
Season 1 peels back the twisted layers of John Wayne Gacy's life while weaving in heartrending stories of his victims; exploring the grief, guilt, and trauma of their families and friends; and exposing the systemic failures, missed opportunities and societal prejudices that fueled his reign of terror.

After a teenager disappears, officers track, interrogate and tail the man he was last seen with.

Officers excavate the crawl space beneath Gacy's home; Gacy shows where he disposed of Rob's body.

As police make a shocking discovery, the media circus begins; two teens navigate boyhood in Uptown.

A psychiatrist interviews Gacy; Tovar and Kozenczak uncover systemic failures; teenage love unfolds.

A blizzard buries Chicago; Kozenczak tracks down Gacy's surviving victims; a teen learns sex work.

In the past, Gacy confesses to Sam how he groomed, sexually assaulted and killed boys and young men.