Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
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| Peacock | Release Date: October 16, 2025 |
Summary:
The disappearance of a 15-year-old boy leads the police (James Badge Dale and Gabriel Luna) to John Wayne Gacy (Michael Chernus) and the breadth of his crimes in the limited series that focuses on the stories of the victims and their families. Peacock also released a documentary series in 2021 called "John Wayne Gacy: Devil In Disguise."
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
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RogerEbert.com
Oct 15, 2025
Season 1 Review:
The result is a haunting series that emphasizes the humanity of the victims and the loss they experienced to their loved ones and the world. .... The show is also very clear about who’s at fault. Of course, primarily, it’s John Wayne Gacy, played by a phenomenal Michael Chernus.
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Screen Rant
Oct 15, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Much like David Fincher's Zodiac, the miniseries is fully honest with its depictions in a way that can be emotionally draining to process. But if one can get past that and is engaged enough with the writing and excellent performances to stick with it, they'll find a magnificent adaptation of one of America's biggest monsters.
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The Mercury News
Oct 16, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Macmanus expertly weaves in how Gacy was brought to justice and highlights both the dogged determination of those involved with the law — detective Rafael Tover (Gabriel Luna) and prosecutor Bill Kunkle (Chris Sullivan) — as well as how the system failed to stop Gacy before. It adds depth and context, but it is the overwhelming sadness over how Gacy robbed these boys and young men of their futures that hits the hardest.
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Oct 15, 2025
Oct 16, 2025
Season 1 Review:
There’s a well-articulated sense of why we’re revisiting one of the most picked-over, thoroughly covered killing sprees of the 20th century, and what the series wants to say about the people and events it depicts. That quality is missing from so much true crime it’s worth praising, whatever flaws emerge in the telling.
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The Daily Beast
Oct 16, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
Season 1 Review:
This is not feel-good television or easy watching after a long day at work. This is challenging, distressing and harrowing storytelling about some of the worst things humanity has ever witnessed. But like so many similar shows in the genre, "Devil" can't transcend beyond a rehash of the facts.
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Air Date: October 16, 2025
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