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Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy

  • 2025
  • Ended
  • Crime · Drama
  • ~57m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.3/10

When a teenager goes missing, it becomes clear that many young men and boys have disappeared at the hands of John Wayne Gacy, the prime suspect.

Latest: Miniseries · 2025

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Season 1 peels back the twisted layers of John Wayne 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.

  1. E1. Ten Days

    Oct 16, 2025 · 59m

    After a teenager disappears, officers track, interrogate and tail the man he was last seen with.

  2. E2. Johnny

    Oct 16, 2025 · 59m

    Officers excavate the crawl space beneath Gacy's home; Gacy shows where he disposed of Rob's body.

  3. E3. Samuel and Randy

    Oct 16, 2025 · 58m

    As police make a shocking discovery, the media circus begins; two teens navigate boyhood in Uptown.

  4. E4. Billy

    Oct 16, 2025 · 61m

    A psychiatrist interviews Gacy; Tovar and Kozenczak uncover systemic failures; teenage love unfolds.

  5. E5. Billy and Dale

    Oct 16, 2025 · 48m

    A blizzard buries Chicago; Kozenczak tracks down Gacy's surviving victims; a teen learns sex work.

  6. E6. Tim, John and Rob

    Oct 16, 2025 · 61m

    In the past, Gacy confesses to Sam how he groomed, sexually assaulted and killed boys and young men.

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