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'Devil in Disguise' cast put focus on John Wayne Gacy's victims
The series honors John Wayne Gacy's victims by focusing on their stories and families, with 33 victims commemorated and episodes ending with their photos.
- On Thursday, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy premiered on Peacock with Michael Chernus, Marin Ireland, Gabriel Luna and Patrick Macmanus aiming to honor the victims.
- Show creator Patrick Macmanus refocused the story on victims, deciding to take on the project after his team contacted 30 families but received only five responses due to expired contacts.
- Each episode ends with photos and news footage of actual victims and links to the Regarding Youth ImpACT campaign, while seven remaining episodes are named for victims including John Alan Szyc.
- Macmanus said, `My hope from this show is that people, instead of researching John Wayne Gacy the clown, they begin to research these young boys and young men's lives and learn a little bit more about them` while the Cook County Sheriff's Office maintains an online tip form for five remaining John Does, and Chernus encourages tips from the public.
- Long ago, between 1972 and 1978, John Wayne Gacy, convicted killer, took the lives of 33 victims, many buried in the crawl space at Gacy's house, and was imprisoned for over 15 years before execution in 1994 at age 52.
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