Robert Hare is North America's most renowned academic on psychopaths.
             Utilizing the basis of the components of Hare's theory and his "Psychopath
             Checklist (PCL) which was later revised to the PCL-R" (Wikipedia, 2013,
             Hare), it is possible to analyze John Wayne Gacy's criminal career. This
             checklist has specific scoring criteria rating 20 items on a 3-point scale
             corresponding to the extent that it applies to a given individual. With the
             psychopathic behaviours identified by Hare's PCL-R, it can be implied that
             Gacy would score above 30 on this scale and therefore be considered a
             Gacy is considered to be America's most coldblooded killer. What the
             world viewed him as before being arrested and convicted of his heinous acts
             was a successful businessman; a social pillar in his community; volunteer;
             an active member of the Jaycee's; an ethical man; a man of stature; a good
             father and family man. Joining the "Jolly Jokers" in 1975, he created his
             character "Pogo the Clown" (A&E Biography, n/d), which he used to dress as,
             in order to attend numerous parties and charitable events. This creation of
             Pogo is what gave him the name "Killer Clown" by the media and public when
             As Dr. Michael Stone discusses during the documentary, "Most Evil -
             Cold Blooded Killers", he places Gacy at level 22 on the scale of measuring
             evil. The only other serial killer to score this high according to the
             aforementioned documentary was Tommy Sells (Stone, 2006). Gacy was found
             guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of 33 teenage boys and young
             men between 1972 and 1978. The majority of the bodies (25+) were buried in
             the crawl space of his home at 8213 West Summerside Avenue in Chicago
             (Decoeur, 1998). He would utilize some of his employees and a former
             roommate to help dig the "graves" for these victims by enticing them to
             believing they were digging "drainage lines". Fastidiously ensuring that
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