial murder cases
  Nov 5, 2009 5:12 AM

  Excerpt Anthony Sowell of Cleveland has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder. Authorities said Wednesday they have confirmed a total of at least 11 victims whose remains were found at his home. Here is a list of well-known serial murder cases in Source Info WCAX
  http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=11446463

• Sufjan Stevens's Twelve Miles of Inspiration
  Nov 4, 2009 1:25 PM

  Excerpt By Jim Fusilli New York On his earlier pop albums, "Michigan," issued in 2003, and the very fine "Illinois," out two years later, Sufjan Stevens explored, directly and through inference, the relationship between environment and character. On the latter Source Info Wall Street Journal
  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703932904574511580482302224.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama

• Serial-killing trial: 'I thought he would look like evil'
  Nov 2, 2009 9:14 PM

  Excerpt Marion Lemott has spent nearly a decade waiting to see the man charged with murdering her daughter, waiting to look into the eyes of the man who authorities say is among the Chicago area's most prolific serial killers since John Wayne Gacy. She Source Info Chicago Tribune
  http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/news/local/~3/V8ejfrZEf2g/chi-murder-trial-03-nov03,0,758979.story

• Sufjan Stevens: On the Road to Find Out
  Nov 1, 2009 11:01 PM

  Excerpt On Nov. 2, 2009, Paste magazine released its list of The 50 Best Albums of the Decade, and topping that list was Illinois, the 2005 masterpiece from Sufjan Stevens. Paste’s Kate Kiefer talked to the Illinoisemaker about the album, his 50 States project Source Info Pate Magazine
  http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/11/sufjan-stevens-on-the-road-to-find-out.html

• Stevens's symphony for New York
  Oct 27, 2009 3:00 PM

  Excerpt One for the road ... Sufjan Stevens. Photograph: Denny Renshaw The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is a miserable stretch of road. The BQE, as New ­ Yorkers call it, has narrow lanes, no hard shoulder, countless potholes, and is usually one long traffic jam. Source Info The Observer
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/27/sufjan-stevens-the-bqe

• Is the Zodiac Killer Dead or Alive?
  Oct 13, 2009 9:01 AM

  Excerpt Cross-circle symbol used by famous serial killer the Zodiac Killer There have been many famous serial killers in American history. Some of the names include Ted Bundy, David Berkowtiz (Son of Sam), John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Gary Ridgway (The Source Info Associated Content
  http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2280981/is_the_zodiac_killer_dead_or_alive.html

• Pop Montreal Demands More Sujfan Stevens
  Oct 3, 2009 11:24 AM

  Excerpt The house lights came on. And so did the house music. Sufjan Stevens had just given the Montreal a stellar set culminating in crowd-pleaser "Chicago." He'd even come back on stage for a (mostly) solo encore of the haunting "John Wayne Gacy." But the Source Info Pate Magazine
  http://www.pastemagazine.com/high_gravity/2009/10/pop-montreal-demands-more-sujfan-stevens.html

• The John Wayne Gacy murders - May 10, 1994
  Oct 1, 2009 8:25 AM

  Excerpt Chicago's most infamous serial killer, Gacy murdered 33 boys and young men during the 1970's and buried 29 of them beneath his NW Side home. His crimes were uncovered in 1978 and he was convicted and sentenced to death. Gacy was executed by lethal Source Info ChicagoNow Related Topics
  http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/photos/2009/10/the-john-wayne-gacy-murders---may-10-1994.html

• Retiring detective remembers serial killer
  Sep 30, 2009 7:54 AM

  Excerpt CHI98112301 - 23 NOVEMBER 1998 - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA: Chicago police detectives use a radar scanner to detect bodies that may have been buried under a paved parking lot where infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy may have buried more victims. Gacy' Source Info United Press International
  http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/09/30/Retiring-detective-remembers-serial-killer/UPI-13041254322481/

• John Wayne Gacy
  Sep 29, 2009 9:08 AM

  Excerpt Chicago's most infamous serial killer, Gacy murdered 33 boys and young men during the 1970's and buried 29 of them beneath his NW Side home. His crimes were uncovered in 1978 and he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. He died in 1994. what Source Info ChicagoNow Related Topics
  http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/photos/2009/09/john-wayne-gacy.html

• Creepy Printed Pillowcases - FrenzyFinds Lets You 'Cuddle With a Serial Killer' (GALLERY)
  Sep 19, 2009 2:09 PM

  Excerpt FrenzyFinds’ ‘Cuddle With a Serial Killer’ screen-printed pillowcases are perfect for people who don’t mind snuggling up with the likes of Charles Manson or John Wayne Gacy at night. Each pillowcase is printed with the face of a notorious serial killer, Source Info Trend Hunter
  http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/frenzyfinds-cuddle-with-a-serial-killer

• Spare Changes in Faith
  Sep 8, 2009 4:41 PM

  Excerpt Lately I've been wondering if my strict adherence to atheism is really the correct way to go. There comes a time when logic gets the best of you, and you realize that being sure that there isn't a God is just as foolish as being sure that there is one. Source Info SF Weekly
  http://www.sfweekly.com/2009-09-09/music/spare-changes-in-faith

• Schoolboy torturers: We pay dearly for our belief that evil can be cured
  Sep 5, 2009 9:15 AM

  Excerpt There are some incidents so horrible that they shake any faith in the basic goodness of human nature. The case of the two brothers, who, at the ages of 10 and 11, attacked and tortured two other children, is one of them. The attack was without motive, Source Info The Telegraph
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/6142801/Schoolboy-torturers-We-pay-dearly-for-our-belief-that-evil-can-be-cured.html

• Video: Manson murders, 40 years later
  Sep 5, 2009 5:50 AM

  Excerpt Why do the Manson murders continue to fascinate after 40 years? We have seen murderers since then who have killed more (John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy) and more gruesomely (Jeffrey Dahmer), but none of them have the same drawing power as Charles Manson and Source Info Hot Air
  http://hotair.com/archives/2009/09/05/video-manson-murders-40-years-later/

• Advice Goddess: Getting to No Him
  Sep 3, 2009 2:41 PM

  Excerpt you sometimes see at the coffee shop or around the neighborhood. Well, John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer were people's neighbors, too. (Everybody has to live somewhere.) Q: This man I "met" on a dating Web site had issues with my refusing to give him Source Info Contra Costa Times
  http://www.contracostatimes.com/bay-area-living/ci_13208308?source=rss

• The peripheral attenton deficit of primary psychopaths
  Aug 31, 2009 6:58 PM

  Excerpt Described as cold, heartless, manipulative, selfish, and low anxiety, primary psychopaths frankly scare the bejesus out of most people including myself. Look at the case of John Wayne Gacy Jr., the American serial killer who took the lives of 33 boys Source Info Science Blog
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogrssfeed/~3/sYE2Ncvq0HM/8015-peripheral-attenton-deficit-primary-psychopaths-24633.html

• Armchair Dancefloor 010
  Aug 12, 2009 2:41 AM

  Excerpt You, dear reader, give me so much, and yet I give you nothing. To remedy that, before swan-diving into the best of the fortnight's electronic releases I'm going to ask you which US DJ runs the excellent Mothership Records, you're going to send me the Source Info Drowned in Sound
  http://feed.drownedinsound.com/~r/DrownedInSound/~3/0EzJyHHaobY/4137559-armchair-dancefloor-010

• Book 'Em: The Anatomy of Evil
  Aug 6, 2009 3:20 PM

  Excerpt The crimes of Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Dennis Rader, and other high-profile killers are so breathtakingly awful that most people would not hesitate to label them evil. In , psychiatrist Michael H. Stone, MD, uses this Source Info CBS News
  http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsTravelGuru/~3/2M-DJQtC89M/entry5220636.shtml

• Monster Filmmakers to Tell Breast Cancer Story
  Jul 19, 2009 6:54 PM

  Excerpt ...wrapped "Dear Mr. Gacy," a story about a real-life college student who became obsessed with notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy. The picture is expected to make the rounds at film festivals in the fall. Bernstein's cinematography credits include "Like... Source Info OH NO THEY DIDN'T
  http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/37368714.html

• Forensic anthropology: Unearthing the truth
  Jul 14, 2009 5:38 AM

  Excerpt ...examining graves around the world and testifying against the likes of Saddam Hussein and the American serial killer, John Wayne Gacy. Lately, he has worked extensively with human rights groups, particularly Americas Watch. Dr Snow spoke to the BBC's Dan Collyns... Source Info BBC World
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2009/07/090713_clyde_snow.shtml

• MSNBC Brings on Rudy Giuliani to Discuss Mark Sanford's Affair
  Jun 29, 2009 7:14 PM

  Excerpt republicanism is a mental illness! Unless you consider standard human behavior a mental illness. Just because someone may be selfish, close-minded, bratty, pious, ignorant, cowardly, bigoted and/or a homophobic closeted homosexual doesn't make them Source Info Crooks and Liars
  http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/msnbc-brings-rudy-giuliani-discuss-mark-sa

• JOHNNY BE COOL
  Jun 27, 2009 11:48 PM

  Excerpt Nobody," John Waters once said, "is sick of Johnny Depp." It's as true today as it was when Waters directed Depp in 1990's "Cry Baby," the film that diminished his hated TV teen-idol status with the help of Iggy Pop and Ricki Lake. But Waters' Source Info New York Post
  http://www.nypost.com/seven/06282009/entertainment/movies/johnny_be_cool_176445.htm

• 'Monster' pair try on genes
  Jun 24, 2009 7:00 AM

  Excerpt ...wrapped "Dear Mr. Gacy," a story about a real-life college student who became obsessed with notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy. The pic is expected to make the rounds at film festivals in the fall. Bernstein has served as a director of photography on... Source Info Hollywood Reporter Related Topics
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thr/film/~3/QtwtHNydTLQ/e3i46ed019fcf8ec109201331034e2c6734

• When the State Kills You
  Jun 16, 2009 6:23 PM

  Excerpt Dennis Wayne Bagwell: Medium rare steak with A1 Steak Sauce, fried chicken breasts and thighs, BBQ ribs, French fries, onion rings, bacon, scrambled eggs with onions, fried potatoes with onions, sliced tomatoes, salad with ranch Source Info LewRockwell.com
  http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl/famous-last-meals.html

• 45 Famous Last Meals
  Jun 16, 2009 5:08 PM

  Excerpt Ryan Deal of Top Cultured has a list of last meals given to condemned criminals, both real and fictional.  Here are a few: Adolf Eichmann: He declined a special meal, preferring a bottle of Carmel, a dry red Israeli wine. He drank about half of Source Info Neatorama
  http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/16/45-famous-last-meals/

• IRE Co-Founder Ron Koziol Dead at 74
  Jun 16, 2009 11:48 AM

  Excerpt CHICAGO Ron Koziol, the longtime Chicago Tribune police reporter who helped found Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), has died at age 74, the Tribune reported Tuesday. Koziol was a leader among the 38 reporters who traveled to Phoenix in 1976 Source Info Editor & Publisher
  http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/newsroom/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003984798

• FDL Book Salon Welcomes Dave Cullen: Columbine
  Jun 14, 2009 2:00 PM

  Excerpt Welcome to Firedoglake - so glad you could join us today! Hi. Great to be here. Looking forward to a lively afternoon. I just read the intro piece and it was very generous. Thank you, Chad. You did a nice job of crystallizing the book in a short space. Source Info Firedoglake
  http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/fdl-book-salon-welcomes-dave-cullen-columbine/

• What We Know About Cat Killer Suspect Tyler Weinman, the Arrest, and the Reaction
  Jun 14, 2009 2:30 AM

  Excerpt You guys really need to learn some spelling and grammar. You wrote "compisition" where the context clearly indicates you meant "composition." You also wrote "facebook" when the context clearly calls for a proper noun, which by the rules of grammar of Source Info Miami New Times
  http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2009/06/what_we_know_about_cat_killer.php

• Richard W. Metz: Eliminate the death penalty, which is brutal and wrong
  Jun 9, 2009 3:55 PM

  Excerpt People tend to be ambivalent about the death penalty. The gruesome details of an execution, its ghoulish ritual and antiseptic thoroughness are revolting, even though many sensitive and sensible people favor it. Every time we read about another heinous Source Info The News-Press
  http://www.news-press.com/article/20090610/OPINION/90609079/1015/RSS04