Description
Inscribed by John Wayne Gacy during his time in prison, a limited edition of A Question of Doubt: Commentary on the Arrest and Trial of John Wayne Gacy.
Large octavo, 323pp, [6]. Full black cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Clean white edges decorated with red speckled pattern. Fine condition, appears unread. Listed 023 of 500 limited edition copies. With an ALS by Gacy on his personal letterhead. Additional signature by the publishers, Mike Johnson and D.H. Naismith on the copyright page. Housed in matching black slipcase. Illustration and photo of Gacy’s character, Pogo the Clown, affixed to each side panel.
The inscription reads: “Greetings reader / There is always at least two sides to a story / Thank you now for reading it from my point of view / John Wayne Gacy.”
John Wayne Gacy (1942-1994), also known as “the Killer Clown,” was a notable serial killer who tortured and murdered over 30 young men in a town outside of Chicago. This book details Gacy’s perspective of his arrest, trial, and later appeals. He claimed that police department searches were invalid, his lawyers made faulty insanity plea defenses, and that the employees of his business were responsible for the majority of the murders. Despite his efforts, he remained on death row for 14 years, and was ultimately executed by lethal injection on May 10, 1994.
