The latest Netflix serial killer docuseries is set to be released on the platform soon – and it might be one of the most sinister to date.
Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes will outline the genuinely terrifying tale of a unique serial killer with a dark back story. The Netflix tagline states, "He dined with the powerful. He preyed on the vulnerable. Beneath a smiling exterior was the horrifying darkness of a sadistic serial killer."
While recent additions to the true-crime genre seem to have focused on cons and fraud (with shows like Inventing Anna and Bad Vegan proving very popular), this latest documentary could prove that Netflix's audience still has a fascination with the details of darker crimes. The show was created by Emmy winner and Academy Award nominee Joe Berlinger.
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It follows on from the previously successful show Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes and the drama film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, starring Zac Efron, Lily Collins, and John Malkovich.
When is The John Wayne Gacy Tapes documentary out on Netflix?
The limited series is coming to Netflix on 20 April 2022.
Who was John Wayne Gacy?
The new show follows the dark life of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who, according to the IMDB biography, killed thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978. He worked as a shoe salesman, KFC manager and Construction Contractor, spending much of his life in Chicago, Illinois.
A popular person with his unwitting neighbours, Gacy would often dress up as 'Pogo the Clown' for children's parties and events. He even had a hand in politics, once meeting and being photographed with First Lady Rosalynn Carter (who was married to then-President Jimmy Carter). Eventually, he would be executed by lethal injection for his crimes after the discovery of twenty-nine bodies at his home.
