Boys Enter the House: The Victims of John Wayne Gacy and the Lives They Left Behind

Boys Enter the House is a work that emphasizes the full view of the lives of those young people that Gacy took. It is the Gacy story in reverse, with victims first.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 05 October 2021
Publisher: Chicago Review Press

The story begins with the arrest of Gacy on December 2,1978,after police discovered the bodies of seven young men buried in the crawl space beneath his home. As the investigation continued,it became clear that Gacy had been operating a serial killing operation for years,targeting young men who were vulnerable and often homeless. The victims ranged in age from 14 to 27,and many of them had been lured to Gacy's home under the pretense of employment or a place to stay. As the story unfolds,we learn about the lives of these young men,their struggles,and their hopes and dreams. We see how they were targeted by Gacy,how they were manipulated and controlled,and how they were ultimately killed. The book also delves into the aftermath of the case,including the trial and conviction of Gacy,as well as the impact that his crimes had on the community and the lives of the victims' families. Boys Enter the House is a powerful and emotional book that provides a comprehensive view of the lives of those young people that Gacy took. It is essentially the Gacy story in reverse. Victims first.

As investigators brought out the bagged remains of several dozen young men from a small Chicago ranch home and paraded them in front of a crowd of TV reporters and spectators, attention quickly turned to the owner of the house. John Gacy was an upstanding citizen, active in local politics and charities, famous for his themed parties and appearances as Pogo the Clown. But in the winter of 1978–79, he became known as one of many so-called “sex murderers” who had begun gaining notoriety in the random brutality of the 1970s. As public interest grew rapidly, victims became footnotes and statistics, lives lost not just to violence, but to history.

Through the testimony of siblings, parents, friends, lovers, and other witnesses close to the case, Boys Enter the House retraces the footsteps of these victims as they make their way to the doorstep of the Gacy house itself. The story begins with the arrest of Gacy on December 2, 1978, after police discovered the bodies of seven young men buried in the crawl space beneath his home. As the investigation continued, it became clear that Gacy had been operating a serial killing operation for years, targeting young men who were vulnerable and often homeless.

The victims ranged in age from 14 to 27, and many of them had been lured to Gacy's home under the pretense of employment or a place to stay. As the story unfolds, we learn about the lives of these young men, their struggles, and their hopes and dreams. We see how they were targeted by Gacy, how they were manipulated and controlled, and how they were ultimately killed.

The book also delves into the aftermath of the case, including the trial and conviction of Gacy, as well as the impact that his crimes had on the community and the lives of the victims' families. Boys Enter the House is a powerful and emotional book that provides a comprehensive view of the lives of those young people that Gacy took. It is essentially the Gacy story in reverse. Victims first.

Weight: 654g
Dimension: 162 x 237 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781641604864