Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
2022 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 60 min
★ 7.5(221)unSUB Rating
This true-crime miniseries explores how a seemingly friendly, well-connected man hid a deeply disturbing double life. Through interviews and archival material, it traces the contrast between his public image and the horrifying violence that targeted vulnerable people.
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Streaming on Netflix.
3 hours to watch · 3 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-04-20
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.4/10 (221 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you’re into unsettling true-crime docuseries like Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes or Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer; Not for you if graphic subject matter or uneven, debated sourcing bothers you.
Pros: disturbing true-crime deep dive; strong archival material; gripping for fans | Cons: one-sided perspective; narrative gaps; questionable sources
Themes
- 1970s
- illinois
- clown
- biography
- serial killer
- miniseries
- true crime
- missing person
- criminal investigation
- crawlspace
Cast & crew
John Wayne Gacy
as Self (archive footage)
- SA
Sam Amirante
as Self
- GB
Greg Bedoe
as Self
- RT
Rafael Tovar
as Self
- MA
Mike Albrecht
as Self
- TS
Terry Sullivan
as Self
- SN
Steve Nemmers
as Self
- WK
William Kunkle
as Self
John Hinckley Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Joe Berlinger
Episodes1 season · 3 episodes
Season 13 episodes
- S1E1The Life of the Party65mNetflix
- S1E2A Nicely Kept Secret60mNetflix
- S1E3Sane Enough60mNetflix