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Stephen King: IT & John Wayne Gacy
Villains
English - April 03, 2020 07:01 - 47 minutes - ★★★★★ - 580 ratingsArts History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The 1980s were rife with depictions of evil clowns—and for good reason. John Wayne Gacy and others like him were terrorizing minors across the country. On top of this, Stephen King created one of the most iconic villains in fiction: Pennywise from the 1986 novel IT.