Boys enter the house, the victims of John Wayne Gacy and the lives they left behind, David Nelson
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Boys enter the house, the victims of John Wayne Gacy and the lives they left behind, David Nelson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-323)
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Boys enter the house
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1240209558
Responsibility statement
David Nelson
Sub title
the victims of John Wayne Gacy and the lives they left behind
Summary
"As investigators brought out the bagged remains of several dozen young men from a small Chicago ranch home and paraded them in front of a crowd of TV reporters and spectators, attention quickly turned to the owner of the house. John Gacy was an upstanding citizen, active in local politics and charities, famous for his themed parties and appearances as Pogo the Clown. But in the winter of 1978-79, he became known as one of many so-called "sex murderers" who had begun gaining notoriety in the random brutality of the 1970s. As public interest grew rapidly, victims became footnotes and statistics, lives lost not just to violence, but to history."--, Amazon.com
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- The Greyhound bus boy -- The poor side of town -- Class of 1973 -- All happy families -- Silly love songs -- In the company of homosexuals -- The runaways -- Summerdale Avenue -- Light and concrete -- The gallery of grief -- Boys coming home -- Remember me always -- Coda: Disco inferno
Target audience
adult
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- Biographies
- Murder victims -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Serial murderers -- Illinois -- Biography
- True crime stories
- Serial murders -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century
- Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
- Gacy, John Wayne
- Male prostitution -- Illinois -- Chicago
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- Biographies
- Murder victims -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Serial murderers -- Illinois -- Biography
- True crime stories
- Serial murders -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century
- Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
- Gacy, John Wayne
- Male prostitution -- Illinois -- Chicago
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