TV series
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Overview
When a teenager goes missing, it becomes clear that many young men and boys have disappeared at the hands of John Wayne Gacy, the prime suspect.
Details
- First air date
- 2025-10-16
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Network
- Peacock
- Production
- NBC News Studios, Littleton Road Productions
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Chernus as John Wayne Gacy
- Gabriel Luna as Det. Rafael Tovar
- James Badge Dale as Chief of Detectives Joe Kozenczak
- Michael Angarano as Sam Amirante
- Chris Sullivan as Lead Prosecutor Bill Kunkle
- Marin Ireland as Elizabeth Piest
- Greg Bryk as Harold Piest
- Cricket Brown as Kerry Piest
- Ted Dykstra as Det. Allen Fanholm
- Thom Nyhuus as Kenneth Piest
- Jake Horowitz as David Cram
- Hamish Allan-Headley as Det. Michael Albrecht
Creators and crew
- Patrick Macmanus - Creator
- Patrick Macmanus - Executive Producer
- Ahmadu Garba - Executive Producer
- Kelly Funke - Executive Producer
- Liz Cole - Executive Producer
- Noah Oppenheim - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Ten Days
After a teenager disappears, officers track, interrogate and tail the man he was last seen with.
Episode 2: Johnny
Officers excavate the crawl space beneath Gacy's home; Gacy shows where he disposed of Rob's body.
Episode 3: Samuel and Randy
As police make a shocking discovery, the media circus begins; two teens navigate boyhood in Uptown.
Episode 4: Billy
A psychiatrist interviews Gacy; Tovar and Kozenczak uncover systemic failures; teenage love unfolds.
Episode 5: Billy and Dale
A blizzard buries Chicago; Kozenczak tracks down Gacy's surviving victims; a teen learns sex work.
Episode 6: Tim, John and Rob
In the past, Gacy confesses to Sam how he groomed, sexually assaulted and killed boys and young men.
Episode 7: David
Tovar drives Gacy to court hoping to uncover his kill count; Gacy's grooming of Cram is revealed.
Episode 8: Jeffrey
Jeffrey Rignall's story is told; Gacy's execution day brings protests, reunions and moral debates.
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