West Summerdale: A Nightmare in the Making
8213 West Summerdale
A Nightmare in the Making
By
UOP Student
Victoria Savage
Mid October 1970, a man in this early thirties moves into a quiet little neighborhood. He seems nice, quickly making friends with people in and outside the close nit Norwood Park Township. He throws large parties and dinners and gains the trust of all who make his acquaintance. He had a typical suburban life until 1975. By 1978, his world came to a screeching halt and Norwood Park Township was left inside a never ending nightmare of lies, deception and the ever lasting smell of decay. The man in question is John Wayne Gacy Jr. born 1942 and died 1994 by lethal injection(Clarke,1994).
Gacy was the second of three children and the only boy. All three of the children were raised Catholic and attended a Catholic school(Wikipedia). John was known for his hard working and polite demeanor. He did not have a lot of friends and his relationship with his father was rough at best. He also came down with numerous amounts of health problems at an early age. Gacy’s relationship with his father was so bad that it impacted his schooling. Unfortunately, Gacy did not graduate from high school in his teens but did finely achieve this goal later in life. By the time John was in his mid twenties he had graduated from Business College and started work at Nunn-Bush Shoes(Wikipedia). He also met and married a co-worker. Her name was Marylynn Myers whose father owned several Kentucky Fried Chicken restraunts in Iowa. Soon after getting married Marylynns father offered Gacy a high paying job in the company. They soon packed and headed to Iowa. Gacy worked every minute that he could afford in hopes that he would gain control of the business in the future. In his spare time he joined the Jaycee’s. John was adored by all of the members. While with the Jaycess’s John invented Pogo the Clown who often entertained at the meetings and social events. Gacy eventually became man of the year and
A Nightmare in the Making
By
UOP Student
Victoria Savage
Mid October 1970, a man in this early thirties moves into a quiet little neighborhood. He seems nice, quickly making friends with people in and outside the close nit Norwood Park Township. He throws large parties and dinners and gains the trust of all who make his acquaintance. He had a typical suburban life until 1975. By 1978, his world came to a screeching halt and Norwood Park Township was left inside a never ending nightmare of lies, deception and the ever lasting smell of decay. The man in question is John Wayne Gacy Jr. born 1942 and died 1994 by lethal injection(Clarke,1994).
Gacy was the second of three children and the only boy. All three of the children were raised Catholic and attended a Catholic school(Wikipedia). John was known for his hard working and polite demeanor. He did not have a lot of friends and his relationship with his father was rough at best. He also came down with numerous amounts of health problems at an early age. Gacy’s relationship with his father was so bad that it impacted his schooling. Unfortunately, Gacy did not graduate from high school in his teens but did finely achieve this goal later in life. By the time John was in his mid twenties he had graduated from Business College and started work at Nunn-Bush Shoes(Wikipedia). He also met and married a co-worker. Her name was Marylynn Myers whose father owned several Kentucky Fried Chicken restraunts in Iowa. Soon after getting married Marylynns father offered Gacy a high paying job in the company. They soon packed and headed to Iowa. Gacy worked every minute that he could afford in hopes that he would gain control of the business in the future. In his spare time he joined the Jaycee’s. John was adored by all of the members. While with the Jaycess’s John invented Pogo the Clown who often entertained at the meetings and social events. Gacy eventually became man of the year and
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