Miniseries · Netflix
Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
John Wayne Gacy
Self (archive footage)
3 eps
Sam Amirante
Self
3 eps
Greg Bedoe
Self
3 eps
Rafael Tovar
Self
3 eps
Mike Albrecht
Self
3 eps
Terry Sullivan
Self
3 eps
Steve Nemmers
Self
3 eps
William Kunkle
Self
3 eps
John Hinckley Jr.
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
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TV DNA
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Signature profile
Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
He dined with the powerful. He preyed on the vulnerable. Beneath a smiling exterior was the horrifying darkness of a sadistic serial killer.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
The Life of the Party
John Wayne Gacy becomes a prime suspect in teen Robert Piest's disappearance. Previously unheard audio tapes reveal Gacy's thoughts and early days.
- Directed by Joe Berlinger
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Joe BerlingerExecutive Producer
- Jon DoranExecutive Producer
- Jon KamenExecutive Producer
- Catharine ParkExecutive Producer
- Jen IsaacsonExecutive Producer
- Mike MathisExecutive Producer
Direction
- Joe BerlingerDirector
Cinematography
- Adam StoneDirector of Photography
Music
- Justin MellandOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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