Caroline Torres
Gutierrez
ENGL-1301
October 30, 2015
“Pogo the Clown” Ever wonder what kind of person is under all that make and the clown outfit? Are they really that jolly or do you think they're hiding something? Like for example, this one clown gives people a reason to be scared, instead of making the laugh. They call him Pogo the Clown, a famous serial killer. Now, who is Pogo the Clown? Son of Marion Elaine Robinson, and John Stanley Gacy, John Wayne Gacy is this killer clown. Maybe the fact that he was abused as a child and being in the middle of his sexuality, whether if he like male or female. He lived in a quiet suburb northwest of Chicago. Gacy was a construction contractor. He dressed up as a clown and showed up to children’s performances. Like everyone else, he had another life. Gacy seemed like an affable man to people who met him or came across him. He was pleasant and not that hard to get along …show more content…
Unfortunately, he didn't get his dad’s attention nor his approval. He would get beaten with a leather belt at the age of four for something as small as accidentally taking apart a car engine his dad had put together. His father would hit him in the head with a broom. Gacy’s felt that his father saw him smaller than his sisters. His father favored his two sisters and considered Gacy as “stupid” or “dumb.” They had informed Gacy’s father of an incident that Gacy had done. Him and another boy were both caught sexally stroking a young girl. Gacy’s father then whipped him with a razor strap. Later that same year, Gacy claimed that he was sexually molested by another family friend. He was too afraid of go to his father or to even speak up because he was afraid to get blamed for it. Gacy would just defend himself from his father. He would never lift his hands up to strike him. People would see his dad beating him. His mother tried to get in the middle of them both of them to try to stop him but it never