# Talk:John Wayne Gacy

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The exact quote from the Cahill book is: "It was ALMOST AS IF the Old Man were making and apology". NOT that he HAD apologized. 50.148.132.86 (talk) 19:54, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Read the context in p. 53-54. Matter of fact, the entire text of the reference/vantage point of the author in sections of  his writing style in this book (i.e. as in all the facts "inside the mind of John Wayne Gacy" with the facts presented and referenced) are presented as Gacy - who apparently knew nothing of 29 bodies successively buried under his scrupulously tidy home - perceived and explained them.--Kieronoldham (talk) 14:25, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Jeffrey Rignall claimed on page 76 of his book that the man in Gacy's home during the assault had participated by sucking Rignall's penis while he was bound. This article states only that the man had watched the abuse. For some reason, every source I've found on the subject only claims that the man was present in the house or had watched, while the original source material gives a different picture. Swinub★ 05:34, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

No feedback, so I've added it as a sidenote. Swinub★ 21:44, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

I suggest adding a bullet point for the song "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." (Track 4 of Illinois (Sufjan Stevens album)) to the list in the Films and Media section of this article? The song documents the story of Gacy's life, with many explicit references to events. T436457p (talk) 08:26, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Do you have sourcing to indicate the significance of this reference? See MOS:IPC. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:53, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
Not really to be fair, perhaps best to leave it out. 2A04:4A43:95BF:FE7F:CC6D:A273:3CF6:C9F5 (talk) 19:04, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

In reference to footnote #48k: this is a mistaken apprehension that appears in the book referenced, but a mistake none-the-less.  Quicklime (aka calcium oxide - CaO) actually dehydrates dead bodies, causing them to emit less smell and delaying decomposition.  I have no clue whether this is the sort of correction that's necessary or useful to the article but wanted to make a note.  Thanks, this is my first post to Wiki Talk. ~2025-31336-80 (talk) 18:14, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Rectified. Source, plus his 12/22/78 confession states lime.--Kieronoldham (talk) 00:01, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Change alt text from "Heavy-set man in front of brick wall, holding an identification plate" to "Black-and-white mugshot of Gacy facing foward"
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~2025-31414-83 (talk) 03:10, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done Day Creature (talk) 05:42, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

@FBPDR, following up on the message you left at my talk, can you explain in more detail what's the problem with this article? Alaexis¿question? 09:50, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Not a problem with the article, per se, just this one particular fact.  Does that make more senese? FBPDR (talk) 16:27, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
Which fact? Alaexis¿question? 20:25, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
@FBPDR we cannot read your mind, you need to explain what exactly is incorrect. Alaexis¿question? 22:09, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

I dated David for 8 months in 1983. We had spoken about everything regarding Gacy because he had night terrors and Gacy used every phone privilege to call David, but he never accepted the calls. Then Gacy would call David's mother and then his sister. I spoke to his mother, best friend and a detective who worked the case. I thought David needed more therapy. I heard the story from numerous people. What's written here is not fact. ~2025-32613-97 (talk) 05:48, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Happy Editing -- IAmChaos 05:50, 12 November 2025 (UTC)