John Wayne Gacy: The Innocence Of Serial Killers

The concept of serial killers seems to draw tons of attention from the public eye. One of the reasons why it intrigues numerous people is because no one truly comprehends the reasons as to why the serial killer kills. Nevertheless, there are many case studies and research to attempt to explain this phenomenon. The reasons as to why John Wayne Gacy, one of the most notorious serial killers, murdered and raped 33 young boys can be explored. Some of them being: his abusive father, trouble with his sexuality, and a constant need to feel accepted or praised. To begin with, the crimes of John Wayne Gacy had consisted of 33 murders of young men. However, before the murders, Gacy had served time in prison for the sexual assault of a fifteen year old named Donald Voorhees. Gacy invited Voorhees, the son of an Iowa state senator and Jaycee member, to his house and they watched stag films while being drunk. Gacy forced himself on the young teenager and tried to blackmail him so he would keep quiet. Gacy told Voorhees that he had “connections with the mob” and even handed him fifty dollars for his silence. Voorhees’ silence did not last long because in March 1968 he confessed what happened to his family. The boy’s parents pressed charges against Gacy; he was charged with sodomy. Even amidst the investigation, other young boys also came forward with accusations of sexual abuse from John Wayne Gacy (Bio HD, …show more content…
A forensic psychologist named Dr. Helen Morrison was the first to dissect Gacy’s brain, in hopes of finding a distinct marker to indicate which people are prone to become serial killers. She only found “a normal brain”. There was no clear signs of anything abnormal, such as tumors or disease. Morrison comments “"What makes a serial killer? After all these years, I still don't know” (Cohen,