Podcast 15: Genealogy of Serial Killers, Cult Leaders, Murderers, and Miscreants: John Wayne Gacy’s Formative Years
Supplemental and Source Materials
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Vital Clues
Images of information gathered from sources.
Family Tree
Family Tree
Genogram
Using genograms to help identify specific traits is a great way to identify strengths and weaknesses
Newspaper Articles
Newspaper Articles that help give Context to John Wayne Gacy as a child and adolescent
John Stanley Gacy in WWI
Gacy's father's time in the military in perspective
Sources, References and External Links
This has all the reference material compiled into one location.
Vital Clues
1900 Baptismal Record John Stanley Gacy
Zoom in 1900 John Stanley Gacy Baptismal Record
Death of the family's patriarch, Nikodem Gaka
1920 U.S. Federal Census, John Stanley Gacy
1930 U.S. Federal Census, John Stanley Gacy
1940 U.S. Federal Census, John Stanley Gacy
1950 U.S. Federal Census, John Stanley Gacy and John Wayne Gacy (John Stanley on previous page of census)
1930 - 1960 Marriage Index for John Gacy and Marion E. Robertson, Cook, Illinois, 6 Jan 1939
WWII Draft Card, John Stanley Gacy
References for Podcast 15
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"132nd Infantry Regiment, Illinois National Guard, 33rd Division," Pritzker Military Museum & Library Online (https://www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/museum/past-exhibits/33rd-division-illinois-national-guard/132nd-timeline-2 : Accessed 7 October 2024).
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1900 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/: accessed 26 April 2024, entry for Nicodem Gaka, Chicago, Illinois.
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1920 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ : accessed 11 October 2024), entry for John Gacy, Chicago, Illinois.
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"Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, Belgium and Italy, 1917 - 1918," Washington: Washington Government Printing Office, 1920, print p. 22; digital images, U.S. Army Center of Military History (https://www.history.army.mil/curriculum/wwi/docs/AdditionalResources/Battle_Participation_of_Orgs_of_AEF_in_France_Belgium_Italy_1917-1918.pdf: acccessed 7 October 2024).
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CBS. CBS 2 Vault: John Wayne Gacy Speaks, May 11 - 15, 1992. Archived. Video and audioclip. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cbs-2-vault-serial-killer-john-wayne-gacy-walter-jacobson-1992/ : 2024.
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Christopher Berry, Serial Killers: Up Close and Personal: Inside the world of Torturers, Psychopaths, and Mass Murderers (Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press, 2007), pp 288 - 294; imaged, Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=R7wvl1xEXX4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false : accessed 8 October 2024).
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​Colin McEvoy & Biography.com editors, "John Wayne Gacy," Biography.com (https://www.biography.com/crime/john-wayne-gacy#career-and-family-life : accessed 10 Oct 2024), updated 16 June 2023, full article.
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Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records, "Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930 - 1960," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1500/ : accessed 24 April 2024), entry for John Gacy and Marion E. Robertson, 6 Jan. 1939, Marriage License 1590071, Cook,Illinois.
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"Dad beat Gacy, home life was stormy, mom says," The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, 26 Feb 1980, p 4, column 1; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-dad-beat-gacy-home-li/147873967/ : accessed 22 May 2024).
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Entry for Gacy, John, U.S.S. Mt. Vernon, embarkation 16 May 1918, Sheet 7, p. 1039 Class, digital images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/604075794/31-oct-1917-16-may-1918-page-1039-us-army-wwi-transport-service-passenger-lists-1918-1919 : accessed 7 October 2024) Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, NJ, US, Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1918 - 1919.
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Find A Grave, database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 April 2024), memorial page 242651399, Nikodem Gaca (unk–1905), created by Garrett; citing Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, USA. No image posted.
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Find A Grave, database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 April 2024), memorial page 253165826, Veronica Gaca (unk–1948), created by Prof. Klimczak; citing Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, USA. No image posted.
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”Gacy’s faces: Nice neighbor, brutal rapist,” Evansville Press, Evansville, Indiana, 22 February 1980, p. 6 columns 1-2; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-press-1980-gacy-rignall-and-n/156967426/ : accessed 11 October 2024).
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"I'd like to erase it all': Gacy's Mom," Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill, 26 Feb 1980, p 1, column 3; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-id-like-to-erase-it-all/146311821/ : accessed 29 April 2024).
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"I'd like to erase it all': Gacy's Mom article con't," Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill, 26 Feb 1980, p 14, column 1; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-id-like-to-erase-it-all/146311973/ : accessed 29 April 2024).
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"Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21V-G1HK : 08 March 2024), Entry for John Gacy and Marion E Robertson, 07 Jan 1939.
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The Oprah Winfrey Show, “Growing Up with John Wayne Gacy,” Oprah.com (https://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/johny-wayne-gacys-sister-speaks-out/2 : accessed 11 October 2024), web pages 1 – 6.
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Polish Genealogical Society of America, "Death Records - Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notices 1930 - 1971," database, Surname Search - United States (https://pgsa.org/dziennik-chicagoski-death-notices-1930-1971/: accessed 3 May 2024), Weronika Gaca entry.
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St. Stanislaus Kostka (Chicago, Illinois), “Registrum Baptizatorum in Ecclesia”[Church Baptism Records], original page 49, Entry for Joannem Gatza Or Gaca and Nicodemus Gatza or Gaca, 21 Jun 1900; imaged, "Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2YM-XB26 : accessed 8 May 2024), image 54 of 159, FSL microfilm 1577899.
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"U.S, Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1918 - 1919", Fold3 by Ancestry, database with images (https://www.fold3.com/image/604075794: National Archives, Accessed 28 April 2024), entry for John Gacy (1900 - 1969), citing Army Embarkation Transportation, 16 May 1918.
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "Fold3 by Ancestry," database, US Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850 - 2010 (https://www.fold3.com/record/529491876: Accessed 28 April 2024), entry for John Gacy (1900 - 1969), BIRLS Index, World War I.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947,” database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238/: accessed 24 April 2024),Illinois> Erzinger-Geiger> Gabbert, Clarence-Gaddini John> image 1827 of 2143: registration card, serial no. 1479, Local Draft Board No. 58,Chicago, Illinois, citing NARA Records of the Selective Service System.
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,"U.S. Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917 - 1940," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61861/ : accessed 18 Sept 2024), entry for John Stanly Gacy (1899 - 1969), Salt Lake City, Utah FamilySearch, 2019 & Original Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917 - 9/16/1940. NAI 76193916. Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007, National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
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"World War I Draft Registration Cards," National Archives and Records Administration (https://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww1/draft-registration : accessed 7 October 2024), section "Part I: Introduction."
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