Why John Wayne Gacy chose to get into politics — and specifically why he became so active in the Democratic Party — isn’t known. “It was never specifically said by Gacy, or generally known, why he became a Democrat,” author and filmmaker John Borowski told Salon.
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According to The New York Times, the photo of Carter and Gacy was taken May 6, 1978, and its authenticity was even confirmed by the Whtie House after it was first printed by The Chicago Sun‐Times. The photo was taken in Chicago and the first lady was in town for a Polish Constitution Day celebration. It was also confirmed that Carter had autographed the photo of herself and Gacy, writing, “To John Gacy, best wishes, Rosalynn Carter.”
The date the photo was taken adds to its eerieness. Once he was finally apprehended, John Wayne Gacy was convicted of 33 murders. It’s believed that these murders took place between 1972 and 1978, per Oxygen. This means that on the day that John Wayne Gacy posed with the first lady of the United States, he had already killed dozens of boys and young men.
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