John Wayne Gacy liked ‘the power of death,’ retired detective reveals in doc: ‘It made him feel like a god’

John Wayne Gacy was convicted of killing 33 young men and was executed in 1994.

The documentary features rare sit-downs with investigators, family members, as well as one of his closest confidantes and his second ex-wife. In addition, it includes a 3.5-hour rare prison interview with Gacy himself before his 1994 execution at age 52. Tovar, a former Des Plaines Police detective, participated in the special. He was deeply involved with the investigation and spent days dismantling Gacy’s house, exhuming the remains from the crawl space. Tovar recalled a conversation he had with Gacy as the two headed to Cook County Jail.