Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

Actor Jack Merrill has some ideas about why he survived a harrowing encounter with serial killer John Wayne ... and 1978, Gacy abducted, sexually assaulted and killed at least 33 young men until ...

After being caught, Ramirez was convicted of 13 counts of murder, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 ...

What John Wayne Gacy or Charles Manson did ... searching for some pattern that made one young woman more susceptible to violence than another. In half the true crime media I’ve consumed, it feels like ...

1899: Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, grandson of Queen Victoria, dies aged 24 in mysterious circumstances. On the same day, the ...

During defense attorney Dan Garon’s questioning of Giovanni Plumaj, he admitted the $65,000 in $100 bills in the backpack ...

1980: “He killed people like he was swatting flies,” Assistant State’s Attorney Robert Egan told a packed Chicago courtroom as the trial of John Wayne Gacy began. Due to the graphic nature of the ...

John Borowski, filmmaker and producer of the new docuseries, “The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago, “ joins Karen Conti to discuss the new series, and share what he found during the ...

Punk band John Wayne Gacy Daycare was formed in 2009 by Wally (former Wastrels guitarist) and drummer Beebo (Screamin’ Yeehaws). After enlisting singer Davit Buck of the Homeless Sexuals ...