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I Looked Evil In The Eye

A chat with a serial killer changed the course of Karen’s life

Karen Conti, 62

I want to look evil in the eye, I thought, walking into a room full of murderers with my partner, and colleague, Greg.

In Menard Correctional Centre, Illinois, US, we were meeting one of the world’s most prolific serial killers – John Wayne Gacy.

Convicted in March 1980 of the murder of 33 young men and boys, Gacy had been on death row for 13 years. Most of his victims had been buried in the crawl space under his home.

Gacy looked like your

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