BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — It has been more than a half century since John Wayne Gacy kidnapped, murdered and buried 33 young men in a crawl space beneath his house. Despite all the serial killers who have terrorized the world since then, Gacy’s name still resonates as being one of the evilest.
What Gacy did between 1972 and 1978 is the subject matter of the new Peacock series “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy.” It looks at how all the murders could happen and no one was the wiser because Gacy was so charming and funny.
The task of playing the serial killer went to Michael Chernus. He had a very strict rule about how he would handle such a vile character while at work before heading home at night…