Boys Enter the House

The Victims of John Wayne Gacy and the Lives They Left Behind

De: David Nelson

Narrado por: T. Ryder Smith

Duración: 12 h y 34 m

Resumen del Editor

"Here is a work that emphasizes the full view of the lives of those young people that Gacy took.... It is essentially the Gacy story in reverse. Victims first.” (Jeff Coen, author of Murder in Canaryville)

As investigators brought out the bagged remains of several dozen young men from a small Chicago ranch home and paraded them in front of a crowd of TV reporters and spectators, attention quickly turned to the owner of the house. John Gacy was an upstanding citizen, active in local politics and charities, famous for his themed parties and appearances as Pogo the Clown.

But in the winter of 1978-79, he became known as one of many so-called “sex murderers” who had begun gaining notoriety in the random brutality of the 1970s. As public interest grew rapidly, victims became footnotes and statistics, lives lost not just to violence but to history.

Through the testimony of siblings, parents, friends, lovers, and other witnesses close to the case, Boys Enter the House retraces the footsteps of these victims as they make their way to the doorstep of the Gacy house itself.

©2021 David B. Nelson (P)2021 Recorded Books

A great book about the victims of John Gacy

If you follow true crime and know about Gacy, but want to know more about the boys and young men he murdered, I think you will like this book.

What we really needed to know about the Gacy murders.

This was an amazingly told and performed book about the victims, their lives, their families, their histories. It added humanity back to them all and now their life will remain outside of their horrific death. It was brilliantly written and performed and any one would get something from this book. I often found myself having to pause and reflect before continuing on. Sometimes for a whole day. So well done and those boys deserved this long ago.

Not worth your time ..

long and boring..it feels like great intentions that derailed badly..no plot or storyline..save your credit !!

Wow!!! What a novel!!!

Everyone knows the details about the Gacy murders and about Gacy himself, but in this novel, David Nelson takes the time to introduce the reader to the actual boys and young men who are often overlooked. I cannot recommend this novel enough!