Folks,
> Shortly after our arrival in Cedar Falls/Waterloo, the JCs were on a
> membership drive and I attended one of their meetings, with a friend,
> Jerry Clauson. This was 1968.
>
> There was a JC 'chaplain' who gave an invocation at the begining of
> the meeting. I thought it a bit odd that this same 'chaplain' provided
> some incredibly raunchy stag films at the end of the meeting.
>
> Exactly 10 years later, in 1978, I was leaving O'Hare Airport and
> headed through Des Plaines, IL. The car radio was on and it was
> giving local news of an arrest. The arrest was for murder and with
> suspicions that were several more. I heard the name of this former
> 'chaplain' and that he had been of resident of Waterloo, Iowa.
>
> His name was John Wayne Gacy.
>
> Eerie stuff, almost twilight zone...driving through Des Plaines at
> that precise moment, 10 years later.
>
> What triggered this e-mail? Last night A & E's American Justice put a
> new dress on the old Gacy story with more material from Waterloo.
> There were pictures of Gacy at work with the JC's with mention of
> obvious contradictions of Gacy as a chaplain and pornographer. It was
> well done.
>
> They DID fail to mention that his victim of molestation in Waterloo
> committed suicide last year.
>
> They did mention that Gacy regarded himself as the "34th victim" upon
> his execution.
>
> Awful...something more upbeat next time.
>
BTW, never did last out the year as a J.C. I dont think Jerry did,
either.
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