Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
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Peacock Ended Drama • Crime • History
From 1972-1978, thirty-three young men were kidnapped, murdered, and buried in a crawl space beneath their killer's house. And no one was the wiser. Not for all those years. Why? He was charming and funny. Had a good, All-American job. Was a community leader. He even volunteered to entertain sick kids... while dressed as a clown. Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy peels back the twisted layers of Gacy's life while weaving in heartrending stories of his victims; exploring the grief, guilt, and trauma of their families and friends; and exposing the systemic failures, missed opportunities, and societal prejudices that fueled his reign of terror.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
8 episodes
E01
Ten Days
Thu, Oct 16 2025 4:00 PM GMT+0000
59 min
After teenager Robert Piest disappears on his mother's birthday, Des Plaines Police Department officers track, interrogate and tail the contractor Piest was last seen with -- John Wayne Gacy.
E02
Johnny
Thu, Oct 16 2025 4:00 PM GMT+0000
58 min
Officers excavate the crawl space beneath John Wayne Gacy's home; Gacy shows Amirante, Kunkle and Kozenczak where he disposed of Rob's body; Johnny Szyc and his best friend, Lynn, venture into Uptown.
E03
Samuel and Randy
Thu, Oct 16 2025 4:00 PM GMT+0000
57 min
The media circus begins; Amirante questions whether defending Gacy is the right choice; the Piests cope with the reality of what Gacy did to Rob; Sam Stapleton and Randy Reffett navigate boyhood in Uptown.
E04
Billy
Thu, Oct 16 2025 4:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A psychiatrist interviews Gacy, revealing disturbing details about his past; Tovar and Kozenczak confront the dark truths of the systemic failures that allowed Gacy to kill for so long; a love story unfolds between Billy Kindred and Maryjane.
E05
Billy and Dale
Thu, Oct 16 2025 4:00 PM GMT+0000
47 min
A blizzard buries Chicago; Kozenczak tracks down Gacy's surviving victims; Kunkle and Kozenczak attempt to break Gacy's accomplice, David Cram; Billy Carroll introduces Dale Landingin to the lucrative, but sometimes dangerous world of sex work.
E06
Tim, John and Rob
Thu, Oct 16 2025 4:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
In the past, an inebriated Gacy confesses to Sam the ways he groomed, sexually assaulted, tortured and killed countless boys and young men.
E07
David
Thu, Oct 16 2025 4:00 PM GMT+0000
56 min
Kunkle and Sam are knee-deep in Gacy's trial; Tovar volunteers to drive Gacy to and from court, attempting to compel him to come clean about how many he killed; the disturbing tale of how Gacy befriended and groomed David Cram is revealed.
E08
Jeffrey
Thu, Oct 16 2025 4:00 PM GMT+0000
58 min
The life of Jeffrey Rignall, one of Gacy's few surviving victims, is chronicled; Gacy's execution day causes massive protests and reunions as victims' family members and those who worked the case seek closure; Amirante tries to move on.