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.
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.
Episodes
E1 · Ten Days
2025 · 59m · 7.3 TMDB
After a teenager disappears, officers track, interrogate and tail the man he was last seen with.
E2 · Johnny
2025 · 59m · 7.8 TMDB
Officers excavate the crawl space beneath Gacy's home; Gacy shows where he disposed of Rob's body.
E3 · Samuel and Randy
2025 · 58m · 7.5 TMDB
As police make a shocking discovery, the media circus begins; two teens navigate boyhood in Uptown.
E4 · Billy
2025 · 61m · 7.5 TMDB
A psychiatrist interviews Gacy; Tovar and Kozenczak uncover systemic failures; teenage love unfolds.
E5 · Billy and Dale
2025 · 48m · 7.6 TMDB
A blizzard buries Chicago; Kozenczak tracks down Gacy's surviving victims; a teen learns sex work.
E6 · Tim, John and Rob
2025 · 61m · 8.0 TMDB
In the past, Gacy confesses to Sam how he groomed, sexually assaulted and killed boys and young men.
E7 · David
2025 · 57m · 7.2 TMDB
Tovar drives Gacy to court hoping to uncover his kill count; Gacy's grooming of Cram is revealed.
E8 · Jeffrey
2025 · 59m · 6.4 TMDB
Jeffrey Rignall's story is told; Gacy's execution day brings protests, reunions and moral debates.
