

Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
2022-04-20 · 60 min / episode · ★ 7.4
He dined with the powerful. He preyed on the vulnerable. Beneath a smiling exterior was the horrifying darkness of a sadistic serial killer.
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- Joe Berlinger
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- RadicalMedia, Third Eye Motion Picture Company, Mike Mathis Productions
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- United States of America
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