Netflix’s latest serial killer docu-series are set to hit the platform soon – and it could be one of the most sinister yet.

Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes will tell the truly terrifying story of a unique serial killer with a dark history. Netflix’s tagline states, “He dined with the powerful. He preyed on the vulnerable. Beneath a smiling exterior was the horrifying darkness of a sadistic serial killer.”

While recent additions to the true-crime genre seem to have focused on inconvenience and fraud (with shows like Inventing Anna and Bad Vegan proving wildly popular), this latest documentary might prove Netflix audiences are always fascinated by the details of the darkest crimes. The show was created by Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Joe Berlinger.

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It follows the hit show Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes and the drama film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, starring Zac Efron, Lily Collins and John Malkovich.

When did The John Wayne Gacy Tapes documentary come out on Netflix?

The limited series arrives on Netflix on April 20, 2022.

Who was John Wayne Gacy?

The new show follows the dark life of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who, according to the IMDB biography, killed thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978. He worked as a shoe salesman, KFC manager and entrepreneur in construction, spending much of his life in Chicago, Illinois.

A popular person with his unwitting neighbors, Gacy often dressed up as “Pogo the Clown” for children’s parties and events. He even had a hand in politics, once meeting and photographing First Lady Rosalynn Carter (who was married to then-President Jimmy Carter). Eventually, he would be executed by lethal injection for his crimes after twenty-nine bodies were discovered at his home.